http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/ To promote discussion & share bird info. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:47:45 GMT Robert Bates http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3130 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3130 I was able to refind the Gull-billed Tern in breeding plumage at Talbert Marsh Ecological Reserve (located on the SE corner of PCH and Brookhurst) this morning Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:12:05 GMT raulroa@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3129 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3129 Hello, Cheryl Egger invited me to the release, but (un)fortunately, I had to work. Regards, Raul Roa Whittier, CA Raul Roa Staff Photographer, SGVN 1210 N. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:46:36 GMT debmcduck1956 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3128 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3128 I just heard today that 2-weeks ago, Songbird Care and Education received a yellow-billed cuckoo from Newport Beach. The bird was released today at the Prada Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:26:04 GMT Nancy Kenyon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3127 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3127 Dear Fellow Birders, As you have probably heard, UC Irvine's Bren Center staff announced late last week that it will NOT host the Commerce Department's public Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:37:04 GMT Robert McNab http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3126 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3126 Howdy, The Gull-billed Tern was still present in Talbert Marsh as of 12:00 noon Tuesday 7-15-08. The bird was loafing on an exposed mudflat near Western Gulls, Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:16:27 GMT oc_birder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3125 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3125 As a follow-up to the introduction to the Burris Sandpit, a groundwater recharge reservoir in Anaheim (posted to OC Birding June 2 2008), I wanted to provide a Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:09:31 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3123 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3123 Group, For those of you who may be bird banders, or those that like an advanced way of identifying birds (in the hand), with great technical details, then the Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:56:59 GMT Bill Sauer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3122 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3122 The Gull-billed Tern reported by Felicia Lee was still at Talbert Marsh this morning (7-14-08) from about 9:30 to 10:00. Bill Sauer Huntington Beach [Non-text Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:12:49 GMT zapolingo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3121 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3121 Hello all, This morning, my husband and I were lucky enough to have a Gull-billed Tern pointed out to us by John and Joan Avise at Talbert Marsh, just across Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:27:08 GMT Robert McNab http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3120 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3120 Sorry for the late report, but Friday 7-11-08 I had a good look at a female Orange Bishop in the high grass (mustard stalks actually) near the UCI marsh Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:57:43 GMT Brian Daniels http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3119 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3119 One cooperative Gull-billed Tern was roosting and foraging on rabbit island west of the "point" that overlooks the Big Bay (new tidal bay reached by crossing Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:35:45 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3118 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3118 The Los Angeles Times, Orange County Edition had an article today in the California section, that the Toll Road Hearing scheduled for July 25th at UC Irvine's Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:52:56 GMT Robert McNab http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3117 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3117 A lunch walk at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary found the arrival of some fall migrants. Pond D had the following shorebirds: 10+ Wilson's Phalaropes 9 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:16:09 GMT Nancy Kenyon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3116 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3116 Dear Birders, I am sending you this message as a birder who cares what happens to some great birding areas in the south county. I want you to be aware of this Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:32:16 GMT Nancy Kenyon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3115 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/message/3115 I sent out an email message earlier this afternoon about the Sea & Sage field trip to the Piute Ponds. Several people responded and the trip is now filled.