William F. Riley Wilderness Park – San Juan Capistrano Christmas Bird Count for December 20, 2014
Greetings – Here’s a partial summary of today’s CBC for San Juan Capistrano I met up with Darrell Wilson, Jerry Tolman, Sandy, Stephanie and Jerry at the parking lot of William F. Riley Wildereness Park earlier today at approximately 10 … Continued
Zone-tailed Hawk and Varied Thrushes – Lake Forest, CA on December 19, 2014
While visiting the El Toro Memorial Memorial Park (cemetery) in Lake Forest for a local bird count, I had eventually stumbled upon the Varied Thrushes at the back end of the park around 2:40pm. This was near where the maintenance … Continued
San Juan Creek Mouth – Dana Point, CA December 11, 2014
With the worst storm on its way since 2009 and sunset approaching at 4:43pm, my 3pm arrival seemed timely to catch up on the latest shore birds near the San Juan Creek mouth in Dana point. The San Juan Creek … Continued
*New – added American Bittern and Common Loon to the Photo Gallery on December 7, 2014
Shortcuts to each of these galleries can be found below. American Bittern Common Loon Images of both species taken on November 21, 2014 at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach, CA
Varied Thrush continues at Wilderness Glen Park, Mission Viejo, November 29, 2014
After a local Varied Thrush sighting off the corner of Hidalgo and Mirador on November 23, 2014 (Hidalgo Wilderness), another post was listed at the Yahoo Orange County Birding Group on November 25 by Kiersi Koeff at the Wilderness Glen … Continued
More images added to the Rock Wren Photo Gallery – November 29, 2014
Several visits to the Oso Reservoir permitted very nice closeups of the Rock Wren. On one occasion as many as 5 were counted. This is most unusual as they’re not easy to locate. Here’s a shortcut to the Rock Wren … Continued
Oso Reservoir (Private Access) on November 28, 2014
At approximately 1:45pm, Jeff Bray, Mike Sanders and myself set out for the Oso Reservoir in Rancho Santa Margarita. Upon parking near the boat launch area we noted a Common Merganser amongst the various waterfowl. Also in today’s journey we … Continued
*New – Blue-winged Teal added to the Photo Gallery on November 27, 2014
This particular duck, the Blue-winged Teal can typically be found here in Orange County during Fall and Winter months. The link below will offer photos of both the male and female from January 2013 forward. Click here to see the … Continued
Varied Thrush – Mission Viejo, 2nd sighting
On November 23, off the intersection of Hidalgo and Mirador, there’s a wooded area below street level. GPS coordinates are: 33.6428, -117.6533 (copy and paste at https://maps.google.com). The area is not easily accessible as you have to hike down a … Continued
*New – Hooded Mergansers added to the Photo Gallery
Numerous male and female Hooded Merganser images were added to the Photo Gallery today, November 22, 2014 A short cut to the gallery can be found at this location