Date: 1/12/25 3:44 pm From: James Pike via groups.io <jimpike444...> Subject: Re: [OrangeCountyBirding] greater scaups
Correction: the birds are "on the *outer* Bolsa side of the tide gates."
Jim Pike
On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM James Pike via groups.io <jimpike444=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> If anyone is interested in a reliable spot to find Greater Scaups, I've
> seen as many as four the past couple weeks at Bolsa Chica. They are among a
> much larger group of Lessers on the inner Bolsa side of the tide gates at
> the end of Wintersburg channel. I have consistently seen two immature
> female Greaters, and today I had two adult males together. Obviously, it
> can be very difficult to be certain of an identification of Greater when
> both species are diving as they usually are at this location, but it was
> easier today with so many of them loafing.
>
> Yesterday, the juvenile Little Blue Heron and immature Reddish Egret were
> both foraging in the shallow pools to the north of the Lebard Park bike
> bridge.
>
> Jim Pike
> HB
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