The California Bird Records Committee held its annual meeting virtually on 13-14 January 2023, and some news from that meeting follows. Committee Membership The terms of Debbie House, Guy McCaskie, an

Dear Birders, You are invited to the next LA Birders webinar: Jaeger Meisters: A primer in Adult Stercorarius (pt 2) With Julian R. Hough Tuesday, January 24 at 7:00 PM – on YouTube Following up on Pa

Birders, The recent sighting of the Snowy Owl in Cypress, California has generated excitement and curiosity about this amazing raptor. Orange County's Sea and Sage Audubon Society, in partnership with

The Red-flanked Bluetail in Santa Cruz continues to be elusive but seen. For those of you interested Jeff Manker shot an 11 second video of it which I will share here. https://drive.google.com/file/d/

Hi all, I wanted to draw your attention to a fantastic new resource for birders called birdinghotspots.org. This is a wiki-style website where anyone can contribute photos and descriptions for eBird h

Dear Birders, You are invited to the next LA Birders webinar: When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Effects of smoke on the health, behavior, and detection of birds With Olivia Sanderfoot, PhD Tuesday, Januar

Dear Birders, You are invited to the next LA Birders webinar: Jaeger Meisters: A primer in Juvenile Stercorarius (pt 1) Julian R. Hough Tuesday, January 10 at 7:00 PM – on YouTube Of all the bird fami

Hello, The two female King Eiders were present today around 3pm on the west side of the pier, roughly 3/4 of the way toward the end, close in, near the pillars, as they have been previously seen. Matt

Hi All, This morning Malia DeFelice and I headed to Santa Cruz in hopes of seeing the Red-flanked Bluetail, found by Matt Brady yesterday afternoon. We tromped around in the drizzle for several hours

Hi, I have been looking at Snowy Owl records in terms of how far south they have appeared, and there are multiple records for Bermuda, which is many hundred miles offshore from the eastern US. Have pe

I don’t know James Bailey, but agree with him that “there is no way to confirm the origin of this bird”. However, I do believe one should consider the odds of it reaching Orange County as a natural va

As the topic has come up, thought I'd take a stab at it: The Snowy Owl currently being seen in residential Orange County is presumably the same bird that was seen a few weeks ago in a residential area

Hello all, James Mitchell has just posted this in the OC birding group, and he gave me permission to copy and paste his post here. Here is what he wrote: Hello birders, A video was just posted on the

Yellow-billed Loon continues this am, Dec. 23rd in channel north of Hyatt Hotel. It has been ranging widely in the bay in the past two days. Becky & Steve Turley Long Beach

Bob and I decided to try for SNOW BUNTING and found it within minutes of arriving at the beach. We got really good looks for quite a while and then it moved up the beach past the parking area. 37.4770

For those who are chasing the Wood Sandpiper tomorrow, please enter your observations from the private duck club ponds at the newly created stakeout hotspot "Ramona Hunt Club & Mystic Duck Club (stake

Good evening birders, Tony Metcalf was able to arrange for an opportunity to chase the Wood Sandpiper this Thursday morning, December 22. We will only have access to the property during the morning ho

There is a Wood Sandpiper on private property near the San Jacinto Wildlife Area, today, Dec 20, found by David Rankin on the CBC. Unfortunately we have to be off the property by 12 PM, so there is li

First discovered by Bob Steele on Sat Dec 17 after the CBC. First year Male Painted Bunting Seen this morning at 10:30 near senior center at Inyokern Park just near parking lot. Feeding with AMRO in r

While helping on the south end Salton Sea CBC this morning, Tuesday, I came across a Rufous backed Robin partly associating with a slug of American Robins right near the intersection of Eddens and Spe