RBA
* California
* Orange County
* November 30th, 2005
* CAOC0511.30
- Birds mentioned
Cackling Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
American Redstart
Snow Goose
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Bald Eagle
Red-naped Sapsucker
Gray Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Brown Creeper
White-throated Sparrow
MacGillivray's Warbler
Ross Goose
Franklin Gull
Mew Gull
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hotline: Orange County, California date: November 30th, 2005; number:
(949) 487-6869; compiler: Joel Weintraub. Website and archives:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/ Please send e-mail sightings to:
JWeintraub@Fullerton.edu. To receive our RBA updates (whenever issued)
subscribe to: OrCoRBA-subscribe@yahoogroups.com by sending a message with
Subscribe as the subject.
Send reports on California Bird Record Committee Review Species sightings
to: Guy McCaskie, Secretary, California Bird Records Committee P. O. Box
275 Imperial Beach, CA 91933-0275 The species in caps on the bird mentioned
list (if present) are all Review Species; the committee would appreciate
documentation on their occurrence in Orange County. There is a website for
discussing birds/birding in Orange County California.
Please visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding. Radio
Codes for Birders in Orange County: channel 11 subcode 22 (national code).
We have a new accessory website that has recent photos of rarities and maps
of some birding spots in the County, including a map of Huntington Central
Park showing the "local" names for birding areas at:
http://members.cox.net/orcorba/
Note: We may supply for many sightings (AT THE END OF THIS REPORT) links for
maps of those areas and aerial photos. Many of these are general maps. If
we have specific information from GPS readings, we will alert you to the
fact. After you go to the link, go to the BOTTOM of the form and choose
aerial photo (and adjust zoom factor) or the map (where eventually you will
adjust the zoom factor).
Observers: Doug Willick, Peyton Cook, Jim Pike, Portia Arutunian, Peter
Bryant, Gary Meredith, Loren Hayes, RicK Shearer, Dick Purvis, Jim Roe,
Laura Camp, Joel Weintraub, Terry Hill, Lena Hayashi, Nathan Shaw, Amanda
Aird, Sirius and Darius Cabe (?), Friends of Shipley Nature Center Census
Surveyors, Al Borodayko, Matt Zlatunich.
First, old "13", the BALD EAGLE seen throughout Orange County last winter
was again seen in the County. It was sitting next to the Riverside Freeway
on a telephone pole west of Weir Canyon today, Wednesday.
Also today, at Irvine Regional Park a female type RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER was
seen around the NE corner of the park...foraging around the volleyball
court.
Yesterday, a possibly wintering MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER was heard and seen at
Shipley Nature Center on the west side of Huntington Central Park. Other
birds of note for Shipley include GRAY FLYCATCHER (Friday and Sunday),
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (Sunday), BROWN CREEPER (Friday), and HAMMONDS
FLYCATCHER (Friday).
On the east side of Huntington Central Park a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was
north of the library (Tuesday), the continuing EURASIAN WIGEON was around
the flooded area (Monday), and CACKLING GOOSE (Friday).
Also yesterday (Tuesday), a continuing SNOW GOOSE was on the Santa Ana River
at Lincoln Ave, first sighted last Friday.
On private property (Tree of Life Nursery off of Ortega Highway) in the
large oak tree near the barn on Friday, and on the deck next to the sales
office on Monday, an immature male AMERICAN REDSTART was sighted. The area
is open to the general public in the areas where the bird was seen on
Thursday through Saturday 9 am-4 pm.
Last Friday at Tri City Park in Placentia both a MEW and FRANKLIN GULL were
found.
