It was pretty quiet and slow today (8/18) for our monthly Harriett Wieder Survey.We look forward to more winter birds arriving.We missed both Virginia’s Rails heard recently--one of those had been heard in the ponds below the playground, and my team spent about 30 minutes there with no luck on the Virginia’s; the other Virginia’s had been heard in the “hidden ponds” below Seapoint and Garfield, but there was a very large gopher snake, plus someone with two dogs making a lot of noise, so no luck.Highlights of what we DID see: 2 Soras and 2 Common Gallinules. 13 Wilson’s Phalaropes and 16 Red-necked Phalaropes, 3 Lesser Yellowlegs. 1 White-tailed Kite, 3 Cooper’s Hawks, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, and 1 Red-tailed Hawk. 5 Ash-throated Flycatchers, 1 Cassin’s Kingbird, and 5 Western Kingbirds. 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Western Tanager, 6 Hooded Orioles, and 1 Bullock’s Oriole. 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'.