RBA
* California
* Orange County
* August 17th, 2005
* CAOC0508.17
- Birds mentioned
Black Tern
Baird's Sandpiper
Pacific Golden-plover
- Transcript
hotline: Orange County, California date: August 17th, 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: Sylvia Gallagher, Peyton Cook, Mabel Alazard, Lena Hayashi,
Marilyn LaBollita, Linda Oberholtzer, Brad Dawson
Yesterday, Tuesday, the juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was refound in San Juan
Creek, about 1/4 of a mile north of the Stonehill Bridge crossing.
Another Baird's Sandpiper was reported off of Seapoint Drive in Bolsa Chica
Preserve last Sunday. Still a 3rd sighting was made last Friday, August
12th, in the Santa Ana River under the wooden bridge north of Hamilton.
Also on the 12th, from a bluff off of Seapoint Drive, a single adult PACIFIC
GOLDEN-PLOVER was found among the Black-bellied Plovers.
Last Monday at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary a BLACK TERN in full breeding
plumage was seen around Pond C.
http://stevemorse.org/jcal/map.html?latitude=33:41.902&longitude=-118:02.944
Bolsa Chica Preserve, Huntington Beach Area
http://stevemorse.org/jcal/map.html?latitude=33:39.762&longitude=-117:50.679
San Joaquin Wildlife Preserve, Irvine Area
http://members.cox.net/orcorba/sjws.JPG
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* California
* Orange County
* August 17th, 2005
* CAOC0508.17
- Birds mentioned
Black Tern
Baird's Sandpiper
Pacific Golden-plover
- Transcript
hotline: Orange County, California date: August 17th, 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: Sylvia Gallagher, Peyton Cook, Mabel Alazard, Lena Hayashi,
Marilyn LaBollita, Linda Oberholtzer, Brad Dawson
Yesterday, Tuesday, the juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was refound in San Juan
Creek, about 1/4 of a mile north of the Stonehill Bridge crossing.
Another Baird's Sandpiper was reported off of Seapoint Drive in Bolsa Chica
Preserve last Sunday. Still a 3rd sighting was made last Friday, August
12th, in the Santa Ana River under the wooden bridge north of Hamilton.
Also on the 12th, from a bluff off of Seapoint Drive, a single adult PACIFIC
GOLDEN-PLOVER was found among the Black-bellied Plovers.
Last Monday at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary a BLACK TERN in full breeding
plumage was seen around Pond C.
http://stevemorse.org/jcal/map.html?latitude=33:41.902&longitude=-118:02.944
Bolsa Chica Preserve, Huntington Beach Area
http://stevemorse.org/jcal/map.html?latitude=33:39.762&longitude=-117:50.679
San Joaquin Wildlife Preserve, Irvine Area
http://members.cox.net/orcorba/sjws.JPG
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