WANDERING TATTLER Newsletter

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March 2011 Tattler Volume 60, Number 6

The Voice of SEA AND SAGE AUDUBON, an Orange County Chapter of the National Audubon Society

Come to our Annual Annual Dinner Dinner on Friday Friday evening, March 18th evening, March 18th. “But It Doesn’t Look Like the Picture in the Field Guide”

Socialize with friends and new presented by Kimball Garrett acquaintances Bid for some nifty items at our Silent Auction We’ve all been perplexed as to the identity of Rub elbows with the recipients many birds we see in the field. It should be easy – just look at the bird and match it with a of this year’s Conservation picture in your field guide! But of course it Award and Letters of doesn’t work that way, and the “match-the- picture” approach to field identification can Commendation Have fun sometimes get you in lots of trouble. So why browsing through our chapter doesn’t the bird we see look “just like the one in the book”? Is the problem with the bird? With displays Eat a delicious dinner the book? With the birder? Or with the world in and enjoy Kimball Garrett’s general? Kimball Garrett will explore the art of program “But it Doesn’t Look Like identifying birds in the field by examining why birds so rarely look exactly as depicted in field the Picture in the Field Guide!” guides. He’s been at it for over 40 years, mainly here in southern California. When not in the field, he resides with the bird collections at the Natural Space is limited so get History Museum of Los Angeles County where he has served as Ornithology Manager since your reservations in now! 1982. He is co-author of several bird books, See page 5 for full including the recent Birds of the Los Angeles Region, Birds of Southern California: Status and information about Distribution, and the Peterson Field Guide to Warblers. this We hope you will join us for this special evening special on March 18th. Kimball’s program will appeal to birders of all levels of expertise and experience event. as well as those who are simply interested in nature. See page 5 for additional information about the Annual Dinner.

Conservation News Our Conservation Committee meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday evening of each month at 6:30 pm in the Audubon Office (Blue House). The agenda for each meeting is posted on the chapter webpage a few days before the meeting. We hope you will join us! photo-Robert Harrington

The 2011 Fern Zimmerman Conservation Award Letter of Commendation

The 2011 Fern Zimmerman Conservation Award will be Diane Bonanno will receive a Letter of Commendation for presented to David Pryor for his work protecting the her grass roots work to protect Coastal Sage Scrub in West Western Snowy Plovers and the California Least Terns in Coyote Hills in northern Orange County. Though the battle Orange County. David exemplifies the Fern Zimmerman is not won, Dianne and Save Coyote Hills team achieved Award in many respects - excellence in habitat protection an important victory with the Fullerton City Council late last and restoration, endangered bird protection, and public year. This year, they hope to convince the land owners, a outreach. subsidiary of Chevron, that its time to sell their land and

David is Senior Environmental Scientist for the California help save the last little, but important, piece of Coastal Department of Parks and Recreation and District Services Sage Scrub and California Gnatcatcher habitat in the sea Manager for the Orange Coast District. He has been the of development in north Orange County. Manager of the Least Tern Natural Preserve at the Santa Ana River Mouth for the past 19 years. Prior to that, as Volunteers are Needed Lifeguard Supervisor, he was involved in predator patrol for protecting the Snowy Plovers and maintaining and improving the Preserve area. on the Balboa Peninsula The Natural Preserve was dedicated in the early seventies for the California Least Tern. It began as a 1.5 acre Snowy Plovers have long been known to winter on the protected area with 5 pairs of nesting terns. The fence has Balboa Peninsula. This winter, there have been 30 adult been moved and the protected area increased at least Snowys in the area. Two years ago, a nest was spotted twelve times to its present size of over 13 acres, with as from which 3 plover chicks hatched. Last year, two nests many as 500 pairs of nesting terns in recent years. Under were discovered from which 6 plover chicks hatched and Davids management, this land between two jetties, right in we are hoping the Snowy Plover nests will continue to the middle of a busy highway, bicycle path, beach, and increase this coming year. However, their nesting success surfing area, has become a significant native dune habitat in this busy area will not continue to increase without the and one of the most successful tern colonies in both LA help of caring people to watch over them. and Orange Counties. This year, there has been some serious beach erosion Each year before nesting season, David ensures that the which will make it difficult for the chicks. The city of Preserve is in good condition for the terns. This often Newport Beach plans to erect some sand fencing in a “U” involves using heavy equipment to move sand, planting formation to direct foot traffic around the nests which native dune plants, removing invasive non-native plants, should help a little; they also plan to display kids “Share repairing the fence and restoring the beach area. When the Shore” posters to help educate the public about the possible, some of this is done at an Earth Day Event. Snowy Plovers. The biggest problem, however, is unleashed dogs and crows. In 2005, Loren Hays of USFWS and David Pryor of CA State Parks began to work together to set up an area for Volunteers are needed to help protect these endangered the Western Snowy Plovers to breed on the beach on the Snowy Plovers when they nest on the beach along the ocean side of the Preserve. Approximately 40 volunteers Balboa Peninsula. Training will be done by Dave Pryor from Sea & Sage began to monitor the Least Terns and and Peter Knapp, and free parking will be available for Snowy Plovers. Though no Snowy Plovers have been those who volunteer. If you are interested in helping with observed breeding there yet, the program has been very this project, please contact successful in monitoring their presence and observing and Cheryl Egger by email at: protecting the active Least Tern Colony. 2011 marks the 7th [email protected] or by year of Davids involvement as leader of this project. He phone at 714-842-9232. always makes time to welcome the volunteers at the orientation meeting and provides onsite training for them. We are proud to present David Pryor with the 2011 Fern Zimmerman Conservation Award.

photo by Dr, Bruce Odou

Orange County Rarities

by Doug Willick To report a RARE or UNUSUAL bird, or to receive the current RBA report for Orange County, call the OrCoRBA at 949-487-6869, or join OrangeCountyBirding; website directions tell you how to join. Go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/

