Squadron of migrating white pelicans at the Ventura Harbor Nature Preserve
Image
Title
Squadron of migrating white pelicans at the Ventura Harbor Nature Preserve
Source
Johnson, Kerry
Description
[User contributed description]
A weekly walk with friends at the Ventura Harbor Nature Preserve (aka the settling ponds) is a tradition we started during the Covid pandemic. It is a place of such beauty and serenity. Great Blue Herons, Night Herons, Egrets, and Ducks inhabit this small preserve year round. Early spring and fall are marked with the arrival of the White Pelicans along with many other migratory species.
Sadly, our city government is intending to fill in this habitat and drain the ponds that are home to so many species of birds and a place of respite to those that stop by on their way to summer or winter homes. Soon these ponds will no longer exist and we will have lost yet another important ecosystem. All that will be left by this time next year are memories captured by photos such as this one.
A weekly walk with friends at the Ventura Harbor Nature Preserve (aka the settling ponds) is a tradition we started during the Covid pandemic. It is a place of such beauty and serenity. Great Blue Herons, Night Herons, Egrets, and Ducks inhabit this small preserve year round. Early spring and fall are marked with the arrival of the White Pelicans along with many other migratory species.
Sadly, our city government is intending to fill in this habitat and drain the ponds that are home to so many species of birds and a place of respite to those that stop by on their way to summer or winter homes. Soon these ponds will no longer exist and we will have lost yet another important ecosystem. All that will be left by this time next year are memories captured by photos such as this one.
Creator
Kerry Johnson
Date
26-Aug-22
Format
Photograph
Subject
Natural areas
White pelican
Waterfowl
White pelican
Waterfowl
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Type
Image
Language
English
Collection
Citation
Kerry Johnson, “Squadron of migrating white pelicans at the Ventura Harbor Nature Preserve,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed December 3, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/7727.