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Started by spongee62, Apr 17 2012 11:45 PM

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#1 spongee62

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Posted 17 April 2012 - 11:45 PM

Pic taken today in So Calif 4/17/12. I looked at their range and it doesn't seem to extend out to my neck of the woods.

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 12:53 AM

I can't see any picture. You might have to upload it somewhere and link to it.
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Posted 18 April 2012 - 01:43 AM

I can't see the pic either.
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Posted 18 April 2012 - 02:18 AM

Sorry will try again.

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 02:31 AM

Ok....how about now. I guess I am over my quota.

Ok put it on flickr

http://www.flickr.co...57@N03/?saved=1

Hope it works right.

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 02:32 AM

Yup, you've got a Northern Cardinal.

Where in So Cal was this?

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 02:35 AM

To be exact Monterey Park. Just next to ELA.

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 02:37 AM

100% Northern Cardinal. No doubt about it :) .
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Posted 18 April 2012 - 02:42 AM

Was just wondering what he is doing in So Cal......I have never seen this bird before in the wild.....until today. Thanks for the ID.

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 02:42 AM

Interesting, I had not heard of Cardinals in the area before. There have been several sightings in the general area according to eBird, generally in the Whittier Narrows, Bosque Del Rio Hondo, and Legg Lake areas.

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 02:44 AM

He must be a tourist! :P It's like when we found a Northern Mockingbird in the southern Caribbean!!
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Posted 18 April 2012 - 02:45 AM

Well I am just a couple of miles west of Whittier Narrows, Legg Lake. Maybe he likes the weather and will MOVE IN. LOL...

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 03:38 AM

We get them here in San Diego. I think we've even had breeding pairs. The origin has been attributed to them being cage birds in Mexico that have escaped and flown North, which makes them illegal immigrants. :ph34r: Maybe yours just kept on going.
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Posted 18 April 2012 - 03:51 AM

I grew up in your area (b. in Alhambra, grew up in Whittier) and I never saw a No. Cardinal there. How fun!

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 01:21 PM

He must be a tourist! :P It's like when we found a Northern Mockingbird in the southern Caribbean!!


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Posted 18 April 2012 - 09:15 PM

Nope, Northern Mockingbird. Please correct me if I'm wrong, though :) .
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Posted 18 April 2012 - 09:16 PM

Although, we did see some other mockingbirds that were much darker than Northern. Could that be Tropical?
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