There were eight Brant this norning near the first observation point. I looked for them again around noon but couldn't find them. Bill Sauer Huntington Beach ...
At 4 PM Friday, the previously reported American Redstart was at Mason Regional Park in Irvine, in willows and sycamores approximately 350 - 400 feet southeast...
Greetings! Yesterday, here on the eastern side of Mission Viejo, I noticed a couple of black-chinned hummingbirds at our feeders, first of season for me....
We were out photo-verifying a bunch of stuff. Saw some interesting stuff. There is an absolute mob of Sterna spp. (I know I see Forster's and Elegant in there,...
Hi, today at SJWS I saw my first of the year yellow warbler, ash-throated flycatcher, hooded oriole, and bells vireo. Also saw or heard california thrasher,...
My wife and I have started regularly birding Clark Regional Park in a casual way on Sunday afternoons to get a little exercise and wind down before the new...
The Pine Warbler was found in an oak tree west of the steps from the lower parking lot at 12:50 PM today. Ten of us from the Southwest Bird Study Club enjoyed...
Today, Tues 7 Apr 2009, there was a singing ROCK WREN at Santiago Oaks Regional Park. It was on a snag near the big dam. It flew north(?) toward the...
Audubon House will be closed Monday and Tuesday, April 13 and 14, due to a scheduled power outage. The trails (and restrooms) will remain open. Nancy Kenyon ...
Thought this may be of interest to some of you: BOLSA CHICA BOOK This new book by Dr. Dave Carlberg is a must for anyone interested or involved in the Bolsa...
There are still a few spots left on the Sea & Sage field trip to the Eastern Sierra on April 18-19 led by Roy Poucher. We will meet in Lone Pine at 7:30 am on...
Hi birders, This afternoon (Fri 4/10/09) there was an immature male Summer Tanager in the flowering willow tree in the creek directly across from the tennis...
All, Had a chance to bird around SJWS this afternoon and found a total of three Least Bell's Vireo. The first, a singing male was in the area in the...
Greetings, Steve Smith sent me a photo of a Parasitic Jaeger that he photographed yesterday afternoon, 10 Apr, from the Bolsa Chica wooden bridge. It made a...
Hello birders - Could anyone tell me what sea birds are currently being seen (or likely to be seen) since I'm going on a couple-hour whale watch trip tomorrow...
Well, that was one of the more interesting sights I've seen! Coming home yesterday, on my street, to my downtown Fullerton apartment about 4:30, I saw a crow...
This morning (Saturday), at Huntington Central Park, a guy walking his dog told me he had just seen "a quail missing its tail feathers" going into the brush in...
Hi birders, Sat. 4-11-09 I had a singing Plumbeous Vireo at Yosemite Park in Laguna Niguel. It was in full song, and the bird was singing the entire time I was...
Greetings, Steve Smith is on a roll. This morning he sent me a photo of an Allen's Hummingbird, though not unusual, I thought very striking. It was at Bolsa...
I'll tell a second-hand story, and ask whether anyone has seen such a thing first-hand: A pair of red-tailed hawks was being harrassed by crows. The female...
Hi, A typically great photo by Steve Smith. Thanks for posting it. The bird appears to me to be a Pomarine Jaeger, though. I don't have an explanation for the...
Jim and OCbirders: It appears to me that there are two spoon-shaped central rectrices on this jaeger. The bird's left central tail feather (on the right in the...
I guess I jumped to conclusions when I saw the pointed tail streamer and the fact that it was onshore. I changed the caption on the Jaeger to Pomarine Jaeger...
I have recently seen many questions on this list regarding things like,"...what subspecies are we more likely to see in this park", "...what seabirds are...
Hi birders, The imm male American Redstart continued today (Monday 4-13-09)around noon at MRP in Irvine. The bird was in a live oak immediately west of the...
I would appreciate your help in identifying a hummingbird-like creature that was methodically working the salvia, again, hummingbird-like, in my backyard. It...
... Sounds like you saw a "hummingbird moth"; a.k.a. a Sphinx moth. Perhaps a White-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata, which are out and about right now. See ...
Hi It sounds like a White-lined Sphinx Moth........some people call them "hummingbird moths". What you see as the bill is their extended tongue! Lori Conrad ...
