{"id":2519,"date":"2017-03-20T23:43:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T06:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?p=2519"},"modified":"2017-03-20T23:43:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T06:43:53","slug":"a-treat-at-pinecrest-park-in-mission-viejo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?p=2519","title":{"rendered":"A Treat At Pinecrest Park in Mission Viejo"},"content":{"rendered":"

A seldom seen White-throated Sparrow recently made an appearance at Pinecrest Park in Mission Viejo on March 17th and found by Ryan Winkleman.\u00a0 This is a migratory species.\u00a0 The bird continues at least through today, March 20.\u00a0 If you are unfamiliar how to use GPS, just go to http:\/\/maps.google.com<\/a> then copy and paste in these coordinates\u00a033.65171,-117.63865 for precise location:<\/p>\n

The most reliable time to see this species is between 8 and 9 a.m and it was seen.\u00a0 At times you’ll find it mixed in with White-crowned Sparrows and Golden-crowned Sparrows.\u00a0 The easy ID on the White-throated Sparrow<\/em><\/strong> (confused yet?) is the yellow marking (lore) just above its eye and behind its mandible (bill) and of course its white throat.\u00a0 It’s somewhat of a loaner bird at this location and I noted this sparrow entangling with a Golden-crowned Sparrow fighting for branch space.<\/p>\n

Good places to look are on the concrete ribbon at ground level and on the slope, between the last two sycamore trees.\u00a0 Also keep a watchful eye as it weaves in and out of the thick shrubbery.<\/p>\n

Here’s several images to give you a head start but don’t wait too long as it may not hang around much longer though the expected rains should keep it at bay for a few days would be my prediction.\u00a0 Of the 6 photos below, the last one is a male Golden-crowned Sparrow for additional reference if unfamiliar.\u00a0 (Sorry no images today of the White-crowned Sparrow – but the males have bold racing stripes on their crowns yet lack the yellow<\/p>\n

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White-throated Sparrow – Photo taken at Pinecrest Park in Mission Viejo, CA on March 20, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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White-throated Sparrow – Photo taken at Pinecrest Park in Mission Viejo, CA on March 20, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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White-throated Sparrow – Photo taken at Pinecrest Park in Mission Viejo, CA on March 20, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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White-throated Sparrow – Photo taken at Pinecrest Park in Mission Viejo, CA on March 20, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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White-throated Sparrow – Photo taken at Pinecrest Park in Mission Viejo, CA on March 20, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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**Golden-crowned Sparrow (male with upper black facial marking) Photo taken at Pinecrest Park in Mission Viejo, CA on March 20, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A seldom seen White-throated Sparrow recently made an appearance at Pinecrest Park in Mission Viejo on March 17th and found by Ryan Winkleman.\u00a0 This is a migratory species.\u00a0 The bird continues at least through today, March 20.\u00a0 If you are … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oc-birding-locales","category-perching-birds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Rhss-ED","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519","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=2519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2521,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519\/revisions\/2521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}