Just saw the Orange Bishop back on the SAR South of Adams. 9AM. Brian Knott Huntington Beach...
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Rick 'Proto-rusti...
a055894
Jul 5, 2012 5:23 pm
Hi, on July 4 there were 2 Redish Egrets in Bolsa Chica, If you walked inland on the flood channel levee on the right side, they were halfway between the...
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Thomasabenson@...
tombenson76
Jul 5, 2012 9:15 pm
This morning (Jul 5) I spent from 6:20-7:40 AM sea watching from Newport Pier. Despite a lot of tern, gull, and dolphin activity visible off the pier, I saw no...
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DwightR
dreedx2
Jul 6, 2012 12:34 pm
After reading that the Orange Bishop was back I went back to the SA River hoping for a picture or two. I got some distant, blurry pics of the guy but of more...
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KEVIN M
kevmicdoh
Jul 8, 2012 4:58 am
I was out hiking in O'Neill Reg Park today, and got a picture of an empidonax flycatcher I believe. I don't think it's a western wood pewee, it has an...
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Brian Daniels
georgebedafort
Jul 8, 2012 10:28 pm
Birders, A few Aechmophorus grebes often summer at the marsh, but none had been documented as breeding until today - a Clark's Grebe pair is tending to two...
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Jim
vireos44
Jul 8, 2012 11:31 pm
How many years has it been since the "good old days" at SJM? 8 years? 10 years? The reneged promise of shorebird habitat perpetually being present in at least...
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Zopteryx
zebrashark72
Jul 11, 2012 4:27 am
Yesterday, 7/9/12, I was shocked to hear and later see a MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE in my backyard here in Ladera Ranch. I observed it for about 4 minutes before it...
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nicholsand
Jul 11, 2012 7:24 pm
At 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, there was an apparent GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE in the Nature Center at Mile Square Regional Park in Fountain Valley. It was with a mixed...
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Barbara Boethling
bboethling
Jul 11, 2012 9:42 pm
Hi Folks, I am somewhat reluctant to post this. I don't think I was hallucinating though. I have just come from the Talbert Nature Preserve in Costa Mesa. ...
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Doug
oc_birder
Jul 12, 2012 3:18 am
Hi Barbara, I have no doubt you saw what you thought you saw. Back about 8 or 10 years ago, and over a period of several years, there were a few Northern...
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Jim
vireos44
Jul 12, 2012 4:00 am
Hi, I noted a singing male Northern Cardinal at Talbert Regional Park (South) on 21 April. Jim Pike HB...
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thomasf_h
Jul 12, 2012 8:00 am
I had a mini shorebird "fallout" following a run around San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary today after sunset. In Pond D there were a total of 25 WILSON's...
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Terry Hill
terryhill78
Jul 13, 2012 11:29 pm
The monthly Bolsa Chica count was done today, and highlights included 2 REDDISH EGRETS (full tidal basin, 1 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (Brightwater Trail), and 1...
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Campbell David
nb_angler
Jul 14, 2012 9:09 pm
This morning from 6:45 AM to 7:45 AM the fog bank had retreated to about a mile from the end of the Newport Pier and there was no wind with calm seas. There...
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Lisa
lismperez
Jul 15, 2012 1:32 am
Hello everyone! This my first post! I was checking one of my cowbird traps at Aliso & Wood Canyons Park and saw what I believe were two Indigo Buntings. The...
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nicholsand
Jul 16, 2012 8:34 pm
The juvenile GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE continues in the northwest corner of the Nature Center at Mile Square Regional Park. It continues with the mixed flock of...
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Brian Daniels
georgebedafort
Jul 16, 2012 9:08 pm
Jim, I would hope that others would weigh in on this report, but maybe they will privately. I really doubt that a Green-tailed Towhee would occur at that...
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Jim
vireos44
Jul 17, 2012 1:49 am
I agree with Brian. The likelihood of seeing a juvenile Green-tailed Towhee, with streaked underparts and lacking rufous on the crown, in mid-summer, so far...
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robert_houtz
Jul 18, 2012 6:31 pm
A Western Tanager appeared in the small stream at Gilman Park between the two wooden bridges at the western end of the park. It was seen with the usual...
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Denise
ca_sunset2000
Jul 18, 2012 6:47 pm
Near Yorktown and Brookhurst, for the last 4 days, I have been observing 3 young Accipiters. Early morning and evening, I hear squeaky whistles coming from the...
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naturegirlaol
Jul 18, 2012 8:33 pm
Hi Lisa- We see Blue Grosbeaks all the time in Aliso/Woods Canyon Park in the summer. The males are bright blue and have chestnut brown patches on their...
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Doug
oc_birder
Jul 18, 2012 11:23 pm
Hi Denise, Over the last 25 years or so (very roughly), it seems that Cooper's Hawks have been adapting fairly well to urban/suburban settings, to the point...
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Nancy Kenyon
nancykenyons...
Jul 20, 2012 2:29 am
I have just received a cancellation for Saturday's Summer Pelagic Trip out of Dana Point, sponsored by Sea & Sage Audubon. Information on the trip can be found...
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Nancy Kenyon
nancykenyons...
Jul 20, 2012 3:21 am
Saturday's Summer Pelagic Trip is now full. The one vacancy has been taken. Our next pelagic trip will be on Sat, September 22. Information about the trip can...
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Terry Hill
terryhill78
Jul 20, 2012 8:27 pm
Today's (July 20) monthly count of Harriett Wieder Park and the south end of Bolsa Chica started very warm and humid with no breeze, but the breeze did pick up...
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Nancy Kenyon
nancykenyons...
Jul 21, 2012 1:36 am
I just received a cancellation for tomorrow's Pelagic Trip out of Dana Point. If you are interested in going, please contact me immediately. For trip info,...
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Thomasabenson@...
tombenson76
Jul 21, 2012 11:11 pm
Today (Jul 21) Sea and Sage Audubon held its first summer pelagic trip aboard the Ocean Institute's R/V Sea Explorer out of Dana Point. Captain Mike and the...
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jpreusch
Jul 24, 2012 2:44 pm
I have heard that Allen's HB's don't visit feeder's. Yet I think I have had an Allen's visiting our window feeder recently. I posted a photo (number 34) in...
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Jennifer Gardner
jenniferlaur...
Jul 24, 2012 3:14 pm
The allen's and the rufous are very hard to tell apart and your picture is pretty far away. Do you think it's a male? Check his back color. If he is brown...
