tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33764613172447908642024-03-08T03:33:33.618-08:00OC Birder GirlMy Birding Blog is all about birding (aka bird watching), birders, and wild birds of Orange County. Especially about birding in Orange County, California. Includes profiles of the birds of Orange County, the rare birds of Orange County, Orange County birding hotspots, and much more. (All pictures and text under copyright of the Karen McQuade,OC Birder Girl, unless otherwise stated)Orange County Birder Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11773083973078077728noreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376461317244790864.post-71599155788730667112016-10-08T21:02:00.000-07:002016-10-09T11:44:16.627-07:00The Pin-tailed Wydah--Vidua macroura<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The </span>Pin-tailed Whydah is a bird that is seen regularly in Orange County<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. This one is a male. Photo from W<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ikicommons Photo by Stig N<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">gaard</span></span></span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not too long ago an Orange County Birding post brought up an identification problem occurring in Orange County and other Southern California locations. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">People are reporting sig<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">htings of <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ra<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">re long-tailed flycatchers when in fact what they <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are</span> seeing is the mor<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e common introduced species the Pin-tailed <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">W<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hydah. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is actually not a flycat<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cher at all.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The reason for the <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">error</span> is clear. Pin-tailed Whydahs are introduced birds that are not usually listed in the field guides. If a field guide is your only reference, then you are missing a key piece of information<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">:</span> Orange County and Southern California have large populations of introduced species from Asia, Africa, and several other locations. So remember that not all birds you <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">observe</span> may be in your field guide, and <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">som<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e may ac<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tually be in<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">troduced species</span></span></span></span>. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To avo<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">id misidentifying th<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is species as a ra<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">re flycat<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cher</span></span></span>, you will need to become very familiar with the <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pin-tailed Whydah<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a class="external text" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/42646706@N02" rel="nofollow">New Jersey Birds</a></span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">INFORMATION ABOUT THE PIN-TAILED WHYDAH</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Origin</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pin-tailed Whydahs <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">originated</span> in Sub-Saharan Africa, but ha<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ve</span> been kept as a common cage bird in many countries<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. Pin-tai<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">led <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whydahs have es<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">caped or been released </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Singapore</span> and The United States--in particular Southern California<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>and t<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he</span> United States territory of Puerto Rico<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. The<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y</span> </span>have established significant<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> breeding pop<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ulations in Southern California</span></span>.</span><b> </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> From <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktGyMSAAkJQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a></span><span class="watch-title" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="Pin-tailed Whydah Chirping (California)"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktGyMSAAkJQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>Pin-tailed Whydah Chirping (California) </a>by </span></span></span><a class="g-hovercard yt-uix-sessionlink spf-link " data-sessionlink="itct=CDUQ4TkiEwirrLCQjJnPAhUL6n4KHfo2ChAo-B0" data-ytid="UCHx3ZripkxaxorHdX7iGhfA" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHx3ZripkxaxorHdX7iGhfA">Kat Avila</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Bill</b>--<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">T</span>he mal<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e </span>Pin-tailed Whydah has a strong, bulky, bright orange bill built to crack seeds. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is after all a finch. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The b<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rown, black, and white f</span></span>emales are rather drab in comparison<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. I have seen photographs that vary widely of in the color of the female<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'s bill </span>w<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hich <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I believe is due t<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he non<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">breeding male be<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ing identified as a female in some <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">online</span> photographs and vidoes. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lack </span>C</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>ap</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Pin<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-tailed Whydah had a black cap. </span>The black cap of the Pin-tailed Whydah does not extend into the cheek area. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So if th<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e cheek is white and the cap is b<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lack, you<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> most likely have a Pin-tailed Whydah.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;">Pin-tailed Whydah from Wiki Commons <span class="mw-mmv-source-author"><span class="mw-mmv-author"><a class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/93242958@N00" rel="nofollow">Derek Keats</a> from Johannesburg, South Africa</span> </span></span></i></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The pin-tailed Whydah eats <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s</span>eeds<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">,</span> insects, and <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">green plants</span>. You will see the Pin-tailed Whydah perched or feeding on the ground or at a backyard feeder, but you will not see it <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fly catching</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Only breeding males <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">have a long tail. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Females and non breed<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ing males have a normal<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sized finch tail. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>The above video by 13seaeagle on Y</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>ou</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tube shows the male and female Whydah, courtship </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">behavior and more. Notice the white cheek and the black cap<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> on the male.</span> </span> </span></b> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gr<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ass<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lands with bushes<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, trees, and water are the pr<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">imary habitat</span>. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Pin-tailed Whydah</span> is also <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">seen in cultivated gardens. </span>As you might imagine regional and other parks <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in</span> Orange <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">C<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ounty are perfect<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> habitats for the Pin<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-tailed W<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hydah</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. Cemeteries in Orange County are al<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">so prime habitat. There have been several sightings</span> of Pin-tailed Whydahs--some in large groups<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">--</span> at several Orange County cemeteries. Pin-tailed <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">W<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hydahs are regular<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ly </span>seen at Huntington Central Park, <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Craig Regional Park (first sighting <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in Orange C<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ounty</span> Birding was listed <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">here in 2001<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">)</span></span></span>, Carbon Canyon R<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">egional</span> Park, </span></span></span></span>Mile<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Square Regional Park, Y<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">orba Linda Regional Park, Santa Ana River, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Harriet Wieder Regional Park (<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">not<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">surprising</span> since it is connecte<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">d by open la<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nd to Huntington Central Park<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">), backyard feeders in Yorba Linda, Westminster, <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and many other <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">locations</span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;">Pin-tailed Whydah from Wiki Commons <span class="mw-mmv-source-author"><span class="mw-mmv-author"><a class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/93242958@N00" rel="nofollow">Derek Keats</a> from Johannesburg, South Africa</span> </span></span></i></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Their breeding displays are impressive. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">T</span>he male hover<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fr<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ont of the femal<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e displaying its long tail. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Q</span>uite an attention grab<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ber. </span>The Pin-tailed Whyda<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">h <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">parasitic<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> I<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t usually lays its eggs in the wax<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">bill<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'s nest. Some believe that in Orange Co<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">unty </span>it i<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s laying its eggs in the nests of another introduced alien species <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the Scal<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Breasted Muni<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a a<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">k<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a N<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">utme<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">g <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Manikin<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> aka Spice Finch. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is some concern that they may be using the nests of native birds. Both male and female <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pin-tailed Whydahs bre<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ed</span> with <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">several</span> mates. They do not pair up<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to build a nest, brood<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, or </span>raise their young since they lay their eggs in <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in the nests of other finch species</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="mw-mmv-source-author"><span class="mw-mmv-author"><a class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/93242958@N00" rel="nofollow">Derek Keats</a> from Johannesburg, South Africa</span></span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Behavior</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pin-tailed Whydahs<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> have been reported to <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">chase ot<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">her birds away at feeders and are generally aggressive<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>ales are even more aggre<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ssive <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">when <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it is breeding season</span></span></span>. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Since <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pin-tailed Whydahs</span> are finches, they</span> will be seen <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">aroun<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">d seed feeders, weeds and gr<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">asses laden with seeds<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They are pretty muc<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">h behave like other finches, but do it with a very long, black tail.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sounds</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Very finch<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-like</span>. High pitched <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">calls. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Click on</span> the links for </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Vidua-macroura" target="_blank">Xeno-Canto--Pin-tailed Whydah</a></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and for the</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hbw.com/ibc/species/pin-tailed-whydah-vidua-macroura" target="_blank">Internet Bird Collection--Pin-tailed Whydah </a></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to listen to</span> actual re<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cordings.</span></span></span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Other long-tailed Birds People Confuse with the Pin-ta<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">iled Whydah</span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1) The Fork-tailed Flycatcher <i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tyrannus savanna</span></i></span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Fork-tailed Flycatcher very, very rarely seen in Southern California </b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wikicommons </span></b></i></span></span><span class="mw-mmv-source-author"><span class="mw-mmv-author"><a class="external text" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/10786455@N00" rel="nofollow">Dario Sanches</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Native to South America, Fork-tailed Flycatchers are not often seen in th<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e Unite<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">d States<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">W</span>hen they pop up, they create a <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">quite a s<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tir. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Fork-tailed Flycatchers do<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>have a black cap<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> like the Pin-tailed Whydah. However, their </span>posture and behavior <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are</span> characteristic of <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">kingbirds an<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">d flycatchers</span></span>, not finches. Note also that the black on the cap extends to the cheeks<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The Pin-tailed <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whydah's have white cheeks, not black.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> </b>Fork-tailed Flycatchers will be seen flying out to catch insects, <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and also eating fruit in<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> winter like kingbirds<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>. </b>They forage close to the ground<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. (Sibley)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">Fork-tailed Flycatcher--Wikicommons </span></b></i><br />
<span class="mw-mmv-source-author"><span class="mw-mmv-author"><a class="external text" href="http://flickr.com/photos/34552671@N06" rel="nofollow">Rogier Klappe</a></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Fork-tai<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">led <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Flycatcher's </span></span>bill
is thin and black, and not at all not bulky or red like the Pin-tailed Whydah. And note the gray on the upper back. The Pin-tailed Whydah is black and white.
Fork-tailed Flycatchers are wanderers from the tropics of South America and are most often seen
along the Atlantic coast, not the P<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">acific co<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ast</span></span>.</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> It would be <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">amazingly</span> rare to see one in Southern California.</span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2) The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Tyrannus forficatus
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unlike the Fork-tailed Flycatcher </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tyrannus savanna</span></i></span>, the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is actually a <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">native of the United States. In fact, t</span>he Scissor-tailed Flycatcher </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Tyrannus forficatus </i>is the state bird of Oklahoma, and is also seen in Texas, and nearby states. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is a native of Central <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">America<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and migrates to Texas<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Okalahoma, and nearby states in the summer<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to breed</span></span>. </span></span></span></span>Like the Fork-tailed <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Flycat<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cher, t</span></span></span>he Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">closely related to kingbirds being in the </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>same </i>genus<i>,Tyrannus</i></span></span>. </span>It does tend to wander a bit during spring and fall migration and pop up in unusual places. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Notice how unlike the Pin<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-tailed Whydah it actually is. The<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> col<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ors are<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> softer. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Scissor<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-t<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ailed F<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ly<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cat<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cher has gray and salmon colors as opposed to the cleanly patterned black and <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">white of the </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Pin-tailed Whydah. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher's</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> cheeks are gray, not <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">white</span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Note that </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Scissor-tailed Flycatcher</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">DOES NOT</span> have a black cap like the Pin-tailed Whydah and </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Scissor-tailed Flycatcher's</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> bill is black and thin like a flycatcher rather than bulky and finch-like. The<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> only thing they have in commo<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> with the Pin-tailed <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">W<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hyda<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">h </span></span></span>is <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">that their tail is long. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">H<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ow<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ever, e<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ven in that there are differences. </span></span></span>The long tail <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of the </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Scissor-tailed Flycatcher </span>has white in its tail unlike the all<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span>black tail of the Pin-tailed <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whydah. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So ask yourself <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the following:</span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1) What color and shape is the bill? A male Pin<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-tailed <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whydah will have a <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">bright orange</span>, finch<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-like bill. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2) <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">W<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hat <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">pattern and color does it have? The Pin<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-tailed Whyda<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">h is cleanly marked with a black and white pattern. </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Scissor-tailed_Flycatcher/id" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></span></b></a>
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<a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Scissor-tailed_Flycatcher/id" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All About Birds--Scissor-tailed Flycatcher</span></b></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Read about a rare bird often mistaken for the more common introduced Pin-tailed Whydah.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/fork-tailed-flycatcher" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Audubon Guide to North Ame<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rican Bird<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s--<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Fork<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-tailed F<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ly<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">catcher</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hbw.com/ibc/species/pin-tailed-whydah-vidua-macroura" target="_blank">Internet Bird Collection--Pin-tailed Whydah</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Very helpful site with pictures, videos, and sound recordings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-pin-tailed-whydah.html" target="_blank">Oiseaux-Birds</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Vidua-macroura" target="_blank">Xeno-Canto--Pin-tailed Whydah</a></b> </span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.finchinfo.com/birds/finches/species/pintailed_whydah.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.finchinfo.com/birds/finches/species/pintailed_whydah.php" target="_blank">Finch Information Center--Pin-tailed Whydah</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/birds-524700-whydahs-pintailed.html" target="_blank"><b>Orange County Register--Unusual Bird Sighting</b></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Article from 2013 regarding the Pin-tailed Whydah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://ocparks.com/parks/carbon/" target="_blank">Carbon Canyon Regional Park</a> has a long history in Orange County. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Native Americans lived here long before Europeans came to Orange County. The park and the adjacent Carbon Canyon Dam stand on the old site of the town of Olinda which was founded in the late 1800s. Olinda eventually merged with the city of Randolph in 1911 to become the city of Brea which means tar or pitch in Spanish. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Remember the La Brea Tar Pits? Also named for the tar present in the ground.) </span></span>Oil later became a major industry in Olinda and later Brea. After the oil was gone, citrus orchards became the major industry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://ocparks.com/parks/carbon/" target="_blank">Carbon Canyon Regional Park</a> was established in 1965 after work on the dam was completed to prevent flooding. The original park was 114 acres and has since expanded to 124 acres. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Like many of Orange County's Regional Parks, it has a lake. The lake was dredged and restored in 2014, and fishing is again allowed--with a license of course. </span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are picnic tables around the lake and benches to sit and enjoy the view. </span>There are also barbecues and sheltered picnic areas as well. The park has plenty of options for sports such as baseball fields, tennis and volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, and for the kids playgrounds. There is an interpretive center and also interpretive programs. The park has an amphitheater. Near the amphitheater is a native and butterfly garden. And there is an impressive 10-acre redwood grove that is great for birding. There are bathrooms in many of the developed areas of the park. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://ocparks.com/parks/carbon/" target="_blank">Carbon Canyon Regional Park</a> in Brea is a Regional Park with several different ecosystems that attract many species of birds. It also benefits from being right next door to another rich birding stop, <a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=648" target="_blank">Chino Hills State Park</a>. <a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=648" target="_blank">Chino Hills State Park</a> is much closer to its natural state, and attracts lots of wildlife. <a href="http://ocparks.com/parks/carbon/" target="_blank">Carbon Canyon Regional Park</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In fact, this section of Orange County has a wealth of great birding spots due to its being nestled against the Chino Hills in the north. The Chino Hills almost connects to <a href="http://www.stateparks.com/cleveland.html" target="_blank">Cleveland National Forest</a> in the east so the north-east part of Orange County borders large, protected wildlife areas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://ocparks.com/parks/carbon/" target="_blank">Carbon Canyon Regional Park</a> is also near <a href="http://ocparks.com/parks/yorba/" target="_blank">Yorba Regional Park</a> in Anaheim
adjacent to Anaheim Hills which also has lots of great birding spots. If
you have the stamina, you can make it a birding day marathon of this area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Often, the first time I go to a birding area, I go with a group.
Because groups are often run by someone who knows the area, you often find a
few secrets of the area such as spots off the main drag that hold rare or
unusual birds. And Carbon Canyon has several nature walks including one
to their redwood forest which is led by park staff, and also occasional walks by Sea and Sage Audubon. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>In the fall the lawns are full of <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/house-finch-carpodacus-mexicanus.html" target="_blank">House Finches</a>, Lesser Goldfinches, American Goldfinches, and <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/audubon-yellow-rumped-warbler.html" target="_blank">Audubon Yellow-rumped Warblers</a> to name a few. </i></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Sea and Sage walks cover the main park,
the redwood grove, and a walk into the back area by the dam. Garett is
a very knowledgeable birder and can be a fast walker when moving from
one birding area to another. (Garrett alternates Carbon Canyon with other Regional Parks in Orange County during the
months he is not leading bird walks at Carbon Canyon Regional Park.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You will find lots of birds on the lawns including <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/audubon-yellow-rumped-warbler.html" target="_blank">Yellow-rumped Audubon Warblers</a> aka butter butts, Lesser Goldfinches, American Goldfinches, and occasionally Horned Larks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And occasionally, you may see Northern Flickers feeding on the lawn. There are also, I am sorry to say, lots of the invasive European Starlings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And squirrels. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scrub Jays are common in the less cultivated areas or on the edge of cultivated and wilder areas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you go to Carbon Canyon Regional Park, you definitely will see them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Acorn Woodpeckers are in the east side of the lake for the most part. They are sometimes
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Although the main part of their diet is acorns, they are often on trees that
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>The fall colors as we headed out to the dam were just beautiful.</b></span></i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is a long walk out to the dam and back with plenty to see along the way including raptors.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Expect a lot of dusty dirt paths.</b></span></i></span></td></tr>
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to the main park area. It is lower than much of the surrounding land and bordered on several sides by hill over
which you can often see raptors like <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis.html" target="_blank">Red-tailed Hawks</a> soaring over the hills or perched in the trees on the hills. Also seen in this area, Cooper's Hawks, and American Kestrels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Carbon Canyon Regional Park is a great place to go birding. I love to stop by at several of the birding hot spots out in this area. It is adjacent to Chino Hills State Park. And not far from Carbon Canyon Regional Park also in Brea is Craig Regional Park just west of the 57 freeway. Last time I went, I stopped at Carbon Canyon Regional Park, stopped at Wildbirds Unlimited in Yorba Linda (awesome feeding station and store), then Yorba Regional Park, Oak Canyon Nature Center, and finally Irvine Regional Park. Mix and match and create your own birdathon.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>Orange County Birder Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11773083973078077728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376461317244790864.post-25928945184290332182015-08-17T19:26:00.000-07:002015-08-18T11:46:48.129-07:00Northern Flicker-- Colaptes auratus (subspecies--Red-shafted Flicker)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's eye catching. You see a sudden flash of reddish wings and tail as a bird the size of a pigeon but a bit more svelte flies away into the trees. The Northern Flicker is the largest woodpecker in Orange County, and one of the largest woodpeckers in North America. Only the Pileated Woodpecker which is not found in Orange County is larger. The Northern Flicker in the picture above didn't expect me. I, on the other hand, had seen a few salmon flashes in the distance as I headed over, and so I did expect him. The male on the tree trunk above was very close to the ground. Like
many woodpeckers if there is no threat nearby, they will often start
checking for insects and other edibles at the base of the tree. All male red-shafted Northern Flickers have red mustaches like the one pictured above.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Northern Flicker above has
no red mustache and is a female. She is feeding on insects, spiders,
and any creepy crawler that peaks her interest. Ground feeding is common for Northern Flickers. The first time I ever saw a Northern Flicker was very early in the morning at Descanso Gardens on a fairly isolated lawn. So remember to watch ahead of you as you cross a lawn. Lots of very interesting birds are overlooked and dismissed as something more common until they fly up in front of the surprised birder. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Northern Flicker has two
subspecies: The Red-shafted found in the western United States and the
Yellow-shafted found in the east. In Orange County, we do rarely see
Red-shafted/Yellow-shafted hybrids or an occasional Yellow Shafted
Flicker. If it is not seen in flight, the most obvious field mark is
the black rather than red mustache on the male. in flight, the yellow
wing linings and yellow on the tail are the most obvious field mark or the red on the back of the head. Our Red-shafted Flickers have no red on the back of their head. The
Northern Flicker we almost always see is the Red-shafted. Its wing
linings and undertail coverts are salmon colored. In the picture above,
the salmon color can be seen just a bit on the edges of the wingtips. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And though Birds of North America says they are primarily a ground feeding bird, I mostly see them in the trees in Orange County parks. And that may be because there are so many people around in the parks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Above we can see the a female Northern Flicker from the front. Like the male, she has a large, black wedge or bib on her chest just below the throat. The female has no red mustache. I took this photo through the fence. She was actually on the lawn at the golf course adjoining Mile Square Regional Park. The golf course attracts a lot of interesting birds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Like many woodpeckers, Northern Flickers are cavity nesters. They excavate a nest in a dead or diseased tree, buy will also use utility posts. They will use nest boxes. Check out the nestbox specifications on Nest Watch <a href="http://nestwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Northern-Flicker-Box.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Northern Flickers are especially fond of ants. Orange County is a cornucopia of ants. We are a perfect match. Lawns with their short grass are places to forage for their favorite food--insects.
