Right now I am in CA, as you may know. I'm in the San Diego area. . . Which is very good for birding, so I will pick up lots of lifers.
I've already gotten one confirmed lifer; Bullock's Oriole. I also think I saw a Great-tailed Grackle, but I didn't get a good enough look at it to confirm. When I get pictures downloaded I will post them.
I have seen a lot of the common CA birds (bushtits, Anna's hummingbirds, crows, and jays, just to name a few.)
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 06:37 PM
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 09:00 PM
Welcome JimBob! Once you get your fill of the common birds, I can help direct you to the less common. What part of town you staying in?
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 12:38 AM
Have a great trip. Let me know if you will be heading up north to the general San Bernardino area at all and I might be able to point you in the right direction for some birds. I am not too familiar with San Diego area. All I know is that there is a Curlew Sandpiper around.
Latest lifers: Arctic Loon, Nelson's Sparrow, Upland Sandpiper, Clay-colored Sparrow, Cerulean Warbler, Bobolink, Henslow's Sparrow, Philadelphia Vireo, Kirtland's Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, American Woodcock, Monk Parakeet, Field Sparrow, Blue-headed Vireo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Veery
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 04:20 AM
Check out Cabrillo National Monument and San Diego River Estuary. At the National Monument ask the Rangers about the 'Drip'. Also the cemetery just before the National Monument. I got 24 lifers there last year.
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 03:09 PM
I'm somewhere in Escondido. . . not sure which part of it.
I got another common summer bird. (I'm asuming it's common here) Western Kingbird. That one I got a picture so when I download it I will post.
I got another common summer bird. (I'm asuming it's common here) Western Kingbird. That one I got a picture so when I download it I will post.
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 04:16 PM
Oh and the house next door has several Cliff Swallows nests. . . they're active, not sure on how many babies.
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
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Posted 03 July 2012 - 03:40 AM
Got two more; Acorn Woodpecker, and Eurasian-collard Dove. At
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ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
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Posted 03 July 2012 - 04:23 AM
Welcome to California! I have been watching for a while now and not seen as many as you have already! (I'm a newbie, so I got alot more excited about the swarm of bushtits that visited my yard, and I figured out what those hoppy little puff balls were.)
All those great new birds to see - you are an inspiration. Have fun in your new location!
All those great new birds to see - you are an inspiration. Have fun in your new location!
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Posted 03 July 2012 - 06:05 AM
DianeD, come over to the Central Valley and I'll help you increase your list.
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Get my lifelist to 300 (at the time of the original writing-293, currently-294)
Finally get Mountain Quail and Vesper Sparrow
Top my previous single year best (2011-253) I'm at 210 as of 6/11.
Latest Lifer(s):Cassin's Kingbird, Basalt Campgrounds, San Luis Reservoir SRA, Merced County, CA, 6/3/13; Harris's Sparrow, Oka Ponds, Campbell, CA, 1/1/13
Favorite Recent Bird(s):Pileated Woodpecker, North Grove Trail, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Calaveras County, CA 6/8/13; Cassin's Kingbird (Lifer), Varied Thrush, Basalt Campgrounds, San Luis Reservoir SRA, Merced County, CA; Lesser Nighthawk, Santa Fe Grade Rd., Merced County, CA, 6/3/13; Yellow-breasted Chat, Knights Ferry Rec Area, Knights Ferry, CA; 5/20/13; Blue-winged Teal (Pair), Peregrine Falcon, Sanderling (3),Franklin's Gull (9), Modesto Wastewater Treatment Facility, Modesto, CA, 5/12/13; MacGillivray's Warber, Adair Rd., Modesto, CA, 5/5/13; Long-eared Owl, Mercy Hot Springs, Fresno County, CA
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Posted 03 July 2012 - 05:38 PM
I'm going to some park today. . . Hoping for another lifer. Also going to the beach, not the best place for birds but I bet I can manage one lifer. I'll give a report when I get back.
@ DianeD- Thanks a ton!
@ DianeD- Thanks a ton!
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
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Posted 03 July 2012 - 06:33 PM
Just got another lifer! Hooded Oriole. Also didn't get a picture of it. When I saw it I had my binocs, so I did confirm it. I went back inside and came out with my camera, and it was gone. Still haven't gone to that park. . . leaving soon.
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
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Posted 04 July 2012 - 01:23 AM
Well I didn't get to go to that park. . . because my older siblings took to long getting ready. 
But I did spend four hours at the beach. Sadly I didn't get any new birds. But I did see lots of Brown Pelicans, Western Gulls, and my favorite gull; Heermann's Gull! I also saw crows and pigeons.
But I did spend four hours at the beach. Sadly I didn't get any new birds. But I did see lots of Brown Pelicans, Western Gulls, and my favorite gull; Heermann's Gull! I also saw crows and pigeons.
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
http://www.flickr.co...s/89595711@N08/
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 12:31 AM
Got one lifer on the 4th. . . Lazuli Bunting. Several males singing. . . it was at my aunt's house.
Today I got one while house hunting, Yellow-breasted Chat. Heard it and asumed it was a mockingbird. . . but for some reason I stayed; looking for it. It popped out and boy was I surprised!
Today I got one while house hunting, Yellow-breasted Chat. Heard it and asumed it was a mockingbird. . . but for some reason I stayed; looking for it. It popped out and boy was I surprised!
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
http://www.flickr.co...s/89595711@N08/
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 12:47 AM
Nice, a Yellow-breasted Chat while house hunting. Wish I had chats at my house (also wish I had Lazuli Bunting)!
Latest lifers: Arctic Loon, Nelson's Sparrow, Upland Sandpiper, Clay-colored Sparrow, Cerulean Warbler, Bobolink, Henslow's Sparrow, Philadelphia Vireo, Kirtland's Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, American Woodcock, Monk Parakeet, Field Sparrow, Blue-headed Vireo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Veery
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 04:29 AM
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
http://www.flickr.co...s/89595711@N08/
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 05:28 PM
I'm somewhere in Escondido. . . not sure which part of it.
How funny...Escondido in Spanish means "hidden". Maybe that is why you aren't sure where you are!
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Posted 09 July 2012 - 04:56 PM
Murray Lake was awesome! Got 8 lifers.
Cassin's Kingbird, Nuttal's Woodpecker, Caspian Tern, Forster's Tern, Osprey, and Common Yellowthroat. The other two I got two more, but I'm going to post an I'd my lifer thread.
I also saw lots of Kites, wrens, gulls, pigeons, and mallards.
Cassin's Kingbird, Nuttal's Woodpecker, Caspian Tern, Forster's Tern, Osprey, and Common Yellowthroat. The other two I got two more, but I'm going to post an I'd my lifer thread.
I also saw lots of Kites, wrens, gulls, pigeons, and mallards.
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
http://www.flickr.co...s/89595711@N08/
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Posted 09 July 2012 - 04:58 PM
No Great-tailed Grackle or Tri-colored Blackbird????? 
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Posted 11 July 2012 - 04:28 PM
Well I managed to sneak one more lifer in, Hutton's Vireo. It took me a while to id it, but I finally got a good enough look to id it. I did get two pictures that aren't good at all, you can just make out that there's a bird.
I'm going to download the pictures of the trip, and post some.
I'm going to download the pictures of the trip, and post some.
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
http://www.flickr.co...s/89595711@N08/
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 04:37 PM
Picture time!
Anna's Hummingbird was the first western bird that greeted me.
Black Phoebes were also abundant, but only one let me get a photo.
Orange variant House Finches are common in CA compared to Missouri.
More coming up. . .
Anna's Hummingbird was the first western bird that greeted me.
Black Phoebes were also abundant, but only one let me get a photo.
Orange variant House Finches are common in CA compared to Missouri.
More coming up. . .
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
http://www.flickr.co...s/89595711@N08/
I may live in San Diego County, buy my home and heart will always be in Missouri.
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