All,

There were two Pectoral Sandpipers and one Solitary Sandpiper at Pond C for a
short time this morning, and not much else at all.

Dave Furseth
Murrieta, CA

Walked portions of the Santa Ana River (SAR) biketrail today (11 Sept.), in n.e.
Orange and had a few highlights.  During late morning, three juvenile Pectoral
Sandpipers were in the SAR bed, about 250 yards south of the Lincoln Avenue
crossing; nearby were two juv. Baird's Sandpipers--only about 100 yards s. of
Lincoln (up to three Baird's were in this same area during the Labor Day
weekend). During the early to mid afternoon, about 0.5 miles upstream (i.e.,
northeast) on the SAR, I ran into three more Pectoral Sandpipers (or quite
possibly the same three seen earlier in the day) about 0.5 miles upstream (i.e.,
northeast) of the Lincoln crossing. Landbird migrants were fairly scarce, but
about 0.2 to 0.3 mile downstream (southwest) of the Glassell Street crossing
there was a Virginia's Warbler and an early Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler in
tall eucalyptus and other non-native trees along the biketrail. (If any of the
Virginia's Warbler photos I was able to get come out "recognizable" I'll post
one or two to the 'Warblers' file.)

Doug Willick
Orange, CA

Hi,

A (or 'the') Northern Waterthrush was on the SE side of the willow island at HCP
today.

Jim Pike
HB

This morning along the Santa Ana River (South of Adams) at about 9AM was the
continuing ORANGE BISHOP - it's beginning to be a very reliable bird.

Also further down was a fishing OSPREY, 2 KESTRELS, and 3 KINGFISHERS.

Brian Knott
Huntington Beach

Sea & Sage Audubon is hosting a workshop, to be taught by
Stephen Ingraham of Zeiss Sports Optics, on the subject of
digiscoping and using superzoom digital cameras for nature
photography. Attendance is open to public, but advance
reservations are needed. For information, visit the Sea &
Sage webpage:
http://www.seaandsageaudubon.org/SpecialEvents/DigiscopingWorkshop.pdf


Nancy Kenyon
Irvine

I went down to Harriet Wieder Park this morning about 10 a.m. and scoped a
couple of the ponds in the Bolsa Chica.  In the pond area visible from between
the playground and the Fisher's Gulch area, there was one Pectoral Sandpiper and
quite a few Red-necked Phalaropes and lots of other sandpipers.  In the little
pond just west of the Fisher's Gulch area, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers and 2 Baird's
Sandpipers flew in.

Terry Hill
Huntington Beach, Calif.

Sea & Sage Audubon has scheduled a 6-hour Fall Pelagic Trip
out of Dana Point on Sat., Sept. 24th.  Due to a recent
cancellation, we now have one space available.  For trip
information, see the Sea & Sage website at:
http://www.seaandsageaudubon.org/FieldTrips/fieldtripscurrent.htm

If you are interested in going on the trip, please contact me.

Nancy Kenyon
Field Trip Chair for Sea & Sage
nancykenyon@...
Irvine

The one available space on our Fall Pelagic Trip has now
been taken.  Our next pelagic trip is scheduled for
Saturday, January 14th.

Nancy Kenyon
Irvine

In Huntington Central Park this morning, Thu Sep 15 about 7:30 am, Mark Singer
and I observed a warbler that we identified as a Blackpoll Warbler.  It closely
resembled Sibley's illustration of 1st fall female.  The bird was in a large
eucalyptus tree in the open grass area due north of the island area.
Vic





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Birders,

I took my "lunch break" at Harriett today.  There were few landbird migrants
("Western" Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson's and Orange-crowned Warblers,
and a Brewer's Sparrow that I missed), but the shorebirds were interesting: 3
Pectoral Sandpipers and 2 Stilt Sandpipers were the highlights.  The juvenile
Stilt Sandpipers were in the smaller pond southwest of Fisher's Gulch (willow
drainage from Seapoint Avenue to and past the Bolsa Chica fence - the main pond
complex here is "fed" by this drainage).  These two sandpipers were hard to see
as they spent much time foraging in the water close to the reed bed and, as a
result, out of view from the usual overlook.  Others that came to see the Stilt
Sandpipers walked past the bend in the fence and viewed the pond from the south
- distant views but the Stilt Sandpipers could easily be seen close to the reed
beds, as well as two of the three Pectoral Sandpipers.  I'll place a couple
digi-scoped photos of the Stilt Sandpipers in the appropriate folder.

