Date: 3/29/25 10:06 am From: Ryan Winkleman via groups.io <rswinkleman...> Subject: [OrangeCountyBirding] Orange County RBA: March 29, 2025
* California
* Orange County
* March 29, 2025
* CAOC25.03.29
This is the Orange County, CA weekly Rare Bird Alert (RBA) and local events
summary. California Bird Records Committee (CBRC) review species are
capitalized and marked with asterisks below. All documentation of review
species should be forwarded to the CBRC secretary, Tom Benson, at
<secretary...>
BIRDS MENTIONED
Neotropic Cormorant
Little Blue Heron
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Tropical Kingbird
Plumbeous Vireo
Brown Creeper
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Baltimore Oriole
Black-and-white Warbler
Lucy’s Warbler
American Redstart
A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continued at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in
Irvine through March 28. Another was at Irvine Regional Park in Orange on
March 22 and another was at Tri-City Park in Placentia on March 26.
An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON continued along the lower Santa Ana River
through March 23.
A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER continued at Mile Square Regional Park in
Fountain Valley through March 24.
A TROPICAL KINGBIRD continued at Huntington Central Park in Huntington
Beach through at least March 24.
A presumed PLUMBEOUS VIREO apparently continued in the vegetation along the
La Paz railroad area on March 24.
A BROWN CREEPER continued at Huntington Central Park in Huntington Beach
through March 27.
A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW continued in residential Tustin on March 24.
A VESPER SPARROW was on the trail north of Moulton Meadows Park above
Laguna Beach from March 20 through March 24.
A GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE continued at Overlook Park in Huntington Beach on
March 26.
A BALTIMORE ORIOLE was reported at Sea Terrace Community Park in Dana Point
on March 22.
A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER continued at Huntington Central Park in
Huntington Beach through March 23.
A LUCY’S WARBLER continued at Sea Terrace Community Park in Dana Point
through March 24.
An AMERICAN REDSTART continued at Huntington Central Park in Huntington
Beach through March 29.
LOCAL EVENTS
Note: We will no longer be listing individual trips on this weekly email.
For a complete up-to-date list of current field trips, please visit the
webpage on Sea and Sage’s website:
https://seaandsageaudubon.org/home-sas/field-trip-2/#FallFT.
The Orange County RBA and events summary is produced weekly by Ryan
Winkleman. Sightings of rare birds can be posted to the OrangeCountyBirding
listserv, emailed directly to Ryan Winkleman (<rswinkleman...>),
and/or submitted to eBird (http://ebird.org/content/ebird). Any supporting
details (descriptions, photos, audio recordings, etc.) of rare sightings
that are not already disclosed on the listserv or on eBird should also be
emailed to Ryan Winkleman separately for consideration to be mentioned in
the current quarterly report for North American Birds.
Those sightings that are included in this summary generally include those
that are considered rare (regionally or seasonally) for Orange County based
on "The Birds of Orange County: Status and Distribution" (Hamilton and
Willick), "Birds of Southern California" (Garrett and Dunn), and/or more
contemporary changes in local or regional status and distribution. Rarities
that regularly or seasonally occur at a particular location, such as
annually wintering rarities on Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge, may or
may not be included in this digest, but reports of these same species
occurring at other, atypical locations throughout the county may be
included. We don't include hybrids, subspecies, introduced or exotic birds,
or in most cases and for no real reason, geese. All bird reports are vetted
to the extent possible prior to each publication, but in the interest of
sharing information, the accuracy of any given report cannot always be
guaranteed, nor can the presence of any given bird for those who choose to
chase after them.
Information on upcoming local events can be viewed on the Sea and Sage
Audubon website (http://www.seaandsageaudubon.org/). Sea and Sage Audubon
is based out of the Audubon House at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in
Irvine. They sponsor a number of public field trips, special birding
events, conservation lectures, and social gatherings throughout the year.
Information regarding upcoming local events should be considered accurate
at the time of this posting. However, for the most current information
please refer to the field trip list on the Sea and Sage Audubon website at
https://seaandsageaudubon.org/home-sas/field-trip-2/#FTSchedule. It is also
recommended that you refer to that website immediately prior to engaging in
any field trip to confirm that trips are still occurring. If you know of
additional upcoming events that are not sponsored directly by Sea and Sage
Audubon, please email Ryan Winkleman for inclusion. #RBA
