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| Flock of Resting Sanderlings, Ocean Beach |
Monday's walk down Ortega to the beach, then up Noriega to get back home, rarely results in any nature photos. The best chance to see anything interesting to photograph is down at Ocean Beach, but even that's not a given. This morning I was surprised to see a fairly large gathering of sanderlings about midway up the beach -- out of range of most dog-walkers, and plenty of space between them and the humans on the Great Highway.
Later, I stopped by the Golden Gate Park hummingbird nest on my bike and found the nestlings had become fledglings, leaving just another empty nest sitting on a branch. Up at Blue Heron Lake I was surprised to see three black-crowned night herons. I haven't seen any at their old haunts at North Lake in a while and hope these charismatic birds stick around their new spot.
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| A Crescent of Sanderlings |
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| Adult Black-crowned Night Heron (The long white plume indicates this might be a male. Otherwise, adult males and females look alike.) |
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| Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron |
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