Mar. 05 - 28 W. Snowy Plover seen near Brookhurst during Talbert Channel sand removal

Mar. 08 - 17 W. Snowy Plover Audubuon Tour of Preserve, Talbert sand removal

Apr. 13 - 16 W. Snowy Plover at Preserve, -L. Hays

Apr. 16 - 24 Semipalmated Plovers at south end of Preserve

Apr. 17 - Sand moved from front of wind fence by dozer

Apr. 18 - Sand moved by dozer. New signs placed

Apr. 22 - First adult Least Tern seen at Preserve

May 05 - 50-75 Least Terns, courting, landing in Preserve. Red tide near shore

May 11 - Ground squirrel on jetty. -McElhiney

May 13 - Remains of Great Egret in sand. Least Tern found near water, tangled in seaweed - buried. 8 helicopters today.

May 15 - Killdeer pair drawing crow away from nest. Rock thrown at crow.

May 16 - Red tide obvious. Rabbit & squirrel at Santa Ana River jetty rocks.

May 18 - Red tide heavy; surfers oblivious. Least Tern courting behavior. . . "won't be long now." FWS in for count - no eggs seen. 2 GBHE on river. 2 crows inside front porch; 2 shots and "avast ye-be gone!" Lots of fish in pond. Got to watch fishing over and over.

May 19 - 3 giant squid being eaten by gulls. American Kestrel caught mouse inside colony and flew to palms on NB side.

May 20 - Surfer said he'd seen Black Skimmers. Biker wanted to look through binocs at terns.

May 21 - Raven circled colony twice. Tar balls on beach.

May 28 - Mute Swan circled area and went inland. Crows inside enclosure and 2 starlings. Two Costa Mesa PD on motorcycles on bike path.

May 30 - Monitors see Peregrine Falcon take adult from colony. Searcy's see Peregrine fly over.

Jun. 01 -10 surfers, 6 walkers, couple having sex, men throwing sticks in ocean for dog

Jun. 02 - Terns nest building

Jun. 03 - Camper on beach front. Numerous large squid on beach. Surfing accident with 4 lifeguard jeeps, fire truck and ambulance near enclosure and jetty. Terns agitated.

Jun. 07 - Hang glider with motor spooks terns

Jun. 08 - Ground squirrel seen inside SE corner of enclosure near fence. Wally called.

Jun. 10 - HB helicopter scares birds. Kestrel flew over. Kite flying over Preserve - moved.

Jun. 14 - Lady with pug would not leave. Lots of flights for no apparent reasons.

Jun. 15 - Woe be unto the misguided gull attempting a short-cut across the Preserve. OUCH!!!

Jun. 20 - Kestrel flyover. Two confrontations with family and tent and surfer with flapping shirt up next to front yard fencing.

Jun. 21 - 2 egg shells found outside Preserve with rodent tracks along Talbert Channel. . . "I've lived here 21 years and my dog does not bother the birds." 4-5 photographers along front yard fence.

Jun. 22 - Peregrine flew over and then flew off north.

Jun. 23 - Peregrine circled above Preserve.

Jun. 24 - Killdeer nest on SE end of front yard

Jun. 25 - Need for sign asking people to stay away from sand fencing/corridor.

Jun. 26 - Very large cardboard bird on berm in front yard. Called David P.

Jun. 27 - 1 crow and 1 Osprey

Jun. 29 - Motorized hang glider flew over Preserve for one hour. NBPD called.

Jun. 30 - 3 Semipalmated Plovers. Showed surfers chicks through spotting scope.

July 01 - GBHE flew into enclosure - driven off by LETE. Kite flying over and frisbee game moved away from front yard fencing.

July 02 - Common Tern seen resting with LETE. Small break in chick fence at S side. "I'm sick of our tax dollars being used for endangered species."

July 04 - 1 W. Snowy Plover walked all around people. When does a chick become a fledgling?

July 05 - At 421 nests. Peregrine flyover and swoop into Preserve with no take. 5150 weed puller reported at tern Preserve. Badges come and it's . . . . D. Pryor

July 06 - Fledgling flew out of enclosure, over ocean and back. Penguin cut out in Preserve.

July 09 - Osprey fishing from pole over river on PCH bridge

July 13 - Ground squirrel perched on the lookout on rocks across "pond." 2 falcon flyovers. 2 W. Snowy Plovers, one inside the "Snowy" Preserve.

July 14 - Peregrine flew over Preserve

July 16 - W. Snowy Plovers, some possible fledglings?

July 19 - 2 Ospreys fly over

July 22 - Children chasing Snowy Plovers

July 24 - Claire Grozinger sees Peregrine fly off with a chick. Reported.

July 27 - Terns fishing in channel. Could see sting rays from bridge.

July 30 - Adult feeding fledglings by calling them up for short flights and landing in quiet area or get mobbed by other young.

July 30 - Colony winding down. Lots of returning shorebirds including banded Willet.

Aug. 01 - Gull eating fledgling by waterline. It was a dying juvenile. -Harrington

Aug. 02 - Black-bellied Plover in breeding plumage frequent area

Aug. 06 - "A young LETE seems sick - sitting motionless behind (never mind - it just took off!")

Aug. 09 - Looked like kids were practicing diving in pond near Santa Ana River. Only adults came up with fish though.

Aug. 1 3 - No plovers, no Least Terns.