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This section is devoted to weekly bird outings, a summary of findings and notes within Orange County, California.
The Willow Flycatcher is typically a May arrival here in Orange County. It’s a tricky Flycatcher (Empid) to ID when comparing with other similar Flycatchers such as the Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Gray Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, (the rare) Least Flycatcher and Western-Wood … 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
On Saturday, May 9, 2015 I had left O’Neill Park approximately 6pm and headed for the Bell View Trail NE in Rancho Santa Margarita in hopes of finding the Black-chinned Sparrow. A recent visit to this location on April 18 … Continued
An early afternoon visit to Blue Jay Campground off Ortega Highway turned up a last minute sighting of the Townsend’s x Hermit Warbler before my departure at 4pm. I caught two foraging atop of a pine tree at this GPS … Continued
Visits this week included: Barano Walk Trail, Laguna Niguel Regional Park, Wilderness Glen Park and Whiting Ranch. Continued appearances of the Yellow-breasted Chat are beginning to appear across the county. Also multiple sightings of the Black-throated Gray Warbler (Mike Sanders … Continued
This past week brought several migrant findings including: Black-throated Gray Warbler, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Western Tanager, and multiple sightings for the Black-headed Grosbeak and Wilson’s Warbler. Oddly enough, the Tanager, Grosbeak and Warbler were all males. Females of these species were … Continued
Outside of the previous posting for the rare Dusky-capped Flycatcher a few days ago, this week brought some of the spring arrivals back into town. Namely the Black-and-white Warbler, Hooded Oriole, Wilson’s Warbler and Pacific-slope Flycatcher to name a few. … Continued
On March 16, 2015, Mike Huang located a flycatcher that had not been seen in southern California since 2005/2006. It’s the Dusky-capped Flycatcher and it was found at Gilman Park in Fullerton. Some speculation occurred initially as there was a … Continued