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This section is devoted to weekly bird outings, a summary of findings and notes within Orange County, California.
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
The image below of the Painted Redstart was taken at Irvine Lake on January 28th, 2016. It has remained in the same immediate location next to the Bait and Tackle Shop for well over a month and is a good … Continued
A local birder named Roger Schoedel had found this Tufted Duck on January 23rd 2016 in the Santa Ana river just behind Riverside Park. Since this was a 1st county record numerous reports of this sighting followed that same day … 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
As early as October of this past year 2015, the Zone-tailed Hawk has begun re-appearing in Orange County. I first located one this fall on October 6 in Lake Forest however they have been seen in Rancho Santa Margarita and … Continued
As of September 29th, 2015, Laguna Niguel Regional Park has spiked recently with several new arrivals. Over the past 2 weeks a Blackpoll Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Virginia’s Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, an American Redstart (1st year) and a Least … Continued
A visit to the San Luis River mouth in Oceanside, CA presented good views of a Wandering Tattler. Finding the species was not immediate and after about 90 minutes the Wandering Tattler was located behind the Oceanside marina suites waterfront … Continued
A mid-afternoon visit to Bolsa Chica Wetlands in search of the recently seen Yellow-crowned Night-Heron turned up fruitless. Mike Sanders and I covered quite a bit of ground, a total of 4.4 miles without success. However a visit to Bolsa … Continued
I arrived at Irvine Regional Park around 5pm and met Mike Sanders and Jeff Bray shortly thereafter. At approximately 7:30 we headed toward parking lot 15 and walked toward the back end of Irvine Regional Park. The time of arrival … Continued
A visit to the San Juan Creek Mouth in Dana Point yesterday “terned” up some interesting shorebirds. Sadly, I had also stumbled across a horrific scene. I had walked from the OCParks parking lot along the shore to observe and … Continued