Although it's hard to see some of the details, this looks to me like another
American Golden-Plover! I think Black-bellied can be eliminated based on
several features (smaller and more "dainty" size and proportions, relative small
bill size, etc.). The very bold, white-looking supercilium, and long wings look
to me for American Golden-Plover. With as rare as they are on the coast in
spring (or anywhere in California for that matter), if the bird isn't being seen
any more at Crystal Cove State Park, I'd wonder if it's the same individual.
This was seen then, Chris, up at the north (or northwest I guess it is) end of
Bolsa A real nice find (assuming I'm not jumping to conclusions on the ID).

Doug Willick
Orange, CA

From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of chris_morrison1
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 2:14 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [OrangeCountyBirding] Re: Photos of weekend birds

I was birding Bolsa Chica today and captured the following image from a long way
out near the interpretive center. I was actually looking for Red Knots, which I
found, but in the same binocular FOV, I see this bird and snapped a photo. At
first I identified it as a Pacific Golden-Plover, but after seeing Tom's photos
of the American, I am now perplexed. Can someone take a look and offer an
opinion I blew up the bird and inserted it in the upper right. It's certainly
beyond my level of expertise here.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/n2dpsky/8694263960/in/photostream

Chris Morrison

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> I have posted some photos of birds from the weekend (pelagic birds, American
Golden-Plover, Indigo Bunting) on my Flickr page for anyone that is interested.
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> Tom Benson
> San Bernardino, CA
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> http://www.flickr.com/photos/40928097@N07/
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