Date: 8/12/26 10:23 pm From: Alexander Henry via groups.io <awhenry...> Subject: Re: [EBB-Sightings] BELATED REPORT: White-eyed Vireo on 6/25/2026 at Shadow Cliffs Regional Park (Heard only / Recorded)
Also shoutout Steve Huckabone, Livermore Valley all-timer
On Wednesday, August 12, 2026, Akira So via groups.io <akiradotnet= <gmail.com...> wrote:
> Greetings, > > Sorry about this being a belated report, as it is now too late to chase > it. But I recorded vocalization of a very likely White-eyed Vireo at Shadow > Cliffs on June 25, 2026. (~7 weeks ago.) The recording can be found at > below eBird checklist link. > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S382746025 > > In the field at the time, the Merlin app was unable to suggest any ID, and > I was unable to locate it visually. Today, I thought to try the BirdNET app > (the desktop version, not the new "BirdNET Live" app for smartphones). And > it gave me an ID as White-eyed Vireo, giving me confidence scores of ~95%. > > In case you wondered (perhaps to look for it in future years for possible > return visits), the approximate GPS coordinate of the observation location > was 37.668485, -121.848638 - in the western part of the park along the > arroyo. The time of observation was ~9:30 am. (The recording was made at > 9:35am.) > > This is the first White-eyed Vireo record for this location as far as I am > aware. But there have been several eBird records in this general area of > the East Bay, including those from May 2004 (Tassajara Creek Regional Park, > Tassjara EBRP Land Bank) and May 2020 (Patterson Pass). > > Again, it is too late to chase it now, but mentioning it for future > reference. > > Good birding, > Akira > > Akira So > Pleasanton, CA >
