CircumSolar is a long-term project by Rebeca Méndez where she follows the journey of a small bird, the arctic tern (sterna paradisaea) on its annual migration from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again, an approximate 55,000-mile journey that is the longest migration recorded. With the tern as its protagonist, CircumSolar looks to explore larger themes critical to our time, such as the unstoppable force of migration, the ecological concern of climate change, the VI mass extinction, and the geopolitics of the changing landscapes of coastal lands and the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Watch the presentation from December 9, 2020.
Rare Bird Alert - December 30, 2022
Sandhill Crane | Tufted Puffin | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | California Condor | Zone-tailed Hawk | Short-eared Owl | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Pacific Wren | Lapland Longspur | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Swamp Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Hooded Oriole | Baltimore Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Nashville Warbler | Northern Parula | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Black-headed Grosbeak
Rare Bird Alert - December 23, 2022
Mountain Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pacific Loon | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Warbling Vireo | Pacific Wren | SEDGE WREN | Gray Catbird | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Hooded Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Nashville Warbler | American Redstart | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - December 16, 2022
Tundra Swan | White-winged Dove | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Red Knot | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | “Black” Merlin | Tropical Kingbird | Western Kingbird | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Warbling Vireo | Pacific Wren | SEDGE WREN | American Pipit (japonicus) | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Scott’s Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | American Redstart | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - December 9, 2022
Tundra Swan | Barrow’s Goldeneye | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Pacific Wren | American Pipit (japonicus) | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Scott’s Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | American Redstart | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - December 2, 2022
Tundra Swan | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Tropical Kingbird | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Cassin’s Vireo | Pacific Wren | SEDGE WREN | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Nashville Warbler | Northern Parula | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - November 25, 2022
Tundra Swan | Pacific Golden-Plover | Red-necked Phalarope | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pacific Loon | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | California Condor | Zone-tailed Hawk | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Tropical Kingbird | Western Wood-Pewee | Hammond’s Flycatcher | SEDGE WREN | American Pipit (japonicus) | Lapland Longspur | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Scott’s Oriole | Black-and-white | Tennessee Warbler | Northern Parula | Blackburnian Warbler | Palm Warbler | Canada Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Black-headed Grosbeak
Rare Bird Alert - November 18, 2022
Black Scoter | White-winged Scoter | Red-necked Grebe | American Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | American Bittern | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Swainson’s Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | SEDGE WREN | American Pipit (japonicus) | Red Crossbill | Lapland Longspur | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Rusty Blackbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Northern Parula | Blackburnian Warbler | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - November 11, 2022
Black Scoter | Neotropic Cormorant | Red-necked Grebe | Pacific-Golden Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Red-footed Booby | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Swainson’s Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | Burrowing Owl | “Prairie” Merlin | Tropical Kingbird | Eastern Phoebe | Pacific Wren | Gray Catbird | Lapland Longspur | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | “Large-billed” Savannah Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Northern Parula | Palm Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting
Rare Bird Alert - November 4, 2022
Black Scoter | Pacific Golden-Plover | Heermann’s Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pacific Loon | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Swainson’s Hawk | Tropical Kingbird | Pacific Wren | SEDGE WREN | Gray Catbird | Brown Thrasher | Grasshopper Sparrow | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Harris’s Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Northern Parula | Black-throated Blue Warbler | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting | Dickcissel