As we enter the second half of the winter season, Leipzig), four Brant, Jan 18 (Peggy Gussman), a Pacific discoveries of new rarities have decreased, as would Golden-Plover , Jan. 18 (Knut Hanson), and an apparent usually be expected at this time of year. However, many of wandering Tropical Kingbird on the “backside”, late Dec. the highlights found earlier in the season linger on at their to Jan. 12 (Karen Gilbert, Richard Erickson). In the vicinity respective haunts, and continue to attract birders from of BC, a Red-necked Grebe was in Huntington Harbour, around the county and beyond. The “big attraction” this Jan. 18, and a Prairie Falcon was seen flying towards BC, season, as reported last month, continues to be the Curve- Jan. 26 (both S. Morris). billed Thrasher (last reported Jan. 30). This first county record (found by Brian Daniels) has been skulking around Sea watching and pelagic birding was generally productive the Shipley Nature Center, at Huntington Central Park during January. Approximately ten Ancient Murrelets (HCP), since last November. A rarity anywhere in seen from the Newport Pier, Jan. 8 (B. Daniels and Leo California, the HCP bird is one of very few to ever be found Ohtsuki), was exceptional; good numbers of Rhinoceros west of the deserts. Not as widely seen, but nevertheless Auklets, Common Murres, loons and jaegers were also noteworthy, was a Yellow-breasted Chat at Doheny State seen from the pier that morning. The Sea & Sage pelagic Beach (Robert McNab) through at least Jan. 8. This was trip out of Dana Harbor, Jan. 22, tallied as many as seven the first winter record of this species for Orange County. Ancient Murrelets, as well as good numbers of other more expected alcid species, three or four Short-tailed The following provides a summary of some of the other Shearwaters, Black-legged Kittiwake, a Red Phalarope, “OC” notable birds found during recent months, which have as well as other notables (Tom Benson, Jon Dunn, B. remained on into January: multiple Reddish Egrets , with Daniels, et al.). as many as five (!) at Bolsa Chica and two at the Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge (SBNWR); a male New discoveries at HCP included a Green-tailed Towhee Eurasian Wigeon at Upper Newport Bay; as many as six in the “Urban Forest” area, Jan. 16-21 (L. Ohtsuki), and a Pacific Golden-Plovers at SBNWR; a flock of nine male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Jan. 16-29 (Steve Greater White-fronted Geese, a Gray Flycatcher, Sosensky). Another Green-tailed Towhee appeared Plumbeous Vireo and American Redstart at Mile Square along the edge of UNBs Big Canyon parking lot, Jan. 22 Regional Park (MSRP); a Short-eared Owl at Upper (S. Morris). A Ferruginous Hawk was seen foraging over Newport Bay (UNB); an Eastern Phoebe at Mason Lake Forest, Jan. 25 (Doug Willick). At Eucalyptus Park in Regional Park; a Black-and-white Warbler at HCP; a Seal Beach, a Black-and-white Warbler and a Gray- Palm Warbler along the lower Santa Ana River; and up to headed Junco were found Jan. 4 (Jim Pike). A three Nelsons Sparrows at SBNWR. A flock of about 45 Plumbeous Vireo was in the Santiago Park Nature Greater White-fronted Geese flying over this general Reserve (Santa Ana), Jan. 11-18 (D. Willick). A Yellow- area, Jan. 26 (Steve Morris), was a sizeable flock for the headed Blackbird at MSRP, Jan. 13 (S. Morris), was a surprise. county; smaller numbers were at a number of other locations this winter. Although I have not yet seen the final results from the Jan. There were also a number of new rarities uncovered during 2 Coastal Orange County Christmas Bird Count (CBC), a the last month. In addition to the SBNWR birds mentioned few rarities appear to have been found during the Count above, a nice selection of other “goodies” were reported that were previously unknown. Some of these that I am here, and from the surrounding Seal Beach Naval aware of include: two Vermilion Flycatchers and a Weapons Station, in early January. These include up to Swamp Sparrow at MSRP (Neil Gilbert, et al.); eight Snow Geese (including one immature “Blue” Plumbeous Vireo at MRP (D. Willick); Palm Warbler at Goose!), up to five Rosss Geese, four Cackling Geese, Greer Park (V. Leipzig); single Summer Tanagers at six Brant, two immature Bald Eagles, as many as three Golden West College (observer unknown) and Harbor View Ferruginous Hawks, a remarkable three Swainsons Nature Park (Wayne Gochenour); and White-throated Hawks (a species that until recent years had been almost Sparrow at Lake Park (Pat and Dick Cabe). A more unheard of during winter), as well as Burrowing Owl and complete account of Orange County CBC results will likely Loggerhead Shrike (sightings provided by Robert be provided in the Tattler at a later time. Schallmann and John Fitch). At nearby Bolsa Chica (BC) there was an immature Snow Goose, Jan. 16 (Vic Leipzig

Chapter News & Announcements For more information about Sea & Sage activities, check our Schedule of Chapter Activities on our chapter website (www.seaandsageaudubon.org). It lists the dates of meetings, field trips, special events such as the Annual Dinner, Summer BBQ, Pancake Breakfast, Summer Nature Day Camp, Spring Brunches, Summer Bat Walks, Natural History Walks, Owl Prowls, etc.

