Date: 5/19/26 1:31 pm From: Zac Denning via groups.io <zdenning1...> Subject: [EBB-Sightings] Visible migration in Albany Today
During my morning yard and sky watch in front of my house in central Albany today, there was a nice showing of migrants, with movement likely boosted by the combo of warm weather and a gentle N to NE breeze.
The moment I walked outside, there was a Western Warbling Vireo singing up the street (perhaps my 3rd yard record). Over the course of the next hour and a half, I saw 5 Western Tanagers fly by, heading N to NE (at least 3 male, one female), sometimes in duos, with one male perching at the top of my backyard redwood and singing a few times. Others gave their "weee" flight calls. I believe this was a yard high count for this species. My personal highlight was a first-for-the-yard Cassin's Vireo, that seemed to magically appear near the top of my backyard redwood (visible from the street in front of my house), nicely sunlit. It stayed for a few seconds before moving on to the NE.
Most of these migrants were quiet and not super obvious, but today was one of the better migrant pushes I've experienced from my tightly packed urban residential neighborhood. My yard / sky watches tend to be somewhat reflective of what's happening generally, so I wasn't surprised to hear reports from Vollmer Peak this morning and yesterday morning of a nice variety of migrants / rarities, plus a variety of reports from San Francisco.