Seeds and fruit round out their diet.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have noticed that occasionally I do see groups of male and female Northern Flickers together and not just individuals or pairs or individuals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sometimes the first thing that draws my attention is the call. Northern Flickers like many woodpeckers are loud birds. Check one of their longer calls on <a href="http://www.larkwire.com/library/bird-sounds/1008/Northern-Flicker-songs-a" target="_blank">Lark Wire</a> and on All About Birds <a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Flicker/sounds" target="_blank">here</a>. I often hear their Kyeer call. It may be hard to identify if you are not familiar with it. It almost can sound a wee bit hawkish. Another call is the wik, wik, wik call. Quite loud and very hard to miss. Has a similar quality to the Acorn Woodpecker without sounding exactly like it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />One of the best skills to
develop if you are a birder is listening. If you know what you are
hearing, you know at least some of the birds that are present.
Sea and Sage has some birding by ear classes taught by <span class="Licorice" style="color: navy;"><span style="color: black;">experienced birder and teacher Sylvia
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Become familiar with the habits, habitat, and diet of birds you want to see. Then look where they are most likely to be found. Know what to expect where you are birding, but be prepared for anything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />You may notice
that there is a reduced number of Northern Flickers in Orange County from late-spring to summer. Northern Flickers do migrate. Some do leave
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Northern Flickers are great birds to observe. As with all woodpecker, look along the trunk of the tree as well as the branches. Don't forget that they are ground feeders as well, and take a good look at the birds feeding on the ground. You may get lucky and find a Northern Flicker feeding on the lawn at your local park.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enjoy birding in Orange County, and listen and look for our largest woodpecker, the Northern Flicker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Where can you see Northern Flickers in Orange County?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Many of the Regional Parks including Mile Square Park, Laguna Niguel Regional Park, Irvine Regional Park, Carbon Canyon Regional Park, Santiago Oaks Regional Park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Upper Newport Bay</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Huntington Central Park--both sides of the park</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fairview Park in Costa Mesa down by the marsh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And many small park and residential areas</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Female Downy Woodpecker. Donna Dewhurst, Photographer. USFWS Digital Library.</i></b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Downy Woodpecker is the smallest woodpecker in the United States. While the <a href="http://www.ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2015/05/nuttalls-woodpecker-picoides-nuttallii.html" target="_blank">Nuttall's Woodpecker</a> is a California bird rarely found anywhere else, the Downy Woodpecker is a North American bird found in every state in North America including Alaska. The Downy is also found in Canada, but not in Central or South America like the similar Hairy Woodpecker.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Like many woodpeckers the Downy Woodpecker is black, white, and the male has red on his head. Both males and females have a large patch of white feathers on their backs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The white feathers on the back of the Downy are soft and fluffy looking, hence the name "Downy" Woodpecker. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Downy Woodpecker is dainty. Its bill looks little and cute. Nothing like the big drill bit bill on the Hairy Woodpecker or most other woodpeckers. Remember, it is the smallest North American woodpecker, and so think little and cute.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Downy Woodpeckers like </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">deciduous </span></span>trees no matter where they are. You will see them in forests, woodlands, parks, and even in apartment complexes with deciduous trees. Years ago I saw an adult Downy Woodpecker and her three babies on the trunk of a sycamore tree in front of my apartment. Caught me totally by surprise because I usually wouldn't think of an apartment complex as a woodpecker magnet, but it was. But regardless of where the trees are, most of the Downy Woodpeckers I have seen are in trees like sycamores, oaks, or even eucalyptus rather than pines.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Males and females tend to forage in slightly different types of trees or locations on trees that vary across its range so that where the male and female Downy Woodpeckers forage may be different in California and New Jersey. However, the male will still take the better foraging areas no matter where in the country you see him. The male is the dominant woodpecker.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Downy Woodpeckers' diet consists of fruit, plant matter, sap, and also most of the creepy little edibles you might imagine on and under
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snails, caterpillars, larvae, and more. Downy Woodpeckers also drill holes in galls, and eat whatever they find in the gall including </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> eat insects, and larvae</span></span>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Like all woodpeckers, Downy Woodpeckers have </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">zygodactyl feet which means they have two toes pointing forward and two pointing backward. Like all woodpeckers, they are able to use their </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">zygodactyl feet to hold onto the tree more firmly and their to use their stiff tail feathers to help them balance and to move more rapidly by providing more stability as they move their feet. Sometimes woodpeckers move in a circular fashion up a tree, and they fly frequently to other locations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Downy woodpeckers nest in cavities they excavate in trees. Above is a female Downy excavating a cavity near the library at Huntington Central Park. She abandoned it soon after without finishing it, but the wood chips were flying for a while. Males and females both excavate the nest and care for the young. Notice that there are black spots on the edge of her white tail. The Downy has black spots in the white edges of the tail, but the Hairy Woodpecker does not. The Hairy Woodpecker has pure white edges on its tail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Notice the small bill and dainty look of the Downy Woodpecker. Notice, too, in the pictures of the Downy the sharp angle of the bill. </span>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So how do you tell the difference?</span></span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, the most obvious is the size. The Hairy Woodpecker is approximately 9 inches long and the Downy is only 6.5 inches long. Also, notice that the Hairy Woodpecker in the picture above has a much larger bill and lacks the dainty look of the Downy. In addition, the Hairy Woodpecker's feathers lack the soft, fluffy look of the Downy Woodpecker. The feathers look more hairy than soft and fluffy. Also as mentioned above, the white tail edges of the Downy are white with black spots, and the Hairy's tail edge are white with no spots. But the best thing is to view a lot of pictures, watch a lot of videos, and listen to a lot of audio recordings. The more you have seen and heard both the species, the easier it is to identify them. Notice, too, that the Hairy Woodpecker's bill is about the depth of its head. A big bill, not a dainty one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Become very familiar with the profile and the look of each. There is a distinctly different feel you get from a small dainty, fluffy Downy with a little, chisel-like bill and a larger Hairy with a large bill. The bill is bulkier on the Hairy and the slope of the bill from base to tip is much more gradual. The Downy has a more sharp angle and a much thinner, pointed bill. It would take several bills to equal the depth of its head.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Hairy's bill is longer and
thicker. It has a more gradual slope. And yes the bill of a Hairy is
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third of the head, but get the feel for each bird. Familiarize yourself
with the calls. It is like knowing twins who look very much alike, but
have differences that are subtle. I used to work with several sets of
identical twins, and there are subtle differences when you know them
well. Initially, I couldn't tell who was who, but later I just knew.
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Downy+Woodpecker+documentary&page=2" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">YouTube Downy Woodpecker search</span></span></a><br />
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<a href="http://feederwatch.org/learn/tricky-bird-ids/downy-woodpecker-and-hairy-woodpecker/?__hstc=75100365.dcd456ed493b1dbdffdee1ef5bf97979.1426969791988.1427463045548.1427888943394.8&__hssc=75100365.1.1427888943394&__hsfp=491063001#_ga=1.1481779.323627660.1426969792" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Downy Woodpecker and Hairy Woodpecker</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://birdnote.org/show/downy-woodpeckers" target="_blank">Bird Note--Downy Woodpecker </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An audio description of the Downy Woodpecker complete with its call. Transcript available. Video available, too.</span></span><br />
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Orange County Birder Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11773083973078077728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376461317244790864.post-47633052170134613972015-05-10T12:32:00.001-07:002016-09-06T12:57:59.471-07:00Nuttall's Woodpecker-- Picoides nuttallii <br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Nuttall's Woodpecker is a woodpecker that is found almost exclusively in California. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nuttall's live year-round in a very
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into the northwest area of Baja California in Mexico. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There have been accidental sightings in Nevada and southern Oregon. But for the most part Nuttall's Woodpeckers are California birds. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Nuttall's Woodpecker. Notice there are two toes pointing forward and two pointing backward. Photographer <span class="mw-mmv-source-author"><span class="mw-mmv-author mw-mmv-source"><a class="external text" href="http://flickr.bairdphotos.com/" rel="nofollow">"Mike" Michael L. Baird</a>, Wikipedia</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />The Nuttall's appearance is very close to the Ladder-backed Woodpecker. There will be several factors in your determination of which one you are observing. First is the location. Nuttall's live year-round in a limited range mostly in the western part of California. So if you see one outside that range, observe, document, and try to get a picture because it is highly unlikely, and other birders will be skeptical.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ladder-backed Woodpecker </span>on a cactus. Note there is no thick stripe at the Shoulder. (Photographer Alan D. Wilson, www.naturespicsonline.com)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Habitat is another key to identifying the species. The Nuttall's Woodpecker likes woodlands--either oak woodlands or riparian woodlands. The Nuttall's likes trees and streams and lakes. Or at least trees that grow in moister areas. On the other hand, the old name for the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ladder-backed Woodpecker</span> is the "Cactus Woodpecker." </span>And that tells you about the Ladder-backed Woodpecker's proclivity for drier habitats. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It lives in the desert areas of California such as the Antelope Valley of Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, and in San Bernardino County. The Ladder-back is usually found in the drier habitat the cacti, the Joshua tree, the mesquite. The Nuttall's is in the shadier, moister habitat out in the eucalyptus, the oak, and the cultivated trees in the park. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ladder-backed Woodpecker</span> is a desert bird with a much larger list of states in its range: California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas. Its range also extends down into Mexico as far south as the Yucatan Peninsula with some localized sightings down as far south as </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the Republic of <b>Nicaragua. To find both the Nuttall's and the Ladder-backed Woodpeckers you would need to find both their habitats together in one place. Big Morongo in San Bernardino County is one of the few places where you will find both species, b</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>ut you will almost never find the Ladder-backed Woodpecker in Orange County. </b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Female Nuttall's Woodpecker in Huntington Central Park. </i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(Photographer, Karen McQuade, copyright).</i></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The other thing that will help you decide if it is a </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ladder-backed Woodpecker</span> or Nuttall's Woodpecker is the thick, black stripe at the top of the back stripes. Notice that in the picture above, even though her head is turned, you can still make out that the top stripe is a much wider, black bar than the rest of the back stripes. This is is key to identifying the Nuttall's Woodpecker. The Ladderbacked Woodpecker does not have the thick, black bar at the shoulders. Check out the illustration below. The Ladder-backed Woodpecker is the upper illustration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Notice in the illustration above of the male of each species, the upper image of the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ladder-backed Woodpecker</span> has no thick stripe at the shoulders and that the male </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ladder-backed Woodpecker</span> has some small red spots on the head. The male Nuttall's has a thick terminal stripe at the shoulders and only small white spots on the head. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In Orange County, if you find what you think is a </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ladder-backed Woodpecker</span>, document, document, document--and take lots of pictures, because you just don't find them often if at all in Orange County. Now if you go into Riverside, San Bernardino, Mojave, then yes, there you are likely to see a Ladder-backed, but not in Orange County. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Huntington Central Park is one of the many areas in Orange County where you can see a Nuttall's Woodpecker. They breed here. Nuttall's Woodpeckers are all over the east side of Huntington Central Park in the area between the garden and the lake. You will also find them in the area up from the parking lot in the pepper trees adjacent to the library parking lot to the east of the library, and in the eucalyptus near the bathroom as you follow the higher path rather than going down toward the lake and the garden. You will also find Downy Woodpecker's in the same areas. Downy Woodpeckers are easily differentiated from the Nuttall's Woodpecker. The smaller Downy Woodpeckers have a large white area in the middle of their back which is easy to differentiate from the Nuttall's striped back. Downy's are less associated with oak woodlands. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nuttall's Woodpeckers are all
over the east and west side of Huntington Central Park. On the east side of the park in the area between the
garden and the lake. I hear them often. You will also find Downy and Northern Flickers in that same area. But there is no confusing them with Nuttall's. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Female Nuttall's Woodpecker in Huntington Central Park. </span></b></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Male Nuttall's Woodpecker</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></i></b> <b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Huntington Central Park. (Photographer, Karen McQuade, copyright)</i></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The bird above is obviously a male as indicated by the red on the back of the head to the nape. (Be aware though that juvenile female Nuttall's may have some scattered red feathers on the head.) This Nuttall's started low to
ground on the eucalyptus tree which was back a bit from the pathway.
It then worked its way up. Nuttall's Woodpeckers eat mostly insects such as beetles and ants with a small amount of fruit, seeds, and flowers. They also include caterpillars, a few spiders and other creepy crawlers in their diet. Woodpeckers often start low to the ground in the less traveled areas of this and other parks. Nuttall's often move quickly sometimes moving around the trunk and upward. Frequent flights to other parts of the tree or to another tree are common. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Female Nuttall's Woodpecker in Huntington Central Park </span></b></i><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> (Photographer, Karen McQuade, copyright)</i></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>While birding between rainstorms in Huntington Central Park, I saw a Nuttall's vigorously bathing in a rain puddle. </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> (Photographer, Karen McQuade, copyright)</i></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Nuttall's has not been studied as much as the Ladder-backed Woodpecker. But we do know quite a bit of information. When looking for the Nuttall's, listen because it often calls its loud, rattling call as it flies from tree to tree. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are recorded instances of
Downy-Nuttall's hybrids and unsurprisingly Nuttall's-Ladder-backed
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very reliable sources. But these are rare, and again a case in which if you find such a bird, you should document, document, document. And say exactly where you found it so others can try to confirm. There is no offense in this. Science is all about being able to duplicate findings. </span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Male Nuttall's Woodpecker</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></i></b> <b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Huntington Central Park. (Photographer, Karen McQuade, copyright)</i></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Nuttalls_Woodpecker/id" target="_blank">All About Birds--Nuttall's Woodpecker</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/nuttalls-woodpecker" target="_blank">Audubon Guide to North American Birds--Nuttall's Woodpecker</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The picture is very big, and you might not see the text. Page down on the Audubon Guide page to read the article about the Nuttall's Woodpecker. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.birds.cornell.edu/bfl/speciesaccts/nutwoo.html" target="_blank">Birds in Forested Landscapes--Nuttall's Woodpecker </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/555/articles/introduction" target="_blank">Birds of North America--Nuttall's Woodpecker</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/nuttalls-woodpecker-picoides-nuttallii" target="_blank">The Internet Bird Collection: Nuttall's Woodpecker</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Videos and photographs of Nuttall's Wookpeckers.</span><br />
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<a href="http://macaulaylibrary.org/search?media_collection=1&taxon_id=12014410&taxon_rank_id=67&q=Nuttall%27s+Woodpecker" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Macaulay Library--Nuttall's Woodpecker</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/nuttalls-woodpecker/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">National Geographic--Nuttall's Woodpecker</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Picoides-nuttallii" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Xeno-Canto--Sharing Bird Sounds from around The World: Nuttall's Woodpecker</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">North American natives, Ring-necked Ducks spend the fall and winter in Orange County's fresh water lakes, streams, ponds, and occasionally estuaries. They are diving ducks. This is the kind of duck that disappears suddenly under the water's surface just as you snap a picture, and all you get is a picture of a ring of water. Once they start diving, they pop up and dive back down very quickly. If you can catch them when they are resting, grooming, or just cruising the lake or stream, you will get a good chance to study them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Notice that the female has a white ring near the black tip of her bill, and white eye rings surrounding her brown eyes. She is brown, but usually more of a grayish brown, and her head reaches a peak behind the eye. The peak is actually a bit of a crest. Both sexes have a crest. (In the hen, the crest is a slightly darker brown than her cheeks.) The crest creates a profile that is unique among North American Ducks. If you are unsure it is a Ring-necked duck you are seeing, check the shape of the head. It should peak behind the eye creating a long, sloped forehead. But be aware that lighting, angle, and other factors can alter what you see. Sometimes one field mark may be so distinctive that it is will be all you need, but often you will need </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a group of field marks to identify ducks--especially the hen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ring-necked Ducks drakes are black and white. Note that the back is solid black. No patterns. There is a white hook or comma at the shoulder. Like the hen, there is a white ring above the black tip of its slate-gray bill. The drake's eyes are yellow-orange, but in certain lighting can look yellow. Ring-necked Ducks winter over much of the United States and Mexico. They breed mostly in Canada and Alaska and a smidgen of the northern United States, including a small, isolated area of Arizona. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ring-necked ducks are seasonally monogamous with the drake staying until incubation. After that, the hen does all the heavy lifting of incubating the eggs and raising the ducklings. Ring-necked Ducks do not nest in Orange County, California.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ring in the species name is usually not seen. </span>I<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">t is a faint, poorly-defined cinnamon ring around the drake's neck. It can rarely be used to identify a male Ring-necked Duck. Check out the picture above in which the ring is visible. I was lucky to catch site of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Note the high forehead in the photograph above. Again, note that the hen has a darker crest, a white eye ring, white around the bill and lighter cheeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is common to see Ring-necked ducks in small to large groups. They don't often hang out alone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These two males in the picture above were swimming along together, and suddenly started fighting and trying to dunk each other until one finally dove under the water and got away. Very like teenagers. Caused quite a lot of splashing. The cinnamon ring around the neck of the duck on the right is partially visible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am including a lot of pictures in different poses so you can see how they look when you don't get the guide book view of male Ring-necked Ducks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the picture above, the white ring is difficult to see, but the black tip is easily seen. The white hooks on the shoulder can't be seen, but the back is solid black, the eye is yellow, and the crest peaks behind the eye creating a long forehead. It is easily identified as a male Ring-necked Duck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The duck above has the solid white and solid black, the ring on the bill, the crest, and long forehead. It is a Ring-necked drake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Identifying the drake above is easy even though it is not the typical guide-book view. The duck has a visible cinnamon ring on the right side of the neck. The forehead is long, the bill has a white ring above the black tip. The black and white are solid, not patterned. It is a male Ring-necked Duck.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b>Notice the solid black back, the white at the base of the bill, and the pointed head.</b></i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All field marks are visible, but not at the usual angle. The crest peaking behind the eye, the partially visible cinnamon ring, the solid colors. The ring on the bill above the black tip. The yellow eyes. It is a male Ring-necked Duck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long, sloped forehead, and the white comma at the shoulder, the solid colors and other field marks are evident. We can easily identify this drake. It is a Ring-necked Duck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The iridescent black, the crest, the color of the eyes, the clearly defined white at the base of the bill all tell us what species this is.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The peak or crest of the Ring-necked Duck peaks just behind the eye. The female in the above picture shows the classic field marks: peaked head peaking behind the eye, crest darker than the cheeks, gray bill with white ring just before the black tip, and a white ring around the eye. And the female Ring-necked Duck is definitely a brown-eyed gal. No orange-yellow or yellow eyes here.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Because Ring-necked Ducks are black-and-white, they often get confused with two other black and white diving ducks Greater and Lesser Scaups</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">. Let's look at them carefully.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the picture above note the clearly defined areas of white and black on the body, and black, white, and slate gray on the bill. Notice the long, sloping forehead. Then notice how different the clean, crisp look of the Ring-necked Duck is from the Lesser and Greater Scaups.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Note that neither the Lesser (above) nor the Greater Scaup (below) have either a white border of any kind at the base of the bill, nor do they have a white ring before the back tip of the bill--both of which the Ring-necked Duck drake has. The white on the sides merges into a fine pattern of black and white on both scaups. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Notice how different the shape of the head is on the Ring-necked Duck. The Scaups have a more rounded look with no long, sloping forehead.</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Remember, both the Greater and Lesser Scaup drakes have finely patterned black-and-white backs and have a bit of black on the tip of the bill. The Ring-necked male's bill tip is completely black.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Male Ring-necked Ducks have a
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distinctive hook near the shoulder. Scaups have none of these field marks.</span><br />
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female Ringed-necked Duck also has a distinct, white ring around the