Audubon House Volunteers Pre-owned Foreign Field Guides We would like to thank the following people for helping to on Sale at Audubon House staff Audubon House in February and March: Sonia Appell, We are very excited to announce a new feature at Pat & Dick Cabe, Barbara Chidester, Deana Collins, Audubon House – the sale of pre-owned foreign field Carolyn Cooper, Joanne Cull, Jeanette DiAnda, Tom guides. This is part of an ongoing project where we will Drouet, Fresia Escalona, Judy Fritts, Lynne Hayes, Pat save resources, and offer a service to our members and Heilig, Sarah Jayne, Steve Jelnick, Lois Jones, Nancy the public, by recycling foreign field guides. Kenyon, Donna Krebs, Loretta Kyle, Joan McCauley, Sally Menzel, Bobbie Miller, Eunice Morita, Shirley Price, Betty Over the years, many of you have donated your used Purdy, Roberta Ray, Barbara Reber, John Shaddy, Susan foreign field guides to us after you have returned from your Sheakley, Bev Spring, Betty Swift, Beryl Vogel. travels. This is a wonderful resource for other members planning birding trips in foreign parts. Because of your Audubon House is open daily from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. generosity, we find we now are able to maintain a Our Volunteers greet visitors, answer the phone, sell collection in the library of several excellent foreign field merchandise, answer questions about birds, check out guides, from various continents, while also offering many binoculars, etc. If you are interested in helping at Audubon for sale in Audubon House as used books. House, please call Judy Fritts at 949-551-4513. These pre-owned foreign field guides are on the top shelf in the entryway in Audubon House. Please take advantage News from our Bookstore of this service and fundraiser. Used book sales in Audubon Our bookstore inside Audubon House is open daily from House support our library fund and Audubon House.

8:00 am to 4:00 pm. It is also open 45 minutes before our When you return from your travels, you might consider monthly meetings. New arrivals this month include: donating your foreign field guide to us. All donated books American Museum of Nat. Hist. Birds of NA: Western are reviewed for use in our various programs and may be Region; Ghost Birds; Global Birding; Stokes FG to Bird placed in the library, used in conservation or education, or Songs: Western Region (new version); Sibley posters sold in our used book programs. (hummingbirds, owls, raptors, waterfowl, birds of the west); Thank you! Attracting Native Pollinators; Animal Tracking; Nomads of the Wind; Rutgers Animal Q & A (bats, hummers, birds of Sea & Sage Library and Used Book Committee prey) and NWF FG to Trees of NA. Insects of the LA Basin Sarah Jayne David Weber is back in stock. Check out the new birding bags, clip-on Jan Gaffney Tom and Carol Getz lens cleaning cloths, insulated travel mugs, coffee cups, Susan Hankey Margaret Renton soup mugs, key chains and 1,000 piece puzzles. March Nancy Kenyon Sylvia Gallagher specials include Chasing Warblers and Warblers of NA. Susan Sheakley

List of Donors Bird of Prey Center Needs Volunteers Next month, we will publish the list of all the donors who The Orange County Bird of Prey Center relies on volunteer gave financial support to our chapter through the fund support for the care and feeding of the wild birds at their appeal. Its not too late to add your name to the list. center who are recuperating and awaiting release. Their volunteers work directly with the wild birds and also with Photo Meeting - March 25 several non-releasable birds used in their education The photographers meet two times a year at Jim programs. Volunteers are needed to help out on Gallaghers house in Huntington Beach to share photos Saturdays. Their facility is located at 25422 Trabuco Rd in and discuss various photographic techniques. The next Lake Forest. If you are interested in helping them, contact Photo Meeting will be held on Friday evening, March 25, at Kim Zagres, Vol. Coordinator, at: [email protected] ; 7:30 pm. The limit is 30 photos per person. For info on 949-837-0786. these meetings and/or directions to Jim's house, call Jim at 714-962-8990. If you will be bringing digital pictures, Silent Auction please follow the guidelines listed on our webpage at: If you have something special to donate to our Silent www.seaandsageaudubon.org/Meetings/meetings.htm Auction for the Annual Dinner on March 18, contact Cheryl Thomas at 949-294-2275 or [email protected]

Sea & Sage Annual Dinner Friday, March 18th at Mile Square Park Banquet Center Our Guest Speaker – Kimball Garrett Program “But It Doesn’t Look Like the Picture in the Field Guide”

Our Annual Dinner this year will be held at the Mile Square Park Banquet Center on Friday evening, March 18th. Our guest speaker, Kimball Garrett, is an authority on the field identification, status and distribution of California birds, especially those in southern California. He has been the Ornithology Collections Manager for the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum since 1982, he is a past president of the Western Field Ornithologists, and a long standing member of the California Bird Records Committee. Many of you know him as the co-author of the Birds of Southern California Status and Distribution, Field Guide to the Warblers of North America, (both of which he co-authored with Jon Dunn), and the author of Birds of the Los Angeles Region. He’s an excellent speaker and has a delightful sense of humor. The evening’s program will include the presentation of our chapter’s Fern Zimmerman Conservation Award and Letters of Commendation. We will also have our popular Silent Auction. The Mile Square Park Banquet Center is located at the south end of Mile Square Park, at the intersection of Warner and Ward. Free parking is available. Below is the schedule for the evening:

No Host Bar: 6:00 p.m. Dinner: 7:15 p.m. Program: 8:00 p.m., sharp! Location: Mile Square Park Banquet Center Tickets: $45 for all reservations received before March 1st $50 for reservations received on or after March 1st Entrees: Chicken or Vegetarian

MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY. Seating will be assigned in the order the reservations are received. To reserve a seat, make your check payable to: Sea & Sage Audubon; include the name of each person for whom a reservation is made. If you wish group seating, please indicate that on the reservation form; each table will seat 10 people.

Mail your check and the reservation form to: Annual Dinner, c/o Nancy Kenyon, 32 Almond Tree Ln., Irvine CA 92612. A message confirming your reservation will be sent back to you along with directions and a map. Be sure to include your email address and phone number on the reservation form. All reservations must be received by 6:00 p.m. on Monday, March 14th.

2011 Annual Dinner Reservation Form

Name ______Entree______Name______Entree______

With whom do you wish to sit? ______Email address for confirmation & map Phone (in case we need to contact you quickly) ______

Entrees: [C] CHICKEN - Grilled marinated chicken breast with herb jus lie, chive mashed potatoes and garden vegetables. [V] VEGETARIAN - Julienne vegetable Americana - zested green & yellow zucchini, carrots, red bell peppers and olives lightly sauteed and wrapped in French bick dough with eggplant caviar. All dinners will include a house salad & fresh rolls, coffee and iced tea, and vanilla bean ice cream with chocolate sauce over a chocolate fudge brownie. Mail your reservations to: Annual Dinner, c/o Nancy Kenyon, 32 Almond Tree Ln., Irvine CA 92612

March & April Field Trips For trip updates & additional trip information, check our chapter website at: www.seaandsageaudubon.org . Trips marked with an (R) require advance reservations. Questions about field trips? Contact Field Trip chair, Nancy Kenyon, at 949-786-3160 or by email at: [email protected] . Many trips fill up quickly, so don’t wait until the last minute to sign up for them!

