Tag: black-necked stilt

wood stork, white egrets, snowy egrets

2021/06/13 – Rare sight at Lake Hodges: the wood stork

Today our feature pic is a group of birds. Due to the poor angle of the light and the distance (800mm lens), it is not a very good picture. But what surprised me greatly while I was taking it,  was the odd large bird you see in the middle. I had never seen its kind. …

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black-necked stilt

2020/12/27 – Christmas day at lake Hodges – 1 of 2

All the pictures in this post were taken on Christmas day at lake Hodges. I went there the previous day but it was very crowded so, after 5 minutes of looking at all the people parking and walking to the trailhead, I just gave up and drove back home. I figured there is no way …

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