Sorry for the late report. Our highlights of todays (June 21) Harriett Wieder Park monthly count included 8 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES in the Bolsa Chica cell at the far west end, 2 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS in the area below Seapoint and Garfield, 1 continuing CALIFORNIA THRASHER singing in a tree in the playground, 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS (one in the cell near the Phalaropes, and 3 in the cell straight out from Seapoint & Garfield), and 9 Hooded Orioles spread around. There were a lot of the common birds, such as Song Sparrows, House Finches, and 80 Common Yellowthroats. We also had 23 SNOWY PLOVERS in the Bolsa Chica cells. In one Bolsa Chica cell there were two Black-necked Stilt chicks, and in a pond directly below the playground, there were 3 young American Coots with two adults. We also saw 2 young Orange-crowned Warblers begging, and a Western Bluebird was flying in and out of a nest box. One Black Skimmer was spotted flying south with a fish in its beak--hope it wasnt heading all the way to Newport Back Bay! -- Terry Hill Huntington Beach |
v1.35 - 11/22/22 - Finally rewrote code to handle new Groups.IO web structure v1.30 - 01/05/16 - Revamped cloud logic, optimized database queries, linked to eBird rarities. v1.23 - 12/08/11 - Added direct link to CBRC records. v1.22 - 12/03/11 - Corrected GMT offsets on dates. Added last 5 posts at top. v1.21 - 11/24/11 - Added direct link to range map for NA birds. v1.2 - 11/23/11 - Greatly improved graphing technology - separates month vs. year by posts. Added species auto-complete functionality. v1.14 - 11/22/11 - Added cloud bubble for common thread topics. v1.13 - 11/22/11 - Added integrated photos where available. v1.12 - 11/22/11 - Added multiple input boxes for additional refinement, negative search criteria (eg. -keyword). v1.11 - 11/22/11 - Added banding code, species look-up. Also direct link to recent eBird observations. v1.1 - 11/22/11 - Added 'date' functionality. Shows top 'month/year' combinations for a query. Restrict results to that 'month/year'. v1.0 - 11/21/11 - Initial version coded. Currently archiving 'lacobirds' and 'calbirds'.