Monthly Bird Walk at Santiago Oaks Riley (Wagon Wheel) Wilderness Park 1st Sunday - March 6 & April 3 - 7:30 am Monday, March 14 - 8:00 am Join Linette Lina for a monthly bird walk at Santiago Oaks As a wildlife sanctuary, Thomas F. Riley Wilderness Park Regional Park at 7:30 am. The mix of oak riparian and is home to an abundant number of native plants and old coastal sage scrub habitats make Santiago Oaks one of groves of Western Sycamores and Coast Live Oaks which the best places in Orange County to find a variety of border the park's two seasonally flowing creeks. The songbirds. Directions: Take the 55 freeway to Katella remaining land features rolling hills and canyons of Coastal Ave in Orange. Exit and drive east on Katella 3.2 miles to Sage Scrub and grasslands. Come prepared for a morning Windes Dr. Turn left on Windes Dr. and follow the signs to of exploring this delightful park and its abundant bird life. the park. Be prepared to pay the $5 entrance fee if you Wear shoes with good traction; some of the trails are dont have a county parks pass. Bring binoculars, Meet in steep. Directions: From the #5 Freeway, exit on Oso the upper end of the parking lot. Pkwy. and drive inland towards the mts. Watch for the Leader: Linette Lina park entrance on the right just before the road ends at Coto de Caza. For those without a wilderness park decal, the parking fee is $3; you will need to purchase a day-use Monthly Bird Walk at the SJWS permit from the park ticket machine. 2nd Sunday - March 13 & April 10 - 8:00 am Leader: Beverly Hargrove Join Chris Obaditch for a monthly bird walk around the ponds of the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine at 8:00 am. (See directions on page 11.) The walk, which is Field Natural History Walks ® open to interested birders of all ages, will meet by the front Thurs, Mar. 24th - Baker Canyon - 8:30 pm door of Audubon House. Children under the age of 11 must be accompanied by an adult. Spend a delightful morning exploring and contemplating the beauty and mystery of nature with naturalist, Dick Leader: Chris Obaditch Newell. We will examine the geology, plant life, birds,

herps, and other animals. The trips will take a little over 3 Upper Newport Bay by pontoon boat ® hours and will cover about 3 miles. Anyone who is 3rd Wed - March 16 & April 20 - 8:15 am reasonably fit should find the walk relatively easy to complete. Each trip is limited to 10 participants. Join us for the rare chance of birding the Upper Newport Bay from the deck of a pontoon boat. Spotting birds from Leader: Dick Newell the water offers one a different perspective and the birds Reservations: Nancy Kenyon, 949-786-3160; seem to view us differently also. Trip duration is 2 hours. [email protected] Trip limited to 15 persons and there is a $10 trip fee. Directions will be provided to those with reservations. Heise Park & Vicinity ® Reservations: Nancy Kenyon, 949-786-3160; Saturday, March 26 — 8:00 am [email protected] Heise Park, jewel of the San Diego County campgrounds, highlights desert and mountain birds as well as migrating O’Neill Reg. Park Semi-Monthly Bird Walks vireos, warblers, flycatchers. Though you can make this a Wednesdays, March 2 & March 16 - 8:00 am day trip, you can also stay over by reserving a campsite or cabin, or staying in nearby Julian or Ramona. Well meet Wednesdays, April 6 & April 20 - 8:00 am Join Mike Clayton, Naturalist, on a bird walk and learn in the parking lot just inside the entrance (fee) at 8 a.m. about Trabuco Canyon birds and nature. All levels of Hikes are moderate to strenuous, but the birding in the birders are welcome. Easy, level walk on mostly paved campground is outstanding, too. Wild Turkeys abound. , trip size is limited. Trip fee roads. Directions: From the 405 or 5 Fwy, exit on El Toro Advanced reservations needed is $10 per person payable to Sea and Sage Audubon. Mail Rd & head inland toward the mountains. Turn right on Live to: Heise Park FT, c/o Nancy Kenyon, 32 Almond Tree Ln, Oak Canyon Rd. & follow it to ONeill Park. After entering Irvine CA 92612. Include phone number & email address, the park, take 1st right to parking lot. We will meet in the Nature Center which is on the left side of the parking lot. or stamped legal-sized envelope for trip information and Be prepared to pay the entrance fee ($3 on weekdays; $5 confirmation. (For Heise Park info, see their website at on weekends) if you dont have an county parks pass. or Google "William Heise County Park" for maps and Leader: Mike Clayton reservations)

Leaders: Dick & Pat Cabe

Another Owl Prowl in April see details below

Young Great Horned Owls photographed by Dr. Bruce Odou

Owl Prowl at Starr Ranch ® Saturday, April 9th - 6:30 to 8:30 pm

The Owl Prowl is a short nighttime excursion into Starr Ranch Sanctuary in search of owls. The evening will begin with an indoor orientation where we will watch the live owl cam and learn about the owls which inhabit Starr Ranch. We will then board the big open bed truck for a short ride into Bell Canyon to search for some owls.

Advance reservations required; trip size is limited due to space on the truck. Trip fee is $20. Make check payable to Sea and Sage Audubon and mail to: Owl Prowl, c/o Nancy Kenyon, 32 Almond Tree Ln, Irvine CA 92612. Be sure to include your phone number for last minute trip updates and your email address or a stamped self- addressed long envelope for trip confirmation & information.

