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Wandering Tattler 2 June, July, August 2013 Wandering June, July, Aug. 2013 Volume 62, Number 9 Tattler The Voice of SEA AND SAGE AUDUBON, an Orange County Chapter of the National Audubon Society President’s Message General Meeting by Bruce Aird Friday evening, June 21 - 7:30 pm I spent last weekend doing something I love: birding with a purpose. Last weekend was the 2nd annual Orange “My Big Year” County Spring Count (OCSC), an effort to census birds here over a 3-day time period from May 10th – May 12th. presented by John Hargrove Unlike Christmas Bird Counts which are limited to circles John will talk about the challenge of doing a Big Year, of 15 miles diameter, the OCSC covers the entire county. little triumphs, big frustrations, lots of travel, and living on Realistically, there’s no way to get blanket coverage of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. such a large area. Instead, birders cover the critical, more What is a Big Year? A Big Year for birders is trying to diverse areas of the county, or target areas where unusual find as many bird species as you can identify in a species or concentrations of birds occur. The count geographical area within a year. No one checks your list. coincides with International Migratory Bird Day (always the You have to decide if you saw the bird or not. If you go for second Saturday in May) and takes place on a weekend a record, someone might challenge a bird you saw in a when other groups are doing similar counts across the peculiar place, but otherwise it is on the honor system. entire continent. In theory, a census of every county and Why do a Big Year? Birding has always included an district in each state and province of the U.S. and Canada element of listing. The Big Year champion, Sandy Komito, would provide a finely-resolved map of bird distribution had done a Big Year in 1987. He felt he could do better. across the continent. In practice, we’re not there yet. We For 11 years he made plans. In 1998, El Niño returned and need many more counts in more states/provinces to winter storms were forecast for the Pacific Northwest; it achieve this. But it has to start somewhere, and we have would be a good time to do a Big Year. Many others ours started. The OCSC is also a funding event, attempted a Big Year then too, including our own Roy generating money for the Bloom-Hayes Ecological Fund, Poucher. Sandy came out on top. The Big Year, book and which funds small research grants in ecological and movie, were broadly based on that quest. environmental research. Why did John do a Big Year in 2012? He had This year, we stepped it up a bit, adding a bunch of always wanted to do a Big Year and was inspired to do his new sites and spending even more time in the field. We own after seeing the movie and reading the book. Though didn’t have much that was particularly rare or exciting, just he was handicapped by being blind in one eye and hard of good numbers of migrants and residents. I birded with a hearing, he didn’t want to put it off because he wasn’t good friend from work and with my favorite birding partner getting any younger. His wife, Beverly, faithfully kept a ever, my 20-year-old son, Greg. We noted a massive push blog of his adventures on hisbigyear.blogspot.com on of Wilson’s Warblers, Western Tanagers and Black- Google. 2012 was not a good year. There was little to no headed Grosbeaks. We hiked over 20 miles in spectacular snow up north and storms did not blow in a lot of vagrants. places like the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park and John was rusty on bird id and didn’t have lots of contacts Limestone Canyon. Some of our best finds weren’t birds. in the birding world, but he persevered. He took pictures of We caught a 4-foot Gopher Snake, found a small Southern over 600 bird species and his Big Year total was 689. Pacific Rattlesnake and a lifer snake for me, a Two-striped Come to the meeting on June 21st to see the best of Garter Snake. Greg saw his first California newts in a pool John’s best bird photos and hear about the ones that got up Harding Canyon. We had a great time, collected data away. on almost 2700 birds of 102 species and got some Johns program will be held in the Duck Club at the exercise. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine. The doors open The final results will be a while coming. First the reports drift in, and then people must collate the data, at 7 for refreshments and fellowship, the meeting and submit it to eBird and publish the results. So we won’t program will begin at 7:30 pm. We hope you will join us! know for a while yet. One thing is already certain to me: You can find directions to the Duck Club on page 11. there’s no better way to spend a weekend! Pat and Dick Cabe , Program Co-Chairs Conservation News Susan Sheakley & Vic Leipzig st Our Conservation Committee Meetings are held on the 1 Tuesday evening of the month at 6:30 pm in the Blue House. Check our webpage for the meeting’s agenda the week before the meeting. (We will not be meeting in July; our next meeting will be in August.) * Important Areas of California, Daniel S. Cooper "4th Tuesday" Conservation Lecture ** Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority (Cities of Long Beach and Seal June 25th - 7:30 PM Beach, California Coastal Conservancy and the Lower Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers and Mountains Conservancy) “Los Cerritos Wetlands - Lost Jewel Mary Parsell is Conservation Chair of El Dorado of the Coast” Audubon. She is a birder who loves to camp and hike. Her interests include preservation of native birds and their presented by Mary Parsell habitats from the California coast to the deserts and mountains. Los Cerritos “Companion Field Trip” You are invited to join any of the regularly scheduled walks listed below. These walks are part of the citizen science effort by El Dorado Audubon to gather information about migratory and resident birds at the wetlands, as well as the butterflies, bugs, plants, and other animals. Your eyes and ears and participation will be appreciated. • Los Cerritos Bird Walks are on the 2nd Sat. at 8:00 am. Meet at Pacific Coast Highway and First St. in Seal Beach. Darrell Supernaw Supernaw Darrell (Summer dates: July 13 and August 10) • Gum Grove Walks are on the 3rd Sat. at 8:00 am. Meet The Los Cerritos Wetlands, at the northern border of at the Avalon parking lot of Gum Grove Park (which Orange County, is an important part of the wetlands overlooks the wetlands) in Seal Beach. (Summer dates system of Southern California and the Pacific Flyway. It are June 14, July 20, and August 17.) has been described as the "lost jewel" of the coast, a gem • Los Cerritos Wetlands Ad Hoc Com. Mtg. at 2:00 pm. in a string of pearls, the pearls being Seal Beach NWR, Meet at the gate of the El Dorado Nature Center on the 2nd Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach Sun., of July and August for a relaxed meeting just inside Wetlands and Upper Newport Bay. All of the pearls are the gate on the benches or close by in a cooler spot. Audubon Important Bird Areas (IBAs). El Dorado Audubon has been working along with other “Companion” Field Trip for the April “4th Tues” organizations to save and restore Los Cerritos Wetlands Conservation Lecture on Arundo Removal at Aliso in Long Beach which includes a small salt marsh with and Wood Canyons on SUN, JULY 28 at 8:00 am. natural tidal influence within an active oil field, a small fresh We will meet in the parking lot at water marsh and scattered patches of riparian vegetation. the Aliso and Wood Canyons In Seal Beach, the "Hellman" property is also an active oil Wilderness Park. Join Max field with an extensive area of rolling grassland and Borella and Derek Ostensen to scattered water deprived salt marsh, with a small area of visit the site of the project to mudflat habitat where a tidal channel invades.* remove invasive Arundo from The Los Cerritos Wetlands remained in private Aliso and Wood creeks. For ownership with multiple land owners until 2006 when the more info on the project, see first 66 acres were acquired by a public entity called write-up in April Tattler or the Conservation webpage. Contact Nancy Kenyon for directions and to sign up for this LCWA.** Currently there are a little over 200 acres (of trip. (949-786-3160; [email protected]) 400) in public ownership. El Dorado Audubon, Southern California Audubon chapters and National Audubon have been advocating for Directions to our “4th Tuesday” Conservation preservation and conservation of Los Cerritos Wetlands Lecture at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary are on since the '70's. El Dorado Audubon leads field trips at page 11. After you get to the SJWS, park near the Duck Los Cerritos Wetlands and at Gum Grove Park with a Club or in the overflow parking lot, then walk through the current checklist of 118 species. gate that is between the Duck Club and Audubon House You can enjoy photos of the birds while learning how and follow the path across the lawn to the Learning Center you can help influence the conceptual restoration planning (Gray Building).
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