Friday, February 10, 2012

Southern California Bird Photography - 2006.

I have been here for Sunday brunch a couple of times for friends birthdays, and both times, I had a blast. Bottomless 
Dia de Los Muertos Novenaria (Day of the Dead Procession) at Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California


champagne, all you can eat brunch buffet, excellent scenery, and old planes from the early years. Not much to complain about. 

There are a ton of options: The omelet bar; waffle bar, seafood bar, cappuccino bar, pastry bar, anything you can think of bar. The pastry bar is fun, but they don't make the pastry fresh, I am assuming it is Sysco brand or something of that nature. I love having them make my omelets and getting some sides at the buffet. It's quite a fun place to go to, especially when  you are there with a large group and everyone is getting buzzed of some bubbly. The bloody mary's are not that great- they don't make their own mix, which is a bummer, but I guess you can't get everything you want :)

The ambiance is fun and light, they even let you walk the grounds to check out the old planes that were designed buy some of the guys at Northrop Grumman. There are pictures all along the wall depicting the history of the planes, the restaurant, etc. 

You even get to see planes land near the fabulous LAX.  All in all, this place is a fun experience and definitely something to be done at least once.



Mallard drake with gear and flaps down

Mallard drake with gear and flaps down

Great Egret preparing to soar

Great Egret preparing to soar

great egret flying off with a fresh fish lunch

Graceful hunter

three grebes swimming

Three Grebe's

pair of mallard ducks in flight

Pair of Mallard's in flight

Flock of Mallard ducks, in flight, enjoying life

Mallard ducks enjoying a fine day

Mallard duck ready for splash down

Coming in for a landing

Cormorant coming in for a landing

Cormorant coming in for a landing

Cormorant fishing

Surprise, Cormorant Fishing in the LA river

A pair of cormorants up in a tree, and a bee

A pair of cormorants in a tree, and a bee

Kingfisher perched and looking for lunch

Hungry Kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher fishing

Kingfisher fishing

Kingfisher with a nice catch

Kingfisher with a nice catch

Great Egret portrait

I love photographing Great Egrets

Great White Egret flying towards the clouds

Great White Egret flying towards the clouds



Great White Egret in Flight

Great Egret in Flight

great egret in flight at sunset

Almost sunset

A great egret flying towards a beautiful sunset

Flying home to roost

Side view of an osprey in flight

Osprey in flight

Osprey circling looking for lunch

Nice view of an Osprey in flight

Osprey in flight with wings spread wide open

Spotting a fish

Front view of an osprey in flight

He means business

Osprey diving

Osprey diving

Osprey diving into a lake grabbing a fish for lunch

Osprey splashing into a lake grabbing fish for lunch

Osprey exiting the water, with two fish

Osprey exiting the water, with two fish

Osprey fishing with two fish in it's tallons

A talented bird

Ospey in flight with two tilapia in its grasp

Jackpot, two fish for lunch

osprey in flight with a fish in its tallons

This Osprey wont go hungry today either

Osprey flying off with a fish

Osprey flying off with a fish

osprey fishing

Considering dropping this fish after spotting a larger one

A beautiful osprey in flight with a fish in its talons

Lunch time...

Osprey in a tree eating a fresh fish for lunch

Osprey comfortably on top of a tree, enjoying fresh fish for lunch

Great Blue Heron in a tree

Great Blue Heron in a tree

Great Blue Heron in flight

Great Blue Heron in flight

Great Blue Heron flying skywards

Beautiful wings

Great Blue Heron flying with a rat

Balancing a diet of fins and scales, with fur and tails

Great Blue Heron showing off its beautiful wings while dancing in flight

What a beautiful bird

Great Blue Heron dancing in air enjoying life

Great Blue Heron dancing in air, enjoying life

Snowy Egret

Snowy Egret

Snowy Egret in flight

Snowy Egret in flight

Sharp-shinned hawk and a Red Shouldered Hawk

Pair of hawks circling over my backyard

Red Tailed hawk in flight being pestered by a smaller sharp-shinned hawk

Too bad they flew under a cloud, blue sky above looks nicer

Smaller sharp Shinned hawk is diving rapidly towards the large Red shouldered hawk
Mid air collision, the Sharp-Shinned hawk attacked the Red-Shouldered Hawk
Smaller hawk flew through the wing of the larger bird

Hawks both ok after a mid air collision

Both birds unscathed

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