There was an apparent push of migrants overnight as Huntington Central Park was
more active than it had been recently, or so I heard.  Besides the reported
Blackpoll Warbler, other "goodies" seen in the vicinity of the island on the
east side of the park included Tennessee Warbler and the continuing Lucy's
Warbler and Northern Waterthrush.

Brian Daniels
Long Beach, Orange County

As for Huntington Cent

The monthly bird count for Harriet Wieder Park was held this morning, Sept. 16. 
Before I give the highlights, I’d like to give some more information.  I
realized last week that I should have given the name of the primary birder(s)
who saw a particular bird.  The count is for the Bolsa Chica Conservancy and is
held the 3rd Friday of each month and started the beginning of the year.  We
have divided the park into 4 separate areas, which include the ponds in the
Bolsa Chica just below the park.  We tally the birds seen in BC and HW
separately.  We make sure there is at least 1 experienced birder in each group
and have had no problem doing so thus far.  The participants on today’s count
were:  Terry Hill, Vic Leipzig, Jerry Tolman, Darrell Wilson, Bob Hogan, Mabel
Alazard, Greg Griffin, Sheila Harlow,  Toni Squires, Dolores Shultz, Fiona
Parker, and Jim Stacy, with an assist from Irene Horiuchi, who reported her
sightings to Jerry.  Thank you for adding to our list Irene.  HIGHLIGHTS:

BREWER'S SPARROW (found by Jerry in the lower corner of the field just west of
Fisher’s Gulch)
PECTORAL SANDPIPER (1 by Terry & Jerry in the pond in BC just n.w. of Fisher’s
Gulch)
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (2 by Terry & Jerry in the same pond) (1 refound after 11 a.m.
when most of the group went out to look for the good birds)
STILT SANDPIPER (2 by Irene Horiuchi, but could not be refound later, in the
same pond)
LESSER YELLOWLEGS (2 by the group after the count in the same pond)
VIRGINIA'S RAIL (1 heard by Jerry Tolman in BC on the west side of Fisher’s
Gulch)
SORA (1 seen by Terry Hill in the above pond, & 1 heard by Terry & Jerry just
past the pond)
MEW GULL (seen by Jerry in the pond in BC just n.e. of Fisher’s Gulch)
White-faced Ibis (3, 2 by Jerry Tolman & 1 flyover at the playground)

In addition, we had quite a variety of other shorebirds, including both
Wilson’s & Red-necked Phalaropes.

A very good day!

Terry Hill,
Huntington Beach, Calif.

Birders,

Migrant landbirds were numerous this morning at Huntington Central Park with
Orange-crowned Warblers being by far the most common species (I estimated 70). 
The north edge of the park between the Slater Street parking lot and east toward
Gothard Street was especially active.  Highlights included the continuing Lucy's
Warbler (high in eucalyptus just east of the Gothard Street "hill") that was
first reported by Robb Hamilton on September 1.  The Blackpoll Warbler found
yesterday by Vic Leipzig and Brad Singer was in the same flock with the Lucy's. 
There are two Northern Waterthrushes in the park with one near the island and
the other at the pond next to the maintenance yard fence.  A Yellow-breasted
Chat was present near the island - this species is very rare at the park and
averages about one every two years during fall migration.  Also of interest was
the summering male American Wigeon on Huntington Lake - it now sports a fresh
non-breeding plumage.

I visited Harriett Wieder Regional Park (ponds in vicinity of Fisher's Gulch)
from sunrise to 0745 and then again at 1245 to 1345.  Two Stilt Sandpipers and
five Pectoral Sandpipers were on the pond southwest of Fisher's Gulch early, but
I could only find three Pectoral Sandpipers in the afternoon.  During my
afternoon visit, the shorebirds definitely showed the "jitters" suggesting they
had been harassed by a large falcon.

