Bird of the Month

Huntington Beach ­Tree Society

July Bird of the Month, 2025

Peregrine Falcon

The Peregrine Falcon is an extraordinary bird by every measure. Their worldwide range is more extensive than any other bird. They’re found on all continents except Antartica, inhabiting a wide variety of environments, including mountains, coastlines, river valleys, and increasingly urban areas. While historically cliff dwellers, they have adapted to nesting on tall buildings in [...]

June Bird of the Month, 2025

Ash-throated flycatcher

The Ash-throated Flycatcher is a welcome local breeder to Southern California each spring. The eight inch Flycatcher spends the cold winter months in coastal Mexico and Central America before its annual return to breed in the arid southwest. It nests primarily in tree cavities excavated in previous nesting seasons by enterprising woodpeckers. The mated pair [...]

May Bird of the Month, 2025

Lazuli Bunting 

Springtime in the Western States heralds the welcome return of the sky-blue headed Lazuli Bunting and its bubbly springtime song. The Lazuli Bunting is named for a vibrant blue gemstone, lapis lazuli. During its breeding season, a male Lazuli Bunting has bright cerulean-blue head and back, white wing bars, a rusty breast, and white belly. [...]

April Bird of the Month, 2025

Barn Swallow

Barn Swallows return! The diving and darting Barn Swallows overhead have returned to Orange County to breed after spending the winter in the tropics. Watch for their long streaming tail and rusty-orange breast and throat as they devour 60 insects per hour on the wing. The Barn Swallow is a long slender swallow with glittering [...]

March Bird of the Month, 2025

Red-Winged Blackbird

Red-Winged Blackbird The Red-winged Blackbird is a common spring & summer breeding bird in Huntington Central Park favoring the dense reedy edges of Lake Huntington, Talbert Lake and Blackbird Pond where boisterous males atop cattails and bulrushes vigorously defend breeding territories with their trademark vocalization, a loud, ringing conk-la-REE!! that culminates in an intimidating trill.  Male Red-winged [...]

   
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