Hi all, Yesterday morning, Glenn and I went to Bolsa Chica to look for the Gull-billed Terns. We dipped, but did see several tiny Snowy Plover chicks (and...
Nature is never nice and tidy. Although the presence of Gull-billed Terns in Orange County is an unusual event, it may have some unwelcome side effects. This...
Sea & Sage Audubon SJWS Monthly Census Report for May 2008 Below is a list of birds seen and/or heard on our May 2nd census at the San Joaquin Wildlife...
2 Birds spotted at low tide, on the rocks beside the exposed tidepools at Rocky Bight, Crystal Cove near the Historic District. Beverly [Non-text portions of...
There is still room on the May 10th pelagic trip out of Dana Point. We plan to go out to the 14 mile bank to look for spring migrants. Possible candidates are...
Hello all, There are several interesting birds at San Joaquin yesterday on top of all of those Nancy Kenyon recently reported. There was a very bright male...
birders, This morning, while out birding my neighborhood, I found an adult male BALTIMORE ORIOLE. I first heard the bird singing around 7:00 a.m., and after a...
Thanks, Neil! Good report, and it's always fun to see the "other" oriole. Based on your other observations, and the mostly dismal migrant reports thus far, I...
Migrants are starting to come in droves, Western Tanagers are all over the place, Swainson's Thrushes are arriving throughout the county, Western Wood-Pewees...
After a wave of migrants I reported 2 weeks ago there was a lull and I hope Rob McNab is correct is assessing a current second wave. Here, above the northern...
birders, This morning I found a GRAY FLYCATCHER at Peters Canyon Regional Park in Orange. The bird was in the brush just south of the dam at the foot of the...
I was leaving work today (~ 3:45P) and decided to look at the blackbird flock in the high dry grass near my work that I had been glancing at all day. Turned...
Hey all, Thought I'd post here about what I've been seeing at UCI's Aldrich Park as I go to my classes this quarter. I try to update my blog about it, but...
FYI - the flock of Yellow-headed Blackbirds continues today off of Fairchild Road in Irvine, near the intersection of MacArthur and Jamboree. Birds are within...
Laguna Niguel Regional Park had Yellow and Wilson's Warblers, Bullock's and Hooded Orioles, Western Tanagers, Swainson"s Thrush and a large group of Vaux's...
Migrants seen this morning on my home patch above the north end of Back Bay Drive: Western Tanager Warbling Vireo Lazuli Bunting - 1 male, 1 female feeding on...
Well this time last year I was having coffee in my backyard with Lazuli Buntings just about every morning. I was not a birder back then and just assumed I'd...
Carbon Canyon Regional Park and the OC portion of Chino Hills State Park are fantastic birding areas, I agree. When I was a teen, the area was considered at...
I just (1:10 P.M., 2008-05-09) checked out the previously reported YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD flock found by Robert McNab on Fairchild near the FDA complex. At...
Elliotte Rusty Harold
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May 9, 2008 8:25 pm
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At Huntington Central Park today (Friday), there was a mixed flock of warblers on the southwest edge of the "Island" area. They were flying down to bathe in a...
Above the north end of Back Bay Drive at dusk May 9: bright male Black-headed Grosbeak ratty,or wet, vocal Hooded Oriole, 1 male Warbling Vireo (1) lovely...
Hi All, Anyone out there with no Mother's Day plans interested in a trip to the Salton Sea tomorrow? Email or call my cell phone 818-522-5261. Good birding, ...
I am amazed that I am stilling getting migrants in my yard. I had to stop putting out seed and have stopped any/all dripping faucets because I have been...
Hey all, after making my mom a delicious breakfast, I treated myself to a little birding at San Joaquin Marsh. Western warblers galore - hooded, Wilson's,...
Brain fart! I meant hermit NOT hooded warbler, sorry all =) Hey all, after making my mom a delicious breakfast, I treated myself to a little birding at San ...
... Where was the Bell's Vireo? We popped up a couple of Warbling Vireos this morning, but not Bell's. :-( -- Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo@... ...
Elliotte Harold
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A bit late in posting this, but it sounds like it has been a good spring for migrant Gray Flycatchers along the coast of southern California. Another was in...
I just (12:50 P.M., 2008-05-12) checked out the previously reported YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD flock found by Robert McNab on Fairchild near the FDA complex. At...
Elliotte Rusty Harold
elharo@...
May 12, 2008 8:37 pm
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I was fortunate to watch a western tanager in my orange tree this morning and listened to its call. Debbie McGuire Costa Mesa (College Park Tract)...
My wife Robin & I spent a wonderful afternoon Sunday at Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary yesterday participating in the banding of Barn Owl, Red- shouldered Hawk...