I see that there will now be monthly bird counts conducted at Harriett.  That's
great as this place deserves more coverage than it has received by Orange County
birders.  I hope I get to see some of the interesting birds that this count is
likely to uncover.  That said, however, I also do hope that future counts will
refer to the appropriate books on status and distribution of birds in the
region.  A Mew Gull at this date is way too early and, to be honest, I have no
doubt that this is an erroneous report.

Brian Daniels
Long Beach, Orange County

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47862125@N03/

A great warbler day at LNRP although I did not stray more than 100 yards from my
vehicle for six hours. Warblers included Hermit Warbler, Townsend's Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Tennessee Warbler
and a first-fall female type CAPE MAY WARBLER. Photos on my Flickr page above,
and one posted in the Wood Warbler folder on this site. The CMWA stayed high in
the large eucalyptus trees just across the street (north) at the far west end of
the parking area of shelter 3. The bird was present from at least 1030-230p.
Being so high in the trees for most of the morning, I did not make a positive ID
of the bird until about 1235P. Hopefully the bird will stay around overnight.

Lots of other birds around besides warblers, including WETA, WAVI, HUVI, LABU,
BHGR, NUMA, etc. etc.

Robert McNab
Laguna Niguel

FYI- LNRP = Laguna Niguel Regional Park in Laguna Niguel, CA. Take La Paz road
south from the 5 freeway around six miles west. Shelter 3 is the first shelter
to the right as you enter the main gate.

Robert McNab

--- In OrangeCountyBirding@yahoogroups.com, "jacksnipe1990" <wahooking@...>
wrote:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/47862125@N03/
>
> A great warbler day at LNRP although I did not stray more than 100 yards from
my vehicle for six hours. Warblers included Hermit Warbler, Townsend's Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Tennessee Warbler
and a first-fall female type CAPE MAY WARBLER. Photos on my Flickr page above,
and one posted in the Wood Warbler folder on this site. The CMWA stayed high in
the large eucalyptus trees just across the street (north) at the far west end of
the parking area of shelter 3. The bird was present from at least 1030-230p.
Being so high in the trees for most of the morning, I did not make a positive ID
of the bird until about 1235P. Hopefully the bird will stay around overnight.
>
> Lots of other birds around besides warblers, including WETA, WAVI, HUVI, LABU,
BHGR, NUMA, etc. etc.
>
> Robert McNab
> Laguna Niguel
>

Hi,

A Blackpoll Warbler was in the NE section of Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley
today.

Jim Pike
HB

In addition to the Cape May Warbler found today (17 Sept.) at Laguna Niguel
Regional Park (see earlier post by Robert McNab), it was a good day all around,
it seems, for migrants in Orange County. Brian Daniels and Leo Ohtsuki mentioned
that there were very good numbers of migrants at Huntington Central Park; not
sure I can remember all the highlights they had, but (since I don't see a post
yet on HCP birds from today) ones I do remember hearing about include a few
continuing rarities, such as Lucy's, Tennessee and Blackpoll warblers and
Northern Waterthrush, as well as some new ones (Rose-breasted Grosbeak and a
second Lucy's Warbler).  This morning I spent about three hours birding
Westminster Memorial Park, and it was very active with migrants as well. 
Highlights included a Northern Parula (young male type) and a Tennessee Warbler
in the north central portion of the grounds (the Parula in Carob Trees and
Chinese Elms, and the Tennessee in a cluster of tall "lerpy" Eucalyptus near the
north edge). Otherwise, a nice variety of more expected migrant species,
including Olive-sided Flycatcher, Swainson's Thrush, lots of warblers, etc.

Two juvenile Stilt Sandpipers (first found by Brian Daniels on 15 Sept.), and at
least one Pectoral Sandpiper, continued today at the extreme "south" end of
Bolsa Chica (viewable from Harriett Wieder Regional Park).

Doug Willick
Orange, CA

When I arrived at 5:20 PM, Dick Barth, Brian Daniels, Leo Ohtsuki,
Irene Horiuchi, Doug Willick, and Jon Dunn had all been there for
about 3 hours without seeing the Cape May. Bruce Aird arrived shortly
after I did, followed by Dwight (whose last name I forgot). An hour
later, the sun was going down and Dwight and I were the only ones
left. As the sun disappeared behind the hills, we started to hear a
zeet-like call similar to the iBird recording of the Cape May Warbler
chip note. Dwight followed the sound with his scope and found a
warbler hidden deep in the foliage near the top of a eucalyptus just
towards the road from the big euc that Robert found the bird in
originally. I put my scope on the same spot and we both had clear
looks at the front half of the Cape May. Gray face, streaky breast,
and the median covert wing bar were all visible through the leaves.