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The coloring in this lighting is very similar. </span>Note that the Redhead females lacks the white belly of the Ring-necked Duck female, and the slope of the head is off. This female duck has a short forehead. The female Ring-necked duck has a peak that reaches its highest point in back of the eye so that the majority of peak rises in the front of the head rather than the forehead rising briefly with the major slope in the back of the head. The Ring-necked Duck has a long forehead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Note the the picture above shows a rounded head rather than peaked because the rise of the forehead reaches its peak sooner than the Ring-necked. The slope is at the back of the head, not the front. No white breast. The color is overall brownish and more similar all over than the more varied grayish brown of the Ring-necked Duck female. You can occasionally see both Redheads and Ring-necked at Irvine Regional Park and other areas in Orange County.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Redheads appear in both fresh water and estuaries. Both are diving duck, and so their behavior is similar.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lesser Scaup hen, photgrapher,</span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Basar" title="User:Basar">Basar.</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Notice again, the long forehead of the female Ring-necked Duck above. The white breast is not showing because she is low in the water, but the profile is unmistakable. The dark crest, the white around the base of the bill--except for the top of the bill, and the white eye ring all point toward the Ring-necked Duck hen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ring-necked ducks can be found in fresh water. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">The most reliable place with the best view that I know at <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/irvine-regional-park-in-orange.html" target="_blank">Irvine Regional Park</a>'s upper lake in the fall and winter. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Large numbers of Ring-necked can be seen regularly in Peter's Regional Park in the reservoir. However, it is far away, and so the view may not be great. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Occasionally they can be spotted both at <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/san-joaquin-wildlife-sanctuary.html" target="_blank">San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary</a> and at <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/12/upper-newport-bay-ecological-reserve.html" target="_blank">Upper Newport Bay</a>.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sporadically at other locations such as Mile-Square Park, <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/12/mason-regional-park.html" target="_blank">Mason Regional Park</a>, community parks, etc. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">All parks--even small community parks with lakes. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of my favorite birds is the Spotted Towhee. Flashy and loud, it is nonetheless not always easy to see because it feeds in the undergrowth rather than in the open. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Females are a paler version of the male. </span>This bird above at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary garden was extremely accommodating. He sat on the post for a long time, and kept changing position so that I was able to take pictures of him from almost every angle.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spotted Towhee. </span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Photographer Karen McQuade. Copyright, all rights reserved.</span></i></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spotted Towhees are members of the emberizine family which includes New World sparrows, buntings, juncos, and towhees. The Spotted Towhee used to be called the Rufous-sided Towhee because--as you can see--they do have rufous sides. However, the species was split into Eastern and Spotted Towhees. Not all towhees are in the same genus, and there have been disagreements and changes of name and genus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Like the California Towhee, the Spotted Towhee scratches through the undergrowth leaf litter by hopping and scratching simultaneously with both feet to uncover food which includes all kinds of creepy crawlers you would find under such litter in the undergrowth. They eat insects, millepedes and even spiders. They supplement with fruit, seeds, and grain from crops and wild plants of all kinds.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spotted Towhee--note the spots</span>. </b></i><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Photographer Karen McQuade. Copyright, all rights reserved.</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Spotted Towhee is a western bird. Range extends from Canada south along the Pacific coast into Mexico. The range extends east into Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Texas, Oklahoma, parts of Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and North and South Dakota.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Photographer Karen McQuade. Copyright, all rights reserved.</span></i></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spotted Towhees live year-round in Orange County. Males can be heard and often seen in spring perched high in a tree singing for a mate. Once they mate they are monogamous. The males are not of the hit-and-run variety. They actually stick around and help. But Towhees have very well-defined gender-related roles. Although the males do stay, bring food, and sometimes collect nesting material, only the female builds the nest and incubates the nest. Once the eggs hatch, the male provides most of the food and the female stays on the nest keeping the nestlings warm. When not actively procuring food and feeding the nestlings, the male guards the nest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spotted Towhees often nest near the ground. The female weaves plant matter including grasses, twigs and animal fur into a nest. On occasion a Spotted Towhee nest can be over 10 feet high, but that is not the norm. They sometimes have more than one brood a year, but that too is not the norm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can see Spotted Towhees all over Orange County. Spring is the easiest time--especially in the early spring when the males are singing. You can see them anywhere you find undergrowth. Wildlife areas, parks, and backyards. Listen for their call and watch for this beautiful bird while you are out birding in Orange County.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/spotted-towhee" target="_blank">Audubon Guide to North American Birds--Spotted Towhee </a><br />
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<br />Orange County Birder Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11773083973078077728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376461317244790864.post-53828343205643151752014-10-11T11:41:00.001-07:002015-04-26T12:22:36.216-07:00Egrets and Herons on Dry Land<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/12/great-egret-ardea-alba.html" target="_blank">Great Egret</a> hunting on dry land.</b></span></i></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">Periodically, I get questions ranging from curiosity to alarm upon finding herons or egrets far from lakes, streams or estuaries. Herons and egrets are so closely associated with water that many people do not realize herons and egrets are more than water birds. </span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_6b0fcb92-e941-6e31-df41-9ec8434b4477 gm-spell">In addition to hunting in large bodies of water, you will also find herons and egrets of many kinds feasting in small creeks at creek apartments, small backyard ponds, and agricultural fields, berms, freeway offramps,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_6b0fcb92-e941-6e31-df41-9ec8434b4477 gm-spell">also in grasslands where there are no bodies of water</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span class="gm_ gm_6b0fcb92-e941-6e31-df41-9ec8434b4477 gm-spell">.</span> In addition to fish, amphibians, and mollusks, </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Herons
and egrets also eat insects, small reptiles, and small mammals such as
rats, gophers, and moles. They can be found on land far away from obvious sources of
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">However,
there is more water around than you may think, and sometimes the heron or egret you see is not very far from water at all. People are not always
aware of parks with small lakes and streams. In Orange County there are
numerous parks which have lakes and streams that are stocked with
fish. The same is true of Los Angeles. But there </span>is<span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"> another water source birds frequent other than lakes, rivers, and oceans that animals frequent: the watershed. </span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">Rain and the runoff from the water we use flow to the ocean. We don't often think about how it flows there. But like a body's circulatory system, the land we live on has a system for getting rid of excess water that does not sink into the ground and fill up the aquifers. It is called the watershed. </span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">Originally it was a natural system of small streams and rivers. However, we have lined most of the </span><span class="gmw_">watersheds</span><span class="gmw_"> in cities and suburban areas with concrete. Y</span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">ou may not realize that </span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Orange County's <span style="font-size: small;">350 miles of regional flood control channels </span></span></span><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-size: small;"> and drainage</span> branch through your city and down to the ocean. In fact, you are probably so used to seeing it that it does not register at all. The drainage system that flows through our cities and towns supports a lot of wildlife including herons, egrets, shore birds, fish, coyotes, and much, much more. If you stop and look down </span></span>into<span class="gmw_"> that fenced drainage ditch, you may be surprised to find ducks, geese, egrets, herons, and shorebirds<span class="gmw_">. </span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">Coyotes and other animals use the watershed to travel in much of Orange County through drainage ditches, canals, streams, and rivers. They disappear into the drainage ditches and reappear somewhere entirely different. So the egret or heron you see flying so far from water in reality is never very far from a drainage ditch, canal, stream, or river. How do the fish get into the drainage ditches, canals, streams, and rivers? Well, lots of ways, but one way is on the feet of the birds. Birds fish in a place that either naturally has fish or is stocked with fish, and the fish eggs stick to their feet. The birds fly off and then land in a new water source with no fish. The fish eggs fall off their feet into the new </span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">stream, lake canal, or drainage ditch, and voila! A new water source now has fish in it.</span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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Orange County Birder Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11773083973078077728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376461317244790864.post-54546383933180218192014-09-28T16:29:00.000-07:002014-10-11T07:01:51.005-07:00The Fight to Preserve Fairview Park, the Jewel of Costa Mesa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_" style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">There is a fight going on over <a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=247" target="_blank">Fairview Park</a> in tiny, densely populated Costa Mesa. And it isn't pretty. It is a familiar fight in Orange County. A </span></span><span class="gmw_">fight between people who see open land as the raw material of their dreams, and those who appreciate the natural beauty of the land and want to keep it as it is. </span><span class="gmw_"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_" style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_" style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=247" target="_blank">Fairview Park</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">is unique in many ways. </span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_6ca687de-fd4e-c9a2-c6d5-d893af8994f3 gm-spell">Unlike most parks in Orange County, not much has been done to improve the rugged terrain which was home to two Native American tribes for thousands of years:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="gm_ gm_6ca687de-fd4e-c9a2-c6d5-d893af8994f3 gm-spell"> the </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://juaneno.com/" target="_blank"><span class="gm_ gm_6ca687de-fd4e-c9a2-c6d5-d893af8994f3 gm-spell">Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation</span></a><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_6ca687de-fd4e-c9a2-c6d5-d893af8994f3 gm-spell"> and </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_" style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_6ca687de-fd4e-c9a2-c6d5-d893af8994f3 gm-spell">the </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.gabrielinotribe.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="gm_ gm_6ca687de-fd4e-c9a2-c6d5-d893af8994f3 gm-spell">Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe aka</span></span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_6ca687de-fd4e-c9a2-c6d5-d893af8994f3 gm-spell"> </span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.gabrielinotribe.org/" target="_blank"><span class="gm_ gm_6ca687de-fd4e-c9a2-c6d5-d893af8994f3 gm-spell">the San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians</span></a></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_" style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_6ca687de-fd4e-c9a2-c6d5-d893af8994f3 gm-spell">.</span></span><span class="gmw_"> Shells from their meals are still visible in the soil of this largely undeveloped park. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_" style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_" style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=247" target="_blank">Fairview Park</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span> covers</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"> 208 acres which straddles both sides of Placentia Avenue. Of that 208 acres, 155 acres sits on the west side of Placentia adjoining <a href="http://ocparks.com/parks/talbert" target="_blank">Talbert Regional Park</a> aka Talbert Marsh and also adjoining Estancia High School. The remaining 53 acres sit on the east side of Placentia adjoining the Costa Mesa Golf Course. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">There are a number of reasons people are opposed to any more development at </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=247" target="_blank">Fairview Park</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">: 1) It is the site of two Native American villages and is considered sacred by their descendants who have asked the City of Costa Mesa not to develop Fairview Park; 2) Fairview is a historical and archeological site that many believe should not be disturbed by construction; 3) there are rare vernal pools in the park on both sides of Placentia Ave that have not been </span><span class="gmw_">completely</span><span class="gmw_"> mapped;</span><span class="gmw_"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">4) there are two endangered animal species (the San Diego Fairy Shrimp and the California Gnatcatcher) in the park--perhaps on both sides of the park</span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">; 5) the park is home to an incredible diversity of wildlife dependent on the large, undeveloped acreage; 6) the park is part of a wildlife corridor that comes up the Santa Ana river from the ocean marshlands, and </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_5f21836f-b4ba-3d71-1e38-6f83c9057f80 gm-spell">7) it is one of the few undeveloped parks where children and adults can see wildlife that needs wide, open spaces and where they can view the incredible, undeveloped beauty of the land </span></span></span></span></span><span class="gm_ gm_5f21836f-b4ba-3d71-1e38-6f83c9057f80 gm-spell">itself</span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_5f21836f-b4ba-3d71-1e38-6f83c9057f80 gm-spell">, and finally 8) sports fields, and other </span></span><span class="gm_ gm_5f21836f-b4ba-3d71-1e38-6f83c9057f80 gm-spell">activities</span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_5f21836f-b4ba-3d71-1e38-6f83c9057f80 gm-spell"> are not enough reason to destroy what some call the Jewel of Costa Mesa.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">It is the geography of Fairview Park which makes it so desirable to the humans on both sides of this controversy and to the wildlife that lives there. It is in fact what drew Native Americans and later the Spaniards and Mexican settlers to this place. <a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/" target="_blank">The City of Costa Mesa</a> is named after an elevated table of land that stands above the river and the ocean. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_" style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=247" target="_blank">Fairview Park</a></span></span></span></span></span></span> is part of this land formation for which Costa Mesa was named. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_" style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=247" target="_blank">Fairview Park</a></span></span></span></span></span></span> consists of the mesa and the land below. So that you can stand up on the mesa and walk down below onto the land that abuts the river and Talbert Marsh. This particular combination of the lower lands and the mesa is also what makes this park so very attractive to the wildlife that inhabit it. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are usually American Kestrels visible in several areas: in the trees near the parking lot, on the mesa perched on bushes and plants, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">hovering or soaring over the land. Northern Harriers fly low over the mesa in the fall and winter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">Cattle used to graze here on the mesa, but now in spring, Western Meadowlarks fill the grasslands with their flute-like calls. The Western Meadowlark is fast disappearing from Orange County as undeveloped becomes the fulfillment of someone's dreams of development. But here in <a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=247" target="_blank">Fairview Park</a>, Meadowlarks still land in flocks on the grassy mesa in the spring.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">The vernal pools contain San Diego fairy shrimp which are an endangered species. You can read a bit about them <a href="http://www.sweetwater.org/index.aspx?page=105" target="_blank">here</a>. And a watch a short video about them <a href="http://naturebytesvideo.com/bytes_S-T/san_diego_fairy_shrimp.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"> Earlier this year, a path which </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">encroached upon a vernal pool </span></span>was mysteriously built with no permits by unknown individuals. This violation of federal law brought the federal government into Fairview Park. See this LA Times article <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/orangecounty/la-me-fairview-park-20140731-story.html" target="_blank">"</a></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/orangecounty/la-me-fairview-park-20140731-story.html" target="_blank">Vernal pools at Costa Mesa park need protection, agency finds"</a> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">by Bradley Zint </span></span></span>for more information. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">The city was required by the federal government to pay $19,000 taxpayer dollars to remove this unauthorized path. See</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://www.dailypilot.com/news/tn-dpt-me-0112-fairview-park-trail-removal-20140111,0,2792664.story" target="_blank">"Granite removed from Fairview Park trails"</a> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">by Bradley Zint </span></span></span>from the Daily Pilot. Another article, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.dailypilot.com/news/tn-dpt-me-0818-fairview-park-trail-20130816%2C0%2C3299787.story" target="_blank">Mystery trail focuses eco attention on Fairview Park</a> also by Bradley Zint. And another about the same incident is </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.dailypilot.com/news/tn-dpt-me-0201-mensinger-trail-statement-20140131,0,7882671.story" target="_blank">Mensinger to meet with officials about trails</a> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="byline"><span class="gmw_">by Jeremiah Dobruck. </span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=911" target="_blank">Mayor Pro Temp Steve Mensinger</a> </span></span>asked to meet privately with US Fish and Wildlife officials about the path. This was back in January 2014. What he said is not known, and no one has admitted responsibility for the unauthorized path. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">This beautiful land drew Native Americans to Fairview Park thousands of years ago. The mesa was close to</span></span></span></span><span class="gmw_"> food sources in the </span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">river and the ocean, but the mesa was high enough to keep them relatively dry compared to the lands near the river and marshes. The Gabrieleño/Tongva and the Juaneño/</span></span></span></span></span><span class="gmw_">Luiseño built shelters, prepared meals, and lived their lives on the land of Fairview Park. Their descendants still care about the history here in <a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=1576" target="_blank">Fairview Park</a> and consider the land in the park sacred. Here's an <a href="http://articles.dailypilot.com/2013-10-05/news/tn-dpt-me-1006-fairview-park-native-american-20131005_1_tribes-site-pilgrimage" target="_blank">article</a> about the native tribes who visited Fairview Park.</span> You can stay current on the fight for Fairview Park by checking <a href="http://savefairviewpark.org/" target="_blank">Save Fairview Park</a> and their Facebook Page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FairviewNaturePark" target="_blank">Friends of Fairview Nature Park</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">According to the Native American website, <a href="http://sacredsitesca.com/" target="_blank">Sacred Sites of California</a>, the villages and burial sites here in Fairview Park weren't considered endangered until recently because they were a part of a government-run park. As such, Native Americans thought it was well protected. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">However, recent moves by the mayor pro tem and the city council have convinced them that one of the few surviving archeological sites relating to their peoples in Orange County is in danger. Sacred Sites spokeswoman Rebecca Robles believes that the site is of such great historical importance and so sacred to Native Americans that it should never be developed.</span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is another <a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/site-530089-native-american.html" target="_blank">article</a> on the importance of its history to Native Americans </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">On 08/06/2014, at a </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=1619" target="_blank">Fairview Park Citizens Advisory Committee</a> meeting no </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="gmw_">decision was made on sports fields for Fairview Park, but there was plenty of <span class="gm_ gm_97433042-4bbe-c78c-1396-c54f9d8aa684 gm-spell">discussion</span>. Amid community controversy,</span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"> Adelia Sandoval, representing the <a href="http://juaneno.com/" target="_blank">Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation</a>,stated, "The tribe itself does not want to see any new development on this sacred site."</span></span></span></span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">Adelia Sandoval</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> also said that people do not speak up often enough for the land. It made her very happy to hear people speaking up for the land at this meeting "because the land itself does not have its own voice." She especially commended a young teenager for hearing the voice of the land and speaking for it. The young girl spoke with heartfelt passion about the land in Fairview Park and her confusion as to why the city would even consider destroying such wonderful place "that is perfect just the way it is."</span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She brought up how Fairview Park has been part of her life growing up. Obviously, nature is something that means a great deal to this young girl. What do we teach our children when we say another sports field is a reason to trample over the feelings of other children and adults who love the wildlife and who love this land as it is?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_400588b7-1b65-8208-5534-32d280037943 gm-spell">Working together as a team to restore habitat, valuing</span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_400588b7-1b65-8208-5534-32d280037943 gm-spell"> others and their contributions, learning to listen and to observe, learning respect for wildlife, and learning respect our Native Americans and understanding the history we share with them on this land are all things that are all important things for our children.</span> We need to do something other than consume. We need to preserve. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>American Kestral</b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_4865d100-1891-afa7-c348-e47d947bbc18 gm-spell">In</span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_4865d100-1891-afa7-c348-e47d947bbc18 gm-spell"> the decision to turn a unique place that is contributing to the well-being of many people in Orange County into a place that serves a very limited purpose and a limited population, one must very carefully consider what that transformation will cost the citizens of Costa Mesa and the citizens of Orange County.</span></span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">Because there will be a loss if this happens. Sports fields and recreation are good, but it is not the most important thing for which all other good things must be sacrificed. I feel for these fathers who spoke of the need for sports fields, but their vision is limited. And their black-and-white view that the solution is Fairview Park or nothing is simply wrong. It is the classic philosophical false dilemma.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">There are other options in Orange County to participate in organized sports without destroying the "Jewel of Costa Mesa." </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Allen's Hummingbird</b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">As the population of this small city grows because of dense development, the solution is not to encroach into open land that is federally restricted. It is not to begin to chip away at more land that brings peace and healing to citizens needing comfort after a long day. It is not to destroy <span class="gmw_">the land for which the city was named. And the solution is </span></span>definitely not to develop more land that is sacred to the Native American peoples </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">from whom we in Orange County have already taken so much. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Male Western Bluebird</b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">One more sports field or sports activity in <a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=247" target="_blank">Fairview Park</a> would solve very little of the problem of sports field shortages or open space for sports. And with the legal restrictions on its use, it is simply not an option. Should another sports field sneak its way into <a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=247" target="_blank">Fairview Park</a>, my fear is that it will not end there. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">Let's be real. Costa Mesa is almost 16-square miles and has a population of 110,000 people. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">Costa Mesa has a population density of </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">7,000 people/sq mi. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">It is a small, densely populated city that is growing. