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Whittier Narrows Nature Center - Legg Lake 10 - 07/24/2009 -
South El Monte, California
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Female Welsh Harlequin Duck
My Favorite Duck
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American Coot Family
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Pied-billed Grebe (Mother & Young)
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow
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Great Blue Heron (Young)

This little guy was under the Great Nesting Tree & looked completely lost. He was only eating what fell from the tree or whatever insects wondered in his path. I was able to get about 15 feet from him without freaking him out to much. I believe he he may have been abandoned. Next to the tree is a nest that has fallen out of the tree but the nest was more the size of a Cormorant's nest then a Heron's nest.

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Double-crested Cormorant (Mother & Young)

The Mother/Father Cormorant (Seen in the first photo) was standing out on a limb with a beak full of food. It was forcing the crying young to reluctantly walk out on the limb to get the food. In order to accomplish this task, the young had to constantly flap it's wings to maintain balance. I believe this exercise was done to strength the wings of the young for flight. I was hoping the young would take flight while I was there but no luck, maybe in the next few days he will join the world of flight.

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Great Egret
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Caspian Tern
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American Crow
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Mallard Ducks Nesting
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There are some spots at Legg Lake that I always see the same birds so I thought I'd place these spots on a map for others to find.

Click on map to enlarge

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A) Female Welsh Harlequin Duck & Ross's Goose

B) The Great Nesting Tree

C) Family of Coots

D) The Swallows