Date: 9/2/25 5:57 pm From: Dawn Hubbard via groups.io <britomart73...> Subject: Re: [OrangeCountyBirding] Amazons of Irvine Ctr Dr
I’ve seen flocks that large in garden grove but rarely outside of GG.
Dawn Hubbard
Garden Grove
On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM wagtail1997 via groups.io <orcorba=
<cox.net...> wrote:
> I must be seeing the same flocks flying northeast over Mason Park in early
> morning
> Joel Weintraub
> Irvine California
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> On Sep 2, 2025, at 10:19 AM, Aaron Jones via groups.io <atj0888=
> <hotmail.com...> wrote:
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> Good morning,
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> Over the past few weeks on my commute to and from work, I have noticed
> along Irvine Centre Drive (between Harvard Avenue and Jeffrey Road with
> concentration around the intersection with Culver Drive), that there has
> been an increase or at least a more noticeable presence of Amazons (from
> their calls and the views I could get, they are Red Crowned, but there may
> well be others and/or hybrids within). I have counted flocks of 10-20, but
> there could be more unseen, and these are estimates done whilst stopped at
> a red light or quick glances from the car.
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> Has there always been a population in this area, or have they recently
> expanded? I can't say I have seen them before this summer, especially in
> the numbers I've noticed. Has it been a gradual increase of a population
> there, or have they all suddenly appeared as a flock?
> --
> Aaron Jones,
> Santa Ana.
>
> "Nid wrth ei big y mae mesur cyffylog."
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