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* California
* Orange County
* March 15th, 2006
* CAOC0603.15

- Birds mentioned
Zone-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Mute Swan
Redhead
Reddish Egret
Palm Warbler
White-throated Sparrow

- Transcript
hotline: Orange County, California date: March 15th, 2006; 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/

Observers: Tom Newhouse, Dick Purvis, Vic Leipzig, Marian & Steve Alter, Tom
Benson, Gary Meredith.

Today (Wed) over Caspers Wilderness Park off of Ortega Highway a ZONE-TAILED
HAWK was sighted.

Yesterday the continuing YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was at Santiago Oaks
Regional Park, past the creek crossing, up the hill to the left.

At Bolsa Chica Preserve last weekend a MUTE SWAN and a flock of REDHEADS
were at the Warner Avenue end of the preserve, while on Saturday the REDDISH
EGRET, acquiring its breeding plumes, was near the foot bridge.

Last Sunday on private property in Tustin a PALM WARBLER was sighted.

At Huntington Central Park last Saturday a continuing WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
was with a small flock of White and Golden-crowned Sparrows near the Gothard
Street parking lot.

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