For years we’ve only walked the beach on our visits to Bodega Bay, but a couple of years ago Debbie told us that there was another trail right after you entered the park. That trail became a mandatory stop ever since even though it’s not quite as exciting as the beach walk. The walk’s highlight is the rookery where Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, and Great Blue Herons nest.
Not surprisingly, it’s also a good place to get shots of both Great Ibis and Snowy Ibis hunting for food together.
It’s also a good place to get a shot of the two species together and see the differences between the two.
It would take someone much more motivated than I am to get close enough to the rookery to get great close-up shots, but I was happy to get close-ups of a Great Egret
and a Snowy Egret hunting near the rookery.
It’s always a treat to find several different habitats, and, thus, different species, near the same place.