{"id":1436,"date":"2014-11-26T18:37:45","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T01:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2014-11-26T19:11:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T02:11:08","slug":"varied-thrush-2nd-sighting-in-1-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?p=1436","title":{"rendered":"Varied Thrush – Mission Viejo, 2nd sighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 23, off the intersection of Hidalgo and Mirador, there’s a wooded area below street level.\u00a0 GPS coordinates are:\u00a0 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 steep grade slope, walk through some brush to be be able to find a walkable dirt path trail.\u00a0 As you head east across a broken tree limb, this was the area the female Varied Thrush was seen and then 20 minutes later male Varied Thrush.\u00a0 Note the yellow marked circle on the branch below.<\/p>\n

Here’s a few photos of this location:<\/p>\n

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Hidalgo wilderness at intersection of Hildago and Mirador- Varied Thrush sighting, Mission Viejo November 23, 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Hidalgo wilderness at intersection of Hildago and Mirador- Varied Thrush sighting, Mission Viejo November 23, 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Hidalgo wilderness at intersection of Hildago and Mirador- Varied Thrush sighting, Mission Viejo November 23, 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Today, November 26, at Wilderness Glen which is about half a mile away, another Varied Thrush was located.\u00a0 eBird report is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The report I listed at OrangeCountyBirding Yahoo Group is as follows:<\/p>\n

“As reported yesterday by Kiersi, I too was able to locate a male Varied Thrush.\u00a0 This was across the small foot bridge below Via Noveno.\u00a0 As you cross the bridge and veer to the right (west) the asphalt path becomes wood chips.\u00a0 Continue on this wood chip path and as you begin to loop back, there’s a Danger Cliff sign.\u00a0 It was in these Oak Trees, just over the thick railed fence the Varied Thrush was seen.\u00a0 The plumage on this male may have been a bit more faded than what I had previously reported about a half mile away at Hidalgo Wilderness a few days earlier.<\/p>\n

GPS coordinates for this sighting are:\u00a0 33.6348, -117.6627<\/p>\n

I’ve also a link on my site with photographs of this area and a marked up map:\u00a0 Wilderness Glen Park and Seville Park, Mission Viejo | Birds of Orange County & Southern California<\/a><\/p>\n