{"id":1711,"date":"2015-02-16T11:10:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T18:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2015-02-16T19:54:16","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T02:54:16","slug":"birding-weekend-tally-for-february-13-14-and-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?p=1711","title":{"rendered":"Birding Weekend Tally for February 13, 14, and 15 Orange County, California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late Friday afternoon, February 13, I did a solo return to Village Pond Park in Lake Forest hoping to catch a glimpse of the Cackling Goose, a rarity in Orange County, southern California.\u00a0 I had previously reviewed the date I had seen them last year which was February 4, 2015 and since these Geese were likely to return, I thought the timing would be right.\u00a0 I was able to locate both at the back end of the park on the lawn this time feeding in the grassy area.\u00a0 GPS coordinates are:\u00a0 33.6256, -117.7070.\u00a0 For those unfamiliar in determining a Canada Goose from a Cackling Goose there are typically 3 was:\u00a0 a distinct white ring around the neck is bold and visible, a stubbier shorter bill and overall size is noticeably smaller.\u00a0 This is not to say you won’t find a Canada Goose the same size.\u00a0 I’ve been taught to always try and acquire 3 distinct ID points on any species when possible to rule out any overlap.\u00a0 If interested, here’s the ebird checklist for February 13 2015 at Village Pond Park.<\/a> (Photos below).\u00a0 More Cackling Goose<\/a> photos.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, February 14, Mike Sanders and I headed up to San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine.\u00a0 A fairly accurate head count was produced of 59 unique species in all (meaning in some cases especially with Tree Swallows flying continuously and estimate was used) a total of 59 species were accounted for.\u00a0 Here’s the eBird checklist for February 14, 2015.\u00a0 <\/a>Having two birders join forces truly helps as Mike does the counts for each species along the way, I’m able to input into eBird Log, add GPS locations and update species counts as needed.\u00a0 Preparedness to take a photo for unidentifiable species say due to rear view only visibility or simply a rarity sighting is key for completion of the day’s journey. (Photos below)<\/p>\n

Finally, a casual walk at the Oso Creek trail in Sunday, February 15, offered good views of a male Belted Kingfisher racing back and fort between La Paz and Marguerite parkway. A fairly high observance of Black Phoebes was rather interesting.\u00a0 I counted a total of 9 in a one mile stretch of the creek.\u00a0 Here’s the checklist for Oso Creek Trail<\/a>.\u00a0 Unfortunately, no sign of the Bay-breasted Warbler that was seen at the bridge a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

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\"Cackling<\/a>
Cackling Goose (22088)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taken at Village Pond Park, lake Forest on February 13, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Cackling<\/a>
Cackling Goose (22090)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taken at Village Pond Park, lake Forest on February 13, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Osprey<\/a>
Osprey (head shot) (22114)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taken at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary on February 14, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Osprey<\/a>
Osprey with prey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taken at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary on February 14, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Hutton's<\/a>
Hutton’s Vireo rear view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taken at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary on February 14, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Green-winged<\/a>
Green-winged Teal (male)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taken at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary on February 14, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Western<\/a>
Western Grebe (22120). Note in comparing with a Clark’s Grebe, the line of demarcation is below eye and the bill color for Western Grebe is correct.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taken at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary on February 14, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Late Friday afternoon, February 13, I did a solo return to Village Pond Park in Lake Forest hoping to catch a glimpse of the Cackling Goose, a rarity in Orange County, southern California.\u00a0 I had previously reviewed the date I … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oc-birding-locales"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Rhss-rB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=1711"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1718,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions\/1718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}