Birders, juv Pigeon Guillemot at pier right now. Brian Daniels...
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samuel
sbreslochness
Aug 14, 2011 2:37 pm
I went to O'Neill Park on Wednesday to hike along the Arroyo Trabuco trail. Some interesting birds there included: WHITE-TAILED KITE: Saw two of these, one of...
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Larry Fletcher
fletch50ca
Aug 15, 2011 12:54 am
I've been watching this hawk for about 3 weeks from quite a distance. Saturday PM I stalked it and got some close up images. I'm unsure if this is just a...
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georgebedafort
Aug 15, 2011 1:21 am
Birders, The juvenile Pigeon Guillemot was still at the pier at about 1000 today on Sunday, August 14. Steve Morris said it was still foraging between pier...
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georgebedafort
Aug 15, 2011 2:34 pm
I have not heard any news this morning of this bird, but I'm aware of a few people who were going to look. Those birders (and perhaps others) would appreciate...
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Chocolatelily
chocolatelily9
Aug 15, 2011 3:15 pm
Have not seem the PIGU this morning. From 6:45am -8:15 Irene Horiuchi Sent from my iPhone...
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Neil
short_eared_...
Aug 16, 2011 2:46 am
birders, A few notes from the weekend: Friday, 8/12, Irvine Regional Park, Orange--made a brief search in the evening for the reported Tropical Kingbird from...
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Doug
oc_birder
Aug 16, 2011 3:41 am
Yesterday eveing, taking a look again at the Burris Basin breeding colonies (Forster's and Least Tern, and Black Skimmer), I was surprised to see a juvenile...
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spkrsteve
Aug 16, 2011 4:45 am
I saw a Black-bellied Plover, a Semipalmated Plover, and a Ruddy Turnstone at Bolsa Chica, on August 14, in the evening. Also, a flock of about a dozen Black...
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leslie2622002
Aug 16, 2011 8:01 pm
Had a male Pin-tailed Whydah this morning in Eastbluff Park, Newport Beach. Photo at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33288844@N03/6050140939/in/photostream ...
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Chocolatelily
chocolatelily9
Aug 17, 2011 7:06 pm
Andy Lazar refound the PIGU. It is still between the pier and north breakwater. Diving A lot. 12:04 and I am still seeing it near the surfers. Irene Horiuchi ...
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Nancy Kenyon
nancykenyons...
Aug 17, 2011 10:16 pm
This morning at 10:15 AM, Wed., Aug. 17, during our monthly Sea & Sage Audubon field trip into Upper Newport Bay by pontoon boat, Kurt Miethke spotted a...
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thomasabenson@...
tombenson76
Aug 19, 2011 2:26 pm
The juvenile Pigeon Guillemot is present this morning (Aug 19) about 150 yards north of the Newport Pier. Tom Benson San Bernardino, CA...
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Doug
oc_birder
Aug 19, 2011 8:53 pm
At Fairhaven Memorial Park, in Santa Ana, there was a calling White-breasted Nuthatch on Wednesday (17 Aug.). A couple years ago, oddly enough, there were a...
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leslie2622002
Aug 20, 2011 12:16 am
Can someone tell me where to check to find the tide tables for Bolsa Chica? My version of the OC Register lists the tide table for Balboa Pier, Newport...
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leeberkim316
Aug 20, 2011 12:51 am
This morning I had two nutmeg mannikins feeding with the house finches at my backyard feeder. I don't know how unusual these are in my area, but they were new...
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glepper@...
glepper...
Aug 20, 2011 12:51 am
Late this morning there was a Loggerhead Shrike at Bolsa Chica. It was perched on a wooden post (not the metal one) in the marshy area north of the berm...
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vicleipzig@...
vleipzig
Aug 20, 2011 7:30 pm
Leslie, There are numerous websites that give information on the tides at various sites. (You might try www.freetidetables.com.) The closest site...
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jacksnipe1990
wahoo92677
Aug 20, 2011 8:25 pm
Hi birders, I checked out the newport pier between 8:00a-9:00a. Irene H. showed up a little later than I did to spot jaegers (and she did a good job!). Birds...
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Matt W.
avo163
Aug 21, 2011 5:27 am
Finally got a moment to go check out this bird. Despite having to fight traffic and having little time until sundown, it was there and in great form. I...
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Zopteryx
zebrashark72
Aug 22, 2011 2:14 am
(8/21/11) At the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary this afternoon, there was a continuing RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at Pond C, in addition to at least twenty Wilson's...
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Terry Dunlap
kk6t
Aug 22, 2011 5:28 pm
Los Patos Highway Bridge is the bridge on Warner Ave. where the Bolsa Chica Wetlands Interpretive Center is located. Terry ... [Non-text portions of this...
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Terry Hill
terryhill78
Aug 23, 2011 4:15 am
Sorry for this belated post, but just wanted to give some highlights of the Bolsa Chica Conservancy’s August monthly counts for Bolsa Chica (August 12) and...
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Thomasabenson@...
tombenson76
Aug 27, 2011 10:48 pm
Today (Aug 26) Robert McNab and I made one final trip of the summer aboard the Ocean Institute's Sea Explorer out of Dana Point with the hopes of encountering...
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georgebedafort
Aug 29, 2011 12:34 am
Birders, The Bolsa Chica ponds off of Harriett this morning produced two Solitary Sandpipers and two Baird's Sandpipers. The Baird's at least stopped to...
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JOHN FITCH
j.fitch...
Aug 29, 2011 1:36 am
We birded Crystal Cove SP this morning, the Pelican Point unit. On the trail to the point, about 100 feet before it splits, we had a Green tailed towhee sit up...
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gordonlock
Aug 29, 2011 8:48 pm
Could someone help identify these nesting birds at Bolsa Chica. The Pic is in the Mystery birds #99. This pic was taken Aug 20 thru the chain link fence. It...
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gordonlock
Aug 30, 2011 4:27 pm
The birds in the photo I posted have been identified very well. Thanks to those who have helped me. So I have deleted the photo from the Mystery 99 group...
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red7261
Aug 30, 2011 5:47 pm
Was at the lower Santa Ana River this morning and saw a very brilliant red bird. I was too far to get much detail but it had a black face and breast -...
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Ken Burton
brdnrd59
Aug 30, 2011 6:58 pm
Sounds like a male Orange Bishop. Ken Burton currently Los Angeles - no fixed address...
