2017-05-17 Saltworks

49 Photos

Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea — **Little Blue Heron**
*(Egretta caerulea)*

**Description:**
Foraging in the Otay River at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 8:22

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** LittleBlueHeron_D5X1116

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **Little Blue Heron**
*(Egretta caerulea)*

**Description:**
Foraging in the Otay River at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 8:22

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** LittleBlueHeron_D5X1116

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Gull-Billed Tern - Gelochelidon nilotica — **Gull-Billed Tern**
*(Gelochelidon nilotica)*

**Description:**
Brand new chick at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 8:58

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 280 mm, f/7.1, 1/4000

**File Name:** GullBilledTern_D5X1185-Chick-Nest

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Otay River - n/a — **Otay River**
*(n/a)*

**Description:**
Imperial Beach and the Otay River at the southern boundary of the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 12:00

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
XT1575, 4.67 mm, f/2.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** JcD_20170517_120025_Phone

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus — **Killdeer**
*(Charadrius vociferus)*

**Description:**
Parent and new chick at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 8:25

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 450 mm, f/7.1, 1/2500

**File Name:** Killdeer_D5X1160-Chick

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Gadwall - Anas strepera — **Gadwall**
*(Mareca strepera)*

**Description:**
At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 9:55

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000

**File Name:** Gadwall_D5X1486

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Sanderling - Calidris alba — **Sanderling**
*(Calidris alba)*

**Description:**
Look closely and you may spot a Western Sandpiper or two in this small migrating flock wheeling over the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 9:30

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** Sanderling_D5X1397

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Western Grebe - Aechmophorus occidentalis — **Western Grebe**
*(Aechmophorus occidentalis)*

**Description:**
Foraging in the Otay River at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 10:04

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** WesternGrebe_D5X1489

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximus — **Royal Tern**
*(Thalasseus maximus)*

**Description:**
Nesting with Double-Crested Cormorants at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 9:18

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** RoyalTern_D5X1309-Cormorants

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger — **Black Skimmer**
*(Rynchops niger)*

**Description:**
At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 10:22

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** BlackSkimmer_D5X1556

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana — **American Avocet**
*(Recurvirostra americana)*

**Description:**
At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 8:54

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** AmericanAvocet_D5X1161

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Black-Necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus — **Black-Necked Stilt**
*(Himantopus mexicanus)*

**Description:**
At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 10:30

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** BlackNeckedStilt_D5X1622

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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**A Day At The Saltworks**

**Description:**

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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:18 13:32

**Camera Information:**

**File Name:** 2017-05-17-Saltworks-Map

© 2017 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging

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Bonaparte's Gull - Larus philadelphia — **Bonaparte's Gull**
*(Larus philadelphia)*

**Description:**
Loafing in the Otay River near a Black-Necked Stilt at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 8:24

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 400 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000

**File Name:** BonepartesGull_D5X1141

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Caspian Tern - Hydroprogne caspia — **Caspian Tern**
*(Hydroprogne caspia)*

**Description:**
Protesting our presence, with the threat of violence at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 9:16

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400

**File Name:** CaspianTern_D5X1299

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Double-Crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus — **Double-Crested Cormorant**
*(Phalacrocorax auritus)*

**Description:**
Nesting with Royal Terns at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 9:18

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** DoubleCrestedCormorant_D5X1306-NestingWithRoyalTerns

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Elegant Tern - Thalasseus elegans — **Elegant Tern**
*(Thalasseus elegans)*

**Description:**
At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 10:11

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 280 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** ElegantTern_D5X1503

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Biologists At Work - n/a — **Biologists At Work**
*(n/a)*

**Description:**
At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:05:17 10:26

**Location:**

Saltworks
Chula Vista, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 280 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** FieldWork_D5X1577

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Foraging in the Otay River at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Gull-Billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Brand new chick at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Gull-Billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Brand new chick at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Gull-Billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Gull-Billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Gull-Billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Banding chicks at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Gull-Billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Brand new chick at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Gull-Billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

A chick has just "pipped" the egg a the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Gull-Billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Brand new chick at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Gull-Billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Brand new chick at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Otay River

n/a

Imperial Beach and the Otay River at the southern boundary of the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

Parent and new chick at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Foraging in the Otay River at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Gadwall

Mareca strepera

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Foraging in the Otay River at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Foraging in the Otay River at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Look closely and you may spot a Western Sandpiper or two in this small migrating flock wheeling over the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Sanderling

Calidris alba

Look closely and you may spot a Western Sandpiper or two in this small migrating flock wheeling over the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California USA 2017-05-17. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Sanderling

Calidris alba

Sanderling

Calidris alba

(Calidris alba) Look closely and you may spot a Western Sandpiper or two in this small migrating flock wheeling over the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California USA 2017-05-17. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Western Grebe

Aechmophorus occidentalis

Foraging in the Otay River at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Royal Tern

Thalasseus maximus

Nesting with Double-Crested Cormorants at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Royal Tern

Thalasseus maximus

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Royal Tern

Thalasseus maximus

Nesting with Double-Crested Cormorants at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Royal Tern

Thalasseus maximus

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

(Recurvirostra americana) A brand new generation at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California USA. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge 2017-05-17.

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

(Recurvirostra americana) A brand new generation at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

(Recurvirostra americana) Diverting attention from their swimming chick at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California USA. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge 2017-05-17.

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Black-Necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Bonaparte's Gull

Larus philadelphia

Loafing in the Otay River near a Black-Necked Stilt at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

Protesting our presence, with the threat of violence at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

Fearlessly guarding the nests at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

Fearlessly guarding the nests at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Double-Crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Nesting with Royal Terns at the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Elegant Tern

Thalasseus elegans

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Biologists At Work

n/a

At the South San Diego Bay Saltworks in Chula Vista California. Part of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.