Trip Leader: Pete DeSimone

Plan Ahead for these Field Trips For trip updates & additional trip information, check our chapter website at: www.seaandsageaudubon.org . Trips marked with an (R) require advance reservations. Questions about field trips? Contact Field Trip chair, Nancy Kenyon, at 949-786-3160 or by email at: [email protected] . Many trips fill up quickly, so don’t wait until the last minute to sign up for them!

Irvine Regional Park Southern Utah 3-day Trip ® Wednesday, March 30 — 8:00 am th th Fri-Sun, - May 13 to 15 - 7:00 am Join us for a weekday walk into this regional park which We will bird beautiful southwestern Utah during spring supports an interesting array of birds, both resident and migration visiting desert scrub, riparian, pinyon-juniper, and migratory. Birds you may expect to see include Red-tailed montane habitats in various elevations. Zion National Park and Red-shouldered Hawks, White-tailed Kites, will be one of our stops along with other scenic areas. nuthatches, woodpeckers, wrens, titmice, etc. Directions: Some of the birds you can expect to see on this trip are: Take Jamboree NE (toward the mts.) & follow it across Common Black Hawks, Crissal Thrashers, Brown-crested, Santiago Cyn. Rd. into the park. Or, from the #55 Fwy, exit Cordilleran and Dusky Flycatchers, Virginia and Graces on Katella & drive east. Katella turns into Villa Park Rd. & Warblers, Painted Redstarts, Gray and Plumbeous Vireos, then Santiago Cyn. Rd. which you will stay on until it Green-tailed Towhees, & Brewers and Vesper Sparrows. intersects with Jamboree. Turn left on Jamboree & follow it There will be a lot of Great Basin birds in breeding plumage into the park. Be prepared to pay the $3 entrance fee at the and plenty of mountain species for those people taking gate if you dont have a county parks pass. We will meet Sylvias class. Quite a bit of walking will be involved, but in the first parking lot on the right, after you enter the park. nothing really strenuous. Come prepared for hot or cold Leader: Beverly Hargrove temperatures, either of which is possible at this time of year. St. George will be our home base for this trip. Advance reservations are needed; trip limited to 20 people. Eastern Sierra trip & Owens Lake Trip fee is $25. Make check payable to Sea and Sage Sat-Sun, April 16-17 - 8:00 am Audubon and mail to: Utah Trip, c/o Nancy Kenyon, 32 Almond Tree Ln, Irvine CA 92612. Be sure to include This weekend trip will explore the Owens Valley where your phone number and email address for trip information. there is a wide variety of birds along with spectacular scenery. We will meet in Lone Pine at 8:00 am on Sat. Leader: Larry Tripp morning and will spend much of the day exploring the Owens Lake area with Mike Prather. From there, we will Southern Sierra Spring Migrants and drive up Hwy. 395 to Bishop, enjoying the magnificent Eastern Sierra scenery and birding along the way. We Vagrants Trip with Bob Barnes ® hope to see Tule Elk and Black-billed Magpies on our drive Fri, May 27 - Mon, May 30; meet 5:30 am Friday and will search for Bald and Golden Eagles, Red Crossbills, Pinyon Jays, Gray-crowned Rosy Finches, and It can be difficult to get accommodations in this popular 6 swallow species. vacation area at the last minute, so you need to plan ahead for this trip and make your reservations early.

Sunday, we will reassemble at 6:00 am and drive to the The birding locations will be selected according to current Greater Sage-Grouse lek by the beginning of early morning birding conditions and the wishes of the participants. A light to watch the Sage-Grouse display. We will also bird wide variety of habitats will be covered. We will see spring Crowley Lake for the Sage Thrasher and Common Loon in breeding plumage. Depending on the road conditions, we migrants, resident and montane species and some may go NE over the nearby hills to spots for our picnic vagrants. Some of the birds you can expect to see include: lunch and mountain birds such as Pinyon Jay, Cassin's Western & Clark's Grebe, American White Pelican, Prairie Finch, Williamson's Sapsucker, White-headed Woodpecker Falcon, up to 5 sp. of hummingbirds, up to 10 sp. of & Black-backed Woodpecker. Lastly, we will be going woodpeckers, Pinyon Jay, Clark's Nutcracker, 6 sp. of through a traditional Swainsons Hawk breeding area as we wrens, American Dipper, Townsend's Solitaire, Green- bird our way home. tailed Towhee, Black-chinned Sparrow, Tricolored Blackbird, Scott's Oriole, Purple Finch, Cassin's Finch, and Group size is limited; advance reservations are necessary. Lawrence's Goldfinch. Advance reservations are needed Trip fee is $25 per person. Make check payable to Sea & and space is limited. Trip fee is $15 for each day you plan Sage Audubon and mail to: Eastern Sierra Trip, c/o Nancy to attend ($60 for 4 days). Make check payable to Sea & Kenyon, 32 Almond Tree Ln, Irvine CA 92612. Be sure to include your phone number and your e-mail address or a Sage Audubon & mail to: Southern Sierra Trip, c/o Nancy long self-addressed, stamped envelope for trip confirmation Kenyon, 32 Almond Tree Ln, Irvine CA 92612. Be sure to and information. include your phone number and e-mail address or a long self-addressed, stamped envelope for trip confirmation and Leaders: Linda Oberholtzer & Mike Prather information. Leader: Bob Barnes

Christmas Bird Count Report

San Juan Capistrano CBC - 12/18/10

The San Juan Capistrano CBC covers areas in the southern end of Orange County. It is divided into the following sections: Laguna Niguel Regional Park, San Clemente, Starr Ranch Sanctuary & Caspers Wilderness Park, Pelagic areas along the coast, Saddleback College campus, Upper San Juan Creek, Donna O’Neill Land Conservancy, San Clemente hillsides, Dana Point including Doheny Beach State Park, and Starr Ranch nighttime count of owls. The count was organized by Lisa Baril of Starr Ranch and Nancy Kenyon of Sea & Sage; Lisa compiled all of the CBC data after the count. Full info on this count can be found on our Sea & Sage website in the form of a spreadsheet showing count data for each of the areas.

SPECIES Total SPECIES Total SPECIES Total SPECIES Total Canada Goose 123 Cooper's Hawk 5 Barn Owl 3 European Starling 621 Brant 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 19 Great Horned Owl 1 American Pipit 104 Gadwall 31 Red-tailed Hawk 36 Anna's Hummingbird 101 Cedar Waxwing 64 American Wigeon 45 American Kestrel 26 Allen's Hummingbird 47 Phainopepla 10 Mallard 109 Merlin 1 Belted Kingfisher 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 43 Cinnamon Teal 4 Peregrine Falcon 5 Acorn Woodpecker 46 Nashville Warbler 1 Northern pintail 1 Virginia Rail 3 Nuttall's Woodpecker 28 Yellow Warbler 2 Ring-necked Duck 2 Sora 6 Downy Woodpecker 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1079 Lesser Scaup 2 Common Moorhen 20 Northern Flicker 40 Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 Surf Scoter 13 American Coot 509 Black Phoebe 113 Townsend's Warbler 6 Bufflehead 1 Black-bellied Plover 8 Say's Phoebe 39 Common Yellowthroat 103 Hooded Merganser 12 Killdeer 49 Cassin's Kingbird 45 Wilson's Warbler 1 Red-breasted Merganser 3 Black Oystercatcher 10 Loggerhead Shrike 1 Spotted Towhee 78 Ruddy Duck 75 Black-necked Stilt 25 Hutton's Vireo 8 California Towhee 234 California Quail 182 Spotted Sandpiper 10 Western Scrub-Jay 92 Rufous-crowned Sparrow 12 Red-throated Loon 4 Greater Yellowlegs 7 American Crow 8981 Chipping Sparrow 13 Common loon 1 Willet 20 Common Raven 60 Savannah Sparrow 2 Pacific Loon 4 Whimbrel 4 Mountain Chickadee 3 Fox Sparrow 1 Pied-billed Grebe 33 Marbled Godwit 6 Oak Titmouse 40 Song Sparrow 207 Eared Grebe 15 Least Sandpiper 50 Bushtit 571 Lincoln's Sparrow 11 Western Grebe 10 Wilson's Snipe 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-throated Sparrow 1 Clark's Grebe 1 Heermann's Gull 512 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 Golden-crowned Sparrow 9 Brown Pelican 617 Mew Gull 4 Brown Creeper 2 White-crowned Sparrow 703 Brandt's Cormorant 51 Ring-billed Gull 147 Rock Wren 1 Dark-eyed Junco 12 Double-crested Cormorant 746 Western Gull 2248 Cactus Wren 6 Red-winged Blackbird 130 Pelagic Cormorant 2 California Gull 3160 Bewick's Wren 28 Western Meadowlark 101 Great Blue Heron 5 Herring Gull 34 House Wren 25 Brewer's Blackbird 92 Great Egret 12 Thayer's Gull 1 Marsh Wren 4 Great-tailed Grackle 39 Snowy Egret 16 Glaucous-winged Gull 74 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 78 Brown-headed Cowbird 7 Green Heron 4 Caspian Tern 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7 Bullock's Oriole 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 8 Forster's Tern 27 California Gnatcatcher 12 House Finch 428 White-faced Ibis 3 Royal Tern 15 Western Bluebird 48 Lesser Goldfinch 326 Turkey Vulture 62 Parasitic Jaeger 1 Hermit Thrush 13 American Goldfinch 115 Osprey 1 Rock Pigeon 205 American Robin 44 House Sparrow 43 White-tailed Kite 6 Eurasian Collared-Dove 7 Wrentit 158 Northern Harrier 3 Mourning Dove 254 Northern Mockingbird 52 Exotic species: Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 Greater Roadrunner 1 California Thrasher 88 Nutmeg Mannikin 106

Special Thanks to the following CBC participants who did such a great job helping us with the count: Bruce Aird, Lisa Allen, Tammie Allen, Marian Alter, Lisa Baril, Tom Benson, Jeff Blackburn, Jim Blackburn, Steve Counts, Lynn Domash, Dan D’Urso, Diane Etchison, Dennis Fee, Martin Fee, Sachi Fukuman, Neil Gilbert, Joanna Gibson, Bob Gley, Debbie Gley, Seth Jones, Heidi Keller, Nancy Kenyon, Mark Kincheloe, Vic Leipzig, Merri Levy, Kim Lopina, Louise Lopina, Donna Malloy, Nina McLaughlin, Mark McReynolds, Amber Oneal, Robert McNab, Gary Meredith, Barbara Reber, Shirley Reynolds, Virginia Ryan, Alicia Sanfilippo, Sue Schaar, Doug Schwartz, Joanne Schwartz, Robert Scrimger, Sue Segade, Larry Shaw, Jeff Smith, Susan Smith, Steve Sosensky, Ann Stanton, Paul Strauss, Jim Wantz, Laura Wantz, Matt Warren, Joel Weintraub, Doug Willick, Stan Woodward.

Christmas Bird Count Report

Northeastern CBC - 12/19/10

The Northeastern CBC covers inland areas in Orange County from O’Neill Reg. Park north to Irvine Reg. Park. It is divided into the following sections: O’Neill Reg. Park, Modjeska & Harding Canyons, Mission Viejo, Lake Forest, El Toro, & foothill areas, the former El Toro Marine Base & foothill areas, Lion Country & areas south of the 405, Rattlesnake and Siphon Reservoirs, Upper & Lower Black Star Canyon, Peters Canyon Reg. Park & Lemon Heights, Silverado Canyon, Irvine Lake & vicinity, Mountain Areas, and Irvine Reg. Park. The count was organized by Steve Alter of Sea & Sage who also compiled all of the CBC data after the count. Full information on this count can be found on our Sea & Sage website in the form of a spreadsheet showing count data for each of the areas.

