Wild Bird Wednesday

For this week's post, I chose some photos from another day that I spent at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.  I just can't get enough of that place and I see at least one new bird, butterfly or animal every time I go (plus it's on my way home from work so when I only have a short window of time to play it's the perfect spot to stop):

 

 

Killdeer at the water's edge.

 

 

 

This was a better angle of the bird...not so crazy about the grass poking up in the foreground.  I'm afraid my Photoshop skills don't extend to removing unwanted elements yet...

 

 

I really like American Avocets - such great plumage and they really work hard for their food.  Constantly swinging that curved bill back and forth through the water.  I have to appreciate all that effort.

 

 

 

This one still has mud dripping off his bill.

 

 

 

I liked the reflection of the bird in this shot.

 

 

 

I nearly always see this Great Blue Heron in the same spot.  If he's not there when I first walk by, he'll inevitably show up sometime before I leave.  A couple of times he's buzzed right over my head and barely missed me with his wings.  It's amazing that a bird so large can get into the air.

 

 

KJ