GoletaSloughRookeryJune2008

IMG_2469 - 2008-06-11 at 08-21-19 \| Brandt's Cormorant, Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach	IMG_2474 - 2008-06-11 at 08-25-56 \| Brandt's Cormorant, Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach	IMG_2476 - 2008-06-11 at 08-31-29 \| Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach	IMG_2486 - 2008-06-11 at 08-36-02 \| This is the first year that I have seen the Double-crested Cormornats nest here. \| Double-crested Cormorant, Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach	IMG_2488 - 2008-06-11 at 08-36-09 \| This years Great blue herons. \| Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach, Great Blue Heron
IMG_2495 - 2008-06-11 at 08-40-32 \| Great Egrets are nesting here too. \| Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret	IMG_2498 - 2008-06-11 at 08-40-56 \| Double-crested Cormorant, Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach	IMG_2500 - 2008-06-11 at 08-41-47 \| Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach	IMG_2501 - 2008-06-11 at 08-41-49 \| Yvonne checking out the rookery \| Birders, Friends, Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach	IMG_2503 - 2008-06-11 at 08-42-18 \| All three of these bird species are nesting in the same tree \| Double-crested Cormorant, Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret
IMG_2505 - 2008-06-11 at 08-43-12 \| Cormorants sitting \| Double-crested Cormorant, Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach	IMG_2506 - 2008-06-11 at 08-43-16 \| Double-crested Cormorant, Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach, Great Egret	IMG_2518 - 2008-06-11 at 08-44-25 \| Great Blue Heron returning to it's young chicks that are barely visible in the nest \| Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach, Great Blue Heron	IMG_2519 - 2008-06-11 at 08-44-26 \| Great Blue Heron returning to it's young chicks that are barely visible in the nest \| Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach, Great Blue Heron	IMG_2520 - 2008-06-11 at 08-44-43 \| Great Egret chick nest in the lower right corner \| Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach, Great Blue Heron
IMG_2522 - 2008-06-11 at 08-44-57 \| Cormorant nests in the Eucalyptus trees made with leaves of the same tree. \| Double-crested Cormorant, Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach	IMG_2524 - 2008-06-11 at 08-45-31 \| Great Blue Heron nest with chicks \| Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach, Great Blue Heron	IMG_2525 - 2008-06-11 at 08-45-31 \| Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach, Great Blue Heron	IMG_2531 - 2008-06-11 at 08-49-54 \| Great Egret nest with a little bit of the yellow beak showing \| Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach, Great Egret	IMG_2536 - 2008-06-11 at 08-54-44 \| Double-crested Cormorant, Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach
IMG_2538 - 2008-06-11 at 08-55-27 \| Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach, Great Blue Heron	IMG_2545 - 2008-06-11 at 09-00-48 \| Double-crested Cormorant, Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach, Great Blue Heron	IMG_2549 - 2008-06-11 at 09-02-54 \| Goleta Slough - Goleta Beach, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret

Goleta Slough Rookery, Nesting Great Blue Herons, Double-crested Cormorants and Great Egrets, Large flock of Brandt's Cormorants off the slough mouth - June 11, 2008