Date: 8/15/26 6:55 am From: Ryan Winkleman via groups.io <rswinkleman...> Subject: Re: [OrangeCountyBirding] Purple Gallinule - SJWS
Per Nick Thorpe, the Purple Gallinule continues this morning, August 15, on
the west side of Pond C.
On Fri, Aug 14, 2026, 7:00 AM Ryan Winkleman <rswinkleman...> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>