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">In comparison, Huntington Beach is 31.9 square miles with a population density of </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">6,200 people/sq mi. Newport Beach is </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">53.0 square miles with a population density of </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">3,578.5 people/sq mi. Irvine is </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">66 square miles with a population density of </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">3,200/sq mi. Fountain Valley is<b> </b></span></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">9.031</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">square miles </span></span>with a population density of </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">6,100/sq mi </span></span>Santa Ana is </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">27.5 square miles </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">with a population density<span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"> of 12,000 people/sq mi. (Stats from Wikipedia--granted not the best source but appears to be reasonably accurate in these stats.)</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">Sometime in the future, Costa Mesa's high-density population will need more land for sports and recreation than the small city has to offer. <span class="gm_ gm_0fe49c4d-20b9-8be1-a792-690809bc4210 gm-spell">However, t</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_0fe49c4d-20b9-8be1-a792-690809bc4210 gm-spell">here is nothing that requires that all open land be turned into homogenous sports fields and facilities so that every citizen in the almost 16 square miles of Costa Mesa plays sports in Costa Mesa rather than in a larger, less densely populated nearby city.</span> Costa Mesa is a small city. Land is limited. That's reality. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">At some point, the small town of Costa Mesa will run out of<span class="gm_ gm_4d6d2ab1-81dd-36c2-711f-67b3bd4e70d5 gm-spell gm_tiny"> </span>land for additional sports fields and facilities. At some point, adults and </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>children will have to go outside the city to find enough open space for sports fields and other activities. That's reality. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">There are only 16 square miles of land. I say that IF the only free land available for sports activities is a historically, culturally, and religiously important Native American site, then the time has already come. Costa Mesa has run out of open land for sports. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">If the only land left for <span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">sports is a part of<span class="gm_ gm_c3fa2738-c319-04fb-0771-fd8720310d16 gm-spell gm_tiny"> </span>land that contains rare vernal pools, endangered species, and is a part of a wildlife corridor, then the time has come. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">Costa Mesa has run out of open land for sports. </span></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">And if the only land left is the very land formation left for which the city was named, then this small, densely populated city has run out of<span class="gm_ gm_57a7b071-4505-9ad0-40e3-617f9672d002 gm-spell gm_tiny"> </span>land for sports. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_a9cc61db-604a-1aae-cd4c-48013568f37c gm-spell">If we let more of </span></span><a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=247" target="_blank"><span class="gm_ gm_a9cc61db-604a-1aae-cd4c-48013568f37c gm-spell">Fairview Park</span></a><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_a9cc61db-604a-1aae-cd4c-48013568f37c gm-spell"> go for more sports, there will be more lights and parking and other fields because the need will grow and grow as Costa Mesa's 16 miles fill in with more and more people, and the Jewel of Costa Mesa will be just a memory.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">All the majesty of the land, the sacred and historical sites of our Native American peoples, and the wildlife will be gone forever. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">And for the children of Orange County and everyone else that would be a terrible loss. <a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=247" target="_blank">Fairview Park</a> as it stands is important in many ways to many people in Orange County. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">But the truth is we may not have reached that point at all. According to supporters of Fairview Park, Costa Mesa still has plenty of land for sports. We have not reached the point of there being no land for sports. The fields are just being managed poorly. And still park supporters say, no team has been turned away. Consuming <span class="gm_ gm_1128d80f-2feb-9d21-725e-cc035904a4d7 gm-spell">Faiview</span> Park for sports is not even necessary. Park supporters say it is just an excuse to develop the land. Land that is full of wildlife and history and sacred meaning for Native Americans. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Song Sparrow</b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_46f9dcae-294b-d3db-1d22-01d8692060ab gm-spell">Regardless of whether there are or aren't available fields, not one more foot of this unique land should be sacrificed for sports fields or other suggested uses such as basketball and handball courts, two-story interpretive centers, native plant centers, Native American interpretive centers, roller hockey surfaces, or dog parks.</span></span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"> <span class="gm_ gm_17a23f04-0a25-1bea-da6d-603ba975c09a gm-spell">We must hold the line because the time has come to protect the history of this place, the wildlife of this place, and to show respect for the Native American peoples who are telling us this land is sacred to them and asking us not to develop Fairview Park in any of these ways.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">We must speak for the land because as </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">Adelia Sandoval of the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation said, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_">the land itself does not have its own voice." So I am adding my voice to hers and the other people of this community who love this land in its natural state. This land should be preserved, and its habitat restored. It should continue to be a blessing to the children, the adults, and the elderly who are renewed, refreshed, and healed by the beautiful vistas, the history, the plants, and the wildlife. These are the people who view this land as a part of their lives as it is in its natural beauty. Who value its history beginning with Native American tribes who lived here for thousands of years. This land is not the raw material of someone's homogenous development dream. This land is a thing of value in itself. This land needs no development. Only restoration to its natural state. It is the Jewel of not only Costa Mesa, but of Orange County. Let's not chip away any more of this precious jewel.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">Possible Ruby-crowned Kinglet. The under tail</span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"> feathers were very white.</span></span></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">(All photographs in this post were taken by the OC Birder Girl at Fairview Park, and are under copyright by Karen McQuade.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Links and Resources</span></b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=247" target="_blank">Fairview Park </a><br />
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City of Costa Mesa park site.<br />
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<b><a href="http://savefairviewpark.org/" target="_blank">Save Fairview Park</a></b><br />
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<span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">If you want to find out what is going on with Fairview Park, this is the group. <span class="gm_ gm_2d198a72-b7cc-866d-7901-0c829cca2c2c gm-spell">"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="regtext"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_2d198a72-b7cc-866d-7901-0c829cca2c2c gm-spell">We are a group of Costa </span></span></span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_3fa8263a-b297-6e12-381f-56e5f3618256 gm-spell"><span class="gm_ gm_2d198a72-b7cc-866d-7901-0c829cca2c2c gm-spell">Mesans</span></span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_2d198a72-b7cc-866d-7901-0c829cca2c2c gm-spell"> that want to protect Fairview Park as we know it, an open space passive use nature park, and to help it become one of the best nature parks in Orange County.</span></span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"> Fairview Park is the last bit of nature we have in an otherwise built out city. Just like the best nature parks the world over, the value of this area comes from it not being developed."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="regtext"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/FairviewNaturePark" target="_blank">Friends of Fairview Nature Park </a></span><br />
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<span class="regtext">This Facebook page has lots of information about Fairview Park. This is the above group's Facebook page. "</span>This page is dedicated to enjoying,
documenting, and protecting the wildlife and wildlife habitat of
Fairview Park and saving this area from development."<br />
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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/orangecounty/la-me-fairview-park-20140731-story.html" target="_blank">Vernal Pools at Costa Mesa Park Need Protection Agency Finds </a><br />
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Threats to vernal pools and the San Diego fairy shrimp range from park goers to illegal paths.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/plants-409226-city-fairview.html" target="_blank">Wetlands Project Brings Wildlife Back to Wildlife, Humans</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Male and female Ruddy Duck</b></td></tr>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Fairview+Park+Costa+Mesa+" target="_blank"> You Tube Videos of Fairview Park</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.vernalpools.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">California Vernal Pools</span></span></span></a></h1>
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<a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/9469252/hidden-demographics-youth-sports-espn-magazine" target="_blank">ESPN--The Hidden Demographics of Youth Sports</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=1441" target="_blank">Sports organization for Youth in Costa Mesa</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=1619" target="_blank">Fairview Park Citizens Advisory Committee</a></span></span><br />
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Orange County Birder Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11773083973078077728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376461317244790864.post-88865652826186829292013-12-08T15:51:00.002-08:002014-11-30T07:08:08.065-08:00Sharp-shinned Hawk--Accipiter striatus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sharp-shinned Hawks--called "Sharpies" by birders--are small, very agile hawks that belong to a genus of birds called accipiters. Sharpies are about the size of a blue jay. These little hawks prefer forests, parks, and the wilder areas, but on occasion can be seen in backyards. Differentiating these little accipiters from <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/coopers-hawk.html" target="_blank">Cooper's Hawks</a>--another accipiter--is one of the challenges of birding. They look very much alike. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">The picture above gives you an idea of the size. These are not large raptors. Sharp-shinned <span class="gm_ gm_0e96c82c-da34-b5f3-3624-1208dfc8b072 gm-spell">are</span> </span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">smaller than </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/coopers-hawk.html" target="_blank">Cooper's Hawks</a></span></b>, but there is almost an overlap in size. The difference in male and female raptors is generally the size. The female is larger than the male. So the larger female Sharp-shinned Hawk may be very similar in size to a smaller male </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/coopers-hawk.html" target="_blank">Cooper's Hawk</a></span></b><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">. There is a bigger difference in the size of male and female Sharpies than any other species of raptor. Birds of North America <span class="gm_ gm_d8d900b5-5a74-1b59-74a4-8227c57ab3c1 gm-spell">quotes</span> a study by Snyder and Wiley (1976) that found male Sharpies on the average have only about 57% of the body mass of a female Sharpie. </span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Notice how the widest part is at the shoulders. It has a kind of body-builder or Dolly Parton look to it. A Sharpie is a bit chesty. Also, note the hooded look. The Sharpie has a dark crown. The dark color continues down the nape of the neck down onto its back. This is different than the smaller cap on the larger and flatter head of the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/coopers-hawk.html" target="_blank">Cooper's Hawks</a></span></b>. The Sharpie's head is rounder than the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/coopers-hawk.html" target="_blank">Cooper's</a></span></b>. In addition, the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/coopers-hawk.html" target="_blank">Cooper's</a></span></b></span></b> has a kind of a messy, crest-like feather thing going on at the back of its head that is visible on occasion. The Sharpie has no crest-like feathers on its head. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The chest being wider at the shoulder is harder to see here on this juvenile Sharpie above, but the very thin toes with the long center toe are evident. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The long, slim tail and the rounded wings help the Sharpie maneuver in tight spots like forested areas and undergrowth. I was once in the nature center at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley and was startled by a small Sharpie, probably a male, flying fast and low to the ground along a curving trail between the bushes. He flashed by me and straight into the undergrowth like he was shot out of a canon. He seemed incredibly small, but there was no doubt at all that he was a very small accipiter based on the shape and the coloring. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>A very thin, white tip on the end of its slim, squared tail. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>From the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. Check out those field marks.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To be ready to identify Sharpies and Coopers Hawks, I would suggest you study your
bird guide and the articles listed in the "Resources and Links" section at
the end of this post. Good birders learn to recognize bird species the
way you would recognize an old friend--repeated encounters. We begin
to recognize the color, the size, the shape, the way they move and
behave, and their voice. Even their favorite foods and hangouts.
Make friends with Sharpies by observing and studying them both in real
life, and in bird guides, photographs, and videos.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>So when you encounter an accipiter, be prepared. Know your Sharpies. Know your Coopers. And then do your best. It is a challenging ID. Have fun birding in Orange County, California!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>OC Birder Girl Links</b></span></span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-hawks-and-eagles-of-orange-county.html" target="_blank">Hawks and Eagles of Orange County</a></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2009/06/owls-of-orange-county.html" target="_blank">The Owls of Orange County</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/birding-hot-spots-in-orange-county.html" target="_blank">Birding Hot Spots in Orange County, California</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://10000birds.com/cooper-v-sharpie.htm" target="_blank">10,000 Birds--Cooper V. Sharpie</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Article about differentiating Coopers and Sharpies.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/sharp-shinned_hawk/id" target="_blank">All About Birds--Sharp-shinned Hawk </a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Sharp-shinned Species profile from Cornell's all About Birds. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Accipiter_striatus/" target="_blank">Animal Diversity--University of Michigan--Sharp-shinned Hawk</a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lots of detail in their profile about Sharpies. </span></b><br />
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<a href="http://birds.audubon.org/birds/sharp-shinned-hawk" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Audubon--Sharp-shinned Hawk</span></b></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.carolinabirdclub.org/misc/id/accipiters.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Carolina Bird Club--</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IDENTIFICATION PRIMER: Accipiters</span></span></b></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.carolinabirdclub.org/misc/id/accipiters.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By Michael Tove</span></span></b></a></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Great resource. Article addresses Sharp-shinned, Cooper's Hawks, and Goshawks. Lots of details and pictures.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/raptors/Sharpshinned.html" target="_blank">The Canadian Peregrine Foundation--Raptor Identification--Sharp-shinned Hawk </a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Profile with an ID gallery of photos.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://delawarenaturesociety.org/blog/2009/05/25/sharp-shinned-hawks-at-ashland/" target="_blank">Delaware Nature Society</a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Great shot of a Sharpie. Also check out their <a href="http://delawarenaturesociety.org/blog/2009/12/13/a-ground-hunting-sharp-shinned-hawk/" target="_blank">Ground-hunting Sharp-shinned Hawk</a>. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/sharp-shinned-hawk-accipiter-striatus" target="_blank">The Internet Bird Collection--Sharp-shinned Hawk</a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Great collection of bird videos. Watch the videos of the sharpies. Get a feel for them. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://blog.bird-rescue.org/index.php/2012/11/friday-rounds-sharp-shinned-hawk/" target="_blank">International Bird Rescue--Friday Rounds: Sharp-shinned Hawk</a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://macaulaylibrary.org/search?taxon=sharp%20shinned%20hawk&taxon_rank_id=67&taxon_id=11991033&tab=video-thumb" target="_blank">Macauley Library Sharp-shinned Hawk Videos</a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Videos of Sharp-shinned Hawks from the Macauley Library.</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.mangoverde.com/wbg/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mango Verde--World Bird Guide--Sharp-shinned Hawk</span></b></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mango Verde page about the Sharp-shinned Hawk.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/sharp-shinned-hawk/" target="_blank">National Geographic--Sharp-shinned Hawks</a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Detailed information regarding Sharp-shinned Hawks including sketches.</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://delawarenaturesociety.org/blog/2009/12/13/a-ground-hunting-sharp-shinned-hawk/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></a>
<a href="http://delawarenaturesociety.org/blog/2009/12/13/a-ground-hunting-sharp-shinned-hawk/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Nature of Delaware--Sharp-shinned Hawk</span></b></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sharp-shinned Hawk visits. Nice shots and video.</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://portlandbirds.blogspot.com/2008/11/sharp-shinned-hawk.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Portland Oregon Backyard Birds: Sharp-shinned Hawk</span></b></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Great post about a Sharpie visiting a backyard in Oregon. Excellent pictures. Note the widest part of the breast is at the shoulders. And the hooded appearance. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://feederwatch.org/learn/tricky-bird-ids/coopers-hawk-and-sharp-shinned-hawk/" target="_blank">Project Feeder Watch--Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawk</a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Detailed guide to telling the two similar accipiters apart.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hawks-28753-sharp-shinned.html" target="_blank">Orange County Register--Sharp-shinned Hawks by Pat Brennan</a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Brief article by Pat Brennan about the influx of Sharp-shinned Hawks during migration.</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.ocregister.com/sports/cohen-100052-bird-count.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Orange County Register--Tallying the Tail Feathers by Shawn Price</span></b></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Article about the Christmas Count. Good picture of a Sharpie in Laguna Woods.</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://sdakotabirds.com/species/sharp_shinned_hawk_info.htm" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">South Dakota Birds and Birding: Sharp-shinned Hawk</span></b></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good Sharp-shinned Hawk article and gallery. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tetonraptorcenter.org/sharp-shinned-hawk-species-profile.html" target="_blank">Teton Raptor Center: Sharp-shinned Hawk</a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Profile of Sharp-shinned Hawks. Photos. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.google.com/#q=vimeo+sharp-shinned+hawk" target="_blank">Vimeo Google Search--Sharp-shinned Hawk</a></span></b> <br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here
is a search on Vimeo for Sharp-shinned Hawk videos. Usually high
quality. Look especially for Don Desjardin videos. His videos are
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.virtualbirder.com/vbirder/onLoc/onLocDirs/HAWK/gallery/bkwheeler/accipiters.html" target="_blank">Virtual Birder--Accipiters </a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gallery of Sharp-shinned Hawks, Cooper's Hawks, and Goshawks. All in flight. </span></b>
Orange County Birder Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11773083973078077728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376461317244790864.post-29295806065072590382013-10-12T10:48:00.002-07:002013-10-29T11:15:28.856-07:00Pelicans in Orange County<img alt="" border="0" height="300" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191913310354544226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RyWPg6-K5ciDDuPPMXxkrc2mGBcfKpyQ_zNkHkyYX3OVfW4PDbQT0dxE5OHbBSwu4iE867g0HA7ejWFtmm62xtR_x3NjWOMSbA8MdjuWT1pew5uQIme1_VzCSsID08przMro2WROShia/s400/020.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="400" /><i><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a> resting after fishing at </b></i><b><i><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/bolsa-chica-ecological-preserve.html" target="_blank">Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve</a></i></b><br />
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<b><i>Mature <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelican</a> in breeding plumage perched on the footbridge at <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/bolsa-chica-ecological-preserve.html" target="_blank">Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve</a>.</i></b><br />
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<span class="gmw_">Orange County has two species of Pelicans: <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a> which prefer the ocean and saltwater environments, and </span><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a> which prefer fresh water environments. They are not hard to tell apart.</span><br />
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<span class="gmw_">During Fall and Winter you will find </span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a> in large bodies of water, and sporadically in small, or even tiny neighborhood parks. As long as there is a body of water with fish, and they can fit in it, </span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a> will visit it. </span></span></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a> with the spectacular dives from high above the water usually need much larger bodies of water. </span>The <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelican</a> and the </span><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelican</a> both show up in mixed saltwater and freshwater environments like Upper Newport Bay and Bolsa Chica. But you will also find both in the large ponds at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary which is not far from Upper Newport Bay. If you go far inland, any pelican you see will most likely be an </span><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelican</a>. However, both </span><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a> and </span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a></span> can also be found at the Salton Sea. </span><br />
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<i><b><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a></b>, </b><b><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a></span>, <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/double-crested-cormorant-phalacrocorax.html" target="_blank">Double-Crested Cormorant</a>, and two <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/american-coot-fulica-americana.html" target="_blank">American Coots</a>. The gray bird in the water and the brown bird on the far right are both <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a></span></b></i><span class="gmw_"><i> </i></span><span class="gmw_"><i><b>resting at </b></i></span><span class="gmw_"><i><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/san-joaquin-wildlife-sanctuary.html" target="_blank">San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary</a>. Pelicans are often found hanging out with cormorants and other birds. </b></i></span><br />
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The first thing you notice in the picture above is how much bigger the <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelican</a> is than the <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a></span>. The <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelican</a> is </span>large at 50" long with an 84-inch wingspan. Yet as big as the <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelican</a></span> is, the <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelican</a> is even bigger at 62" long with </span>a 105" wingspan. When you see them standing close together, it is plain which is which.<br />
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<i><b>Immature </b></i><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a></span><i><b> on the left. Mature </b></i><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelican</a></span><i><b> on the right. </b></i></div>
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While I have seen <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a></span> perch on wooden railings, fences, posts, and even street lights. I have never seen the huge <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelican</a> perch on anything so flimsy. Mostly their feet are on solid ground when they are not swimming. And while you will often find a lone <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelican</a> perched or sitting down on the ground near water, you will most often find that </span><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a> gather in groups on the shore of a lake or on a sand bar in an estuary. They fish in groups, fly in groups, and hang out together in groups. </span><span class="gmw_"> </span><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank"></a></span> are just </span><span class="gmw_">more gregarious than </span><span class="gmw_"></span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a></span></span><span class="gmw_">.</span> <br />
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<i><b>The <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelican</a> is all white except for black primaries and wing tips which are mostly seen in flight. Mostly when they swim, they appear all white.</b></i><br />
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<span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a></span> favor salt water and estuaries with mixed water. <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a> prefer fresh water or estuaries.