Last Wednesday and Thursday a ROSS'S GOOSE was at Twin Lakes Freedom Park at
Haster and Lampson in Garden Grove.
http://stevemorse.org/jcal/map.html?latitude=33:42.309&longitude=-118:00.186
Huntington Central Park, East Side, Huntington Beach, General Area
http://members.cox.net/orcorba/hcp2.JPG
Huntington Central Park General Map
http://members.cox.net/orcorba/hcp2a.JPG
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* California
* Orange County
* November 30th, 2005
* CAOC0511.30
- Birds mentioned
Cackling Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
American Redstart
Snow Goose
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Bald Eagle
Red-naped Sapsucker
Gray Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Brown Creeper
White-throated Sparrow
MacGillivray's Warbler
Ross Goose
Franklin Gull
Mew Gull
- Transcript
hotline: Orange County, California date: November 30th, 2005; number:
(949) 487-6869; compiler: Joel Weintraub. Website and archives:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/ Please send e-mail sightings to:
JWeintraub@Fullerton.edu. To receive our RBA updates (whenever issued)
subscribe to: OrCoRBA-subscribe@yahoogroups.com by sending a message with
Subscribe as the subject.
Send reports on California Bird Record Committee Review Species sightings
to: Guy McCaskie, Secretary, California Bird Records Committee P. O. Box
275 Imperial Beach, CA 91933-0275 The species in caps on the bird mentioned
list (if present) are all Review Species; the committee would appreciate
documentation on their occurrence in Orange County. There is a website for
discussing birds/birding in Orange County California.
Please visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding. Radio
Codes for Birders in Orange County: channel 11 subcode 22 (national code).
We have a new accessory website that has recent photos of rarities and maps
of some birding spots in the County, including a map of Huntington Central
Park showing the "local" names for birding areas at:
http://members.cox.net/orcorba/
Note: We may supply for many sightings (AT THE END OF THIS REPORT) links for
maps of those areas and aerial photos. Many of these are general maps. If
we have specific information from GPS readings, we will alert you to the
fact. After you go to the link, go to the BOTTOM of the form and choose
aerial photo (and adjust zoom factor) or the map (where eventually you will
adjust the zoom factor).
Observers: Doug Willick, Peyton Cook, Jim Pike, Portia Arutunian, Peter
Bryant, Gary Meredith, Loren Hayes, RicK Shearer, Dick Purvis, Jim Roe,
Laura Camp, Joel Weintraub, Terry Hill, Lena Hayashi, Nathan Shaw, Amanda
Aird, Sirius and Darius Cabe (?), Friends of Shipley Nature Center Census
Surveyors, Al Borodayko, Matt Zlatunich.
First, old "13", the BALD EAGLE seen throughout Orange County last winter
was again seen in the County. It was sitting next to the Riverside Freeway
on a telephone pole west of Weir Canyon today, Wednesday.
Also today, at Irvine Regional Park a female type RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER was
seen around the NE corner of the park...foraging around the volleyball
court.
Yesterday, a possibly wintering MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER was heard and seen at
Shipley Nature Center on the west side of Huntington Central Park. Other
birds of note for Shipley include GRAY FLYCATCHER (Friday and Sunday),
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (Sunday), BROWN CREEPER (Friday), and HAMMONDS
FLYCATCHER (Friday).
On the east side of Huntington Central Park a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was
north of the library (Tuesday), the continuing EURASIAN WIGEON was around
the flooded area (Monday), and CACKLING GOOSE (Friday).
Also yesterday (Tuesday), a continuing SNOW GOOSE was on the Santa Ana River
at Lincoln Ave, first sighted last Friday.
On private property (Tree of Life Nursery off of Ortega Highway) in the
large oak tree near the barn on Friday, and on the deck next to the sales
office on Monday, an immature male AMERICAN REDSTART was sighted. The area
is open to the general public in the areas where the bird was seen on
Thursday through Saturday 9 am-4 pm.
Last Friday at Tri City Park in Placentia both a MEW and FRANKLIN GULL were
found.
Last Wednesday and Thursday a ROSS'S GOOSE was at Twin Lakes Freedom Park at
Haster and Lampson in Garden Grove.
http://stevemorse.org/jcal/map.html?latitude=33:42.309&longitude=-118:00.186
Huntington Central Park, East Side, Huntington Beach, General Area
http://members.cox.net/orcorba/hcp2.JPG
Huntington Central Park General Map
http://members.cox.net/orcorba/hcp2a.JPG
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