Orange County RBA
August 18, 2010

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From: Joel Weintraub <jweintraub@FULLERTON.EDU>
Subject: [BIRDWEST] Orange County California RBA 8/18/10
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* California

* Orange County
* August 18th, 2010
* CAOC10.08.18

- Birds mentioned
SOOTY TERN
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Cattle Egret

- Transcript

hotline: Orange County, California  sponsored by Sea and Sage Audubon
date: August 18th,  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: Richard Thunen, Jim  Roe, Tom Benson, John  Sterling, Brian 
Daniels, Robert McNab, Brad Singer.

The SOOTY TERN continues at  Bolsa  Chica preserve, although there are 
periods where birders did not see the bird.  The last report is from today. 
The tern is by the abandoned blind on "Tern Island"....seen by scoping from 
the boardwalk or from the bike path at Bolsa.

Also at Bolsa, from Harriett Weider Park overlook, two SEMIPALMATED 
SANDPIPERS continued today, down from 4 from the 14th..

A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was at San Joaquin Wildlife Preserve (Irvine) on the 
17th.

A CATTLE EGRET was at the mouth of San Juan Creek, Doheny State Beach, on 
the 14th.

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