http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/ To promote discussion & share bird info. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:27:17 GMT short_eared_owl12 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3977 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3977 birders, Today I hit some obscure, under-birded (or not birded at all!) spots in eastern Orange. A few minor highlights: Orange Lakes Apartment Complex Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:09:42 GMT socalbirder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3976 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3976 My wife Kirsten spotted a Common Loon at Walnut Canyon Reservoir yesterday at noon. It was alone near the middle of the reservoir. Lots! of Ring Neck ducks. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:12:05 GMT trailgirl888 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3975 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3975 Hi Birders, Just for the Orange County "sap-sucker" records, today I saw a brightly colored Red-breasted Sapsucker at Blue Jay Campground at intersection of Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:11:48 GMT Julian Whitelegge http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3974 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3974 In response to Lidia, There was a pair of Western grebe in the surf at 66th Street Newport this morning. They looked quite at home. Julian Whitelegge The Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:02:29 GMT Ed Stonick http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3973 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3973 Thanks Chris and all others for these great photos. This may be the most photographed bird in Southern California this year. But it's a good one! Saves us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:55:05 GMT Lidia Seebeck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3972 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3972 I'm not going to belabor anyone with our photos since ours probably won't be helpful in subspecies identification but we were among the many who saw the Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:44:14 GMT Christopher Taylor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3971 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3971 To add some more photos to the mix, here are a few I took of the Bar-tailed Godwit this Saturday morning: http://kiwifoto.com/f/btgo_newport_110709 -- Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:10:02 GMT Jim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3970 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3970 Hi, Doug Willick and I birded some of the more obscure corners of Huntington Beach today. Of particular note was a Tennessee Warbler at Greer Park (on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:54:05 GMT Steve Sosensky http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3969 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3969 Hi OC Birders, This morning, Bruce Aird, Rob McNabb, and I saw a Red-breasted Sapsucker at Laguna Niguel Regional Park. After I left for work, Bruce and Rob Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:47:26 GMT condor262001 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3968 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3968 I posted 4 photos of the BT godwit in the OC godwit folder. Three show a somewhat different view of the bird in flight than seen in the photos previously Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:14:27 GMT Monte http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3967 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3967 Christopher Taylor just called to state that the Bar-tailed Godwit is in view at the Jamboree bridge crossing of Newport Back Bay in Newport Beach this Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:06 GMT Dennis Vollmar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3966 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3966 After searching up and down the bay between the bridge and the creek from 1:30 to 4:30, the Godwit flew in under the bridge at 4:30. It foraged the mud bank Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:35:22 GMT debmcduck1956 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3965 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3965 Hello Everyone, Tomorrow is Dr Pasco's Memorial Service. It will be held at the Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center at 2 p.m. Parking is limited. Overflow Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:23:58 GMT Ronald Holland http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3964 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3964 The Bar-tailed Godwit was just below the Jamboree Bridge roosting with a mixed group of Marbled Godwit, Willit and American Avocets this morning 11-06-2009 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:29:59 GMT jacksnipe1990 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3963 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3963 Hi birders, I stopped by Laguna Niguel Regional Park on my way home from work to see if Lucy Lee's previously reported Clay-colored Sparrow was still around.