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A recent post of the Hooded Mergansers and the rare Swamp Sparrow in the Orange County Yahoo group in Aliso Viejo on November 20 showed both species were continuing at the same location. I had arrived at approximately 2:30 pm … Continued
A fairly spectacular afternoon at Bolsa Chica Wetlands today with 58 species in all. I had started out at the walk bridge off Pacific Coast Highway around 1pm and within the first few minutes had seen the Ridgeway’s Rail, Common … Continued
A visit to the reservoir at approximately 2:30 pm today was intriguing. The reservoir had an abundance of waterfowl. Numerous American Wigeons, American Coots, Mallards, Northern Shovelers, Spotted Sandpipers and a variety of others filled the water pool. An appearance … Continued
A visit to Arroyo Trabuco (entrance off Arroyo Vista) in Rancho Santa Margarita produced a reasonably good list in such a short period of time (2 hours). The complete list can be found on eBird. Highlights of today’s journey were … Continued
After a mundane start at around 3pm and seeing nothing but Yellow-rumped Warblers and White-crowned Sparrows, things began to get a bit more exiciting once Mike and I ventured toward the reservoir. Today we opted to scour the back end … Continued
A few days ago, fellow birders Mike Sanders and Amin Khalifa joined me for a visit to the Oso Reservoir. Much to our surprise, not 1 but 2 Pectoral Sandpipers flew in to the shoreline along with a cluster of … Continued
This Olive-backed Pipit is the 4th sighting recorded in all of North America. According to the book entitled “Rare Birds of North America” by Howell, Lewington and Russell, this bird has only been recorded 3 times prior: 2 spring sightings … Continued
Via special permission, I was granted access to this private area on October 30, 2014 at approximately 3:30pm to perform a bird survey. I had parked near the docking area as there was plenty of bird activity at this one … Continued
The Bell’s Vireo has been added to the photo gallery on October 29, 2014. Though indigenous to our coastal area, they are not easily found and the Least Bell’s Vireo is now considered endangered on the Federal U.S. Fish and … Continued
This particular Thrush is not a frequent visitor to Orange County except in the Springtime (earliest signs are April, with strongest visibility in May). Continued reports have been through July though tapering off at this point with a slight return … Continued