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Recent content by rkj

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    California, 2024

    2 June 2024 I began this day at Zmudowski State Beach. Since my attempted visit on 21 April the water level had dropped and the entry road was dry, but highly rutted. The parking lot here is adjacent to a sand dune that parallels the shore and the dune is gradually drifting and swallowing the...
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    No clue what bird this is?

    Do you have any photos of both together?
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    Grasshopper sparrow? Sonoma County, California, TODAY

    Wish I had seen it.
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    California, 2024

    31 May 2024 I set out this morning after two birds, one of which I thought would be easy, the other iffy. As these things do sometimes go, I got the iffy one and not the easy one. The iffy one was Northern Parula. This is an eastern species for which there are several scattered records of its...
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    tufts that look like little ears

    Try to get a photo and we will probably be able to identify it.
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    California, 2024

    Thanks for the kind words Mike, I am glad you are enjoying the thread. Looking over my records of the year (2022) I said I had 380 species in California, it turns out I did not really see that many. It was actually only 370. I made a simple subtraction error. You would hardly believe I had a...
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    California, 2024

    30 May 2024 After lollygagging around the house for a few days I went out for at least a little birding this afternoon. Purple Martins are uncommon breeders in California. I see them every year, but usually it takes a bit of a drive to get to a site where they are likely to be found. Recent...
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    California, 2024

    25 May 2024 I bypassed several options to tally another species or two and just drove home today. There were a few brief slowdowns, but traffic was not bad at all. The only new bird-note to add to this vacational trip report is a negative one. The highway rest stop on US 101 near Camp Roberts...
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    California, 2024

    24 May 2024 Today was parrot day. I have never paid much attention to feral parrots – I have always been more concerned with native species. However, if I am going to get to 400 species in California this year, it is likely I will need some. There are six parrot species found in the Los Angeles...
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    California, 2024

    I failed to note that dinner on the 22nd was with my niece, who picked Filomena's Italian Kitchen and Market in Costa Mesa. I had a Ceasar salad and chicken marsala with linguine, she had cheesy garlic bread and pesto penne chicken Florentine. It was all very good, but pricey: $100 without tip...
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    California, 2024

    22 May 2024 This was a day to look for a couple birds that according to the American Birding Association list are not countable. They were Pin-tailed Whydah and Northern Red Bishop, both small introduced species with populations in the L.A. area that are not yet sufficiently established to...
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    California, 2024

    21 May 2024 Thinking that traffic might be better for a drive up to Orange County after 9:00 AM, I started off the day with a trip back to the Bird and Butterfly Garden. There were birds. There were butterflies. No birds I did not see there a few days prior, but I got some better (not to say...
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    California, 2024

    20 May 2024 I started out in search of parrots this morning, but started feeling poorly and soon headed back to the hotel. I felt better by late afternoon and went back to the Chula Vista Bayfront Park. I did not see anything new, but the light was better for some photos. No new birds, still...
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    California, 2024

    19 May 2024 I took a bit of a break from birding today and only made a short trip to a nearby site. That was Chula Vista Bayfront Park. A little marsh and mudflat next to Marina Way held the birds for which I was searching. First to show was a Reddish Egret. At first, with poor light and its...
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    California, 2024

    18 May 2024 Today I did a pelagic trip sponsored by Buena Vista Audubon Society out on the waters off San Diego. We visited 9 Mile Bank, the San Diego Trough, 30 Mile Bank, the Corner, and points in between and to and from. Or so they said; I could not tell you where they are on a chart. The...
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