Rain took a break long enough for me to check the local gull flock and enjoy this lovely Thayer’s

Sometimes you can dream about finding a particular vagrant so often that it actually materializes - this morning’s Red-throated Pipit at the top of the old landfill in Griffith Park Los Angeles

The long staying Olive-backed Pipit in SoCal finally left it seems

First of season Thayer’s, Cook Inlet, American Herring and Glaucous-winged this morning in LA.

Field ID of Alder Flycatcher in latest issue of @britishbirds with @CinTyLeeEarth

Birders will be scouring coasts, valleys and headlands in the coming weeks as they search for North American landbirds. The Empidonax flycatchers are some of the most prized vagrants of all. Buy now: https://t.co/3gJEMnIuBj #birdguides #books #birdbooks #birding #birdwatch

Caspian Terns at Ballona, LA, CA Aug ‘25 - oil on board

Autumn migration is underway and it’s the perfect time to find your own rarities. Explore the BirdGuides Bookshop and pick up an identification guide: https://t.co/rW4SLm7zbA #birdguides #books #birdbooks #birding #birdwatch

Olive-sided Flycatcher from Yosemite last month (acrylic on canvasboard)

One of the highlights with @CinTyLeeEarth at the biggest week event in Ohio was a wonderful thunder storm that rolled in but it didn’t deter the singing red-winged blackbirds - oil on canvasboard

Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Kingbirds and Myiarchus This slim volume is packed with data and nuanced criteria, says David Callahan, and would be a fine addition to any ringer's or rarity hunter's library: https://t.co/LbKpf9aX9Y

The 1st cycle Vega Gull that showed up on the LA River this week is superb

Elegant Trogon, oil on canvasboard

Least Terns in sea-lavender

Pomarine Jaeger and Black-vented Shearwater acrylic on canvas board

Andrew Birch's (@LALABirding) and my paper on separating silent Willow and Alder Flycatchers just came out in Western Birds. Hundreds of hours spent analyzing specimens in museums and thousands in the field. A hint of what's to come in Volume 3 of Flycatchers of North America.

New! North American Flycatchers: Kingbirds and Myiarchus David Callahan reviewed this new edition as "a fine addition to any ringer's or rarity hunter's library" and an "invaluable resource". Buy your copy here: https://t.co/mcKz8kSEMo

Whilst looking at flycatcher specimens today at LANHM these 5 extinct birds were laid out: Carolina Parakeet, Eskimo and Slender-billed Curlews, Passenger Pigeon and Ivory-billed Woodpecker

European Stonechat, Cornwall summer 2024 oil on canvas board

This hatch year Tropical Kingbird showed up along the upper Texas coast a week ago. This bird made its distinctive twittering call, but it is has the classic plumage and structural features of Tropical. To distinguish from Couch's, some features to pay attention to are the long