http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/ To promote discussion & share bird info. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:24:19 GMT Neil Gilbert http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3709 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3709 howdy, This morning I did a sea watch from Little Corona City Beach in Corona del Mar from about 7:00-8:30. The most unusual bird was an alternate-plumaged Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:55:57 GMT Brian Daniels http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3708 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3708 Despite interesting seabird reports from further south in Orange County, the Newport Pier has been very quiet until this morning. Pelagics were almost Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:42:28 GMT Nancy Kenyon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3707 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3707 A Black Tern in breeding plumage was spotted by Jan Gaffney & Sally Menzel at Pond 2 in the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary this morning (7/03/09) during the Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:30:33 GMT Neil Gilbert http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3706 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3706 Hi birders, This morning I did a seawatch from Crescent Bay Point Park in Laguna Beach from 6:55-8:00 a.m. It was a very active morning, with lots of seabirds. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:21:38 GMT Lidia Seebeck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3705 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3705 _____ (could you post your photos [LAS] Photos are now posted. I really welcome opinions on whether this is a REEG or LBHE. Lidia Seebeck Riverside CA Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:11:23 GMT Lidia Seebeck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3704 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3704 _____ The photo I posted wasn't very good (the bird was far away), but there were a few things that made me think it was indeed a Reddish Egret, rather than a Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:40:22 GMT Elliotte Harold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3703 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3703 ... On a ferry ride to Catalina from Newport Beach a few weeks ago, I saw numerous (~100) shearwaters and a few Alcids, as well as some marine mammals. However Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:31:24 GMT Nancy Kenyon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3702 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3702 I covered the Crescent Bay segment of the Laguna Coast for the Laguna Ocean Foundation's Shorebird survey this morning, Monday, June 29th, and found only 1 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:56:50 GMT aljanetbaumann@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3701 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3701 This morning (Monday, the 29th), while surveying our segment of the Laguna coast for the Laguna Coast Foundation's shorebird survey, Al and I spotted one Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:25:55 GMT zapolingo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3700 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3700 Hi Lidia, I'm glad you made it out there; it's a great (and under-appreciated) spot for birds. Actually, someone else e-mailed me offline and also thought the Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:14:59 GMT kschnei1000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3699 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3699 My family is planning a reunion in Dana Point in early August. Are there scenic places within a short drive of Dana Point that would be good for local Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:14:03 GMT Lidia Seebeck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3698 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3698 Felicia, and all on the listserv It was way too hot in Riverside today and this email was just too tempting so we went downriver. We did see a bird that was a Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:20:18 GMT Robert McNab http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3697 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3697 Kaaren and all, I had two additional Black Oystercatchers this morning along my survey section of south Laguna on the rocks at the northernmost area of "South Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:24:13 GMT Kaaren Perry http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3696 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3696 Hello All, While assisting with the Laguna Beach shorebird survey this morning, I counted 5 adult Black Oystercatchers on the rocks at Crescent Bay. Two more Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:18:29 GMT zapolingo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3695 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3695 Hello all, This morning, I saw an immature Reddish Egret feeding on the mudflats in the Santa Ana River mouth. The bird was in the river just south of the