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Irvine Lake
Irvine Lake		 Painted Redstart, feeding in pines next to tackle shop
Painted Redstart, feeding in pines next to tackle shop		 Painted Redstart, beautiful warbler rarity in OC
Painted Redstart, beautiful warbler rarity in OC		 Best find of all was Ben, former camp kid all grown up and practicing law!
Best find of all was Ben, former camp kid all grown up and practicing law!
Ben and Laura getting into birding
Ben and Laura getting into birding		 Great Blue Heron flying near bait cleaning table
Great Blue Heron flying near bait cleaning table		 Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron		 Black-crowned Night-Heron when its had too much coffee
Black-crowned Night-Heron when its had too much coffee
We went for Bald Eagle and found it!
We went for Bald Eagle and found it!		 Bald Eagle carried coot for lunch across lake
Bald Eagle carried coot for lunch across lake		 Can you find Bald Eagle in tree?
Can you find Bald Eagle in tree?		 Now do you see it?
Now do you see it?
Lots of other raptors - American Kestrel, female
Lots of other raptors - American Kestrel, female		 Northern Harrier, female
Northern Harrier, female		 Peregrine Falcon, juvenile
Peregrine Falcon, juvenile		 Peregrine Falcon (I'm leaning across my driver to shoot thru driver window)
Peregrine Falcon (I'm leaning across my driver to shoot thru driver window)
Kettle of Turkey Vultures
Kettle of Turkey Vultures		 We looked but none had striped tail of Zone-tailed Hawk
We looked but none had striped tail of Zone-tailed Hawk		 Turkey Vulture looking for fish scraps
Turkey Vulture looking for fish scraps		 Not a turkey vulture but a Dark-eyed Junco
Not a turkey vulture but a Dark-eyed Junco
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, three feeding before dusk on slope
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, three feeding before dusk on slope		 Prickly Pear Cactus
Prickly Pear Cactus 		How many habitats do you see?
How many habitats do you see?		 This was a wonderful start of 2016!
This was a wonderful start of 2016!

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Pamela Phillips 08-Jan-2016 18:21
Fabulous, wonderful pictures (and had a heck of a time finding the bald eagle!).
Guest 05-Jan-2016 18:36
Trude Dear, As always wonderful photos and what joy to run into a former student who is developing into a bird watch! That's what it is all about.
Much love. Thanks for sharing.
Adrianne
Trude04-Jan-2016 05:18
At the end of 2015, we heard that bald eagles and golden eagles were being seen at Irvine Lake, a 750 acre fishing lake at the base of the Cleveland National Forest in Orange County, CA. We made 2 trips and enjoyed great views of raptors like Bald Eagle, Osprey, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, American Kestrel, and Red-tailed Hawks. A bonus was the Painted Redstart, a brightly colored warbler of the Southwest (AZ, NM, and Mexico), feeding on insects in the trees right next to the tackle shop!
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