Just thought I’d pass along that today (27 March) Shawn Nielsen refound the Clay-colored Sparrow at the Santa Ana Cemetery (SAC)-Fairhaven Memorial Park (FMP) complex in northeast Santa Ana.  (This bird was first noted on 13March.)  He
said the sparrow was still on the SAC side (i.e., the eastern half) of this somewhat large complex.  (Fairhaven Memorial Park makes up the western half of this complex.)   Shawn provides GPS coordinates where he had it this morning: 
33°46'8.11"N, 117°50'22.52"W.  This is basically due west (roughly 75 yards) of the small administration type building for the SAC (over on the far east side).  However, the sparrows
and other birds that feed on the lawns throughout the cemetery do move around a lot, so best to just check wherever you see sparrows, finches, etc., feeding on the lawns.  Shawn mentioned he also had an Osprey perched in the cemetery (a rare visitor to this
site, being how there’s no open water around this area for a good number of miles).  A few other minor highlights included Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (seems to be a very scarce migrant here; I’m not sure I’ve seen one here, surprisingly, despite birding the site
for a little over three decades [ yikes , that sounds like a long time!
L ]), and Hutton’s Vireo (quite uncommon but somewhat regular visitor to the cemetery).  A few Western Flycatchers
were present today, an indication of a few migrants moving through.
 
The link to Shawn’s eBird checklist (with a few pics of the Clay-colored Sparrow):
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44019272
 
Doug Willick
Orange, CA
 
 

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Doug Willick
Orange, CA