we had a good group of birders today. the weather was warm and it was high tide. we had 34 species of birds, highlights would be a Pacific-sloped Flycatcher, Bell’s Vireo, and an immature Hooded Oriole.

we had the last sunday birdwalk today. we had a little rain and it was very humid. highlights include 2 downy woodpeckers; 2 hooded prioles (yesterday); wrentits shorebirds are coming back in good numbers especially at bolsa chica. mostly adults in some form of alternate plumage. at the marshes there are 2 semi-palmated sandpipers, both [...]

We had our largest group to date on the last sunday bird walk today. 11 birders showed up. We had 30 species, highglights include a Yelloe-breasted Chat, Western Scrub Jay, 2 Nuttall’s Woodpeckers. we are now being sponsored by Sea and Sage Audubon, Newport Bay Conservancy, Irvine Ranch Conservancy After the walk I found out about [...]

I haven’t posted in a couple of weeks because I’ve been busy with other things. Yesterday I had the pleaseure to show Bob and Paula around the Irvine Marshes for about 2 hours. Their daughter booked a tour for Christmas and they finally found time to work it into their schedule. We had a good [...]

i went to the irvine marshes today and heard about a possible nesting pair of Gull-billed Terns. i found them on pond 2 at the marshes. if they nest sucessfully it will be a first for orange county!! also of note, it looks like maybe the Osprey eggs have hatched. both parents were at the [...]

i went to central park in huntington beach on sat. there were alot of bird migrants. most common migrants were western tanager, black-headed grosbeak, wilson’s warbler; warbling vireo and townsend warbler. i was surprised to see 5 cedar waxwings.  on sunday i went to the irvine marshes. highlights include ca. quail, bell’s vireo. baby birds [...]

i spent this weekend with various mother’s celebrating mother’s day will make up for no birding this weekend, next weekend

spring migration continued this weekend. on Saturday after doing yard work, I volunteered to work the interpretive center at the Muth Center at Upper Newport Bay. I birded about an hour before my shift started. The weather was hot and strong Santa Ana winds were blowing. There were no to many birds around. I did [...]

I did not have a lot of time for birding this weekend because of family gatherings for Easter, but I did get out a little. On Saturday I spent a couple of hours at CentralPark, there were a lot of migrants. Birds of interest:: Nashville Warble, Black-throated Grey Warbler, Yellow Warble, Cedar Waxwings, Wilson Warbler, Warbling [...]

It was a busy weekend this week. On Saturday I had the pleasure to show Joanne, Coleen  and Lon around the Irvine Marshes. We had an enjoyable 2 hours but weather was on the hot side. Highlights include: A nesting Osprey pair Singing Bell’s Vireos, at least 5 2 male Great-tailed Grackles 1 male Northern [...]