The Santa Cruz Bird Club has field trips most Fridays and this week it was to Natural Bridges State Beach. Summer means fog and that's what we had with just about 10 minutes of diffused light around 10 am. This week's photo was of an immature Black Phoebe doing a number on a bee.
Now you think you are getting the hang of photographing birds and then you step foot on a boat. Jeannine and I went on a Pelagic trip with Debi Shearwater and Shearwater Journeys. This trip was out of Pillar Point Harbor and into Half Moon Bay.
I headed out early a couple of Friday's ago and stopped at Younger Lagoon Reserve. The Lagoon is located North (or as locals say West, more on that in later posts) of Santa Cruz and near Natural Bridges State Beach.
This week features a few more photos than usual because I just received a new Nikon 70-200mm f/4 lens. I got this lens for walking around when birding isn't the only thing I'm doing and for travel to lighten by load.
We were heading home from Monterey, CA looking for a Black Skimmer reported in the area around Seabright State Beach in Santa Cruz County, CA. We didn't see the Skimmer but there were 2000+ Elegant Terns on the beach in 2 flocks.
