Both the fresh and salt water water marshes at the end of our street are thriving estuaries , which are teeming with wildlife.
But as healthy as these ecosystems are, it is often difficult to spot the some of the marsh birds, as the proximity of the marsh to golfers, tend to send all but the large mature birds into hiding. With the course having been closed for almost a week, we had no such problems today.
Even the normally secretive marsh birds, like the Clapper rails
(Above and Below) were out in clear sight this morning.
As were many other species.
Green Herons ( Above)
Juvenile Blue Heron Heron ( Above and Below)
Including a few we could identify like the white and blue colored bird
(below) which we found wading in the salt water marsh.
What is species is this? A Little Blue Heron Juvenile maybe?
We've never seen one with these markings.
Finally here's a short video of what the freshwater marsh looked like this morning. I only took the South-western half of the marsh because the sun was so low on the east that it would have been blinding to try to video in that direction.
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