Weird contrast today, Bolsa was very quiet and Upper Newport very birdy. Upper Newport: Saw a Long-Billed Curlew (Not Whimbrel) on a mud flat across from a...
I'm forwarding this request... do not respond to me but to Laura. Joel Weintraub Dana Point CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS LAGUNA COAST SHOREBIRD SURVEY Laguna Ocean...
This afternoon I went over to the Santa Ana River Lakes to check out the herons and egrets, most of which were feasting at the fish-cleaning station. Some...
Hi Birders Harris Sparrow at 1 pm at El Dorado Park Long Beach. Wonderful looks of Harris Sparrow with WCSP and HOFI on ground. It stayed about 5 min. then...
I could not find the Cackling Goose at Laguna Niguel RP this weekend. I went a couple of times with no luck. It was last seen on June 21st. The American Wigeon...
Lots of good birds today highlighted by my first Hooded Oriole of the year at the NW corner of Serrano Park in Lake Forest, which is near Peachtree Raod near...
Eric, A great resource for you to use here in Orange County is "The Birds of Orange County, Status and Distribution" by Hamilton & Willick. It will tell you...
From the map in today's OC Register it looks like the hills just outside of Santiago Oaks RP were in the burn area. Very disappointing if you enjoyed hiking...
After 3 days of trying to find the swamp sparrow I finally saw it on Friday, March 9th. It was in the exact location reported last week where the creek meets...
I just received word from a visiting teacher from back east who will be flying in to Orange County tomorrow (Tuesday). She wants very much to find some kind...
To follow up on Peyton Cook's message about the Swamp Sparrow at Laguna Niguel RP, I followed up that bird with a look through the pines in Yosemite Park which...
Had some time this afternoon to visit the coast and bird for the first time since last fall. As always, it is such a treat to be at Bolsa Chica. Bolsa: Saw...
Thick fog enveloped the park when I got there but the Santa Ana came up and cleared the air and gave good views of a pair of Hooded Mergansers, an Eurasian...
The mute swans seen yesterday were there again at UNB, other than that it was a very warm, very quiet morning. The cottonwoods were shedding fuzz that looked...
Yesterday at Laguna Niguel RP we had a good turnout of people hoping to see the Swamp Sparrow. With a little luck and persistence we were able to get good...
There were a couple of Mute Swans at Upper Newport Bay this morning. This is the first time I've seen them there. A photo is placed in the miscellaneous album....
Hello all, Glenn and I spent much of the weekend photographing birds in Tewinkle Park in Costa Mesa. We saw the same birds the Freemans did (and in retrospect,...
We saw the following birds Saturday afternoon, March 3rd, while on the Sea & Sage Minus Tide Boat Trip at Upper Newport Bay: Eared Grebe Horned Grebe Western...
Group, I'm posting below a message I got from Bryan Box.... please direct your reply directly to him as he is not on OrangeCountyBirding. Thanks Joel Weintraub...
The Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center is releasing the American Avocet tomorrow, Friday, March 2nd, 2007 at 11:30am. Meet at the Wetlands & Wildlife Care...
A Common Murre was in Dana Point harbor near the bait barge on Saturday. The bird appeared healthy and was feeding. I had never seen one in the harbor, so I...
Dear San Diego Creek/Newport Bay Watershed Supporters: Please don't forget this Wednesday's meeting of the Newport Bay Watershed Stakeholder Meeting, again at...
Today at about 5:00 PM my wife and I saw an adult Bald Eagle land about 50 feet up in a Sycamore at Irvine Regional Park. The eagle stayed for about thirty...
Hi All, Yesterday at UNB I photographed an odd American Coot near the top of Upper Newport Bay. It was feeding with other coots near Jamboree Road. I was a...
Greetings, Birded today where the worm-eating warbler was first reported near UCI. I came across a Townsend's warbler in among the pine trees near the laundry...
