HELP needed from birders in Orange County, California (1 Viewer)

curlybird · Nov 12, 2009

If there is anyone out there who live or go birding in Orange County, CA.....

I am desperately looking for Cedar Waxwings in OC!! Has anyone seen them anywhere around OC recently? If so, please tell me where and any other details - this bird is #1 on my wish list (life list) - thanks!

jml2665 · Nov 12, 2009

curlybird, I was at San Joaquin yesterday and did not see any, but the berries they love there are just coming out so it won't be long now. The last photo I got of that bird was last December on the Tree Hill trails there between the first and second parking area.
A few have been reported on EBird in North OC in the past few days also.

Matt_RTH · Nov 12, 2009

Huntington Central Park is supposed to have the Cedar Waxwings. You might check ebird for frequency, however.

curlybird · Nov 12, 2009

Great, thank you both! I was also over at San Joaquin WS yesterday, as it's only 10 min. from my office, and I sometimes go there on my lunch hour. There was one spot, near one of the ponds, where I could SWEAR I heard some birds that sounded like them. I took pictures of birds I saw flitting around there where I heard the sound but couldn't find any birds in the pictures, unfortunately. I might go back again as I'm almost certain those were Cedar Waxwings.

jml2665 · Nov 12, 2009

curlybird, I'll be at SJWS again early tomorrow (Friday) morning. I'll be concentrating on the berries around Tree Hill to the boardwalk. I can post from there if I find one. Also if you can let me know which pond you heard that at please let me know. I've also heard they have also been seen in the gardens around the duck club so I will keep checking there too.

Jim M. · Nov 12, 2009

Here is an eBird map showing all sightings of CW reported to eBird in Orange County over this year and last: http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?src=...continue.x=56&continue.y=13&continue=Continue

The yellow balloons show sightings within the last thirty days. Click on a balloon to see the name of the location and other details. (Zooming in will make it easier to click on individual balloons in a cluster).

Hope this helps,
Jim

curlybird · Nov 13, 2009

J. Moore said:
Here is an eBird map showing all sightings of CW reported to eBird in Orange County over this year and last: http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?src=...continue.x=56&continue.y=13&continue=Continue

The yellow balloons show sightings within the last thirty days. Click on a balloon to see the name of the location and other details. (Zooming in will make it easier to click on individual balloons in a cluster).

Hope this helps,
Jim

Thanks! I'll check it out.

curlybird · Nov 13, 2009

jml2665 said:
curlybird, I'll be at SJWS again early tomorrow (Friday) morning. I'll be concentrating on the berries around Tree Hill to the boardwalk. I can post from there if I find one. Also if you can let me know which pond you heard that at please let me know. I've also heard they have also been seen in the gardens around the duck club so I will keep checking there too.

That would be great!!! Actually, if you see any this morning, can you possibly send me an e-mail: [email protected] and I'll go there on my lunch hour. I can't remember which pond I heard the sound. I went up the fledgling path past the three ponds on the right that have all the sandpipers and ducks, then after passing the third pond, I made a left, walked down that trail past the ponds on either side of that path, then I believe I turned right then left again at next trail after that and heard the birds on the right side.

jml2665 · Nov 13, 2009

Well there were none I could find this morning, but with all the trees being torn out on the reclamation plant perimeter, the places around the upper trails are probably not going to be good for a while. I walked the ponds and could not find any either.
I did happen upon a bobcat searching for breakfast, but that's another story

curlybird · Nov 13, 2009

jml2665 said:
Well there were none I could find this morning, but with all the trees being torn out on the reclamation plant perimeter, the places around the upper trails are probably not going to be good for a while. I walked the ponds and could not find any either.
I did happen upon a bobcat searching for breakfast, but that's another story

Thanks, anyway, for looking. I'm going to check out some areas in city of Orange tomorrow a.m., as I looked on ebird (recommended by someone else who responded to my post) and found several sightings of CW's recently, some near chapman and newport. These Cedar Waxwings are my nemesis!!

curlybird · Nov 14, 2009

J. Moore said:
Here is an eBird map showing all sightings of CW reported to eBird in Orange County over this year and last: http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?src=...continue.x=56&continue.y=13&continue=Continue

The yellow balloons show sightings within the last thirty days. Click on a balloon to see the name of the location and other details. (Zooming in will make it easier to click on individual balloons in a cluster).

Hope this helps,
Jim

Thanks for the tip, Jim - I had looked in there before but looked again yesterday, and I'm going to check out the areas near me (Orange) today!!

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