RBA
* California * Orange County * March 10, 2022 * CAOC22.03.10
This is the Orange County, CA weekly Rare Bird Alert (RBA) and local events summary. California Bird Records Committee (CBRC) review species are capitalized and marked with asterisks below. All documentation of review species should be forwarded to the CBRC secretary, Tom Benson, at secretary@... .
BIRDS MENTIONED
White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Neotropic Cormorant Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Bald Eagle Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Lewiss Woodpecker Hammond's Flycatcher Brown-Crested Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird Plumbeous Vireo Bank Swallow Varied Thrush Clay-colored Sparrow Harriss Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Black-and-white Warbler

A WHITE-WINGED SCOTER continued off of the Newport Pier through March 4.
A LONG-TAILED DUCK continued off of the Newport Pier through March 4.
An adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported to be continuing at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine on March 7.
A juvenile LITTLE BLUE HERON continued at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach through March 9.
A TRICOLORED HERON continued at Upper Newport Bay in Newport Beach through March 6. Lately the bird has been found far upstream around the Jamboree Road bridge.
An immature BALD EAGLE continued at Huntington Central Park in Huntington Beach through March 5. Presumably the same bird was then at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve through March 9.
A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER continued to be seen through March 9 in the upper levels of Vintage Park in Lake Forest.
A LEWISS WOODPECKER continued at Irvine Regional Park in Orange through March 9, in the vicinity of Lots C and D.
A HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER continued at Pinecrest Park in Mission Viejo on March 6.
A BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER continued at the riparian area off of La Paz and Chrisanta in Mission Viejo through March 5.
A TROPICAL KINGBIRD continued at Harriett Wieder Regional Park in Huntington Beach through March 10.
A PLUMBEOUS VIREO was at William S. Craycraft Park in Mission Viejo on March 4.
A really early BANK SWALLOW was photographed at Laguna Niguel Regional Park in Laguna Niguel on March 4.
A VARIED THRUSH continued around Lots M and N at Irvine Regional Park in Orange through March 9.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW continued in residential Placentia through March 5. Another long-staying bird continued at Ralph B. Clark Park in Buena Park through March 6.
A HARRISS SPARROW found at Tustin Legacy Park in Tustin on February 20 continued through March 7.
A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW continued in the upper level at Vintage Park in Lake Forest through March 10. Another continued near the Brown Thrasher spot at Aurora Park in Mission Viejo also through March 9.
A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER continued at Aurora Park in Mission Viejo through March 4.

LOCAL EVENTS
For a complete up-to-date list of current field trips, please visit the webpage on Sea and Sages website: https://www.seaandsageaudubon.org/FieldTrips/fieldtripscurrent.htm .
** As a reminder, all field trips continue to require reservations in advance and proof of full Covid-19 vaccination. Email nancykenyon@... to make a reservation or get on the waitlist.
All upcoming MARCH field trips are full, please contact Nancy to be put on a waiting list.
My Ultimate Birding Extravaganza at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine on April 10 still has space left and I am dying to fill it. It will be from 8:00am to 12:00pm.
The next Anaheim Coves bird walk will take place on April 17 from 8:00am to 12:00pm.
The next available bird walk at Upper Newport Bay will take place on April 27 from 8:00am to 11:00am.
The May 1 Spring pelagic trip is now full, but a summer trip has been added for August 13.

BIRDING WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES
The Birding Skills Workshop on SHOREBIRDS, presented by Sylvia Gallagher, will start the week of March 14. Registration opened on Feb. 14. For workshop information, check the Sea & Sage website at: https://www.seaandsageaudubon.org/Classes/ShorebirdWorkshop.pdf
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The Orange County RBA and events summary is produced weekly by Ryan Winkleman and Jeff Bray in collaboration with Doug Willick. Sightings of rare birds can be posted to the OrangeCountyBirding listserv, emailed directly to Jeff Bray ( jbray3928@... ) and/or Ryan Winkleman ( rswinkleman@... ), and/or submitted to eBird ( http://ebird.org/content/ebird ). Any supporting details (descriptions, photos, audio recordings, etc.) of rare sightings that are not already disclosed on the listserv or on eBird should also be emailed to Ryan Winkleman separately for consideration to be mentioned in the current quarterly report for North American Birds.
Those sightings that are included in this summary generally include those that are considered rare (regionally or seasonally) for Orange County based on "The Birds of Orange County: Status and Distribution" (Hamilton and Willick), "Birds of Southern California" (Garrett and Dunn), and/or more contemporary changes in local or regional status and distribution. Rarities that regularly or seasonally occur at a particular location, such as annually wintering rarities on Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge, may or may not be included in this digest, but reports of these same species occurring at other, atypical locations throughout the county may be included. We don't include hybrids, subspecies, introduced or exotic birds, or in most cases and for no real reason, geese. All bird reports are vetted to the extent possible prior to each publication, but in the interest of sharing information, the accuracy of any given report cannot always be guaranteed, nor can the presence of any given bird for those who choose to chase after them.
Information on upcoming local events is taken largely from the Sea and Sage Audubon website ( http://www.seaandsageaudubon.org/ ). Sea and Sage Audubon is based out of the Audubon House at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine. They sponsor a number of public field trips, special birding events, conservation lectures, and social gatherings throughout the year. Information regarding upcoming local events should be considered accurate at the time of this posting. However, for the most current information please refer to the field trip list on the Sea and Sage Audubon website at http://www.seaandsageaudubon.org/FieldTrips/FieldTripSchedule.html . It is also recommended that you refer to that website immediately prior to engaging in any field trip to confirm that trips are still occurring. If you know of additional upcoming events that are not sponsored directly by Sea and Sage Audubon, please email Ryan Winkleman and/or Jeff Bray for inclusion. #RBA
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Jeff Bray
Irvine, CA