Birders, The four Cackling Geese were again present at Huntington Lake in Huntington (Beach) Central Park this morning with about 400 Canada Geese. They were...
Hi birders, Stopped by SJWS at lunch today (MON 11-30-09) and found the female Mountain Bluebird at Pond C and the male Vermillion Flyctacher on the island of...
Orange County Birders I would suggest that if possible, someone from one of the Wildlife rescue agencies make an attempt to capture the BTG to see if its...
We went looking for the Godwit this afternoon on both sides of the Jamboree bridge ... for quite a while he wasn't around, and we figured we'd missed him. We...
Were we ever surprised today to see a Cactus Wren at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. It was between ponds 3 and 4, first in the nasty looking blue/gray tall...
Hello again here are my sightings for today from Bolsa Chica 08/20/03 Black skimmer. Western Sandpiper. Least Sandpiper. Long-billed Dowithcher. Willet. ...
greetings and salutations, Today John Garrett and I had the following highlights from San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary and Upper Newport Bay: Bar-tailed Godwit -...
The Bar-tailed Godwit was under the Jamboree bridge this afternoon at 3:30 pm. I am very happy that it stuck around for my visit, but sad to see it limping so...
Hi, I birded Oso Viejo Community Park today. A Summer Tanager and a Western Flycatcher were along Arbolitos Road at the upper entrance to the park and a Gray...
Hi birders, I arrived at the Jamboree bridge at around sunrise (6:30) on Thanksgiving morning to look for the Bar-tailed Godwit. I had not found it by 7:30,...
birders, Today John Garrett and I birded the Upper Santa Ana River between Katella Avenue and Yorba Regional Park. We had the following highlights: Cackling...
Hi, Doug Willick and I birded a few spots in Lake Forest this afternoon. Two "Aleutian" Cackling Geese were at Village Pond Park among the Canada Goose horde....
Hello, Birders, Special thanks to Jim Pike from Huntington Beach who reported recently about "a roost of nine White-tailed Kites in the 'wilder' east end of...
Greetings all~ I went fishing yesterday at LN lake Thanksgiving day. I was thrilled to see an osprey appear in my binocs view and eventually saw it dive for a...
Birders, I've birded Huntington Lake at Huntington Central Park twice recently at dawn. Although I've heard no "twittering" Tropical Kingbird (this is where...
birders, I don't know about you, but I'd rather go birding on Thanksgiving instead of lazing around on the couch watching football. I spent a good chunk of the...
Birding briefly at lunchtime today (24 November) at Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana, I had an interesting mixed flock of birds come in to pishing,...
This afternoon around 4 p.m., we saw a female Mountain Bluebird on a bluebird box between Ponds C & D at the San Joaquin ponds in Irvine, very close to where...
birders, I stopped by the Orange Lakes Apartment Complex along Chapman Avenue for five minutes late this afternoon. In the row of ornamental trees along Solana...
Greetings, While I was birding in Long Beach yesterday Jan 31, Steve Smith was on the mesa at Bolsa Chica and sent me some photos of White-tailed Kites in...
Monday morning at 10:00, the BLUEBIRD was still on the hawk perch at Pond C. I too hastily dismissed it as a Western Bluebird, paying more attention to an...
Someone posted on the San Juan Wildlife Sanctuary (SJWS)bulletin board on 11/15 that they saw 3 Mountain Bluebirds at Pond C. Yesterday, 11/22 I believe I...
birders, The BAR-TAILED GODWIT continued at Upper Newport Bay this morning. It has now been present for at least three weeks. I saw it at high tide with a...
Hello birders, Today (Nov 22,) at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach, I observed at least 4 American White Pelicans, 1 Reddish Egret, at least...
Hi, Yesterday morning, 10 Black Swifts lingered well above Huntington Central Park. Today, a SY male Northern Parula was singing in a neighborhood near Canyon...
My wife, Kirsten & I had a Lark Sparrow in the burned trees along side the Santa Ana River about 1 mile south of the Gypsum Canyon bridge. Nice! Jeff Keen ...
Birders, I refound the Painted Redstart originally discovered by Neil Gilbert yesterday (Friday 11/20/09). I saw it this morning in the same location, 8:30am....
The three (2 adults, one young) Greater White-fronted Geese previously found by Neil Gilbert, were in place at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley this...
Hello, Today, Nov. 21st at around noon, we saw a Golden Eagle feed on a Coot at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine. It caught the coot by Pond C and...