During my stroll through Bolsa Chica Wetlands yesterday (May 4) around 4 pm, I spotted what appears to be a Laughing Gull. Took a photo that I'll try...
Birders, In my backyard yesterday I had a visitor I couldn't indentify. I uploaded the picture in the flycatcher folder entitled Empid Flycatcher Buena Park....
Highlight of our walk tonight on the Oso Creek Trail in Mission Viejo was a male Western Tananger. I got a couple of nice snaps of him but since they are not...
The buntings look like they are nesting in a pine tree halfway between the lake and the handball courts. The tree is on the right if you face the deep...
(5/3/12) At little before 7 pm, I heard and briefly saw a MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE on the Saddleback Community College campus. It was in the pines that surround lot...
Really nothing of note (rarity-wise), but just saying if local birders can get outdoors and look for birds, this would be a great time. From the songs and...
I am a long-time novice who spends a fair amount of time in Mile Square Park (in Fountain Valley). I am wondering whether I could find a list of species found...
On Sunday, I went for a quick walk through Craig Park to look for some migrants. They were few and far between, though I went in the middle of the day, so they...
Saw a western blue bird at lily king park in Santa Ana today next to the street catching bugs and returning to a sign by the street. Dont remember seeing one...
Birded San Joachim WS this morning and was surprised to see a Northern Waterthrush along the stream. I saw it bobbing along on the shore opposite the road,...
Birding at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley Monday turned up 41 species. The "gold mine" for birds was 50 feet east of the bridge over the ditch near the...
Yesterday morning I had several pairs of Western Tanagers in my fruiting mulberry tree (Morus alba x M.rubra). Not sure if they're the same ones that have been...
Yesterday, Friday, July 30, 2010, around 7:00 AM my Natural History class and I found a solitary Eurasian Collared-Dove at the Pelican Point area of Crystal...
I don't mean to bother anyone... but my curiosity is killing me. I'm at work and don't have my bird guide. A small warbler landed on a branch outside my...
Just got back from a quick lunchtime walk at San Joaquin. Three Wilson's phalaropes are present in Pond D, doing their crazy spinning routine. Also, a...
If you didn't already know the Least Terns (and Elegant) are back at the Huntington Beach nesting area. I've noticed them there now for about 3 weeks and they...
It appeared (from what I heard from other birders, and saw at a couple local birding sites) that spring migration picked up nicely in the county over the past...
For all those asking when a new bird checklist will be done for Bolsa Chica, it is here! A brand-new, updated Bolsa Chica bird checklist (covering the greater...
Hello. I am a newbie to the group so thank you for letting me join. I snapped a few picturess of some beautiful hummers in my yard in Mission Viejo CA...
I was at Santiago Oaks today and snapped a photo of a bird that was there and gone. I thought I'd gotten a Townsend's warbler as I had seen several as I...
I observed a Northern Waterthrush in Huntington Central Park (Shipley Nature Ctr) intermittently btw 9:30-10:30 Saturday 28 Apr 2012. It called and sang...
I had another stellar day birding my own yard this morning, looking up in the Eucalyptus tree across the street. There were many Black-headed Grosbeaks, both...
checked out the new trailhead at Bommer Canyon last Friday 4/22. 2 Yellow- Breasted Chats and a Blue Grosbeak were the highlights. Pat Shanley Costa Mesa...
Hi OC Birders, The Sea & sage website page with OCSC information is up and running: http://seaandsageaudubon.org/SpecialEvents/OCSpringCount.html There you can...
Sorry about the delay. Never having done this before, of course I did it incorrectly the first time. With Joel's instructions, I got it up on the second...
Had quite the experience today in visiting Modjeska Cyn Tucker Bird. Was able to photo Luzuli Bunting, Blk Throated Gray warbler and a Band tailed pigeon. ...
Dropped by the Fairhaven Memorial/Santa Ana Cemetery complex (FMP/SAC) at lunch time today (24 April), and was pleased to see a decent concentration of...
There are still 4 spaces left on the Cape May Trip (Sept. 15-21, 2012), sponsored by Sea & Sage Audubon and run by WINGS, a highly reputed birding tour...
