{"id":42,"date":"2014-03-17T04:14:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T04:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds.pcpg.com\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2016-03-11T14:07:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T21:07:04","slug":"local-birding-spots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=42","title":{"rendered":"<b>Local Orange County Birding Spots<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The list below is for locations within cities in Orange County.\u00a0 At each location the intent is to provide park images and views, map snippets or links to the actual Park web pages.\u00a0 Where appropriate, additional coordinates will be indicated within each park as of course certain areas are better than others (i.e. specific hot spot).\u00a0 My intent is also to note specific species with time frame to further enhance your experience via eBird links to actual sightings.\u00a0 Locations notated below offer also whether or not they are fee generated and private access but public access around perimeters.<\/p>\n<p>As a side note, I have found on Google Maps there are various trails such as the Bell View Trail (east and west entrances), Canaveras Trail and the Barano Walk Trail that were only shown as &#8220;hiking trails&#8221; in Google Maps at prior to February of 2014.\u00a0 I have written to the Google Maps division and each time received responses further clarifying the actual trail.\u00a0 With this being done, Google Maps now shows the proper trail names which of course is helpful in ID&#8217;ing the right location.\u00a0 Should you come across a trail that is unmarked or listed generically as &#8220;Hiking Trail&#8221; please notify <a title=\"Google Maps Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/maps\/answer\/162873?hl=en\">Google Maps<\/a> .<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0ALISO VIEJO<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Aliso Woods and Canyon (actually located in Laguna Niguel see below)<\/li>\n<li>Hummingbird Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Brea<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ocparks.com\/parks\/carbon\">Carbon Canyon Regional Park<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Fee &#8211; owned by OC Parks)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Coto de Caza (aka Trabuco Canyon)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Thomas F. Riley Wilderness Park (park photos, map &amp; links)\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=1107\">Thomas F. Riley Wilderness Park <\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Fee &#8211; owned by OC Parks)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>DANA POINT<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Dana Point Harbor (Dana Point) (Certain areas are Fee based &#8211; note signs, tickets are given)<\/li>\n<li>Dana Point Headlands (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>Salt Creek Beach <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Fee &#8211; owned by OC Parks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>San Juan Creek River Mouth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>HUNTINGTON BEACH<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve &#8211; South (Bolsa Chica Street entrance) (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve Walk Bridge\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=532\">Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve Walk Bridge<\/a> &#8211; entrance on Pacific Coast Highway (walk bridge) (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>Huntington Central Park (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"John Baca Park \u2013 Huntington Beach, CA\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=441\">John Baca Park<\/a> (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>Harriett M. Wieder Regional Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">IRVINE<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Orangetree Park \/ Irvine College (Irvine) (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary (Irvine) (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Strawberry Farms Golf Course aka Sand Canyon Reservoir\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=735\">Strawberry Farms Golf Course<\/a> (Irvine) (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>LAGUNA BEACH<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Laguna Wilderness Park including Nix Nature Center\" href=\"http:\/\/ocparks.com\/parks\/lagunac\/\">Laguna Coast Wilderness Park including Nix Nature Center<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Fee &#8211; owned by OC Parks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Heisler Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>LAGUNA NIGUEL<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Laguna Niguel Regional Park (Laguna Niguel) <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Fee &#8211; owned by OC Parks \/ Do Not Feed Birds here)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Aliso Woods and Canyon Wilderness Park\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=725\">Aliso Woods and Canyon<\/a> (Aliso Viejo) <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Fee &#8211; owned by OC Parks)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MISSION VEIJO<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Arroyo Trabuco Golf Course (Mission Viejo) (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee &#8211; trails owned by OC Parks<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Barano Walk Trail\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=385\">Barano Walk Trail (aka Barano Trail)<\/a> (Mission Viejo) (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bart Spendlove Memorial Park, Mission Viejo\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=163\">Bart Spendlove Memorial Park<\/a> &#8211; (Mission Viejo) (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cityofmissionviejo.org\/parkpics\/details_25.htm\">Jeronimo Open Space Park<\/a> &#8211; (Mission Viejo) (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>Mission Viejo Lake &#8211; (Mission Viejo) <span style=\"color: #993300;\">(certain areas Private-Walk Path on Alica Parkway publicly accessible)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Pinecrest Park \u2013 Mission Viejo\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=484\">Pinecrest Park<\/a> (Mission Viejo) (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Wilderness Glen and Seville Parks in Mission Viejo, CA\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=1265\">Wilderness Glen Park and Seville Park<\/a> (Mission Viejo) (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>MODJESKA CANYON<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary (Modjeska Canyon) (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>Harding Truck Trail (across from Tucker) (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ORANGE<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Irvine Regional Park <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Fee &#8211; owned by OC Parks)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Santiago Oaks Regional Park <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Fee &#8211; owned by OC Parks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=2299\">Villa Park Flood Control Basin (Dam)<\/a> (access to &#8220;The Magic Basin&#8221;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Arroyo Trabuco Wilderness (Alica and Rancho Santa Marguerita) access point\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=366\">Arroyo Trabuco Wilderness Trail<\/a> (1) intersection at Alicia and Santa Margarita Parkway (Rancho Santa Margarita) <span style=\"color: #339966;\">(No Fee &#8211; owned by OC Parks)*<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><em>(note: as you descend to main trail, left (east) is trail that back ends to O&#8217;Neill Park in Trabuco Canyon. Right (west) continues on Arroyo Trabuco Wilderesss Trail)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Arroyo Trabuco Trail-Reservoir Access Point\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=637\">Arroyo Trabuco Wilderness Trail<\/a> (2) (Rancho Santa Margarita) (Reservoir Access) <span style=\"color: #339966;\">(No Fee &#8211; owned by OC Parks)*<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bell View Trail (east)\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=296\">Bell View Trail East<\/a> (Rancho Santa Margarita\/Trabuco Canyon) <span style=\"color: #339966;\">(No Fee &#8211; owned by OC Parks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bell View Trail west end\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=1052\">Bell View Trail West<\/a> (Rancho Santa Margarita\/Trabuco Canyon) <span style=\"color: #339966;\">(No Fee &#8211; owned by OC Parks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Upper Oso Reservoir (Rancho Santa Margarita (private access-perimeter publicly accessible)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SANTA ANA<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Fairhaven memorial Park \/ Santa Ana Cemetery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SILVERADO CANYON<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Star Canyon (Silverado Canyon) (<span style=\"color: #339966;\">No Fee<\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>TRABUCO CANYON<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Whiting Ranch (Trabuco Canyon) <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Fee &#8211; owned by OC Parks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>O&#8217;Neill Park (Trabuco Canyon) <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Fee &#8211; owned by OC Parks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Joplin Youth Center - Rose Canyon Road\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=584\">Joplin Youth Center \/ Rose Canyon Road<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>(to be continued)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The list below is for locations within cities in Orange County.\u00a0 At each location the intent is to provide park images and views, map snippets or links to the actual Park web pages.\u00a0 Where appropriate, additional coordinates will be indicated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=42\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5Rhss-G","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2308,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/2308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}