Birders,
Highlight of the morning was the Jeager chasing and nearly catching the Forster’s Tern and a repeat performance later in the morning. We had great views of this bird and its behavior. Hope you managed the freeway traffic on the return trip okay.
Sally Sanderson
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve–Full Tidal Area, Orange, California, US
Oct 3, 2015 7:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s)
Comments: This was a Palomar Audubon sponsored bird walk. Not all birds were seen by all
birders. The purpose of the walk was not to count birds.
50 species (+2 other taxa)
American Wigeon 10
Mallard X
Northern Pintail 8
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 12
duck sp. 1 Female dabbling duck. Unable to identify. Consorting with feeding shorebirds.
Pied-billed Grebe 6
Eared Grebe 10
Western Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 50
Brown Pelican 40
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 6
Snowy Egret 25
Reddish Egret 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 1
White-tailed Kite 1
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ridgway’s Rail 1
Common Gallinule 1
American Coot 40
Black-bellied Plover 50
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Whimbrel 2
Long-billed Curlew 12
Marbled Godwit 12
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Least Sandpiper 6
Western Sandpiper 30
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Parasitic Jaeger 2 Dark birds with wing flashes. Warm brown coloration on rump and back. Chasing Forster’s Terns.
Western Gull 4
Forster’s Tern 50
Elegant Tern 1
Rock Pigeon 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Say’s Phoebe 1
American Crow 1
Common Raven 2
Barn Swallow 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 30
Song Sparrow 1
House Finch X
Huntington Central Park–Talbert Lake Area, Orange, California, US
Oct 3, 2015 10:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s)
Comments: This was a Palomar Audubon sponsored bird walk. Not all birds were seen by all
participants. The purpose of the walk was not to count the birds.
30 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard 2
Northern Shoveler 1
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 3
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 5
Mourning Dove X
Anna’s Hummingbird X
Allen’s Hummingbird 1
Rufous/Allen’s Hummingbird 1
Nuttall’s Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Western Wood-Pewee 1
Black Phoebe 7
Say’s Phoebe 1
House Wren 3
Orange-crowned Warbler 3
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1
Townsend’s Warbler 2
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Lesser Goldfinch X
American Goldfinch 1
Scaly-breasted Munia 12
