Or Co CA RBA 11/4/09

[Joel Weintraub]

RBA

* California

* Orange County
* November 4th, 2009
* CAOC09.11.04

- Birds mentioned

BAR-TAILED GODWIT
Eurasian Wigeon
Pectoral Sandpiper
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Plumbeous Vireo
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden Eagle
Green-tailed Towhee
American Bittern
Summer Tanager
Large-billed Savannah Sparrow
Reddish Egret
Hairy Woodpecker
Orchard Oriole
Painted Redstart

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hotline: Orange County, California  sponsored by Sea and Sage Audubon
date: November 4th, 2009;  number: [phone]; compiler: Joel Weintraub.
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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: Neil Gilbert, Joel Weintraub, Paul Strauss, Richard Cabe, Denny
Geiler, Jim Roe, Doug Willick, Robert McNab, Ed Stonick, Ruby Gardner, John
Thomlinson, Terry John, Carolyn Raynesford, Les Redpath, Nancy Kenyon, Pat
and Dick Cabe, Bob Schallmann, John Garrett, Dan Emory, Steve & Marian
Alter, Phil Martinez, Rolly Throckmorton, Linda LeRoy, Matt Warren, Tom
Benson, Jeffrey Cowell, Bruce Aird, Andy Birch, Dee Foster, Valerie Wheeler,
Chuck Almdale, Nathan Moorhatch

A BAR-TAILED GODWIT was found on the 31st by Neil Gilbert at upper Upper
Newport Bay.  The bird frequents, at low tide, the area around the outlet of
San Diego Creek below the Jamboree Street crossing.  It was still there as
of today..  The bird has been well photographed.  Also in the same general
area a male EURASIAN WIGEON (10/31), and a worn PECTORAL SANDPIPER (11/1).

Immature male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (11/3,4) at Huntington Central Park,
east side, by amphitheater and north side of "island" area.

PLUMBEOUS VIREOS: 11/2 Santiago Park Nature Reserve Santa Ana in large
sycamores on s side of creek, 10/30 (1) and 10/31 (2) Santa Ana River
biketrail about 300 yds downstream of RR bridge crossing at Orange-Olive
Road, 10/29 in west half of Fairhaven Memorial Park.

GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS: 11/2 in residential area in eastern Orange near
intersection of Lakeview and Santiago Canyon.

GOLDEN EAGLE: Mason Regional Park 10/31 apparently the same bird reported as
a Bald Eagle feeding at the park on the 27th.

GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE: 10/31 at Castaway Park, small tree past the location of
the park information kiosk.

AMERICAN BITTERN: 10/31 over old salt dike at Upper Newport Bay.

SUMMER TANAGER: 10/31 Laguna Niguel Regional Park near the tennis court at
the creek.

AMERICAN BITTERN, 3 LARGE-BILLED SAVANNAH SPARROWS, REDDISH EGRET at Bolsa
Chica Preserve (10/31).

Male HAIRY WOODPECKER, 10/31 at Carbon Canyon Regional Park.... no specific
location given.

Private Residential Areas or Restricted Areas:  ORCHARD ORIOLE, PAINTED
REDSTART.

Added Note:  How long will the Godwit stay in Orange County?  Let's answer
this by looking at (accepted) records shown in the "Rare Birds of
California" book.  Note there are no December records.  I chose only records
for October and November.

27 Oct to 30 Nov 1972 Bolinas Lagoon
04 to 27 Nov 1981 Coronado SD
26 Oct to 1 Nov 1992 Bodega Harbor
2 Oct to 21 Oct 1995 Abbotts Lagoon
2 Oct 1998 Alviso and Coyote Sloughs

So please keep sending in sightings to the RBA.

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