I planned to spend a few minutes here after shopping this morning. This little spot of riparian habitat in the middle of a well-developed suburban area never fails to amaze. I ended up spending an hour. The park was very birdy. I was hoping the Black-and-white Warbler reported a few days ago might still be present, but I didn't find it. However, I had singing Yellow Warbler, Nashville Warbler, and a pair of nesting Orange-crowned Warblers to make things interesting; also a Warbling Vireo, a flock of about 12 Cedar Waxwings, a pair of American Goldfinches, a very noisy Bullock's Oriole, a singing Black-headed Grosbeak, and a singing Tanager that I could not get a visual on, but it sounded a little more like a Summer Tanager, rather than a Western. Florence Sanchez (PS--I spent yesterday on a wildflower foray, and I think Alex C. for mentioning the flowers on Aliso Canyon Road in Cuyama in his bird post. It was the BEST of all the spots I went to.) |
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'.