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<i><b><i><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a></b></i>, heads down, scooping up some fish.</b></i><br />
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The foraging techniques of <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a> and <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a></span>
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their plumage, you would know which species you were observing. The <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelican</a> swims on the surface of the water and sticks its head down like a dabbling duck to scoop up fish. It often forages in groups that can reach over 5o individuals. <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a> fishing together look like synchronized swimmers as they swim, stick their heads in the water and come up all at the same time. It is something to watch. I have seen non-birders stand mesmerized at the sight of a large synchronized group of </span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a></span> feeding. I have had amazed park goers ask me, "What are they doing?" They can put on quite a show. </span><br />
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<i><b><i><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a></b></i> fishing cooperatively.</b></i><br />
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<b><i><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelican</a></span> about to dive down into the waters of <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/bolsa-chica-ecological-preserve.html" target="_blank">Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve</a> for a catch of fresh fish. You will never see an </i></b><i><b><i><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelican</a></b></i> fish this way. </b></i><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank"></a><br />
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<span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a></span> fly up and dive into the water scooping up fish as they hit the
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with other <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a></span><span class="gmw_">, it is every bird for itself. Their strong power dive stuns the fish they then scoop up. Their dramatic, aeronautical style of fishing attracts as much attention as the synchronized swimming of the </span><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a>. <br />
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<span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a></span> can be seen bomb diving the water by the Bolsa Chica footbridge most frequently in Fall and Winter. Parents and their kids and photographers and the cameras stand on the bridge just watching and snapping pictures as the <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a></span> fly up and splash into the water over and over again. <br />
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<i><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a></b></i> <b><i>soar high in the air sometimes, flying long distances to feeding areas. These</i></b> <i><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a> are soaring over San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary--a very common sight.</b></i><br />
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<i><b>Mature </b></i><i><b><span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelican</a></span> flying low over the water at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve moves up slightly to cross the footbridge.</b></i></div>
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In groups or alone <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a></span> can be seen flying low over the ocean waves or over the water in an estuary. They are often seen flying in lines low over the ocean. Sometimes you may see them flying in a V formation. They do not soar at high altitudes.<br />
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The <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelican</a></span> is present in Orange County in very small numbers in scattered locations all year. They increase in numbers in the Fall and Winter. Seeing a lone <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelican</a><i><b> </b></i>or<i><b> </b></i></span>two is unusual, but not unheard of at any time of year in Orange County. During Fall and Winter,
the population significantly swells with wintering <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">.</a></span> It is during Fall and Winter that large groups of <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a></span> are often spotted. The <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelican</a></span> population also increases in Orange
County during Fall and Winter, but individuals and small groups of <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/brown-pelicans.html" target="_blank">Brown Pelicans</a> </span>are
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You can find <span class="gmw_"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/american-white-pelicans.html" target="_blank">American White Pelicans</a></span>
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So large regional parks like Mile Square Park and small neighborhood
parks like <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/12/carr-park-in-huntington-beach.html" target="_blank">Carr Park</a> or the even smaller <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/greer-park-lake-view_17.html" target="_blank">Greer Park</a> can sporadically
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<b> </b><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/bolsa-chica-ecological-preserve.html" target="_blank">Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve</a></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/san-joaquin-wildlife-sanctuary.html">San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary</a></b><br />
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<b>Old hunting club belonging to the IRWD and the Sea and Sage Audubon Headquarters. </b><br />
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Estuary in Newport Beach.<br />
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<span class="gmw_">Salt water environments and estuaries. These are coastal birds flying low over the waves. Drive up and down the coast<span class="gm_ gm_147e46d9-b024-f007-c296-60106b694bb3 gm-spell gm_tiny"> </span>and you will see them most of the year in varying numbers. Fall and winter see the numbers swell with migrants.</span><br />
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<b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/bolsa-chica-ecological-preserve.html" target="_blank">Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve</a></b><br />
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<b>Large ecological reserve on Pacific Coast Highway.</b><br />
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<b>Old hunting club belonging to the IRWD and the Sea and Sage Audubon Headquarters. </b><br />
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<a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/central-park-in-huntington-beach.html">Huntington Central Park</a><br />
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<a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/12/mason-regional-park.html">Mason Regional Park</a><br />
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<span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">Neighborhood park that is cut in two pieces by McFadden. The small , southern section has a lake that is frequented by ducks, geese, egrets, herons, gulls, white-faced ibises, and rarities that show up from time to time. On<span class="gm_ gm_9f412801-c677-662f-5458-c1323f29a965 gm-spell gm_tiny"> </span>occasion, the lake is visited in Fall and Winter by American White Pelicans.</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://ocparks.com/parks/carbon" target="_blank">Carbon Canyon Regional Park</a><br />
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<i><b>Snow Goose swimming in a lake in a small neighborhood park.</b></i><br />
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<b><i>Larger Domestic Goose--Large, with Orange legs and bill. Notice the large looking belly. The Snow Goose would be smaller and have a smaller belly. All white wings.</i></b></div>
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<i><b>Orange eye ring, smaller light-colored grin patch. All white. The Snow Goose has no orange eye ring, dark eyes, and a pink bill with a black grin patch.</b></i></div>
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<b><i> Here, a Ross's Goose hangs out in a San Fernando Valley park with other geese. Notice he has the same coloring as the Snow Goose, but the Ross's Goose is much smaller. </i></b><b><i>The Ross's Goose has no tinting on the head or neck. Whiter overall head and neck than the Snow Goose. </i></b><b><i>The bill</i></b><b><i> is much smaller proportionally than the Snow Goose, and can show a bit of green coloring at the base. The Ross's Goose may have a much smaller and less obvious grin patch. </i> </b><br />
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Detailed page about the Snow Goose. Although it is multiplying, it is still a rare bird in Orange County. Read all about the Snow Goose.<br />
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Detailed page about the Ross's Goose. Rare in Orange County.<br />
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<a href="http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/domgeese.htm"><span style="color: #3366ff;">Confusing Domestic Geese (and hybrids)</span></a><br />
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From Cornell. Some confusing geese.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But the answer is simple. The drakes are still there, but incognito. They are sporting what is called eclipse plumage. During the summer after breeding season, drakes molt and drop their worn breeding plumage. Their flashy feathers are temporarily replaced by drab, brown feathers that are very like, but not identical to the Mallard hen's usual plumage. However, there are still small, but obvious differences between Mallard hens and drakes. You can still spot the difference by observing the color of the bill and sometimes, but not always by a bit of green color still on the head of the drake. And if it hasn't been dropped in the molt, you may spot the curly tail feathers of the drake.</span><br />
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<i><b>Male Mallard or drake in eclipse plumage. Note the yellowish bill .</b></i></div>
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almost all color phases. The Great Plains race of light colored Red<span style="font-size: small;">-Tails called Krider's has the p<span style="font-size: small;">atagial bar, but not the belly band. Check out<a href="http://www.aba.org/birding/v42n2p38.pdf" target="_blank"> A Study of Krider's Red-tailed Hawk by the American A</a><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.aba.org/birding/v42n2p38.pdf" target="_blank">ssociation</a>. </span></span></span> I have never heard of a Krider's sig<span style="font-size: small;">hting in <span style="font-size: small;">Orange County<span style="font-size: small;">, CA</span>. </span></span></b></span></span><br />
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slightly lighter and some slightly darker, but no extremes. A</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">gain</span>, <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Red-tailed Hawk</span></i></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">have some of the mos<span style="font-size: small;">t va<span style="font-size: small;">riable plumage in the avian<span style="font-size: small;"> wor<span style="font-size: small;">l<span style="font-size: small;">d. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>They
can frequently be seen on lamp lights near streets and freeway exits
and entrances as well as in open country and in parks. </b><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis.html" target="_blank">Red-tailed Haw<span style="font-size: small;">ks</span></a></b></span></b></i><b><span style="font-size: small;"> are very common in Orange County.</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hawks and Eagles</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>In raptors like hawks, eagles, and owls, the female is bigger than the male. Raptors grab prey with their feet. The word "raptor" comes from a Latin word meaning "to seize." If you want to see a wide variety of raptors, go to open country--especially in eastern Orange County. Other open areas to see raptors are large parks or wildlife areas like </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge, Upper Newport Bay, Huntington Central Park, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve. On the latter, note that Huntington Central Park and Bolsa Chica are actually connected by open space which includes oil fields not currently open to the public. However, the birds--especially raptors--treat any area like this as one large, open area and move readily between any similar habitats. So even though a park may be small or moderate size, it depends on the larger area around it as to what raptors it may attract.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bald Eagles are considered rare in Orange County, but there are regular sightings in Fall and Winter. No nesting records.</span></span> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b>Mature Bald Eagle in Prentice Park Zoo</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Mature Bald Eagles have a solid white head and tail, dark body and wing feathers and a large, yellow hooked beak. </b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">They are considered rare birds in Orange County, but are seen regularly <span style="font-size: small;">over l<span style="font-size: small;">akes, rivers, and other bodies of water</span></span>. </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">One w<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">ild, </span>male <span style="font-size: small;">Bald Eagle has visi<span style="font-size: small;">ted a female <span style="font-size: small;">Bald Eagle <span style="font-size: small;">for three years in the fall or winter</span> in the Orange County Zoo in </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/irvine-regional-park-in-orange.html" target="_blank">Irvine Regional Park</a>.</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Immature Bald Eagle <span style="font-size: small;">ha<span style="font-size: small;">s messy<span style="font-size: small;">, white </span></span></span>splotch<span style="font-size: small;">es rather than pat<span style="font-size: small;">che<span style="font-size: small;">s of white</span></span></span>. Photo c<span style="font-size: small;">ourtesy of US F<span style="font-size: small;">WS. Photograp<span style="font-size: small;">her is listed only as Harrison.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Unmistakable when mature, the <span style="font-size: small;">immature <span style="font-size: small;">Bald Eagle <span style="font-size: small;">looks splotchy. Unlike the immature Golden Ea<span style="font-size: small;">gle wh<span style="font-size: small;">ich has neat pat<span style="font-size: small;">ches of white, the immature Bald Eagle<span style="font-size: small;">'s white looks random and messy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mature Bald E<span style="font-size: small;">ag<span style="font-size: small;">l<span style="font-size: small;">e courtesy of USFWS<span style="font-size: small;">--</span>Dave Menke <span style="font-size: small;">photographer.</span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>T<span style="font-size: small;">h<span style="font-size: small;">o<span style="font-size: small;">ugh </span></span></span>Bal<span style="font-size: small;">d <span style="font-size: small;">Eagles are ra<span style="font-size: small;">re, they<span style="font-size: small;"> have </span></span>appeared <span style="font-size: small;">regularly during fall and win<span style="font-size: small;">ter</span> in Ora<span style="font-size: small;">nge County <span style="font-size: small;">in areas with open space<span style="font-size: small;">, rivers, and lakes with fish. <span style="font-size: small;">T<span style="font-size: small;">here have been occasional sightings at other times of the year. As you might expect, Bald Ea<span style="font-size: small;">gles are usually spotted<span style="font-size: small;"> near lakes and rivers</span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><b> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bal<span style="font-size: small;">d Eagles</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> have been seen in</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> areas </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">such </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">as</span> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/irvine-regional-park-in-orange.html" target="_blank">Irvine Regional Park</a></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Peter<span style="font-size: small;">s Canyon Regional Park, Seal Beach<span style="font-size: small;"> at the Wil<span style="font-size: small;">dlife Refuge <span style="font-size: small;">on the marine base<span style="font-size: small;">, the old El Tor<span style="font-size: small;">o Marine Base<span style="font-size: small;"> now the Great Park, Irvine Lake, and other areas near <span style="font-size: small;">or on the way to <span style="font-size: small;">rivers or large lakes</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. </span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Although they nest in many counties around Orange County<span style="font-size: small;"> such as </span>San Bernardino, Ventura, San<span style="font-size: small;"> Die<span style="font-size: small;">go, <span style="font-size: small;">and Riverside cou<span style="font-size: small;">nties, there have <span style="font-size: small;">been no recent nesting records <span style="font-size: small;">a<span style="font-size: small;">ctu<span style="font-size: small;">all<span style="font-size: small;">y in </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Orange County.</span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Orange County Zoo in Irvine Regional Park.</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Rare, Golden Eagles are usually seen over open country in Orange County. They ha<span style="font-size: small;">ve been regularly seen in the east county area <span style="font-size: small;">in the rural areas of <span style="font-size: small;">the C<span style="font-size: small;">ity of Orange, Irvine, and south <span style="font-size: small;">Orange C<span style="font-size: small;">ounty ar<span style="font-size: small;">eas i<span style="font-size: small;">n addition to ra<span style="font-size: small;">rer sightings in other<span style="font-size: small;"> parts <span style="font-size: small;">of the county<span style="font-size: small;">. The most freque<span style="font-size: small;">nt<span style="font-size: small;"> sightings r<span style="font-size: small;">eported </span>over the years are at E<span style="font-size: small;">l Toro Marine Base aka now as the Great Park, in M<span style="font-size: small;">is<span style="font-size: small;">sion Viejo,<span style="font-size: small;"> and at <span style="font-size: small;">O<span style="font-size: small;">'Ne<span style="font-size: small;">ill Park. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><b><br /></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b>Fuller view of Golden Eagle at Orange County Zoo in Irvine Regional Park</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Not<span style="font-size: small;">e the that th<span style="font-size: small;">e cowlick<span style="font-size: small;"> of feather sticking out at the back of the head. This is common to all <span style="font-size: small;">Golden Eagles.</span> </span></span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Immature Golden Eagle shows patches of white as opposed to the random white splotches of the immature bald eagle. Photo <span style="font-size: small;">cou<span style="font-size: small;">rt<span style="font-size: small;">es<span style="font-size: small;">y of US<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">FW<span style="font-size: small;">S. Photograp<span style="font-size: small;">her <span style="font-size: small;">Do<span style="font-size: small;">nna D<span style="font-size: small;">ewhurst.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span><b><i></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Buteos have long, broad wings and a <span style="font-size: small;">short fanned tail</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i><span style="font-size: small;">which allow them to ride thermals up into the sky and soar for long periods of time with little to no flapping. They ride the wind and watch the ground for tasty<span style="font-size: small;"> prey. Extremely common in Orange County. <span style="font-size: small;">It seems like every park or freeway off ramp has <span style="font-size: small;">one<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">perched on a tree or <span style="font-size: small;">st<span style="font-size: small;">reet l<span style="font-size: small;">ight.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><b> </b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Nests in Orange County.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b>Harris's Hawk courtesy of Wikicommons. Photographer Tony Hisgett.</b></i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Check out this great video about Harris's Hawks by National Geographic Kid site <a href="http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/animals-pets-kids/birds-kids/hawk-harris-kids/">http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/animals-pets-kids/birds-kids/hawk-harris-kids/ </a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Swainson's Hawk courtesy of Wikicommons. Photographer Bureau of Land Mana<span style="font-size: small;">gement <span style="font-size: small;">emplo<span style="font-size: small;">yee</span></span>.</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Fairly common in Orange County in wooded areas such as Santiago Oaks, </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/irvine-regional-park-in-orange.html" target="_blank">Irvine Regional Park</a></b></i></span></span>, and <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/central-park-in-huntington-beach.html" target="_blank">Huntington Central Park</a>. Nests in Orange County.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sometimes called the "<span style="font-size: small;">fish hawk<span style="font-size: small;">," <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/osprey-pandion-haliaetus.html" target="_blank">Osprey</a> live almost exclusively on fish<span style="font-size: small;">, but do on rare<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>occasions eat <span style="font-size: small;">smaller </span>birds, lizards, or amphibians. Very common in Orange County. Even stocked pon<span style="font-size: small;">ds and small lakes in Or<span style="font-size: small;">ange County </span>city parks get <span style="font-size: small;">a <span style="font-size: small;">bit of attention from </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/osprey-pandion-haliaetus.html" target="_blank">Osprey</a></span></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">. Several nes<span style="font-size: small;">ting pairs in Orange County<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of two nesting </span></span></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/osprey-pandion-haliaetus.html" target="_blank">Osprey</a></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">at <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/san-joaquin-wildlife-sanctuary.html" target="_blank">San Jo</a><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/san-joaquin-wildlife-sanctuary.html" target="_blank">aquin Wildlife Sanctuary</a><span style="font-size: small;">. </span></span></span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/osprey-pandion-haliaetus.html" target="_blank">Osprey</a></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> eating fish on </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">electrical post at</span> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/12/upper-newport-bay-ecological-reserve.html" target="_blank">Upper Newport Bay</a></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span>.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Regularly seen<span style="font-size: small;"> year round, uncommon, but sightings are increasing. Nests in <span style="font-size: small;">Ora<span style="font-size: small;">nge County,<span style="font-size: small;"> but nesting nu<span style="font-size: small;">mbers we<span style="font-size: small;">nt <span style="font-size: small;">down for a <span style="font-size: small;">fe<span style="font-size: small;">w years. S<span style="font-size: small;">eems to be recovering slowly. 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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Uncommon<span style="font-size: small;"> in <span style="font-size: small;">Orange County as a whole,<span style="font-size: small;"> but may be seen regularly in certain s<span style="font-size: small;">po<span style="font-size: small;">ts </span></span>like </span></span></span></span></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/bolsa-chica-ecological-preserve.html" target="_blank">Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> and <span style="font-size: small;">regi<span style="font-size: small;">onal parks, the Santa Ana River and other area<span style="font-size: small;">s. </span></span></span> </span> </b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Photo courtesy of US FWS. Photographer B<span style="font-size: small;">ill </span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Buchanan<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/american-kestrel.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">American </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kestrel</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Male <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/american-kestrel.html" target="_blank">American <span style="font-size: small;">Kestrel</span></a> up on the mesa in </span></span></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/bolsa-chica-ecological-preserve.html" target="_blank">Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> looking for a meal.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <i>Male </i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/american-kestrel.html" target="_blank">American <span style="font-size: small;">Kestrel</span></a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> striki<span style="font-size: small;">ng a pose.</span></b></span></b></i></div>
