Date: 8/16/26 8:29 am From: Ryan Winkleman via groups.io <rswinkleman...> Subject: Re: [OrangeCountyBirding] Purple Gallinule - SJWS
Based on eBird reports, the Purple Gallinule continues this morning again.
On Sat, Aug 15, 2026, 6:55 AM Ryan Winkleman <rswinkleman...> wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>
