Date: 9/1/26 7:48 am From: Liam Murphy via groups.io <liammsf...> Subject: Re: [SFBirds] Swinhoe
Interestingly enough, there was a Swinhoe's White-eye on Bernal Hill this
morning, north side. Timely report for now, more later.
Liam
On Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:15 PM Roberta Guise via groups.io <roberta=
<guisemarketing.com...> wrote:
> Gosh golly. I’m sure as heck glad I opened my digital mug and asked for
> Swinhoe info.
>
> From available images looks like Swinhoe the naturalist was a typical
> English mid-19th century chap.
>
> Warmly,
> Roberta
>
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> *From: *<SFBirds...> <SFBirds...> on behalf of Marty Freeland
> via groups.io <martinf3...>
> *Date: *Monday, August 31, 2026 at 20:51
> *To: *<chucao...> <chucao...>; <darmstrong99...>
> <darmstrong99...>; 'SF Birds' <SFBirds...>
> *Subject: *Re: [SFBirds] Swinhoe
>
> Swinhoe’s White-eye is on the official California list; it was accepted as
> established by the CBRC earlier this year and I believe the ABA-CLC will
> follow the CBRC in its next update. This only applies to the established
> SoCal population and not to individual independent releases/escapes.
>
> Dispersants from the SoCal population have turned up quite far south in
> Baja, but most or all Bay Area records very likely relate to independent
> escapes, as a number (including some of the group that bred in downtown SF)
> have aviculturists' leg bands.
>
> Marty Freeland
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> *From:* <SFBirds...> <SFBirds...> on behalf of Alvaro
> Jaramillo via groups.io <chucao...>
> *Sent:* Monday, 31 August 2026 17:33:24
> *To:* <darmstrong99...> <darmstrong99...>; 'SF Birds' <
> <sfbirds...>
> *Subject:* Re: [SFBirds] Swinhoe
>
>
> David
>
>
>
> I am not in the listing game, but one thing you said confused me. If it
> is on the official California list, does that not make it countable no
> matter where in California it is seen?
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Alvaro
>
>
>
> Alvaro Jaramillo
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> *From:* <SFBirds...> <SFBirds...> *On Behalf Of *David
> Armstrong via groups.io
> *Sent:* Monday, August 31, 2026 8:23 PM
> *To:* SF Birds <sfbirds...>
> *Subject:* Re: [SFBirds] Swinhoe
>
>
>
> Hi Roberta and SF Birders
>
>
>
> Presumably David is referring to *Swinhoe's White-eye*
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ebird.org/species/swiwhe1__;!!G92We9drHetJ8EofZw!bHXxqF3ziaoD-vuTi-wUtw3CF6setLpCMUiRLSVwZTrrOwX0OoSXFEzsUotjkvtcQvBBzmg_qHpyGSoYDN2cUV_L672LDb2icg$>,
> which has established a large population in Southern California, and has
> been steadily working its way up the coast with sightings by Dom and others
> in SF, as well as in East Bay locations. It's not considered countable here
> yet but it is on the official California list.
>
>
>
> The "Calliope Tree" refers to *an eBird hotspot *
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ebird.org/hotspot/L2021839__;!!G92We9drHetJ8EofZw!bHXxqF3ziaoD-vuTi-wUtw3CF6setLpCMUiRLSVwZTrrOwX0OoSXFEzsUotjkvtcQvBBzmg_qHpyGSoYDN2cUV_L672QsXiceg$>on > Lincoln Golf Course and in particular to a flowering eucalyptus that hosted
> a Calliope Hummingbird a couple of falls back (and is a magnet for birds in
> general). You can access this area by parking along Clement Street near the
> corner of 40th Ave.
>
>
>
> Hope this helps
>
> David Armstrong
>
>
>
>
>
> On Monday, August 31, 2026 at 05:15:12 PM PDT, Roberta Guise <
> *<roberta...>* <roberta...>> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> This assumes a lot of institutional knowledge and accrued arcana. Alas,
> some of us are not quite there yet. And perhaps I missed a previous email
> about this..
>
>
>
> What’s Swinhoe?
>
>
>
> Where’s the Calliope tree?
>
>
>
> Warmly,
> Roberta
>
> Roberta Guise | Reputation cultivator (she/her)
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> *From: **<SFBirds...>* <SFBirds...> <*<SFBirds...>*
> <SFBirds...>> on behalf of David Webster via groups.io <
> *<davisigno...>* <davisigno...>>
> *Date: *Monday, August 31, 2026 at 16:34
> *To: *SF Birds <*<SFBirds...>* <SFBirds...>>
> *Subject: *[SFBirds] Swinhoe
>
> In the Calliope tree - not banded
>
>
