OK, this isn't really a California bird story, but its more than cool enough to share. Researchers have apparently found and photographed one of the world's least documented bird species, the rare Fiji Petrel. It's the first time the species has been photographed at sea.
By Garrison Frost
September 11, 2009
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.