An Elegant tern flies over the pedestrian bridge while eating a fish at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, in Huntington Beach, on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
A rare (Ridgeway) Light-footed clapper rail was seen foraging near the pedestrian bridge at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, in Huntington Beach, on Thursday, April 12, 2018. The hen-sized birds have begun breeding in the last few years at trhe reserve after many years of absence. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
A people-tolerant and endangered Belding’s Avannah SParrow tkes a break on the railing of the pedestrian bridge at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, in Huntington Beach, on Thursday, April 12, 2018. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
A White-crowned sparrow spends it’s last winter days before migration at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, in Huntington Beach, on Thursday, April 12, 2018. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
A Western side blotched lizard warms up in a sunny spot at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, in Huntington Beach, on Thursday, April 12, 2018. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
