• Green Heron
  • Long-billed Curlew
  • Ridgway's Rail
  • Cooper's Hawk

    Cooper's Hawk perched at Bolsa Chica Eco Reserve on March 8, 2015

  • Great Horned Owlet

    A female Great Horned Owl and her 3 owlettes

  • Rock Wren
  • Cactus Wren
  • Nuttall's Woodpecker
  • Black-and-white Wabler
  • Black-throated Gray Warbler
  • Common Raven
  • Clark's Grebe
  • Purple Finch (male)
  • Purple Finch (female)
  • Marsh Wren
  • Cliff Swallow
  • Barn Swallow
  • Tree Swallow
  • Savannah Sparrow

    (Belding's)

  • Hutton's Vireo
  • Western Wood-Pewee
  • Ash-throated Flycatcher
  • Swainson's Thrush
  • Phainopela (male)
  • Warbling Vireo
  • American Kestrel (male)
  • Sage Thrasher

    Sage Thrasher at Bolsa Chica Eco Reserve in Huntington Beach, CA

  • Peregrine Falcon
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron
  • Acorn Woodpecker (male)
  • Calliope Hummingbird (male)
  • California Towhee
  • Mountain Chickadee
  • Photo taken at Bart Spendlove Memorial Park in Mission Viejo, CA on March 13, 2014
    Northern Flicker red-shafted
  • House Wren
  • California Thrasher

Northern Harrier (male) aka “The Gray Ghost” – Moulton Meadows Park, Laguna Beach CA April 10, 2017

After two attempts at trying to locate the unique Calliope Hummingbird at Moulton Meadows Park In Laguna Beach, all efforts failed however as with most bird outings, the element of surprise is what kindles the intrigue. A brief glance of … Continued

Sound Recordings of the Broad-tailed Hummingbird which continued on August 20, 2016

A revisit to the park today with the sole intent on recording this Broad-tailed Hummingbird’s mechanical in flight sounds proved fruitful (note these are “not” vocalizations but sounds made by the wings movement while in flight).  Here are several audio … Continued