RBA
* California * Orange County * March 31, 2022 * CAOC22.03.31
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 Nazca Booby Brown Booby Little Blue Heron Lewiss Woodpecker Plumbeous Vireo Clay-colored Sparrow Harriss Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Vesper Sparrow American Redstart
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS continued to be sporadically seen off the coast of Newport Beach through March 29.
Two LONG-TAILED DUCKS were in the scoter raft off of Newport Pier on March 26.
An apparent NAZCA BOOBY (appears to be from the video, anyway) landed on a Dana Wharf whale watching boat out of Dana Point on March 31. If you werent actively birding Orange County between about 2018 and 2020 and you want to see a Nazca Boobygood luck.
A BROWN BOOBY was photographed about a mile off of the Newport Beach coast on March 27.
A juvenile LITTLE BLUE HERON continued at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach through March 30.
A LEWISS WOODPECKER continued at Irvine Regional Park in Orange around Parking Lot C on March 28. Another() bird was in the eucalyptus trees east of the Egret Trail at Irvine Regional Park (no clue where the Egret Trail is).
A PLUMBEOUS VIREO was photographed at Serrano Creek Park in Lake Forest on March 29.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was in the center of El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest from March 29 through March 31.
A HARRISS SPARROW at Tustin Legacy Park in Tustin continued through March 31.
A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW continued at Russell Cook Park in San Juan Capistrano through March 26.
Two VESPER SPARROWS continued at Irvine Regional Park in Orange through March 26 up on the Puma Ridge Trail.
An immature male AMERICAN REDSTART continued through March 26 in the Tree Hill area of San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine.
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 APRIL field trips are full except the ones listed below, please contact Nancy to be put on a waiting list.
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
None at this time
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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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