Stock Photos of Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve

Forster's Tern in Flight with Prey, Sterna forsteri, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Forster's Tern in Flight with Prey, Sterna forsteri.
Species: Forsters Tern, Sterna forsteri
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 40029  
Brown pelican in flight. Adult winter breeding plumage. Brown pelicans were formerly an endangered species. In 1972, the United States Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of DDT in part to protect bird species like the brown pelican . Since that time, populations of pelicans have recovered and expanded. The recovery has been so successful that brown pelicans were taken off the endangered species list in 2009, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Brown pelican in flight. Adult winter breeding plumage. Brown pelicans were formerly an endangered species. In 1972, the United States Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of DDT in part to protect bird species like the brown pelican . Since that time, populations of pelicans have recovered and expanded. The recovery has been so successful that brown pelicans were taken off the endangered species list in 2009.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 40014  
American wigeon, Anas americana, male and female landing on water, Anas americana, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
American wigeon, Anas americana, male and female landing on water.
Species: American wigeon, Anas americana
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 40025  
Surf Scooter, Melanitta perspicillata, Melanitta perspicillata, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Surf Scooter, Melanitta perspicillata.
Species: Surf Scooter, Melanitta perspicillata
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 40026  
Endangered Brown Pelican at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Endangered Brown Pelican at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 39838  
Forster's Tern in Flight, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Forster's Tern in Flight, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.
Species: Forsters tern, Sterna forsteri
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 39843  
Forster's Tern in Flight, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Forster's Tern in Flight, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.
Species: Forsters tern, Sterna forsteri
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 39844  
Snowy Egret in flight, Egretta thula, Egretta thula, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Snowy Egret in flight, Egretta thula.
Species: Snowy Egret, Egretta thula
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 40024  
Double-Crested Cormorant Stretching Its Wings, Phalacrocorax penicillatus, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Double-Crested Cormorant Stretching Its Wings.
Species: Brandt's Cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 40027  
Great Blue Heron Perched in Tree, Ardea herodias, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Great Blue Heron Perched in Tree.
Species: Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 40030  
Great Blue Heron Perched in Tree, Ardea herodias, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Great Blue Heron Perched in Tree.
Species: Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 40031  
Snowy Egret, Egretta thula, Egretta thula, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Snowy Egret, Egretta thula.
Species: Snowy egret, Egretta thula
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 40032  
Forster's Tern in Flight, Sterna forsteri, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Forster's Tern in Flight, Sterna forsteri.
Species: Forsters Tern, Sterna forsteri
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 40033  
Brown pelican, plumage transitioning into breeding colors, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Brown pelican, plumage transitioning into breeding colors.
Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 19908  
Brown pelican, plumage transitioning into breeding colors, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Brown pelican, plumage transitioning into breeding colors.
Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 19909  
Brown pelican, plumage transitioning into breeding colors, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Brown pelican, plumage transitioning into breeding colors.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 19910  
Osprey catches a small fish from a lagoon, Pandion haliaetus, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Osprey catches a small fish from a lagoon.
Species: Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 19912  
Osprey catches a small fish from a lagoon, Pandion haliaetus, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Osprey catches a small fish from a lagoon.
Species: Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 19913  
Osprey catches a small fish from a lagoon, Pandion haliaetus, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Osprey catches a small fish from a lagoon.
Species: Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 19914  
Unidentified bird, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Unidentified bird.
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 19915  
Unidentified bird, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Unidentified bird.
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 19916  
Oil pump, tract homes and snow-covered San Bernardino mountains, viewed from Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Oil pump, tract homes and snow-covered San Bernardino mountains, viewed from Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve.
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 19917  
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