Rose-breasted grosbeak turns up at Laguna Honda Reservoir

September 21, 2026

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, an eastern/temperate North American breeder, was confirmed by a regional eBird reviewer at Laguna Honda Reservoir on September 20 with 39 separate reports.¹ The species typically winters in tropical America and is rarely encountered west of the Rocky Mountains, appearing in coastal California only during vagrant fall migration events.¹

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