INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Adventures in Ecuador: On the Trail of Endemics, Eco-heroes, and a Taste of Eden, By Robbie Lisa Freeman
Conservation Conversation, By Travis Longcore
Birds of the Season–April 2023, By Jon Fisher
Birds of the Season – April 2023
The remarkable wet winter of 2022-2023 continued, surpassing most annual precipitation records. The abundance of rain lifted ninety percent of California out of a persistent two-decade long drought. This year resident and migrant birds enjoyed a lush and bountiful landscape. As a bonus, forecasts predict El Niño conditions for the coming year, which suggests above average rainfall for a second consecutive winter.
CONSERVATION CONVERSATION
Adventures in Ecuador—On the Trail of Endemics, Eco-Heroes, and a Taste of Eden
Rare Bird Alert - April 28, 2023
TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | Long-tailed Duck | White-winged Dove | American Oystercatcher | Pacific Golden-Plover | Red-footed Booby | Cattle Egret | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Broad-winged Hawk | Blue-headed Vireo | Purple Martin | Harris’s Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Baltimore Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Hooded Warbler | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager | Indigo Bunting
Rare Bird Alert - April 22, 2023
Rare Bird Alert - April 14, 2023
TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | Sandhill Crane | Franklin’s Gull | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | California Condor | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Ladder-backed x Hairy Woodpecker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Pacific Wren | Clay-colored Sparrow | Harris’s Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Orchard Oriole | Baltimore Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - April 7, 2023
TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | Sandhill Crane | Franklin’s Gull | Brown Booby | Neotropic Cormorant | California Condor | Zone-tailed Hawk | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Purple Martin | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Palm Warbler
Rare Bird Alert - March 31, 2023
TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | Sandhill Crane | California Condor | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Tropical kingbird | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Bank Swallow | Purple Martin | Pacific Wren | Harris’s Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Orchard Oriole | Baltimore Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Painted Redstart | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - March 24, 2023
TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | Surf Scoter | Red-necked Grebe | Inca Dove | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | California Condor | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | “Prairie” Merlin | “Black” Merlin | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Lapland Longspur | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Harris’s Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Orchard Oriole | Baltimore Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager