On 26 January 2007, Dan Singer and I found and photographed what appears to be a 1st cycle Glaucous Gull. Although it has a little more black along the...
Hey all, I puttered around Orange County birding today. Saw the Black Oystercatchers at the Crescent Bay point, about 8 of them milling around on the rocks. ...
Reminder from: OrangeCountyBirding Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/cal San Jacinto Wildlife Area Saturday February 10, 2007 8:00...
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I had the Least Bittern that Larry Sato described in Upper Newport Back Bay Friday afternoon ~ 1:00P. This is a very coopertive bird and seems fairly tame by...
Hi All, During late morning on Superbowl Sunday, Kathy Keane, Peter Gaede and I saw a subadult Bald Eagle at the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station. The bird was...
Hello, I got back from a brief, nonbirding trip to Orange County last night. I spent only a few hours birding, but I came up with 88 species and nine lifers. ...
The Black and White Warbler was present today along with a Wilson's and an Orange-crowned in a group of trees next to the paved path just north of the "island"...
Rich Sonnenberg
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Feb 7, 2007 12:07 am
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The Winter Wren was seen yesterday around noon at Huntington Beach Central Park. The wren can be found on the hillside just west of the Gothard Street parking...
A couple of birds still remain at Laguna Niguel RP. The adult male American Redstart was in its usual location with a Mountain Chickadee. The Brown Creeper and...
Hi Birders While on today's gull ID fieldtrip for Los Angeles Audubon Society, we had a probable third-year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Doheny Beach. It was...
hey all, Birded orange county with John Sterling, Jim Lomax, and Oscar Johnson (we were joined for a short while by Tom Wurster and Liga Auzins as well). We...
This afternoon I found a "red" fox sparrow, presumably of the 'zaboria' subspecies at the Tucker Wildlife Santuary in the bird garden near both sets of...
Hello Everyone, The Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach has been intaking birds for the last few days from the areas of the Santa Ana River...
Spent an hour at Bolsa this morning for: Belding's Savannah Sparrow--singing on the fence at the far end of the boardwalk (I'd appreciate confirmation of my ID...
I just received an inquiry from a British birder who will be visiting Newport Beach next week and wants to know the best place to locate a California Thrasher,...
Hello Everyone, I want to extend a HUGE thank you to everyone that helped us with our beach recon yesterday around the Santa Ana River Delta and surrounding ...
Group, Slaty-backed Gulls are starting to appear in northern California on a regular basis. I'm working on this week's RBA, but an email that just came in...
This sounds interesting and would be great for someone to be able to confirm it, however the description does not rule out (no descirption of mantle ...
Hi, I spent Monday and Wednesday (2:30-4:30) afternoons looking through the gull flock roosting on the rocky flat between the creek mouth and the north jetty...
I was at Doheny on Wed also looking for the gulls. The only thing I can add to Jim Pike's report is that there were four (4) Blk Crowned Night Herons in the...
Hi All, Yesterday at UNB I photographed an odd American Coot near the top of Upper Newport Bay. It was feeding with other coots near Jamboree Road. I was a...
Robb, That Coot has been here for a while. It was pointed out to us by Leigh Johnson below the Muth Center (Visitor Center) of Upper Newport Bay during our...
Greetings, Birded today where the worm-eating warbler was first reported near UCI. I came across a Townsend's warbler in among the pine trees near the laundry...
I don't know that my photo is much better than Joel's, but I've added to the misc. folder, and it's on my blog on the Dec. 31st 2006 post as well... Happy...
Today at about 5:00 PM my wife and I saw an adult Bald Eagle land about 50 feet up in a Sycamore at Irvine Regional Park. The eagle stayed for about thirty...
Dear San Diego Creek/Newport Bay Watershed Supporters: Please don't forget this Wednesday's meeting of the Newport Bay Watershed Stakeholder Meeting, again at...
A Common Murre was in Dana Point harbor near the bait barge on Saturday. The bird appeared healthy and was feeding. I had never seen one in the harbor, so I...
Up to 13 Golden Crown Sparrows seen on a consistant basis at Seaview Park Trail in Laguna Niguel. 8 are to the right of the beginning of the trail by the...
