Yes, it does sound high (I said wow at the time), but we cover the whole park from the helipad at the west end to almost Graham Street at the other end. We divide it into four groups, and that was the total. There appeared to be a lot of younger ones present. We also had large numbers of Song Sparrows (with younger ones) and House Finches. All of these species seem to like the native plants that were planted by the Bolsa Chica Conservancy and that have grown with all the rains, as they were flying in and out of them. There was also some rain shortly before the count, and the birds were really active. FYI, we meet back at the playground at a certain time and have a group tally calling out each bird and the numbers for each. We make sure that certain birds, such as hawks, arent duplicates. Everyone present that day were experienced regulars to the counts. -- Terry Hill Huntington Beach |
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