SPECIES Total SPECIES Total SPECIES Total SPECIES Total Ross's Goose 1 Red-tailed Hawk 50 Black Phoebe 161 Townsend's Warbler 5 Canada Goose 133 Ferruginous Hawk 1 Say's Phoebe 54 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Wood Duck 52 American Kestrel 25 Cassin's Kingbird 75 Common Yellowthroat 42 Gadwall 48 Merlin 1 Loggerhead Shrike 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 American Wigeon 348 Peregrine Falcon 1 Hutton's Vireo 7 Spotted Towhee 67 Mallard 804 Sora 1 Western Scrub-Jay 149 California Towhee 294 Cinnamon Teal 13 Common Moorhen 1 American Crow 970 Chipping Sparrow 1 Northern Shoveler 152 American Coot 1447 Common Raven 362 Lark Sparrow 29 Green-winged Teal 25 Killdeer 16 Horned Lark 26 Savannah Sparrow 64 Canvasback 7 Black-necked Stilt 14 Tree Swallow 92 Fox Sparrow 3 Ring-necked Duck 225 Spotted Sandpiper 9 Violet-green Swallow 1 Song Sparrow 116 Lesser Scaup 80 Long-billed Dowitcher 7 Barn Swallow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 12 Bufflehead 70 Bonaparte's Gull 9 Mountain Chickadee 5 White-throated Sparrow 1 Hooded Merganser 1 Ring-billed Gull 1178 Oak Titmouse 139 White-crowned Sparrow 812 Ruddy Duck 284 Western Gull 1 Bushtit 511 Golden-crowned Sparrow 4 California Quail 115 California Gull 343 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Dark-eyed Junco 120 Pied-billed Grebe 23 Forster's Tern 6 Cactus Wren 3 Western Tanager 1 Horned Grebe 1 Rock Pigeon 50 Bewick's Wren 41 Red-winged Blackbird 5 Eared Grebe 9 Band-tailed Pigeon 81 House Wren 16 Western Meadowlark 153 Western Grebe 65 Eurasian-Collared Dove 42 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 74 Brewer's Blackbird 115 Clark's Grebe 9 Mourning Dove 361 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Great-tailed Grackle 105 Double-crested Cormorant 310 Common Ground-Dove 1 California Gnatcatcher 6 Brown-headed Cowbird 20 Great Blue Heron 11 Greater Roadrunner 1 Western Bluebird 61 Hooded Oriole 10 Great Egret 20 Barn Owl 2 Hermit Thrush 18 House Finch 745 Snowy Egret 33 Western Screech-Owl 5 American Robin 47 Lesser Goldfinch 186 Green Heron 4 Great Horned Owl 4 Wrentit 73 American Goldfinch 43 Black-crowned Night-Heron 9 Anna's Hummingbird 98 Northern Mockingbird 41 House Sparrow 75 Turkey Vulture 18 Allen's Hummingbird 44 California Thrasher 27 Osprey 11 Belted Kingfisher 5 European Starling 1646 Exotic species: White-tailed Kite 6 Acorn Woodpecker 186 American Pipit 100 Egyptian Goose 4 Northern Harrier 5 Nuttall's Woodpecker 48 Cedar Waxwing 196 Common Peafowl 4 Cooper's Hawk 4 Downy Woodpecker 3 Phainopepla 18 Nutmeg Mannikin 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 18 Northern Flicker 38 Orange-crowned Warbler 41 Zone-tailed Hawk 1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1351

Special Thanks to the following CBC participants who stuck it out through a torrential rain storm to count the birds: Ryan Abe, Jeff Ahrens, Bruce Aird, Lisa Allen, Marian Alter, Steve Alter, Neal Anderson, Joan Avise, John Avise, Ebbe Banstorp, Pat Bartscherer, Al Baumann, Janet Baumann, Jeff Blackburn, Jim Blackburn, Jeff Boyd, Dick Cabe, Pat Cabe, Sophie Chiang, Jo-Ann Coller, Bill Cullen, Brad Dawson, Bettina Eastman, Dennis Fee, Martin Fee, Dale Felts, John Fitch, Joel Forty, Jan Gaffney, Carol Getz, Tom Getz, Neil Gilbert, Debbie Gley, Eric Hansen, Terry Hill, Carolyn Honer, Steve Huber, Nancy Kenyon, Mark Kincheloe, Lucy Lee, Vic Leipzig, Linette Lina, Tim Maas, Donna Malloy, Gretchen McCausland, Gary Meredith, Steve Morris, Carolyn Noble, Linda Oberholtzer, Keith Olwin, Jim Pike, Bob Polkinghorn, Mary Pryor, Dick Purvis, Barbara Reber, Shirley Reynolds, Gail Richards, Larry Schmahl, Matthew Schmahl, Robert Scrimger, Christiane Shannon, Aaron Smith, Steve Sosensky, Robert Thompson, Christine Tischer, Gerald Tolman, Dusty Waggoner, Donelda Warhurst, Peter Wetzel, Valerie Wheeler, Doug Willick, Zchara, Dawn Zuniga, Jeremy Zuniga. 9

Marsh Education News Trude Hurd, Project Director of Marsh Education For more information about our Education Program, please visit our chapter website at: http://www.seaandsageaudubon.org/Education/Education.html