After a few minutes, the CMWA dropped lower in the tree and we could
not refind it.


At 04:55 PM 9/17/2011, jacksnipe1990 wrote:
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/47862125@N03/
>
>A great warbler day at LNRP although I did not stray more than 100
>yards from my vehicle for six hours. Warblers included Hermit
>Warbler, Townsend's Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow Warbler,
>Common Yellowthroat, Tennessee Warbler and a first-fall female type
>CAPE MAY WARBLER. Photos on my Flickr page above, and one posted in
>the Wood Warbler folder on this site. The CMWA stayed high in the
>large eucalyptus trees just across the street (north) at the far
>west end of the parking area of shelter 3. The bird was present from
>at least 1030-230p. Being so high in the trees for most of the
>morning, I did not make a positive ID of the bird until about 1235P.
>Hopefully the bird will stay around overnight.


Good birding,

Steve Sosensky,
SoCA Bird Guides <steve at sosensky.com>     www.sosensky.com/guides
Nature Photos                      www.sosensky.com/nature_photos.htm
Optics4Birding <steve at optics4birding.com>  www.optics4birding.com
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656       949-269-2161     33.56485 N, 117.72205 W

There was a White-winged Dove in my Fountain Valley yard today.  I have some
pictures and if there's a good one (through the kitchen window) I'll post it up
tomorrow and will mention whether or not I see it again.  I do have a finch
feeder and a lot of spilled seeds on the ground attracting Mourning Doves.  I'd
rather it didn't stay because there's too many cats around here.

Rick Shearer
Fountain Valley

Today, I went to HCP to possibly see some of the vagrants. Did not see the
Lucy's, Blackpoll, Tennessee warblers or the Waterthrush. The most interesting
birds were a single female LAZULI BUNTING associating with a flock of Nutmeg
Mannikins, along the path passing by the "Island", and a single OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER across from the concrete bridge structure about halfway between the
cafe and the far side of Lake Talbert. Also, flying over the Cafe was a single
WHITE-FACED IBIS.
Very Sincerely:
Samuel Bressler
Fullerton

Picture now in doves folder.  From A055894.  Haven't seen the bird today.

Are these considered rare in Fountain Valley?  Orange County?

Rick Shearer
Fountain Valley
--- In OrangeCountyBirding@yahoogroups.com, "Rick 'Proto-rustie'" <tiorick@...>
wrote:
>
> There was a White-winged Dove in my Fountain Valley yard today.  I have some
pictures and if there's a good one (through the kitchen window) I'll post it up
tomorrow and will mention whether or not I see it again.  I do have a finch
feeder and a lot of spilled seeds on the ground attracting Mourning Doves.  I'd
rather it didn't stay because there's too many cats around here.
>
> Rick Shearer
> Fountain Valley
>

Went to Canyon Park in Costa Mesa today to see if Warbler lightning would strike
but it didn't.  Saw a couple of Orange Crowned Warblers.  Lots of House and both
kinds of goldfinches.  Best were the three Ospreys circling and chirping over
the BAnning Ranch Pond.

Rick Shearer
Fountain Valley

(9/18/11)  A BLACK TERN was present late this evening at the San Joaquin
Wildlife Sanctuary.  The bird was mainly flying about Pond 2, but strayed to
Pond 1 at least once.  There may have been a second Black Tern there as well,
but I cannot confirm this.  I tried very hard for a photo, but the fading light
prevented it.

Not much else around the sanctuary.  A single GREATER YELLOWLEGS, two
LONG-BILLED CURLEW, and three WHIMBREL at Ponds C and E were the only good
shorebirds.  No peeps or dowitchers.  Two CLARK'S GREBES and at least four
WESTERN GREBES were at Pond 2, along with six BROWN PELICANS.

Happy Birding,
Zachary Perry
Ladera Ranch

Hello,
I spent a few hours this morning looking in vain for the Lucy's Warbler reported
from the "Gothard Hill" area of Huntington Central Park.  My best bird was a
MacGillivray's Warbler seen approximately 50 yards north of the bathroom area.