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They tend to hover in flight looking for prey. <span style="font-size: small;">It is not uncommon for them to be perched on a dry branch <span style="font-size: small;">scanning the ground for prey. This one looks dow<span style="font-size: small;">n from the mesa at </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></b></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/bolsa-chica-ecological-preserve.html" target="_blank">Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></b></span><b><i>. </i></b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You will also see them at</span></i><b><i> </i></b></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/san-joaquin-wildlife-sanctuary.html" target="_blank">San Jo</a><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/san-joaquin-wildlife-sanctuary.html" target="_blank">aquin Wildlife Sanctuary</a></span></span></i></b>, </span></span></i></b></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/12/upper-newport-bay-ecological-reserve.html" target="_blank">Upper Newport Bay</a></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></i></b></span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">,<span style="font-size: small;"> Santiago Oaks Regional Park, and many other <span style="font-size: small;">locations. 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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">Unlike buteos<span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">, accipiters do not soar, but instead zip among trees in the forests and woodlands and neighborhood foliage in pursuit of prey. These hawks are built for maneuverability and speed. I recently was walking down a path at Mile Square Regional Park Nature Center when an accipiter came barrelling down the narrow, shrub-lined path about two and a half feet off the ground. It quickly swerved around me and sped down the narrow trail. The first two accipiters listed here <span class="gm_ gm_2ae3b0e8-7942-8a6c-8f54-81d4ee095e75 gm-spell">are are</span> almost impossible to tell apart because even though the female Cooper's Hawk is bigger than the female Sharp-shinned, the smaller male Cooper's Hawk and the female Sharp-shinned are much closer in size. Both mature Cooper's and Sharpies have slate gray heads and red eyes. The Sharpie has skinny little legs compared to the bigger, thicker legs of the Cooper's. Like all Accipiters, they have short, rounded wings and long tails. </span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b>Adult <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/coopers-hawk.html" target="_blank">Cooper's Hawk</a> seated in the trees above the ducks and coots at </b></i></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/central-park-in-huntington-beach.html" target="_blank">Huntington Central Park</a></b></span> near the old Alice's Breakfast in the Park.</b></i></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b>He was selecting his or her own breakfast.</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i>Mother </i></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/coopers-hawk.html" target="_blank">Cooper's Hawk</a></b></i></span> watching over her rather partly downy covered fledglings. The smaller Dad was not far away.</i></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To tell the difference between Cooper's Hawks and Sharp-shinned Hawks, check out this excel<span style="font-size: small;">lent </span>link from Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Feeder<span style="font-size: small;">Wat<span style="font-size: small;">ch pages</span></span> <a href="http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/accipiterIDtable.htm" target="_blank">Identifying Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawks</a>.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Uncommon. Very similar to a </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/coopers-hawk.html" target="_blank">Cooper's Hawk</a></b></i></span></b></i></span>, but smaller. However, the male Cooper's Hawk and the female <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2013/12/sharp-shinned-hawk-accipiter-striatus.html" target="_blank">Sharp-Shinned</a> may be a bit closer in size. The <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2013/12/sharp-shinned-hawk-accipiter-striatus.html" target="_blank">Sharp-shinned</a> has very skinny, frail-looking legs compared to the more substantial legs of the Cooper's Hawk. The <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2013/12/sharp-shinned-hawk-accipiter-striatus.html" target="_blank">Sharpie's</a> tail has square corners and a thin white tip while the Cooper's has round corners and a thick white tip. </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To tell the difference between Cooper's Hawks and <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2013/12/sharp-shinned-hawk-accipiter-striatus.html" target="_blank">Sharp-shinned Hawks</a>, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">check out this excel<span style="font-size: small;">lent </span>link from Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Feeder<span style="font-size: small;">Wat<span style="font-size: small;">ch pages</span></span> <a href="http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/accipiterIDtable.htm" target="_blank">Identifying Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawks</a></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">.</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Endangered and rare, California Condors have not had <u>any</u> verified sightings in Orange County, but there have been a tw<span style="font-size: small;">o very</span> recent unverified claims to have seen California Condors in Seal Beach and Costa Mesa,<span style="font-size: small;"> and so I am including them <span style="font-size: small;">for assistance in differentia<span style="font-size: small;">ting the California Condor from other similar birds in Oran<span style="font-size: small;">ge County</span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span><i><b>.</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Compare with the immature Golden Eagle which shows patches of white <span style="font-size: small;">further back on the wing and <span style="font-size: small;">away from the body.<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">The</span></span></span> whi<span style="font-size: small;">te tail has a terminal b<span style="font-size: small;">lack band</span></span></span></b></i></span></span><i><b>. Notice also the difference in <span style="font-size: small;">the color, shape and size of the head. </span>Photo <span style="font-size: small;">cou<span style="font-size: small;">rt<span style="font-size: small;">es<span style="font-size: small;">y of US<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">FW<span style="font-size: small;">S. Photograp<span style="font-size: small;">her <span style="font-size: small;">Do<span style="font-size: small;">nna D<span style="font-size: small;">ewhurst.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Turkey Vulture in flight. Note the <span style="font-size: small;">extremely small head. T</span></span></span></b></i><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">he primaries and secondaries of a Turkey Vulture's wing are gra<span style="font-size: small;">yish white. The tail is dark. </span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></i><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b> Photo courtesy of Wikicommons. Photographer Dori. Al<span style="font-size: small;">tered by <span style="font-size: small;">S<span style="font-size: small;">nowman Radio.</span></span></span></b></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please note that the Golden Eagle is smaller and has a l<span style="font-size: small;">arge, </span>dark head, and a white tail with a terminal black band. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Bald Eagle<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="gmw_"> is also smaller, and </span></span> has a larger white head and a white tail.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The s<span style="font-size: small;">maller </span>Turkey Vulture is dark with a smaller black or red head and two-toned wings seen from below--not patches. The trailing half of a Turkey Vulture's wing is grayish white <span style="font-size: small;">as opposed to the </span>California Condor's clean, white patch in the leading area of the wing near the body.</span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> So pay attention to color and where on the wing the light color is and size. Also note that <span style="font-size: small;">t</span>he California Condor is much larger than the Turkey Vulture. <span style="font-size: small;"> </span>The California Condor's wingspan is about 9.8 feet as compared to the smaller wingspan of the Turkey Vulture which is 5-6 feet.</span></span></b> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>A California Condor will look huge and almost<span style="font-size: small;"> certainly will be tagged because they are en<span style="font-size: small;">dangered and very closely monitored</span></span>. However, <span style="font-size: small;">remember a large vulture with a tag could also be a Turkey Vulture. Turkey Vulture<span style="font-size: small;"> po<span style="font-size: small;">pulations are b<span style="font-size: small;">eing monitored by tagging them<span style="font-size: small;"> as well</span>. So that should not be a deciding <span style="font-size: small;">factor. <span style="font-size: small;">A tagged vulture could be either, but an untag<span style="font-size: small;">ged<span style="font-size: small;"> California Condor shoul<span style="font-size: small;">d <span style="font-size: small;">be c<span style="font-size: small;">are<span style="font-size: small;">fully observed, and <span style="font-size: small;">t<span style="font-size: small;">he </span></span>detail<span style="font-size: small;">s noted to verify your s<span style="font-size: small;">ighting because an un<span style="font-size: small;">tagged condor would be <span style="font-size: small;">extremely<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>unlikely<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><b>. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Take pictures of any California Condor sighting if you ca<span style="font-size: small;">n</span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">. Make notations as to the location and time. Since there are no <span class="gm_ gm_291ce18e-60c0-0b94-c7a9-a651e4b0e3c5 gm-spell">verifiied</span> sightings in Orange County, California, your sighting will be looked at with skepticism until verified.</span></span></span></b><br />
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Orange County Birder Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11773083973078077728noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376461317244790864.post-17282594642158292282010-05-26T22:27:00.000-07:002010-05-27T07:18:53.240-07:00Surviving Spring<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmjbiA6ZFyZwN6nGZYFjBYEa3DdPNX62sHXxnAfWt7dc69hoONozzNQ9d69HGo01kFC2BF-NxHdwUUtJShMGka78_YgmE1tyS_fulN9SLO9ScVk6bdsOwvgT0zvMf_f1V0Pa3xjpjcSI/s1600/Bolsa+Chica+Ecological+II+114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmjbiA6ZFyZwN6nGZYFjBYEa3DdPNX62sHXxnAfWt7dc69hoONozzNQ9d69HGo01kFC2BF-NxHdwUUtJShMGka78_YgmE1tyS_fulN9SLO9ScVk6bdsOwvgT0zvMf_f1V0Pa3xjpjcSI/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Ecological+II+114.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Northern Mockingbird at <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/bolsa-chica-ecological-preserve.html">Bolsa Chica Ecological Preserve</a></em></strong></div><br />
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I received a question from Audry that I am getting from a lot of readers this time of year, and so I thought I would do a post on it. Here is the question:<br />
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I have a question??? I cannot remember ever hearing birds tweeting all night long!!! Seriously it's like from Midnight to all day. They quiet some about mid day, but then start up again at midnight. I think I'm going to lose my mind!! Don't get me wrong the birds are magical to watch in the fountain during the day, but I'm at my wits end. It's been a week of sleepless nights, and earplugs cannot be worn else I'll sleep through the alarm clock. <br />
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Thank you for your question, Audry. This is a common question around this time of year. It is spring, and in spring, birds establish territory and look for mates. They do this by singing. And singing. And then singing some more. Sometimes as birds shift territories, you become the lucky one who gets the loud singers in your front or back yard. I remember years ago I had problems with loud Northern Mockingbirds. For over a decade now, I have been lucky and have had no springtime serenade. The most likely candidate for your loud, singing bird is the Northern Mockingbird. The Northern Mockingbird is loud and has varied songs and sounds. It sings for long periods of time. Another bird that does sing at night on occasion is the <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/05/american-robin-turdus-migratorius.html">American Robin</a>. See my post <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2009/03/whats-that-singing-in-night.html">"What's That Singing in the Night?"</a> <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">1) While ear plugs or noise cancelling headphones are helpful, there are other solutions. White noise is a good idea because it will help block the noise. You can buy simple white noise machines for various prices or make your own by having your CD player on continuous play, using your iPod, or turning on your TV to a channel with no station broadcasting on it. Even a channel with a real station might do the trick. The idea is to have any kind of noise like static, music, rainfall, waves, a babbling brook, wind, etc. Therapists have white noise machines for privacy, but you can use the same thing for sleeping. The continuous, steady noise overlays the bird songs and makes them stand out less to your brain. It is best if the sound source for the white noise is between you and the window. White noise usually does not prevent a person from hearing their alarm, but you may want to try it out first to see if you can hear your alarm with your white noise turned on. Better than finding out after you are late for work.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">2) If you can, make sure your windows are closed to minimize the loud singing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Relaxation techniques can also help. Sometimes it is not so much the sound as it is our reaction to it. Much the same as not being able to sleep is upsetting, and so once you begin to have trouble sleeping you stress out and can't sleep, when the bird starts singing, you get stressed and have even more trouble sleeping. So stress about not being about to sleep can contribute to not sleeping. Check out these sites for information on relaxation techniques: The University of Maryland Sleep Disorders Center has some excellent information for those with and without sleep disorders. Here is the section on <a href="http://www.umm.edu/sleep/relax_tech.htm">relaxation techniques</a>-- and see these relaxation techniques from WebMD <a href="http://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/features/blissing-out-10-relaxation-techniques-reduce-stress-spot">http://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/features/blissing-out-10-relaxation-techniques-reduce-stress-spot</a>. You might even try using a relaxation tape which would effectively combine suggestions 1 and 3.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">3) I would also suggest a few other things that are just for good sleep in general. The reason being that the less ready you are for a nice, restful sleep, the more the birds singing will bother you. The more ready you are to sleep, the more likely you are to sleep through the Mockingbird's Anvil chorus.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">A) Have a regular schedule for your bedtime and waking up. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">B) Eat well and remember to keep hydrated during the day. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">C) Exercise during the day, but avoid exercising within two hours of your bedtime.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">D) Avoid caffeine. As tempting as it is to use it to keep yourself awake during the day, if you are using it in the late afternoon, you are risking keeping yourself up at night for the avian concert.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">E) Avoid using alcohol to sleep because it will not keep you asleep and can in fact wake you up during the night. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">F) Avoid foods that are hard to digest due to high fat or spicy, or that raise your blood sugar a lot. These can also keep you up. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">G) Although adults don’t want to have their favorite story read to them before bedtime, we do best with bedtime routines that help prepare us for sleep. Repeating the same routine before bed can help you prepare for sleep. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">For more advice, read <a href="http://www.umm.edu/sleep/sleep_hyg.htm">Sleep Hygiene from The University of Maryland Sleep Disorders unit</a> .</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Hope this helps and that you can get some sleep. Thanks again for your question.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2009/06/common-yellowthroat-geothlypis-trichas.html">Common Yellowthroat</a> at <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/san-joaquin-wildlife-sanctuary.html">San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary</a></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Orange County Birder Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11773083973078077728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376461317244790864.post-78176392378581262152010-05-06T21:41:00.000-07:002010-05-06T21:43:18.554-07:00San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary and Mason Regional Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBQxaAhHixWSsdrZfQjGKiSFl7EroxrDnc5DDFF7jIeLy1pCqJ70j6kyeyteo5AviLqY1bdeYRGZ8iLmGBsgYd1XeuQB0Tw2UVlWb55Mr_KOxVxMt8WOwW1NBrzaMoNhjlVfMxylhDns/s1600/SJWS+and+Mason+Regional+Park+028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBQxaAhHixWSsdrZfQjGKiSFl7EroxrDnc5DDFF7jIeLy1pCqJ70j6kyeyteo5AviLqY1bdeYRGZ8iLmGBsgYd1XeuQB0Tw2UVlWb55Mr_KOxVxMt8WOwW1NBrzaMoNhjlVfMxylhDns/s400/SJWS+and+Mason+Regional+Park+028.JPG" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em>Looking over a pond at <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/san-joaquin-wildlife-sanctuary.html">San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary</a></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Went out early on Sunday 05/02/2010 to walk and bird at <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/san-joaquin-wildlife-sanctuary.html">San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary</a>. It was a beautiful morning. Didn't see any unusual birds, but it was very relaxing. I was able to watch a lot of familiar species and really appreciate their beauty and behaviors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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You can usually spot <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/03/western-bluebird-sialia-mexicana.html">Western Bluebirds</a> as they fly down from the trees to the ground to forage and fly back up. This is how I spotted this female <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/03/western-bluebird-sialia-mexicana.html">Western Bluebird</a>. <br />
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Mason Regional Park is always full of singing Song Sparrows and Common Yellowthroats. <br />
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As I approached the look out, I saw a <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/black-crowned-night-heron.html">Black-crowned Night Heron</a> fly in. He stayed there while people passed by, and I was able to come fairly close and take pictures and video.<br />
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I didn't put my digital camera on the recharger correctly the night before and it didn't charge. Consequently, I kept having to turn off my camera to conserve batteries. Luckily, they lasted my entire walk. <br />
