{"id":76,"date":"2014-03-22T20:07:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T03:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds.pcpg.com\/?p=76"},"modified":"2014-04-20T20:17:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-20T20:17:00","slug":"oso-lake-and-reservoir-3-22-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":"Upper Oso Reservoir 3-22-14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pre-scheduled birding event today at Oso Lake in Rancho Santa Margarita proved to be well worth while.\u00a0 For one the lighting on subject matter was superb.\u00a0 There was sparse glaring sun and even gray overcast which assisted with stellar images of a House Wren, California Thrasher, California Towhee, and a male and female Killdeer guarding 4 eggs in the middle of an unpaved road.<\/p>\n<p>With respect to the Killdeer, they typically lead enemies away from their rocky nests by putting on a broken wing act.\u00a0 In this photo the female has also raised her tail feathers up high indicating to keep away.<\/p>\n<p>The total count today was 37 different species in all.\u00a0 An eBird checklist of today&#8217;s findings can be found <a title=\"eBird Checklist S17554852\" href=\"http:\/\/ebird.org\/ebird\/view\/checklist?subID=S17554852 \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery49\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix kt-gallery-column-3 rowtight\"><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13682-Killdeer-Protecting-Eggs-in-Road-RSZ1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13682-Killdeer-Protecting-Eggs-in-Road-RSZ1-400x400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"A female Killdeer guards her 4 eggs which were laid amidst the center of a dirt road within the Oso Lake\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13682-Killdeer-Protecting-Eggs-in-Road-RSZ1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13682-Killdeer-Protecting-Eggs-in-Road-RSZ1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13587-California-Thrasher-RSZ1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13587-California-Thrasher-RSZ1-400x400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"California Thrasher at Oso Lake.  Image taken on March 22, 2014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13587-California-Thrasher-RSZ1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13587-California-Thrasher-RSZ1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13629-California-Towhee-No-Obstructions-RSZ1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13629-California-Towhee-No-Obstructions-RSZ1-400x400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"California Towhee at Oso Lake and Reservoir\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13629-California-Towhee-No-Obstructions-RSZ1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13629-California-Towhee-No-Obstructions-RSZ1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13616-House-Wren-Front-View-Calling-No-Obstructions-RSZ1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13616-House-Wren-Front-View-Calling-No-Obstructions-RSZ1-400x400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"A House Wren sings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13616-House-Wren-Front-View-Calling-No-Obstructions-RSZ1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13616-House-Wren-Front-View-Calling-No-Obstructions-RSZ1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13575-Red-tailed-Hawk-in-Flight-RSZ1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13575-Red-tailed-Hawk-in-Flight-RSZ1-400x400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13575-Red-tailed-Hawk-in-Flight-RSZ1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IM5D_13575-Red-tailed-Hawk-in-Flight-RSZ1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pre-scheduled birding event today at Oso Lake in Rancho Santa Margarita proved to be well worth while.\u00a0 For one the lighting on subject matter was superb.\u00a0 There was sparse glaring sun and even gray overcast which assisted with stellar &hellip; 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