Our colleagues down at the Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary have been conducting bird banding sessions all spring, and this week they briefly caught a rarity, a White-eyed Vireo. A quick look at the records by Sanctuary Ornithologist Jennifer Wilcox indicated that this might have been just the second or third sighting of White-eyed Vireo in Orange County, and one of just a few dozen in California. We're still confirming this, but in the meantime, check out the pics and dig how cool this bird is. (photos by Tom Sheffield). Bigger photos below: