Today Kay and I birded Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley. It seemed like a fairly birdy area on the way to Huntington Beach and had easy access from our place in Fullerton without fighting Highway traffic in the morning. It was pretty much as expected. The uncommon SoCal birds that have been seen there Read More…
Category: California
Kelp Gull: Not Today
When I looked at the CA alert from eBird last night the Kelp Gull found just 20 minutes from our place in Fullerton, just off I-5 in Los Angeles County at the San Gabriel Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds, jumped off the alert at me. I told Kay and she just asked what time we had Read More…
Rocklin
Kay and I had a nice overnight visit with Scott, Erin, Halley, and last night and this morning I took a half hour walk with binos. I discovered a nice wet field with a utility road just off Lonetree Blvd at the jct of Sandhill Dr. I walked in and had a bit of exercise Read More…
2015 Wrap Up
2015 was a very eventful year for me. I retired at the end of August, my Dad passed in August, and I had both lots of time to travel and tried to accumulate a Pierce County year list. Here were some of the birding highlights: Pierce County: I got to know Bruce Labar much better Read More…
Bolsa Chica
Kay and I had a free hour this morning on our family SoCal trip and visited the Bolsa Chica wetlands in Orange County. This is always a treat, with close up views of birds we don’t get to see often in WA. Probably my favorite part of the walk was seeing the fish-eaters crowd into Read More…