Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - March 22, 2026

“Eurasian” Green-winged Teal | Solitary Sandpiper | Common Murre | Sabine’s Gull | Brown Pelican | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | Vesper Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Ovenbird | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - March 14, 2026

Red-throated Loon | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Brown Pelican | Short-eared Owl | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Ovenbird | Cape May Warbler | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - March 7, 2026

Red-throated Loon | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Zone-tailed Hawk | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | GREATER PEWEE | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Ovenbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Palm Warbler | Yellow-rumped Warbler x Grace’s Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - February 27, 2026

Red-throated Loon | Zone-tailed Hawk | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | GREATER PEWEE | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Western Flycatcher | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Ovenbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Palm Warbler | Grace’s Warbler | Yellow-rumped x Grace’s Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - February 22, 2026

Ancient Murrelet | Black-legged Kittiwake | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Zone-tailed Hawk | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | GREATER PEWEE | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Western Flycatcher | Cassin’s Vireo | Green-tailed Towhee | Orchard Oriole | Ovenbird | Tennessee Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Palm Warbler | Yellow-rumped Warbler x Grace’s Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager

Vol. 90 No. 1

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Western Tanager, September-October 2023, Vol. 90 No.1

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Photo by Robbie Lisa Freeman

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Inside This Issue

A Splendidly Spooky Avian Encounter by Robbie Lisa Freeman

Birds Of The Season—October 2023 by Jon Fisher

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Birds of the Season—August 2023

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Birds of the Season—August 2023

Following a relatively cool early July, summer finally arrived. Temperatures increased and some weak systems brought a modicum of subtropical moisture. Thankfully there were no significant wildfires locally thus far.

But the stunner from a weather and birding perspective was a very strong tropical storm- the remnants of hurricane Hilary— that hit the county on August 20. This event dumped five inches of rain or more in many locations and was accompanied by high winds in many places. The added precipitation from Hilary makes severe fires even less likely, but not out of the question.

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