Lesser Scaups

Mike was in Palo Alto and San Francisco this past week. It was sunny in NJ and rainy in CA for a change. Mike is still playing with the Lytro camera. The seagull was nice enough to line up with the scaups on the third photo. However, the DSLR with the 500mm lens still gets more detail. It's nice to be able to refocus afterwards though. Click on the sea gull and then the ducks to see it work.

The DSLR just can't focus on all three ducks at the same time.


Below are some photos of a great blue heron. The first is focusable with the lytro. The second is in focus already.

Canvasback and Lesser Scaup from Baylands Preserve, Palo Alto

Canvasback


Lesser Scaup

On the way to the airport, Mike stopped one more time at the Baylands in Palo Alto. It was a little rainy, but the sun came out a few times.

Reflecting on the Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Huntington Beach

Pacific Loon

Western Grebe

Male Bufflehead

Female Bufflehead

 

Widgeons

Lesser Scaup

Ruddy Duck

Lesser Scaups

 

 

 

 

Rounding out today's water fowl are two male lesser scaups, who seem to be mostly napping. We spent quite some time outside and finally got a picture of them awake. They seem to get along with the other ducks.

Lesser Scaup

 

 

Photos of Lesser Scaups from Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Huntington Beach, CA.

Lesser Scaup

Mike spotted a white duck early this morning, found the binoculars and saw the male lesser scaup. (Actually, Mike woke Chris up who told him where the binocular were- he can't find anything himself.) He tried the new duck alert to get Chris out of bed, but it didn't really work and he had to go out in the rain himself to see it. He got some grainy pictures at dawn. Later in the day, when the rain stopped, Chris got much better photos and the female came by too.