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Here you will find images of perching birds. Note there are many sub species within perching birds
An uncommon wintering migrant, the Plumbeous Vireo was found on January 23rd and also on January 30th, 2016 at Bart Spendlove Memorial Park in Mission Viejo, CA. This small park offers quite a few interesting visitors especially during the winter … Continued
On the Christmas Bird Count in December 2015, a Painted Redstart was located at Irvine Lake. One had been seen previously in Silverado Canyon but it was ultimately determined this December visitor was in fact a second / different Painted … Continued
Both the Red-breasted Nuthatch and Pine Siskin have been well documented in various parts of Orange County especially of recent. Neither species is rare by any means, just typically uncommon to find year round or on a continuum. Here’s a … Continued
Weekly Roundup as of September 19, 2015: After my post about the male Dickcissel last week, the following day a Bobolink had been sighted at Pond E at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. The Bobolink stayed well below the marsh … Continued
A report of a Dickcissel was submitted by Jeff Bray at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary approximately 7:15 a.m. today. I met up with Becky and Steve Turley, Bruce Aird, Jeff Bray, Ryan Winkleman and Amin at approximately 11:00 a.m … Continued
After a short excursion just outside Orange County last week, I felt it important for local birders and vacationers to know what’s just outside our Orange County border. One example presented here is the Steller’s Jay. These images were taken … Continued
Two visits to the Bell View Trail SW in Rancho Margarita in late May 2015 produced some reasonably good photos of this seldom scene species. Here’s a shortcut link to the Violet-green Swallow photo gallery with a few teaser photos … Continued
The juvenile Vermilion Flycatcher recently seen at Mile Square Park was again present on May 24, 2015 at approximately 2:45 p.m. As Mike Sanders and I approached the NE section of the park just outside the outskirts of the nature … Continued
A visit to Tucker Wildlife and a conversation with Curt (employee at Tucker) yielded further insight to the seldom seen Lark Sparrow tending to its young. The untrained eye might mistake this for a variety of sparrows with chest streaks … Continued
A year round common but seldom seen species, the California Thrasher has been added to the photo gallery today May 19, 2015 A link to the photo gallery can be found here for the California Thrasher