Starr Ranch

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BC was great. And got some at Seal Beach NWS-like shoulda been easy MELA. 45 min left at 172, will try for at least 3 more to break record.

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Bolsa Chica, Seal Beach NWS, and maybe SJmarsh will wrap up the day. We're hoping to do really well at least at BC.

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At Huntington Comm Park, Harriet Weider Park and some misc spots we were able to bring count to 151 and we headed to Bolsa Chica

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Picked up a few more species at Crescent Bay and Reef Point. Got a Say's Phoebe at El Morro and heading to Nwprt Back Bay soon. Lot' a wind.

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The Three Amigos doin' their thing...

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Yellow-breasted Chat! Don't know if any one guessed that. Will check when were done. Now at Laguna Beach for ocean + shore birds.

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On to Peters Canyon, Modjeska Canyon and Tucker Wildlife Sanct where we reached 120 species. The 100th species was...

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In upper Silverado Canyon but big oak across road keeping us from going as far up as we'd like. But picked up some species nonetheless.

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Rain and wind kept us out of some good spots. Also struck out getting LENI at Irvine Reg Park.

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Hard rain and wind last night. We quit around 12:30AM. A few hours sleep and we'll be back at it shortly. Irvine Reg Park at 4:30 is next.

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Got GHOW and WESO at Starr Ranch. At Newport Back Bay now trying for Rails.

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At Starr Ranch hoping for GHOW and WESO.

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Minutes from the start we are "pre-surveying" Dove Canyon Lake.

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Starr Ranch Birdathon starts today a dusk and goes for 24hrs straight! See http://t.co/57NSHVJLFk for details and how you can help us out!

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RT @audubonca: Great LTE from @cleanh2oaction in today's Sac Bee supporting AB 711:

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After compiling, we realized we didn't record 3 species - AMKE, OCWA, and WEKI. So FINAL count is 174. Woohoo! A huge new record for us!!!

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Pretty standard in birdathons is going over what was written down against what you recall seeing when compiling end of day. #starrbirdathon

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Thanks everyone for your birdathon. pledges and donations!!! I'll make a summary of the day available next week. #starrbirdathon

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Got Red-crowned Parrot and Lesser Nighthawk at Irvine Park and called it a day with a new Starr Ranch record - 171! #starrbirdathon

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6 more at Back Bay + another 6 at SJ Marsh brought us to 169. Then went to Irvine Park to try to break 170. #starrbirdathon