Hi everybody,

Sea and Sage Audubon held a walk that was supposed to go to the Villa Park Basin today, but the Willow Trail was closed, so we birded just the bit of that trail that wasn't closed, then Sycamore Hill, then the extreme east end of Irvine Regional Park and the north side of Santiago Creek instead. It was a great day with cool weather and 62 species. Our small group of intrepid birders was treated with help from experienced folks including Doug Willick, Bob Keally, Art Davenport, and Jeff Bray, who also very kindly eBirded for us and the OC Spring Count. Here's the list below:

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35793334

Irvine Regional Park, Orange, California, US
Apr 8, 2017 7:43 AM - 11:52 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
61 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 2
Mallard 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 10
White-tailed Kite 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 8
White-throated Swift 3
Black-chinned Hummingbird 1
Anna's Hummingbird 3
Allen's Hummingbird 2
Acorn Woodpecker 20
Nuttall's Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
American Kestrel 2
Red-crowned Parrot 2
Lilac-crowned Parrot 2
Amazona sp. 6
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1
Say's Phoebe 1
Ash-throated Flycatcher 3
Cassin's Kingbird 1
Western Kingbird 1
Bell's Vireo (Least) 2
Hutton's Vireo 1
California Scrub-Jay 1
American Crow 1
Common Raven 15
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 15
Oak Titmouse 6
Bushtit 20
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 6
Bewick's Wren 4
Cactus Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
California Gnatcatcher 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Wrentit 1
Western Bluebird 8
California Thrasher 3
Northern Mockingbird 6
European Starling 30
Orange-crowned Warbler 4
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Chipping Sparrow 3
White-crowned Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 2
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
California Towhee 6
Spotted Towhee 12
Black-headed Grosbeak 1
Lazuli Bunting 2
House Finch 25
Lesser Goldfinch 30
American Goldfinch 2
Scaly-breasted Munia 1

Cheers,
Linette Davenport
Orange, CA