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| - | <div style="{{psubheader}}">Featured Article: '''[[Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve]]'''</div> | + | <div style="{{psubheader}}">Featured Article: '''[[Hooded Oriole]]'''</div> |
| - | [[Image:Bolsa_Chica_information_board.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Photo by {{user|HelenB|HelenB}}]] | + | [[Image:Hooded_Oriole.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Adult Western male<br />Photo by {{user|Marysan|Marysan}}]] |
| | + | ==Identification== |
| | + | 112-128 cm (7-8 in)<br /> |
| | + | '''Breeding male''' |
| | + | *Orange -yellow head and nape |
| | + | *Black back, face, throat, and upper breast |
| | + | *Downward curved bill |
| | + | *Black wings have two white bars |
| | + | *Black tail<br /> |
| | + | '''Female''' |
| | + | *Olive-grey upperparts |
| | + | *Yellow-green underparts<br /> |
| | + | '''Juvenile''': similar to female; male may show black on throat |
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| - | '''[[United States]], [[California]]''' | + | ==Distribution== |
| | + | Breeds from central [[California]], [[Nevada]], central [[Arizona]], southern [[New Mexico]], and southern [[Texas]] southward through [[Mexico]] to [[Belize]]. Some of the Mexican breeders seems to have bred already in the same summer in the US before migrating to Mexico for their second round of nesting. |
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| - | The Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve is located on the coast in western Orange County, [[California]], [[USA]], in the city of Huntington Beach and is separated from the Bolsa Chica State Beach by the Pacific Coast Highway. It is part of the State Ecological Reserves system, managed by the California Department of Fish and Game, and its purpose is to protect the estuarine tidal saltwater marsh habitat, with its resident, threatened and endangered species. The Reserve is a remnant of an ancient coastal wetland, originally 4000 acres in size. The area was once part of the Nieto land grant, and on Nieto's death, his son inherited 8000 acres, 4000 acres of which were coastal wetland. He named this property Rancho La Bolsa Chica, because the bigger lagoon looked like a small purse or pocket - "bolsa chica" meaning small purse in Spanish. | + | '''[''[[Hooded Oriole|Read More...]]'']''' |
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| - | '''[''[[Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve|Read More...]]'']''' | + | |
Revision as of 18:24, 30 October 2011
Identification
112-128 cm (7-8 in)
Breeding male
- Orange -yellow head and nape
- Black back, face, throat, and upper breast
- Downward curved bill
- Black wings have two white bars
- Black tail
Female
- Olive-grey upperparts
- Yellow-green underparts
Juvenile: similar to female; male may show black on throat
Distribution
Breeds from central California, Nevada, central Arizona, southern New Mexico, and southern Texas southward through Mexico to Belize. Some of the Mexican breeders seems to have bred already in the same summer in the US before migrating to Mexico for their second round of nesting.
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