Date: 8/14/26 7:00 am From: Ryan Winkleman via groups.io <rswinkleman...> Subject: Re: [OrangeCountyBirding] Purple Gallinule - SJWS
Loren Wright reports that the Purple Gallinule continues this morning in
the northeast corner of Pond C at the San Joaquin Marsh and Wildlife
Sanctuary in Irvine.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2026, 8:56 PM Ryan Winkleman <rswinkleman...> wrote:
> A juvenile Purple Gallinule was photographed on Pond C of the San Joaquin
> Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine today, first in the morning around
> 9:30am and again in the evening around 5pm. If accepted by the CBRC this
> would be the first record for Orange County (and its 509th species) and the
> 8th for California.
>