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The first time I saw an Egyptian Goose, I thought it was a weird park duck. Then I saw a few others who also looked exactly the same. I thought, duh, it is an actual species. So I looked it up. There are escaped Egyptian Geese scattered all over Orange County and in Southern California. They can be fairly quiet, and then start cackling and hissing. With a few together, it can get quite loud. <br />
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It was a great morning birding in two great birding hot spots--San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary and Mason Regional Park. When you are out birding in Orange County, try to visit two birding spots that are close together. Slightly different habitats can yield different species. And birding several different places is just plain fun.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Craig Regional Park is a beautiful park with rolling grassy lawns, lots of trees, two year-round creeks, and a small lake or pond. In addition, there is a small nature center, a rose garden, barbecues, picnic tables, baseball fields, basketball courts, bike trails, and lots of sidewalks to take long, peaceful strolls. It is a nice place to walk and listen to the birds. A great place to bird. The park is 124 acres and is located in both Fullerton and Brea near the Fullerton Dam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Craig Regional Park is named in honor of Ted Craig who was an active city council member, mayor of Brea, member of the state legislature, and regent of the University of California. He was active in the 1920s and 1930s. He spent his life in active public service to Orange County. </span><br />
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<b><i>A bluebird nestbox for the <a href="http://western%20bluebird--sialia%20mexicana/">Western Bluebird</a> who breeds in Orange County as well as other parts of California.</i></b><br />
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Also present in the park are <a href="http://western%20bluebird--sialia%20mexicana/">Western Bluebirds</a>. <a href="http://western%20bluebird--sialia%20mexicana/">Western Bluebirds</a> are also cavity nesters, and there are many bluebird boxes for them in the trees throughout the park.<br />
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<b><i>Female <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/02/wood-duck-aix-sponsa.html">Wood Duck</a> and her 9 ducklings.</i></b> <br />
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The park's lake is stocked with fish and allows fishing with a permit. Of course, this also attracts the usual fish-eating crowd of <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/black-crowned-night-heron.html">Black-crowned Night Herons</a>, <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/snowy-egret.html">Snowy Egrets</a>, <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/12/great-egret-ardea-alba.html">Great Egrets</a>, and <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/great-blue-heron-ardea-herodias.html">Great Blue Herons</a>. In addition, there are usually a few <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/double-crested-cormorant-phalacrocorax.html">Double-crested Cormorants</a> fishing in the lake. They need no permit.<br />
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<a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/black-crowned-night-heron.html"><b><i>Black-crowned Night Heron</i></b></a><b><i> looking for a good fishing spot. This was at almost 11AM.</i></b> <br />
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There are <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/mallards.html">Mallards</a>, Pied-billed Grebes, and the usual assortment of domestic ducks, and a few escaped Egyptian Geese.<br />
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<b><i>Female </i></b><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/03/western-bluebird-sialia-mexicana.html"><b><i>Western Bluebird</i></b></a><b><i> feeding her nestlings.</i></b><br />
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As I walked through the park, I saw a <a href="http://western%20bluebird--sialia%20mexicana/">Western Bluebird</a> couple attending to their babies.<br />
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<b><i>The male <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/03/western-bluebird-sialia-mexicana.html">Western Bluebird</a> keeping watch. He flew off with the female when she emerged from the nestbox.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>One of the streams meandering through the grass at Craig Regional Park.</i></b><br />
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The streams are used by the ducks, egrets, and herons as well.<br />
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<b><i>California Towhee among the flowers.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Female and male <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/02/wood-duck-aix-sponsa.html">Wood Ducks</a> pause on the sidewalk before flying up to the chain link fence.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Since <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/02/wood-duck-aix-sponsa.html">Wood Ducks</a> are perching ducks, you can see them in places you would never find a <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/mallards.html">Mallard</a>.</i></b><br />
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Across the lake another <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/snowy-egret.html">Snowy Egret</a>. Notice that a <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/snowy-egret.html">Snowy Egret</a> is not very big compared to a female Mallard. Non-birders often mistake mature <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/snowy-egret.html">Snowy Egrets</a> for baby egrets when the <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/11/snowy-egret.html">Snowy</a> is standing next to a <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/12/great-egret-ardea-alba.html">Great Egret</a> which is also white. <br />
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<b><i>This <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/05/american-robin-turdus-migratorius.html">American Robin</a> tilted his head often to the side, listening for yummy bugs in the grass.</i></b></div>
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It was a peaceful relaxing morning of walking and birding. So if you are thinking about a place to bird in Northern Orange County, try Craig Regional Park. It is a great place to go birding in Orange County.<br />
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This is one of my favorite ducks. It is a resident of Orange County California and in fact to North and South America. The tell-tale sign of a raft of sleeping Ruddy Ducks are the stiff tails that jut out of the water. It is only in breeding season in Spring and Summer that the male Ruddy Duck sports a blue bill. At other times, it has a dark, brown bill.</div><br />
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The Ruddy Duck's plumage is also changes with the seasons. While the breeding plumage of the male Ruddy Duck is chestnut brown, it fades to a nondescript brown retaining the dark black cap and white cheek. The bill becomes dark brown.<br />
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The smaller female Ruddy Duck has dark brown plumage and a whitish cheek with a streak from the bill toward the back of the head. <br />
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Ruddy Ducks eat aquatic seeds and vegetation. They also eat small fish crustaceans, and aquatic insect larvae. <br />
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The challenging thing about getting a good look at a Ruddy Duck is that it keeps disappearing below the surface of the water to get those aquatic plants and animals. Ruddy Ducks are diving ducks. They don't dabble on the surface like Northern Shovelers, Mallards, or American Wigeons. They dive and resurface a minute or so later in a different spot. Just when you think you have it in view, it disappears. They are much more likely to dive away than fly away. Their legs which are set farther back on their bodies than Mallards, help to make them strong swimmers, but clumsy when it comes to walking on the land. <br />
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<strong><em>Male Ruddy Duck</em></strong><br />
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Ruddy Ducks can be found in the Americas. From North America to South America, Ruddy ducks can be found. in coastal bays, freshwater marshes, natural and man-made lakes, and even ponds. <br />
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While we love to see the Ruddy Duck and enjoy this native species presence, it has been introduced in Europe where it is an alien species. Its hybridization with its already threatened European cousin, the White-headed Duck, has caused concern across the pond. Ruddy Ducks are pretty much despised in Europe and they are attempting to save their own related native White-headed Duck by killing the invasive Ruddy Duck. They have much the same attitude as many here have regarding the European Starling which was introduced in the 1800s and threatens many of our native birds by its aggression.</div><br />
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<div>"A massive cull of ruddy ducks is about to begin in Europe in an effort to save Spain's white-headed duck. The ruddy duck, a native of North America, is now interbreeding with its close relative. Conservationists say the white-headed duck will soon be wiped out if drastic action isn't taken to stop the sexually precocious invader." <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0516_030516_birdextinction_2.html">National Geographic: Humans Are Driving Birds to Extinction, Group Warns</a> </div><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/4098492">Ruddy Duck at Mason Regional Park in Irvine, California</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/ocbirdergirl">OC Birder Girl</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<div>But back at home where he belongs, the Ruddy duck is a part of the habitat and a joy to behold. Birds should be left where they have created a niche in their native habitat.<br />
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So when you are out in the OC, enjoy our native Ruddy Duck in its native habitat--Orange County, California.<br />
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<a href="http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Ruddy_Duck_dtl.html">All About Birds: Ruddy Ducks</a><br />
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<div><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Oxyura_jamaicensis.html">Animal Diversity Web: Ruddy Duck</a><br />
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<a href="http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/696/articles/introduction">The Birds of North America Online</a><br />
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This service is by subscription only, but they have some previews. Very good information.<br />
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<div><a href="http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=95">BirdWeb: Ruddy Duck</a></div><br />
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<div><a href="http://www.ducks.org/hunting/waterfowlGallery/101/index.html">Ducks Unlimited: Ruddy Duck</a></div><br />
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<div>A European view of the Ruddy Duck which is an invasive species there. </div><br />
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The European cousin of the Ruddy Duck that has been endangered by loss of habitat, hunting, and hunter's lead shot, pollution, habitat disturbance, and hybridization with our Ruddy Duck which was introduced in Europe.</div><br />
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<div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Orange County Birder Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11773083973078077728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376461317244790864.post-71442655612392414222010-04-24T21:29:00.000-07:002015-03-01T07:32:52.513-08:00Mandarin Duck<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b><i>Male Mandarin Duck <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/san-joaquin-wildlife-sanctuary.html">San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine</a></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now this is a duck that catches the eye. I remember the first time I saw it about 20 years ago at La Mirada Regional Park. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was gorgeous, and the sail-like feathers rising out of its wings were so unusual. Afterward, I kept hoping to see another at every park with a lake I visited. I saw a female a few years ago, but no male. Finally, I saw another male Mandarin Duck recently when I was out for a walk. </span> </div>
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<b><i>Male Mandarin Duck at <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/san-joaquin-wildlife-sanctuary.html">San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine</a></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mandarin Ducks are perching ducks native to Siberia, China, and Japan. However, in the United States, they are an exotic species. Most Mandarin Ducks in the United States are thought to be escapees or the descendants of escapees. There is a small feral population of Mandarin Ducks in California. Mandarin Ducks are a close relative of the Wood Duck which is a native species. Mandarin Ducks hybridize with another our native Wood Duck who is also a perching duck and rather flashy itself. </span></div>
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<b><i>Female Mandarin Duck at <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/central-park-in-huntington-beach.html">Huntington Central Park</a> near Huntington Lake.</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Male Mandarin is a pretty flashy fellow, and he does attract females from both the Mandarin Duck species and from the Wood Duck. However, due to the extra chromosomes, Mandarins cannot successfully produce hybrid offspring like other ducks. Breeders say they may mate and produce eggs, but they do not hatch. (I am still looking for back up on the lack of offspring in literature.) He is a faithful fellow though, sticking around for several seasons with the same female and taking part in guarding the nest. For these reasons Mandarins are considered a symbol of faithfulness in Asia. </span></div>
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<b><i>Male Mandarin Duck. Check out those interesting sail-like feathers.</i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The female Mandarin Duck is more plain. She is very similar in appearance to the female Wood Duck. The female Mandarin has what look like eye glasses. She has a thin circle around the eye and a line from the circle toward the back of her head. The female Wood Duck's eye is in a white tear drop. Check out my post <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/wood-duck-or-mandarin-duck.html">Wood Duck or Mandarin Duck?</a> for more details.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mandarin Ducks eat seeds, grain, acorns, insects, mollusks including snails, fish, and water plants. They prefer areas with water such as streams, ponds, and marshes that are near forested or woody areas. </span></div>
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<b><i>Male Mandarin from behind.</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mandarin Ducks nest in holes in trees and will utilize nest boxes like the Wood Duck. Like the Wood Duck, the Mandarin Duck's ducklings jump down from the nest which can be higher than 25 feet in the air. The mother jumps down first and calls them. The ducklings jump down to follow her</span>. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Besides the United States, feral populations of Mandarin Ducks exist in England and Scotland. In Orange County, Mandarin Ducks appear at different rivers, streams, ponds, and lakes sporadically. It is impossible to predict where they may show up, but places like Huntington Central Park, Irvine Regional Park, Mile Square Park, Craig Regional Park, the Santa Ana River, San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary are possibilities and other locations are possible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So if you are out birding in Orange County and see a Mandarin Duck, count yourself lucky. It doesn't happen every day.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Male Mandarin Duck </span></b><br />
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<strong><em>Cedar Waxwings hanging out near a window--lucky for me.</em></strong><br />
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<strong><em>The flock numbered about 40 Cedar Waxwings.</em></strong><br />
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<strong><em>Seeing birds where I work is a pick-me-up.</em></strong><br />
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Be aware of your surroundings. Even in places you don't expect it, you can see some pretty amazing birds right were you are now. Birding in Orange County doesn't mean that you have to go to a nature preserve. The birds gather were there is food, water, and shelter. So don't forget to check out the places where you live, shop, or work. You might just find an interesting bird.<br />
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On Saturday I took a walk in <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/irvine-regional-park-in-orange.html">Irvine Regional Park</a> in Orange. There is something so relaxing about <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/irvine-regional-park-in-orange.html">Irvine Regional Park</a>. I parked by the lake and stopped to see which birds were at the lake. The ducks were swimming quietly by. All the drakes were in eclipse plumage. The Mallards and Wood Duck drakes where decked out in plumage that was very different from their usual flashy feathers.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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Wood Duck drakes undergo an even more extreme change. Not only is there a change in color, but he loses his beautiful crest. He looks drabber and a bit odd. <br />
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<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnf2hRAd4smjthEzvLKEPFU-ul49dGd6xXrzujGera6WkNIWiVx_2css_4H2W23cNeCvvympEJHcycai0A8K5dvAQBFRAzm-BGlUKSloaubtlKhTFsAolhwCGRv4_ruKnLZJnHsTTZgg/s1600-h/Irvine+Regional+Park+163.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377983625993556338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnf2hRAd4smjthEzvLKEPFU-ul49dGd6xXrzujGera6WkNIWiVx_2css_4H2W23cNeCvvympEJHcycai0A8K5dvAQBFRAzm-BGlUKSloaubtlKhTFsAolhwCGRv4_ruKnLZJnHsTTZgg/s400/Irvine+Regional+Park+163.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><strong><em> A large California black walnut tree.</em></strong><br />
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Birds that eat the nut meats from the California black walnut are towhees, grosbeaks, finches, thrashers, titmice, and crows.<br />
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<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4tjzmRwulbtwtRAKtLhNRqDmQ4SLohz9MBV-qHJVA3-naQhzP670smxQD1EVecixdtG0cAkcmT6gCrAX1vyOMn3PRgUZb-LFY86e5MsvDAcIDx3ejl7a36RHA3WkVvfRIPUEXWN_d_4/s1600-h/Irvine+Regional+Park+198+-+Copy.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377983615287658514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4tjzmRwulbtwtRAKtLhNRqDmQ4SLohz9MBV-qHJVA3-naQhzP670smxQD1EVecixdtG0cAkcmT6gCrAX1vyOMn3PRgUZb-LFY86e5MsvDAcIDx3ejl7a36RHA3WkVvfRIPUEXWN_d_4/s400/Irvine+Regional+Park+198+-+Copy.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 299px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><strong><em> Bewick's Wren--one of several wren species in the park.</em></strong><br />
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By a leaky sprinkler there were Bewick's Wrens, Bullocks Orioles, Anna's Hummingbirds, Lesser Goldfinches, and lots of other little birds. Water is a big draw for birds of all kinds. Even something as small as a little leaky sprinkler becomes a busy watering hole. The nearby wagons and trees became perches for the birds as they checked the area out for predators before going down for a drink.<br />
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<div><strong><em>Acorn Woodpecker on phone pole being used as a granary tree.</em></strong><br />
I walked over by the zoo to catch a look at the Acorn Woodpeckers that have turned a telephone pole into a granary tree filled with acorns. And also to check out the flowers for hummingbirds and butterflies.<br />
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<strong><em>Western Tiger Swallowtail.</em></strong><br />
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Over by the zoo are California fuschia and other plants that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. I could not get a clear picture of the hummers, but did get a few of a Western Tiger Swallowtail.<br />
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<strong><em>This was one noisy male Peacock.</em></strong> <br />
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Peacocks can be found anywhere in Irvine Regional Park, but they are found especially by the horses and the zoo. They are not native species, but can be found in the hills around the City of Orange. Peacocks aka Peafowl have been raised by people in Southern California over the years and are periodically released or escape. There are colonies in several Southern California areas such as Palos Verdes Estates, the City of Orange, and Arcadia. In spring and summer, they call loudly looking for mates sounding like a cat on steroids. It can be unnerving. As this Peacock shrieked, a small boy, hands over his ears, implored his mother and grandmother to "Make it stop!" He was frightened. His mom explained the Peacock was looking for the mother peacock which somewhat mollified the boy, but he still looked relieved to be moving away from the caterwauling peacock toward the zoo entrance.<br />
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The strangest thing I saw was a Western Kingbird flycatching insects off the surface of the lake. It would swoop down and splash into the water. Then it would go up in the tree to dry off, and then do the whole thing again. <br />
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The next time you are looking for a place to go birding, try <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2008/01/irvine-regional-park-in-orange.html">Irvine Regional Park</a>.</div><div></div><div><br />
