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This article, published in the East County Californian in 2018, gives a very nice summary of how I became interested in bird photography, and my general approach to it. (please excuse that the first two paragraphs repeat) Thanks to Cynthia Robertson for the nice article, which was published during one of my five solo shows of bird photography at Mission Trails Regional Park in San Diego.

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Valle de Guadalupe Art Fair: This Saturday!

I am pleased to join a group of thirty artists in a benefit Art Fair this Saturday at Palazzo del Valle, a luxury resort in the Guadalupe Valley.

The fair will be from noon to 7 p.m. and feature many of Baja California's top artists.

A portion of the proceeds will benefit Ensenada's Contemporary Music Institute of Baja California.

There is an cover charge of $35, which includes food and musical entertainment including jazz and opera recitals.

It should be a great day, hope to see you there!

Estero Beach Birding: Black-bellied Plover, Vermilion Flycatcher

A Black-bellied Plover, photographed at Estero Beach in early August:

Every time I visit Estero Beach I see Vermilion Flycatchers. This time no adult males posed for me, but this female did:

Estero Beach Birding: Reddish Egret, Long-billed Curlew

A Reddish Egret, photographed at Estero Beach in early August:

Long-billed Curlew:

Estero Beach Birding: Marbled Godwit

Estero Beach Hotel, south of Ensenada, Baja California, is one of my favorite spots to relax, and is more special for the birding at its estuary (estero). I spent a morning and evening photographing there in early August.

Here is a Marbled Godwit flying past two snoozing Willets:

 A Marbled Godwit at sunset:

Snowy Egret

A Snowy Egret, photographed at Santee Lakes in July of this year:

Little Blue Heron

A Little Blue Heron, looking for dinner. Photographed at the San Diego River Mouth at Robb Field earlier this month.

San Diego River Mouth Birding: House Sparrow

A female House Sparrow, photographed at Robb Field at the San Diego River Mouth in July of this year (the blue in the background is the San Diego River Mouth).

San Diego River Mouth Birding: Snowy Egret, Marbled Godwit

A Marbled Godwit strolls in front of a Snowy Egret at the San Diego River Mouth on a late afternoon in July of this year:

A few minutes later a juvenile Snowy Egret flies in, and the adult decides that the juvenile is not wanted:

A few minutes later the juvenile wanders back, and the adult now tolerates it:

Two minutes later the youngster looks for greener pastures, so to speak:

When I saw the egret with darker legs, I first thought I might be looking at a juvenile Little Blue Heron (which would be white as a juvenile). Upon review, though, I realized the bird was a juvenile Snowy Egret, which has greenish legs and can have black on the forelegs, like this one.

San Diego River Mouth Birding: Royal Tern, Willet

A Royal Tern, photographed at the San Diego River Mouth in July of this year:

A Willet takes flight:

Barn Swallow

There are no barns that I know of within ten miles of the San Diego River Mouth, but each evening a number of Barn Swallows descend on the area searching for dinner:

Photographed in July of this year.