Orange County RBA
May 7, 2008

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Subject: [BIRDWEST] Or  Co CA RBA 5/7/07
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RBA

* California
* Orange County
* May 7th, 2008
* CAOC0805.07

- Birds mentioned
Bald Eagle
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Gray Flycatcher
Summer Tanager
Vaux Swift
Baltimore Oriole
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Green-tailed Towhee
American Oystercatcher (hybrids?)
Gull-billed Tern
Northern Cardinal (exotic)

- Transcript

hotline: Orange County, California
date: May 7th, 2008;  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.
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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 (when 
submitted)  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:  Toni Bryant, Felicia Lee, Robert McNab, Neil Gilbert, Gary 
Meredith, Steve and Marian Alter,  Doug Willick, Beverly Gandall, Doug 
Ernesee, David and Ellen Campbell, Chuck Warner, Gina McClaggan?.

YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS: A flock of 36-50 in a field adjacent to the 
University of Irvine, closed marsh area west of Campus Drive... inside a 
black cyclone fence area at the north end of the "FDA" building. (today, 
5/7)

GRAY FLYCATCHER: today, at Peters Canyon Regional Park, in the brush just 
south of the dam at the foot of the steep hill.

SUMMER TANAGER: dull female on 5/6 (Tues) at Laguna Niguel Regional Park.

VAUX SWIFT: A flock today along Aliso Creek (lower end).

BALTIMORE ORIOLE: Tues, in a neighborhood in easter Orange near Newport Av 
and Santiago Canyon Rd.

EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: May 3rd (Sunday) at Harriet Wieder Park in 
Huntington Beach.

GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE (east side of Huntington Central Park, Jack Green Area) 
and BELL'S VIREO (west side, northeast of Shipley Nature Center) on 
Saturday.

AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER: possible hybrids that are around, at Crystal Cove, 
north Laguna Beach, on May 2nd and 3rd.

GULL-BILLED TERN: 2 at the footbridge at Bolsa Chica Preserve on May 1st.

NORTHERN CARDINAL: presumed exotic... east Anaheim area on Tues.

BALD EAGLE: today, around Lyons and St Andrews Pl in Santa Ana, flyover.

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