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Or perhaps I should say flying.</em></strong><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377976474533963570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3a4qI7ts9ENUYxuVRllDgFSxyyIsUAFXBVSFS3TQ1mj567jaszk1KkoNDV0L_jUrNUXuqdg8d0hB8M3UCxCpjccPIp5uaznv4sm4PACfRAOyx1n-vHVgVNLuufJCsl92f-zUJCawUqIw/s400/Bolsa+Chica+226.JPG" /><strong><em>Every egret, heron, tern, gull, Willet, Brown Pelican, and Black Stilt seemed to be flying somewhere. </em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_PEG5gAo0gFWbfGBc4sD7UfxXmEhkK0BEjqgqFbh5cI0RDGPbDgkFEvIDe0MDCLLuXORviHkTY7N2swuIHirt0ktn1cxVWYf3SAo_PujV3PQnbWwXv7ePxf4mh7YArwzO8rVgl-qP3Y/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+208.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377975681005959042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_PEG5gAo0gFWbfGBc4sD7UfxXmEhkK0BEjqgqFbh5cI0RDGPbDgkFEvIDe0MDCLLuXORviHkTY7N2swuIHirt0ktn1cxVWYf3SAo_PujV3PQnbWwXv7ePxf4mh7YArwzO8rVgl-qP3Y/s400/Bolsa+Chica+208.JPG" /></a><strong><em>Terns and gulls nesting in the distance with a Snowy Egret flying across the pickleweed in the foreground.<br /></em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6UUOLNQzlTp_u3L5n8j44uZz6QwVrZayB-NIxQczuzoMapdxDE4BseriEMRWCzy7Oern71AImXp8Je4kY3u1ojL6kgMA125BJFA-GLdHzvPHOZ60Oucq611IUUN6iq_tg4At8esDa-w/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+036.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375333259456670978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6UUOLNQzlTp_u3L5n8j44uZz6QwVrZayB-NIxQczuzoMapdxDE4BseriEMRWCzy7Oern71AImXp8Je4kY3u1ojL6kgMA125BJFA-GLdHzvPHOZ60Oucq611IUUN6iq_tg4At8esDa-w/s400/Bolsa+Chica+036.JPG" /></a> <strong><em>Willets winging it over the pickleweed.</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4zfcX5Y8iaCfV1aeKLjikWFPlFrdDcbBik4g9gakLUHKWjPQbtJ0zT12y8vdC3Gd5polD9sMrVIGd-WBCi6vzcpjkqXuh2KK7IPHJSFQMquiboxNZzKu45reQpp4AfBcnMI1t39PgcU/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+041.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375333244110025138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4zfcX5Y8iaCfV1aeKLjikWFPlFrdDcbBik4g9gakLUHKWjPQbtJ0zT12y8vdC3Gd5polD9sMrVIGd-WBCi6vzcpjkqXuh2KK7IPHJSFQMquiboxNZzKu45reQpp4AfBcnMI1t39PgcU/s400/Bolsa+Chica+041.JPG" /></a><strong><em>Snowy Egret touching down.</em></strong><br /><br /></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0X0cLWkSo4LxlwFq2B4dSxZw7qreZh50UNx5ygk4pZkoWdomyfdEgcKZcJBTkeNjOz_7xQJYCp5gjDo78_Hlm-0Zc8AJhd3L0Vs4YQxSXTYzTsyL33DORktMQZTj5IT9hrEZj69GGkDc/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+204.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377975671228659410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0X0cLWkSo4LxlwFq2B4dSxZw7qreZh50UNx5ygk4pZkoWdomyfdEgcKZcJBTkeNjOz_7xQJYCp5gjDo78_Hlm-0Zc8AJhd3L0Vs4YQxSXTYzTsyL33DORktMQZTj5IT9hrEZj69GGkDc/s400/Bolsa+Chica+204.JPG" /></a><br /><strong><em>Snowy Egret flying off to new adventures.</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTd3qIlqIkKgpD4v8B9rLRt-67vMpVeyd1I_QeuVqTt-fc6NhDyuEG7yFe_3You2UUgwciMqPma5FW_zasGGHwoELAFeFa-qHaznsEieP8H-KN_1_XvquOq0l_5dhCqnRjNExjPRQ-WU/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+175+-+Copy.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377975655848949586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTd3qIlqIkKgpD4v8B9rLRt-67vMpVeyd1I_QeuVqTt-fc6NhDyuEG7yFe_3You2UUgwciMqPma5FW_zasGGHwoELAFeFa-qHaznsEieP8H-KN_1_XvquOq0l_5dhCqnRjNExjPRQ-WU/s400/Bolsa+Chica+175+-+Copy.JPG" /></a><strong><em> Snowy Egret coming in for a landing. Looks like he is taking a bow.</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNl_4JokYkCX-Klg5OAEb5IASgkN_fa4DLEJkP5tvlN3x1zMUkwKB17dJmk5n73SQIZbP0SyrMOjJOBwgpwcg7xWj1LlM94Y-EAGC-c21xRR7juIX8CUnv9veHN4A071ooj3i8kMwC0A/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+170.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377975648904361138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNl_4JokYkCX-Klg5OAEb5IASgkN_fa4DLEJkP5tvlN3x1zMUkwKB17dJmk5n73SQIZbP0SyrMOjJOBwgpwcg7xWj1LlM94Y-EAGC-c21xRR7juIX8CUnv9veHN4A071ooj3i8kMwC0A/s400/Bolsa+Chica+170.JPG" /></a><br /><strong><em>Snowy Egrets taking off again.</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSk-r0e0hs-JG18qqYUfD5bUFHa22f2S0rH5Pg9oysA0jUD_ryTRXy3DYvBb5VPIwZd30IDpG-9DIIjPphKfQTgQWuSGkYq_s9SKFP1D4lOEel_Xv9MZXEZhcyU1uA-ujo6wZr7ymVcQs/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+153+-+Copy.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377973145859276930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSk-r0e0hs-JG18qqYUfD5bUFHa22f2S0rH5Pg9oysA0jUD_ryTRXy3DYvBb5VPIwZd30IDpG-9DIIjPphKfQTgQWuSGkYq_s9SKFP1D4lOEel_Xv9MZXEZhcyU1uA-ujo6wZr7ymVcQs/s400/Bolsa+Chica+153+-+Copy.JPG" /></a><em><strong> Black Skimmer flying over the water.<br /></strong></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377973119720671090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XpbtSgQS_nFBX0_P9rbfn1VfBR9Hj4cksEnMEQ8agIAhHrXGChuzwI_ek-MuxcpSj4BWe8Uz6DOZkjaXMKnLhaoxPfBwr2ApjMfLa7VHuDqJ4MaPRRe1dT81x1YO75rh_gNdIFX1PKw/s400/Bolsa+Chica+150+-+Copy.JPG" /><strong><em>Black Skimmer skimming the water heading for a Snowy Egret.</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><div><strong><em><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377973129713407026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiubvBk0_DU3VpAvHbjar9AItASEJiA34S_6c8UeNV6XEcnckipQI6ieOIWvFlVKy73Vu0vR05R0QinCGsHCzl83C735sqNRcvxVeOkfoEl_5bTtt1hneVc3cvGUeuuj1NDX7bjh_4scbw/s400/Bolsa+Chica+151+-+Copy.JPG" />Black Skimmer skimming closer and closer to the Snowy Egret.</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377973136903307826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ084zg_Yl3obAC38k5Fg2RmUrvjP4M0EXMLH9fQN_Pg6qLUz7nnPJJZs6GOISQLkK2Tiqhz2p36NfENzRl-FE4ZboFnSwXpqnUb1om6Cy3CNVbkMLiVI0AO790dhhgF-UM2gwbg4990E/s400/Bolsa+Chica+152+-+Copy.JPG" /><br /><strong><em>Missed it by that much.</em></strong><br /><div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-qoe3zL0CV-2xzhxhlC92k_0ixCDZhMjFqT5-6ijLNzmh9poTjEqDVpjyY9aca-YPpPEgRYUidG-22S59IXpOilzrNOv3wGs2w4Ua-xqnOcp6ygbhJTGt1LmBDLkQ26PeXFzKk1ydCU/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+123+-+Copy.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377973114315382290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-qoe3zL0CV-2xzhxhlC92k_0ixCDZhMjFqT5-6ijLNzmh9poTjEqDVpjyY9aca-YPpPEgRYUidG-22S59IXpOilzrNOv3wGs2w4Ua-xqnOcp6ygbhJTGt1LmBDLkQ26PeXFzKk1ydCU/s400/Bolsa+Chica+123+-+Copy.JPG" /></a><br /><strong><em>Another Snowy Egret off to check out the rest of Bolsa Chica.</em></strong><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375333268284062770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw72eGfIaQT-rHaobipTCYccOZqK8xnBbezlE7mmNXgwVEp9SFOjxC6BVh5DVfrpE0km8iEoLpc8SksnM7D7DHKRsVqkN0rHlkBNWzY6xt2u48VYCoVzXWf8JhCZH4H5t7YvqW4FIhx1w/s400/Bolsa+Chica+048.JPG" /><br /><strong><em>Great Egret splashing as he zeroes in on a fish.</em></strong></div><strong><em></em></strong><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375336410181643858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCcLb1FledeRcHVh_KKazUs1vub7uirlbGcsf14FqOff_jVROUqvS_nKKxYE-BkU6xjxApcDwS6Rcjajxzp7kpCzlIuMcE59w-BoJZpPHUeiF1G8YopbmnaDDrDyeSXbKplAyuJXsP_M/s400/Bolsa+Chica+050.JPG" /><strong><em>Bingo.</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375333275097007282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi813KziFlyFh6pOcemwkRHM5bsh8hqcEa-BAVZ2l5nrwDxGN-681fY4PoKbwXyCsJOM5nYpJ72WZbglFoMaEAINzishDrsv9XZ9WQxXq038voPOWCOwNud6dhqlVc4h272D-4mtxWpuLA/s400/Bolsa+Chica+049.JPG" /><br /><strong><em>Looking for the best way to swallow it.<br /></em></strong><div><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375336419934004082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhay47tWYU4fNzlGaPV-t2Nfh8xW0yi9GGC9ZHulRgpTkhDBNk1pDPoDKBqpFcJTQGGQ_oSNJ9TNay93dFov3Zd08tmJcuAf0hyphenhyphenbsESHfiZc74zdweb41Nb8lZQbUku-XUL39yqz2uCtpQ/s400/Bolsa+Chica+051.JPG" /><strong><em> Yum.<br /></em></strong></div></div></div><div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375336426743609586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAyl-8I9iWYvArWwQUtR5azq6LD8glhWqoATYl1KIm3vE_wJ0S3UjPjjjzma0usjxbndQNN6oEne9G3nf-yuQekEAjnmUhjhL-WwnPWGjGhJ203kM6tJjfnfRsFhXp4TFvRRIp5RaHnQ/s400/Bolsa+Chica+069.JPG" /> </div><div><strong><em>Another catch! This one smaller.</em></strong></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375336437057498274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLkCSgIxXeldMA05CP8XTW2MksSRRzW9apFRVqGiUMHVAziI8uNd9FY0Va0Xicn4rE7bjBcXL2jgXuTj5qTygR3rq19mecsCzT2jN8HYAG0pI_scHt-21Jz8LYiK5_M58YWb5HTMNnb0/s400/Bolsa+Chica+070.JPG" /> <strong><em>Ahhh, nothing like a good fish for breakfast!</em></strong></div><strong><em></em></strong></div><strong><em></em></strong></div><strong><em></em></strong></div><strong><em></em></strong></div><strong><em></em></strong></div><strong><em></em></strong></div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ocbirderca.blogspot.com/">Home</a> - <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/index-of-posts-to-my-birding-blog.html">Index</a> - <a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3376461317244790864&postID=3952438256952379728">Contact</a> - <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/ocbirdergirl">Shop</a> - <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/12/ask-oc-birder-girl.html">Ask the OC Birder Girl </a>- <a href="http://vimeo.com/ocbirdergirl">OC Birder Girl Videos </a>Orange County Birder Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11773083973078077728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376461317244790864.post-10924387573734111592009-07-02T17:14:00.001-07:002009-07-27T22:27:54.861-07:00Encore at Bolsa Chica<em></em><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354392056839254562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwsfEhVs9xOT6Ba3z8VhNpeJrBu8KEdTHZbTPlo5J9YphT3aVqhXY-Z5aU28kHgEMbgehCfKNGor_cxcavMo31H8zMxG53pr1cUL3WaxiE3HHNbTt9xEKGv5-Ib_2ft0fAMy61GWEJeE/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+163.JPG" /> <p><strong><em><a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/bolsa-chica-ecological-preserve.html">Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve</a> is a nesting area for Least Terns, Forster's Terns, and several other terns as well.</em></strong> </p><p>Noise is the main thing you notice at <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/09/bolsa-chica-ecological-preserve.html">Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve</a> in the Spring. There are terns flying everywhere and diving into the water. They fly high and so low that they whiz by the heads and shoulders of people standing or walking on the footbridge.</p><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354372400668675330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnobTCnVpEsgcfa6ADn3Cb6y8SnLd0BUb3eCsorZrD3924z25oI_HT0UQxr7cdQKxSIFO8ry_xu0MC-k-N3PR9TXFMtFibuNIm_9Sos94JF7OaY2rWT2l66MFsvbGp06yogwf-6o-mmbo/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+008.JPG" /><strong><em>Pickleweed is a major part of wetland habitat and is useful for many animals and birds.</em></strong></p><p>Pickleweed is prime foraging area for Willets, Belding's Savannah Sparrows, and in the winter rare bird the American Bittern. It provides shelter for those birds plus the Marbled Godwit. It is a wonderful place for the Black-necked Stilt to raise its young. In the spring, it is in the pickleweed you will see nesting Black-necked Stilts and their young.<br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354392059890997858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipfewHGKkWMJLNpWb8k2tOvjsIowsW4faVQHbGCyV_yZ18BFC46zF7V2KOQxAMjUdE3VnjuUkeukxXUcySyXyyxCmf_L7pn8SGIzUKfE-4mHVTtYnP-lfcPoEmtfXHaN8XSEeFtRkkAXk/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+142.JPG" /><br /><strong><em>Snowy Egret fishing in the shallows.</em></strong><br /><br />If you are out at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, notice the different feeding techniques the Snowy Egret has. It shakes its leg in the shallow to stir up the fish and other animals, but stands in deeper water with its head close to the surface. Circumstance changes strategy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354392052557072130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchVQGEQQkGTvMEi6gia-UmKmkNOeIuE5kh7LTiT8-C909Tk6tnS6DXDvFoCBfIZmDRYYwJG6LboQ4687RJBkPKEdf9O2DyH1jschHmGxtT7X3NNgm_GNPuqyaUs3GyhQI9J6Pb9wkfmo/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+189.JPG" /> </p><p><strong><em>Mutt and Jeff. Snowy Egret in the foreground and the much larger Great Egret behind it. </em></strong><br /><br />Snowy in the foreground is small in comparison to the much larger Great Egret. I have mentioned before in this blog that when people see the Snowy Egret and the Great Egret together they often erroneously assume that the smaller egret is the the larger egret's baby, but both are adults. Just two different species.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354392036195046322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdrNApDD8_W72avgRO9LQ94zzxF_mCWOYl69ktQ2Z01nssyZmbaOJevB5X4Ib6ddbgCYMgeG0LwlPzHLZEL1ShTUBFVkiro2gYat9kDGH3KDDtvaObu8mGyegmnz4oIpmXCr0Jvt3Ux0/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+123+-+Copy+-+Copy.JPG" /><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br /><strong><em>As a Least Tern plunges into the water after a fish, a much larger relative, the Black Skimmer skims the surface of the water for fish to snap up and eat.</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354392045712440322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7oy8TEhBETpadWGk_CyrSKknELrPNYDfEvHNbjjtRWRByhNEg7m1ZtjraI3sj_Gr0Px52B98l2WFV5LrnZAFd4-S2Md3SG_aExcPg_GgEqugenSUCznooyj7jg3xsvHymyaQMItenDA/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+194.JPG" /> <strong><em></em></strong><br /><strong><em>A Great Egret in flight.</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354396679971614018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3tef31CsWD_CzEbQXS8JBNRdwe4XebKW-_avY9g8jb1t4LGLcX3gXXtME-zhjTjHi5hHJXiGgKZUjjofFc1Incx4TL0bHnVVJqbUp-5vqb5y5xRTBcGkREjgbIsgwTj2xE4ffxg7qzs/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+121.JPG" /><br /><strong><em>Black Skimmer flies through.</em></strong> <strong>Notice that the lower mandible is much longer than the upper mandible. This makes skimming much easier.<br /><br /></strong><br /><br />There were lots of flying birds at Bolsa Chica today.<br /><div><br /><div><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv39TJf7c1wFydkPcfMAggAH1M9-kqBNGnsK3tjSSgXigZm5qgGky9OJtaln-gkgZk0SL3P7KXSWH9UjWm-pbV6-3gaQTvedPEgwJWe-p253CoOcw9sCMXzibTKTRU0uqSq4FlzwawWB4/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+101.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354384913802056946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv39TJf7c1wFydkPcfMAggAH1M9-kqBNGnsK3tjSSgXigZm5qgGky9OJtaln-gkgZk0SL3P7KXSWH9UjWm-pbV6-3gaQTvedPEgwJWe-p253CoOcw9sCMXzibTKTRU0uqSq4FlzwawWB4/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+101.JPG" /></a><br /><strong><em>A sting ray in the water.<br /></em></strong><br />I love standing on the bridge and looking at the parade of sting rays that goes under the bridge. Also some great underwater life including fish and things that look like coral to me but probably aren't.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmaSq1h-ySkwNJCnxm2pLTTm7-k1gNeG6mm0VP8u24KV1_3Tpi8fGX4BnVORx1quXBOG3KfcJGkerZbxGWzLZL8UynXkxWiRZZWk-Bfzs_xq9J_ADLK7S3YjXI452vVNkwfGdYk8Ftnw/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+091+-+Copy+-+Copy.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354384901728882258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmaSq1h-ySkwNJCnxm2pLTTm7-k1gNeG6mm0VP8u24KV1_3Tpi8fGX4BnVORx1quXBOG3KfcJGkerZbxGWzLZL8UynXkxWiRZZWk-Bfzs_xq9J_ADLK7S3YjXI452vVNkwfGdYk8Ftnw/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+091+-+Copy+-+Copy.JPG" /></a> <strong><em>One Least Tern gets lucky and then gets chased for its prize. </em></strong></div><strong><em></em></strong></div><strong><em></em></strong></div><strong><em></em></strong></div><strong><em></em></strong></div><br /><div><div>When a bird gets a fish, it also gets a following. Luckily, this bird only has one tern on its tail. It is like eating with a large family. Eat fast or someone else will eat it.<br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NVR2ydhgEbpCVkabILTxHc1GXTJowPLPE9vAw7-WeN-FIaa4AE1jYO5Pw6qdoUW2Y3CpEkgBbCQ1jCcvMmYo10a-6wzkWIZ_0qh6ObDljWF9ISoukc4LyUyEGDLUrCON0KtmK-mAL7w/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+071.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354384900040017890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NVR2ydhgEbpCVkabILTxHc1GXTJowPLPE9vAw7-WeN-FIaa4AE1jYO5Pw6qdoUW2Y3CpEkgBbCQ1jCcvMmYo10a-6wzkWIZ_0qh6ObDljWF9ISoukc4LyUyEGDLUrCON0KtmK-mAL7w/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+071.JPG" /></a> </div><div></div><br /><div><strong><em>Time to rest on the bridge.</em></strong> <strong><em>A Forester's Tern.<br /></em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26Nnl93PuXzjug-_6AaAFUYoyfMgjnin7ClzJWZh9dUE_dsmbMlyrze42bjzWe6OTQS-6LoXeA5v6RtKcG8AbpKMZswHssNWL2jRsu226T7HEZtpxYEJuMUpwA2hCROwsDrbLO7UkVnk/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+062+-+Copy+-+Copy.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354384894660954034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26Nnl93PuXzjug-_6AaAFUYoyfMgjnin7ClzJWZh9dUE_dsmbMlyrze42bjzWe6OTQS-6LoXeA5v6RtKcG8AbpKMZswHssNWL2jRsu226T7HEZtpxYEJuMUpwA2hCROwsDrbLO7UkVnk/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+062+-+Copy+-+Copy.JPG" /></a> <strong><em>Great Egret coming in for a landing.<br /></em></strong><br /><br />A group of several Snowies and a Great Egret came flying in together. An unusual group.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEzjaX3cS95yL2m6OsC_7PEbJyYwsZastCeakoING8O7gw9Bc2eljkCpc4kxxLVMtcvVSqyFhn-HxUhsfWxOjta1AvkqA-jCrx1GAmQVd9p0VWvSRHpRx4jkKV0Alroqc4cEmBebI3kE/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+062+-+Copy+-+Copy+(2).JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354375432907989218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEzjaX3cS95yL2m6OsC_7PEbJyYwsZastCeakoING8O7gw9Bc2eljkCpc4kxxLVMtcvVSqyFhn-HxUhsfWxOjta1AvkqA-jCrx1GAmQVd9p0VWvSRHpRx4jkKV0Alroqc4cEmBebI3kE/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+062+-+Copy+-+Copy+(2).JPG" /></a></div><br /><div><strong><em>Another case of a bird with a fish and an entourage. This is a Snowy Egret.</em></strong></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>But the Snowies and the Great Egret weren't merely keeping this little Snowy company, they were after his very large fish. He wasn't about to give it up. It was a huge fish. I don't know how he would ever get it down.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicF_pR66wjimUe_Q6kYJG132Te_80SvmNnabv3bjzmHuTsH-UcM3XNH4d7XaTWGrWMcSP6Eesm1dHwfSpxzMt4xgumS7JIGSlNzrV3uXGOJ7M-ct-_aXoqfkhVeimgQN47wrs25H_UILI/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+066.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354375425721926194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicF_pR66wjimUe_Q6kYJG132Te_80SvmNnabv3bjzmHuTsH-UcM3XNH4d7XaTWGrWMcSP6Eesm1dHwfSpxzMt4xgumS7JIGSlNzrV3uXGOJ7M-ct-_aXoqfkhVeimgQN47wrs25H_UILI/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+066.JPG" /></a> <strong><em>The Snowy with the fish takes off and they all take off in hot pursuit.</em></strong><br /><br /><br />The Snowy, crest raised in annoyance, headed out for a more isolated eating spot with his "friends" in hot pursuit.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqm6Ru0bDH7i_YVtCNiBbWesm9NikXr3odpOQDjGUR3ZZxADyVCRCunIhok3v6OyrSrbOzF6GCf6yXdp7_uL-AYQMkygHp-pKoUAeg4ZNmiWOQ9ZZSFR5pswP9z-aoZTuyFkSKZd_fBgw/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+036.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354375420392231234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqm6Ru0bDH7i_YVtCNiBbWesm9NikXr3odpOQDjGUR3ZZxADyVCRCunIhok3v6OyrSrbOzF6GCf6yXdp7_uL-AYQMkygHp-pKoUAeg4ZNmiWOQ9ZZSFR5pswP9z-aoZTuyFkSKZd_fBgw/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+036.JPG" /></a><br /><strong><em>This Snowy is persistent.</em></strong> <strong>No fish yet for this patient Snowy.<br /></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLsne0KqTfEfJ1O86ZBZZUl9hOkAvh41hYraKnAXMfThCO1dx6V_iyGGce7UcMdo14nidBSWhU638w89VxYYhy-Po6rtCUt4DFcpVp7mAewFmcIK2wKlqFoV-niVcApYJik-I_-ZKo9Q/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+040+-+Copy.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354372423074328834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLsne0KqTfEfJ1O86ZBZZUl9hOkAvh41hYraKnAXMfThCO1dx6V_iyGGce7UcMdo14nidBSWhU638w89VxYYhy-Po6rtCUt4DFcpVp7mAewFmcIK2wKlqFoV-niVcApYJik-I_-ZKo9Q/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+040+-+Copy.JPG" /></a><br /><strong>A few false tries.<br /></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBlg4iff_0SCKVd3178CGcX3afFvvSwrjG-EbcHg2i6JwfDbVDwdJKNtWeZFtJPsj9_l6IE4p8-TMTgpOGR-9T_B4rArYq4qgNQ5pYBl_nAenCr2NhxTbUH1SNVMzV3b73zc_NSP2DWGc/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+029.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354372417137607298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBlg4iff_0SCKVd3178CGcX3afFvvSwrjG-EbcHg2i6JwfDbVDwdJKNtWeZFtJPsj9_l6IE4p8-TMTgpOGR-9T_B4rArYq4qgNQ5pYBl_nAenCr2NhxTbUH1SNVMzV3b73zc_NSP2DWGc/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+029.JPG" /></a><strong><em> Success. Snowy gets a wiggly little fish.</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br />For Egrets and Herons, persistence always pays off.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFL5hYllhPhAJKV_F9sYzLGTaHFJe0qfWFqhYxuK49Y0dd4a9h_Ro7sCTggUMCXSvVIERv87uuIv_pwbVivfIXeL6bX8k1hRCQJyBaDb5E3OrJcAi-bdAiLPCuv48w_NGyTfZurzXwp50/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354372413504788674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFL5hYllhPhAJKV_F9sYzLGTaHFJe0qfWFqhYxuK49Y0dd4a9h_Ro7sCTggUMCXSvVIERv87uuIv_pwbVivfIXeL6bX8k1hRCQJyBaDb5E3OrJcAi-bdAiLPCuv48w_NGyTfZurzXwp50/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+003.JPG" /></a><br /><strong><em>Willet.</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br />I just love watching Willets. They are so cute. They often come near the bridge. Their call is so loud and the bold black-and-white pattern on their wings contrasts with their usual drab, gray plumage.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0KoVecSMFd3QLqj2V94SUk-k8rvgmrfeW_6xZECW4J03ZRw0QmZE6dS0vy32r5gt17aAYjBtQSUExa3_aoNC4b0oYQI2grqlNogiLKmvvfTBuQH_Xp14sN9sdZXI4mVZjSnPf1UAIzQ/s1600-h/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354372405363362130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0KoVecSMFd3QLqj2V94SUk-k8rvgmrfeW_6xZECW4J03ZRw0QmZE6dS0vy32r5gt17aAYjBtQSUExa3_aoNC4b0oYQI2grqlNogiLKmvvfTBuQH_Xp14sN9sdZXI4mVZjSnPf1UAIzQ/s400/Bolsa+Chica+Another+Short+Walk+001.JPG" /></a><strong><em> Another Willet in breeding plumage. Usually they are just plain gray.</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5461731&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5461731&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object></p><p align="center"><a href="http://vimeo.com/5461731">Black Skimmer at Bolsa Chica</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/ocbirdergirl">OC Birder Girl</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />I love to see Black Skimmers, bills open, skimming the water for fish and other goodies. They snap their heads up when they catch something. I love to stand by the bridge or the channels to see them fly by, bills in the water, hugging the shore.<br /><br /><br /><div><br />Being able to walk onto the bridge as I heal from falling and injuring my knees, is such a blessing. Sticking to what the doctor recommends is hard, but I have no desire to land back in square one again. Too much, too soon had me on meds and with ice packs and even a cane. However, I am improving daily and keeping as active as I can. For me, birding in Orange County is always like a healing balm to the soul. Have fun out there birding in Orange County. Climb a hill for me! I'll be right behind you by a few months!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><a href="http://www.ocbirderca.blogspot.com/">Home</a> - <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/10/index-of-posts-to-my-birding-blog.html">Index</a> - <a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3376461317244790864&postID=3952438256952379728">Contact</a> - <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/ocbirdergirl">Shop</a> - <a href="http://ocbirderca.blogspot.com/2007/12/ask-oc-birder-girl.html">Ask the OC Birder Girl </a>- <a href="http://vimeo.com/ocbirdergirl">OC Birder Girl Videos </a></div></div></div>Orange County Birder Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11773083973078077728noreply@blogger.com0