All photographs ©2004-2007 by Mary Beth Stowe
Orange County Scenes
My friend Joan Mentze and I took a three day trip (AUG 1-3 2007) up to Orange County for some birding (the bird pictures are in their respective "groups" in the Photo Gallery)...
Along Back Bay Drive
Joan wading in the surf at Huntington State Beach (along with some Willets...)
Folks out for their morning walk in Huntington Central Park!
"Lake" Talbert (Nutmeg Mannikin heaven)
Joan checks out Seal Beach NWR at the only accessible spot (Sunset Aquatic Marina Park)
Bolsa Chica Lagoon was a paradise of terns (see the Larid page)!
We return to Central Park to check out Huntington Lake and the Shipley Nature Center
Joan shoots a lizard along the loop trail at Shipley
This is a delightful patch of habitat in the middle of urbania!
Heading home, we stop at Crystal Cove State Park
Aliso Creek from the resort by the same name...
Joan at the picnic area
Last stop: the butterfly garden at Riley Wilderness Park!
