Orange County RBA
August 11, 2010

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Subject: [BIRDWEST] Or Co CA RBA 8/11/10
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* California

* Orange County
* August 11th, 2010
* CAOC10.08.11

- Birds mentioned
SOOTY TERN
Reddish Egret
Semipalmated Sandpiper

- Transcript

hotline: Orange County, California  sponsored by Sea and Sage Audubon
date: August 11th,  2010;  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 an 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: Dominik Mosur, John Garrett, Jenny Golden, David Vander Pluym, 
Lauren Harter, Robert McNab, Jeff Cowell, Robbie Fischer, Zachary Perry, 
Neil Gilbert, Brian Daniels, Thomas Miko, Lauren Harter, Kathreen Meyers.

The SOOTY TERN continues through today at Bolsa Chica Preserve.  The bird is 
near the abandoned blind on "Tern Island" and can be scoped either from the 
boardwalk or from the bikepath along Pacific Coast Highway (when in sight). 
A very large number of SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS (7) were at the south end of 
Bolsa Chica (Harriet Weider Park overlook) on August 6th, with 5 juveniles 
recorded on 8/8.

A GOLDEN EAGLE was sighted on the 8th at the closed El Toro Marine Air Base.

A SAGE SPARROW was seen about 6 miles above the gate at Upper Silverado 
Canyon...road to Maple Springs) in a burned-over brushy gully on the 
"downhill" side of the road before taking off down into the canyon.A cairn 
of rocks  marks the spot .

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