Spring Brunches & Summer Bat Walks Wish List for Junior Naturalists Registration opens March 1st Each month, Sea and Sage Audubons teenage Junior Registration for both the Spring Brunches and the Summer Naturalists participate in a field trip or stewardship project. Bat Walks opens on March 1st. Plan ahead and sign up Coordinator Dawn Zuniga organizes each event and then early for these two popular events so that you don’t miss Junior Naturalist Aide Deana Hendrixson prepares a out on the fun! A registration form is at the bottom of this wonderful e-newletter assisted by her Junior Naturalist page. For complete information on these programs pick up daughter Andrea. This e-newsletter is sent to each teen a flyer at Audubon House or check our chapter webpage. along with photos from prior events and a photo of a The Bat Walks can be found under the heading of “Bat mystery bird. We put the names of all teens who correctly Information” and the Spring Brunches are listed under the identify the mystery bird and also attend the event in a bag. heading of “Special Events”. Please note that the We then draw the name of a winner and a runner-up and beginning time of all the bat walks has been changed from they receive prizes. 7:00 PM to 6:45 PM. There will be no charge for your Here is where you can help. We need donations of nature attendance if you volunteer to help; contact Helen gifts appropriate for young teenagers! They especially like Nicholas, Coordinator by phone at 949-726-0858 or by email: [email protected] hats, lapel pins, and t-shirts. You can drop off new unwrapped gifts at Audubon House (be sure to specify it is Helen Nicholas, Coordinator for the Junior Naturalists) or contact Project Director Trude Hurd at 949-261-7964. Thank you for your donations! Camp Scholarships Needed Summer Nature Day Camps We are looking for chapter members who would be willing Registration opened in early January for our popular camp to make donations or sponsor a scholarship for a child who programs and they are filling up quickly. Pick up a camp wants to attend our summer nature day camp this year but brochure at Audubon House or get one from the chapter needs financial assistance in order to do so. For questions webpage. Four camp programs are being offered: or information about our camp and its scholarship program, Fledgling Camp for 7-8 yrs, Marsh Bird Camp for 9-12 yrs, please contact Grace McElhiney (714) 969-9617 or see Coastal Bird Camp 11+ yrs, Advanced Bird Camp 11+ yrs. our chapter webpage for information on the camp program. Prior Marsh Camp experience is required for both Coastal Bird Camp and Advanced Bird Camp.

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BOARD MEMBERS STAFF Marsh Education Project Director Trude Hurd ...... 949-261-7964 Executive Committee: Marsh Educ. Project Director’s Assist..Deborah Brin ...... 949-261-7964 President...... Jay Miller...... 949-707-1287 Administrative Aide...... Rebecca Craft...... 949-261-7963 Vice President...... Scott Thomas ...... 949-293-2915 Sales Manager...... Debby Thyssen...... 949-261-7963 Audubon House...... 949-261-7963 Secretary ...... Cheryl Egger ...... 714-842-9232 Treasurer ...... Hal Sheakley ...... 949-552-5974 CALENDAR OF CHAPTER ACTIVITIES Director 2011 ...... Susan Munson...... 949-497-3906 Director 2011 ...... Joel Weintraub...... March 2011 Director 2012 ...... Carolyn Noble...... 714-731-9091 01 Tues Conservation Committee Meeting ...... 6:30 pm Director 2012 ...... Steve Jelnick ...... 714-925-9128 02 Wed O’Neill Reg. Park Monthly Bird Walk ...... 8:00 am Director 2013 ...... Amber Oneal ...... 714-812-2430 06 Sun Santiago Oaks Monthly Bird Walk ...... 7:30 am Director 2013 ...... Star Howard ...... 949-770-3177 08 Tues Board Meeting ...... 7:30 pm 13 Sun SJWS Monthly Bird Walk ...... 8:00 am Committee Chairpersons: 14 Mon Riley Wilderness Park bird walk ...... 8:00 am Audubon House ...... Susan Sheakley...... 949-552-5974 16 Wed O’Neill Reg. Park Monthly Bird Walk ...... 8:00 am Audubon House Volunteers...... Judy Fritts...... 949-551-4513 16 Wed Upper Newport Bay by pontoon boat...... 8:15 am Birdathon ...... 18 Fri ANNUAL DINNER...... 6:00 pm Bird Information...... Sylvia Gallagher ...... 714-962-8990 24 Thurs Baker Canyon Natural History Walk...... 8:30 am Christmas Bird Counts...... Steve Alter...... 714-669-9482 25 Fri Photo Meeting...... 7:30 pm Conservation...... 26 Sat Heise Park...... 8:00 am Counsel ...... Rick Derevan...... 714-427-7016 26 Sat Owl Prowl at Starr Ranch (full) ...... 6:30 pm Development...... Cheryl Thomas ...... 949-294-2275 30 Wed Irvine Regional Park Bird Walk...... 8:00 am Education...... Carolyn Noble...... 714-731-9091 April 2011 Exhibits...... Mary Joseph...... 714-848-8362 03 Sun Santiago Oaks Monthly Bird Walk ...... 7:30 am Field Trips ...... Nancy Kenyon...... 949-786-3160 05 Tues Conservation Committee Meeting ...... 6:30 pm Finance...... Hal Sheakley ...... 949-552-5974 06 Wed O’Neill Reg. Park Monthly Bird Walk ...... 8:00 am Membership ...... Phil Brobst...... 949-261-7963 10 Sun SJWS Monthly Bird Walk ...... 8:00 am Newsletter Editor...... Nancy Kenyon...... 949-786-3160 11 Mon Canyon Park & Talbert Nature Preserve...... 8:00 am Partners in Flight...... Janet Baumann ...... 949-859-5081 12 Tues Board Meeting ...... 7:30 pm Programs ...... Pat & Dick Cabe ...... 714-960-1683 15 Fri GENERAL MEETING...... 7:30 pm Publicity ...... 16/17 S/S Eastern Sierra weekend trip ...... 8:00 am Publishing ...... Sam Berry ...... 949-646-1488 17 Sun Seasons of Nature walk ...... 9:00 am SJWS Liaison...... Chris Obaditch...... 949-640-7234 20 Wed O’Neill Reg. Park Monthly Bird Walk ...... 8:00 am Starr Ranch/Envir. Liaison Pete DeSimone ...... 949-858-0309 20 Wed Upper Newport Bay by pontoon boat...... 8:15 am Webmaster ...... Nancy Kenyon...... 949-786-3160 24-01 S-S Great Marsh Bird Count ...... The time is up to you Chapter Website ...... www.seaandsageaudubon.org 27 Wed Laguna Niguel Regional Park...... 7:30 am 29 Fri Huntington Central Park Bird Walk ...... 8:00 am 30 Sat Birdathon...... The time is up to you 12