Observed a few times in my backyard. Continue reading Black-headed Grosbeak

Chinese name is 白額雁 and means a goose with a white forehead. A rare observation at the Irvine Marsh, seen with an Egyptian goose. Continue reading Greater White-fronted Goose

Chinese name is 斑姬地鳩. Observed at Oahu. They were everywhere! Continue reading Zebra Dove

Chinese name: 庫柏鷹. Observed at the Irvine Marsh in August 2021. Juvenile? Continue reading Cooper’s hawk

Chinese name is 星蜂鳥. First observed at Huntington Beach Central Park. Rare sighting back in April 2021. Continue reading Calliope hummingbird

Chinese name is 白尾鳶. First observed at Newport Back Bay, subsequently at Davis road outside of San Jacinto Wildlife area and Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve. Continue reading White-tailed Kite

Chinese name is 紅胸秋沙鴨. First observed at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve Continue reading Red-Breasted Merganser

Chinese names are either 斯氏繡眼 or 暗綠繡眼鳥. First observed at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, subsequently in my backyard. In 2022 I observed a flock of them flying past my backyard. Continue reading Swinhoe’s White-Eye

First observed at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve. Continue reading Ridgway’s Rail

First observed before I took up birding. Observed in Lincoln Golf Course in San Francisco, and random locations throughout Irvine. Continue reading Red-tailed Hawk