Good birding!

Nathan Moorhatch
Placentia, CA

Swimming south around 6 pm 9/20/11 in San Diego Creek even with Riparian View
south entrance to Urban Forest area, where new wall begins headed south on
Riparian View.: Charles Wood, Long Beach, CA

I apologize for this belated posting, but on Sunday (18 Sept.), I had three
juvenile Pectoral Sandpipers on the Santa Ana River (SAR), initially north of
Lincoln Avenue crossing (from the bike trail, which is accessed about 3/4 east
of the 57 freeway). Brian Leatherman came by to look for the Pectorals, and
after I left eventually ended up finding seven Pectorals together (n. of
Lincoln)! A bit later Brian then discovered a juvenile Stilt Sandpiper, all by
itself, about 250 yards south of Lincoln.  So still being in the area, I
immediately returned to the SAR to see the Stilt. Interestingly, after Brian
then left, I ended up having a second juvenile Stilt Sandpiper fly in and join
the original bird.  The two Stilts, and other shorebirds in the area, were
moving around quite a bit, but seemed to be sticking to the area south of
Lincoln. Oddly, the only dowitcher flocks in this general area were all north of
Lincoln at that time (which I would've expected the Stilts to have been
associating with). When I get the chance to download photos, if any Stilt
Sandpiper images came out ok (not the best light angle in afternoon), I'll post
to the shorebird folder.

One caveat though (if you happen to bird this area), be careful when parking at
the Lincoln Avenue bike trail parking lot:  I had my vehicle broken into that
afternoon (this being the primary reason for finally getting around to posting
this), while returning to see the Stilt Sandpiper. Of course don't leave
anything of value (especially in sight) in the car and I would not recommended
parking in the small lot on the south side of Lincoln (the larger lot on the
north side of Lincoln seems to be OK, and definitely has more people coming and
going; I've never had any trouble parking in the north side lot).

Lastly, I heard from Brian (Leatherman again) that he found a Magnolia Warbler
at Yorba Regional Park, on Monday morning (19 Sept.).

Doug Willick
Orange, CA

Hi!
(1) Is anybody driving down from the Claremont/Pomona area to Orange County for
the pelagic trip?
(2) Where does it leave from? I need the address for the dock, so that I can put
it into Google maps.
Tom

Thomas Miko (Mi'ko' Tama's)
Claremont, Los Angeles County, California

***********************************************************
(1) This email was written without my reading glasses on.
(2) Never end a sentence a preposition with.
***********************************************************

This morning and on Wednesday morning on the Santa Ana River (North of Hamilton
and South of the foot bridge) I've seen what appears to be a JUVENILE REDDISH
EGRET.  After doing some research it seems more consistent with a LITTLE BLUE
HERON - but I am very novice there.  I have seen neither in person before.  Both
appearances have been near the West side of the river bed around 8-9 AM.

A little better description: About the size of a Snowy Egret.  Same shape and
markings as a Reddish Egret except for the red seemed less prominent -
especially on the crown which seemed a lighter greyish.  There were also some
white feathers mixed in on its back which led me to believe it might be
juvenile.

It was too far for my camera phone unfortunately and the light was poor.

If you have any suggestions, fire away.

Brian Knott
Huntington Beach

I'm forwarding this for Bruce Aird, who wasn't able to get to a
computer where he was subscribed to this list:

I had visiting birders from eastern Tennessee with me this week, so I
contacted Dan Lockshaw of Optics4Birding.com to assist us with the
owling potion of the evening on Wednesday, 21-SEP-11. We started off
with killer looks at up to 3 Barn Owls near the southeast corner of
El Toro Marine Air Base. Up Silverado Canyon, we had at least half a
dozen Western Screech-Owls, several invisible calling Great Horned
Owls, and the jewel of the evening, a gorgeous little Northern
Saw-whet Owl that came silently into the tree over our heads and sat
obligingly on a branch for us. Watch for Dan's photos in a blog post
on Optics4Birding.com soon.

Good birding!
Bruce Aird




Good birding,

Steve Sosensky,
SoCA Bird Guides <steve at sosensky.com>     www.sosensky.com/guides
Nature Photos                      www.sosensky.com/nature_photos.htm
Optics4Birding <steve at optics4birding.com>  www.optics4birding.com
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656       949-269-2161     33.56485 N, 117.72205 W

This morning (Sep 24), Sea & Sage Audubon Society held its annual fall pelagic
trip on board the Ocean Institute's R/V Sea Explorer out of Dana Point. We
departed just after 7:00 AM and returned at 1:00 PM, with our route essentially
following a beeline from the harbor at Dana Point to Laussen Seamount, roaming
around the seamount for a couple hours, and then returning back to the harbor.
Leaders on the trip were Jon Dunn, Brian Daniels, Jim Pike, Curtis Marantz, and
myself. Captain Mike and the superb Sea Explorer staff helped make this an
enjoyable trip. It was overcast and cool for almost the entire length of the
trip.

We started the trip by cruising along the north jetty, where our first good find
was seven Black Oystercatchers on the seaward side of the jetty. A Common Murre
was seen by a couple of the leaders off the back of the boat shortly after
leaving the jetty, but there was little bird activity (a few shearwaters and
jaegers) between the jetty and the seamount. Upon reaching the seamount,
however, we encountered a rather large grouping of birds that included a
subadult LONG-TAILED JAEGER (seen well by everyone on board over the course of
an hour), 20-25 Pomarine Jaegers, and 1-2 Parasitic Jaegers. Also scattered
around the seamount were dozens of Pink-footed and Sooty Shearwaters. On the
return trip to the harbor we encountered two Northern Fulmars, an ASHY
STORM-PETREL, and one Cassin's Auklet. Also notable for the day were several
passerines well out to sea, including a Savannah Sparrow, a Brown-headed
Cowbird, four Barn Swallows, and a Chipping Sparrow (the last of which landed on
and spent quite a bit of time on the boat). Marine mammal sightings included a
Blue Whale, several Common and Risso's Dolphins, and California Sea Lions.

Good birding,

Tom Benson
San Bernardino, CA








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I have placed a few photos of the Long-tailed Jaeger from yesterday's pelagic
trip on my Flickr page. The link is below.

Tom Benson
San Bernardino, CA

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40928097@N07/









-----Original Message-----
From: Thomasabenson <Thomasabenson@...>
To: orangecountybirding <orangecountybirding@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, Sep 24, 2011 4:09 pm
Subject: [OrangeCountyBirding] Sea & Sage Pelagic Trip, Sep 24


This morning (Sep 24), Sea & Sage Audubon Society held its annual fall pelagic
trip on board the Ocean Institute's R/V Sea Explorer out of Dana Point. We
departed just after 7:00 AM and returned at 1:00 PM, with our route essentially
following a beeline from the harbor at Dana Point to Laussen Seamount, roaming
around the seamount for a couple hours, and then returning back to the harbor.
Leaders on the trip were Jon Dunn, Brian Daniels, Jim Pike, Curtis Marantz, and
myself. Captain Mike and the superb Sea Explorer staff helped make this an
enjoyable trip. It was overcast and cool for almost the entire length of the
trip.

We started the trip by cruising along the north jetty, where our first good find
was seven Black Oystercatchers on the seaward side of the jetty. A Common Murre
was seen by a couple of the leaders off the back of the boat shortly after
leaving the jetty, but there was little bird activity (a few shearwaters and
jaegers) between the jetty and the seamount. Upon reaching the seamount,
however, we encountered a rather large grouping of birds that included a
subadult LONG-TAILED JAEGER (seen well by everyone on board over the course of
an hour), 20-25 Pomarine Jaegers, and 1-2 Parasitic Jaegers. Also scattered
around the seamount were dozens of Pink-footed and Sooty Shearwaters. On the
return trip to the harbor we encountered two Northern Fulmars, an ASHY
STORM-PETREL, and one Cassin's Auklet. Also notable for the day were several
passerines well out to sea, including a Savannah Sparrow, a Brown-headed
Cowbird, four Barn Swallows, and a Chipping Sparrow (the last of which landed
  on and spent quite a bit of time on the boat). Marine mammal sightings included
a Blue Whale, several Common and Risso's Dolphins, and California Sea Lions.

Good birding,

Tom Benson
San Bernardino, CA








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