Date: 1/31/26 7:32 pm From: Phil Brown <pdpbrown...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] Painted Redstart Report
Except Redstart aft avfeeder seems unlikely, Phil Brown
On Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 16:30 Kent Johnson <kentjohnson...> wrote:
> A Painted Redstart is not impossible - they do make it to Northern > California occasionally - but I wonder if someone who is not an active > birder could think that a Spotted Towhee was one. > > Hoping he is right, Kent Johnson > ------------------------------ > *From:* <mbbirds...> <mbbirds...> on behalf of > Deborah Diersch <debbiediersch...> > *Sent:* Saturday, January 31, 2026 12:25 PM > *To:* <MBBIRDS...> <mbbirds...>; <jv...> < > <jv...> > *Subject:* [MBBIRDS] Painted Redstart Report > > Hi Everyone, > > I am posting this for Jim Vahl who sent it to me at > the scbirdclubeditor email address. Can you help him with the ID'ing of > this bird he saw at his feeder yesterday (January 30th)? Here is the > description that Jim provided to me: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > I am not an active birder, but we keep a copy of Field Guide to Western > Birds on hand to try to identify the many birds which visit our property. > which is located on N Rodeo Gulch Rd about 4 miles up from Soquel. Earlier > today we had an unusual visitor on our kitchen patio, where we had a good > look. The bird keyed out to be a *Painted Redstart,* which was listed as > ""Strays Visit s. California." I'm emailing you because I wasn't sure how > rare this is, and I didn't know how else to report it. > > Thanks, > Jim Vahl > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks everyone for your assistance with this! > > Debbie > SC Bird Club Newsletter Editor > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mbbirds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/CAFw6txXZ838FqZzBKWHquBK5vqrL5cH637NHOgtCdt%<2Bw72-JxA...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/CAFw6txXZ838FqZzBKWHquBK5vqrL5cH637NHOgtCdt%<2Bw72-JxA...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mbbirds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<BL1PPFCDE88AB43B883C50D296F231FAA1AAA9DA...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<BL1PPFCDE88AB43B883C50D296F231FAA1AAA9DA...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . >
