Orange County RBA
February 13, 2008

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RBA

* California
* Orange County
* February 13th, 2008
* CAOC0802.13

- Birds mentioned
Prairie Warbler
American Redstart
Hammond's Flycatcher
Eurasian Wigeon
Reddish Egret
Lewis Woodpecker
Snow Goose


- Transcript

hotline: Orange County, California
date: February 13th, 2008;  number: (949) 487-6869; compiler: Joel 
Weintraub.  Sponsored by Sea & Sage Audubon Society of Orange County.

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: Kaaren Perry, Jim Pike, Brian Daniels, Leo Ohtsuki, Gary Rankin, 
Neil Gilbert, Leigh Johnson, Jennifer Rycenga.

AMERICAN REDSTART refound last Saturday in willows on the west side of the 
road at the intersection of Jamboree and Santa Barbara.

HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER on Saturday in willows and acacias below homes in the 
northeast end of the Big Canyon willows at Upper Newport Bay.  Another 
Hammond's was seen by Brian Daniels and Leo Ohtsuki in the back area of San 
Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary on the 9th.

EURASIAN WIGEON reported at Upper Newport Bay above the "nature/interpretive 
center"  (?) and also a SNOW GOOSE reported closer to the center.  Both seen 
last Saturday.

PRAIRIE WARBLER, male, seen at the entrance of Crescent Bay Park in north 
Laguna Beach last Sunday.

REDDISH EGRET, perhaps two separate individuals, seen on the 11th, one from 
Bolsa Chica Preserve (also on the 13th), the other at the mainly 
closed-to-public Seal Beach NWR.

LEWIS WOODPECKER continues at Irvine Regional Park, probably around parking 
lot #16.  (last thursday)

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