http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/ OrCoRBA Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:55:31 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/930 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/930 Picture courtesy of Monte Stinnett (copyrighted), via Al Borodayko. Link to photo at RBA auxillary website photos/misc: http://members.cox.net/orcorba/ Al is Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:03:37 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/929 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/929 Barbara Reever (sp?) reports that a Wood Stork flew in to the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, Pond D (?) today. Several people are reported to have seen it, Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:22:23 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/928 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/928 Happy Thanksgiving. The RBA is on vacation mode the next few days. Anyone on the list can post to the entire list..... people trying to join will not be Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:33:36 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/927 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/927 RBA * California * Orange County * November 18th, 2009 * CAOC09.11.18 - Birds mentioned BAR-TAILED GODWIT Red-necked Grebe Sage Thrasher White-throated Sparrow Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:46:45 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/926 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/926 RBA * California * Orange County * November 11th, 2009 * CAOC09.11.11 - Birds mentioned BAR-TAILED GODWIT Golden-crowned Kinglet Brown Creeper Reddish Egret Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:56:15 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/925 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/925 Just to let the group know... Bar-tailed Godwit reported early this morning.... same general vicinity but when flushed flew down the bay. Late this afternoon Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:02:25 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/924 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/924 Today, Laguna Niguel Regional Park, below the dam, CLAY COLORED SPARROW (Lucy Lee) with a flock of White-crowned Sparrows. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:51:55 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/923 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/923 Group, The Bar-tailed Godwit discovered by Neil Gilbert we consider to be a first county record. There is an out of print book by Charles Sexton and George Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:34:19 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/922 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/922 I've posted a photo courtesy of Bruce Aird of the Upper Newport Bay Bar-tailed Godwit showing the rump pattern. The direct link to the photo on the auxillary Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:42:04 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/921 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/921 I'm posting a request from Jim Pike..... I have added a picture to the OrCoRBA auxillary website of the barred tail, but probably little of the rump is shown. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:07:45 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/920 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/920 Group Arrived at upper Upper Newport Bay around 10 AM. High tide, not a shorebird in sight. Damn...... Parked on East Bluff Drive, and walked down Jamboree Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:19:25 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/919 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/919 birders, I just got a call from John Garrett saying the BAR-TAILED GODWIT is still present this morning at Upper Newport Bay. Apparently it moved ~3/8 of a Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:28:19 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/918 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/918 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:35:31 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/917 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/917 A tentative juvenile Bar-tailed Godwit.... by Neil Gilbert..... today... at Upper Newport Bay..... where Jamboree crosses.... outlet of San Diego Creek. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:46:52 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/916 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrCoRBA/message/916 RBA * California * Orange County * October 28th, 2009 * CAOC09.10.28 - Birds mentioned Painted Redstart Black and White Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Northern