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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
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
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
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
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
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
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