All,
I want to point out that the pectoral sandpiper found today by Susan and Frank Gilliland and Becky and Steve Turley is the first for the count. That is, we've been doing this count since 2003 and this is the first year we've found one.
Here are species we've found in previous years that we haven't found yet this year:
# Snow Goose
# Ross's Goose
# Cackling Goose
# Wood Duck
# Green-winged Teal
# Canvasback
# Greater Scaup
# Lesser Scaup
# Surf Scoter
# White-winged Scoter
# Long-tailed Duck
# Common Goldeneye
# Hooded Merganser
# Common Merganser
# Red-breasted Merganser
# Horned Grebe
# Spotted Dove
# Common Ground-Dove
# White-winged Dove
# Lesser Nighthawk
# Common Poorwill
# Rufous Hummingbird
# Calliope Hummingbird
# Ridgway's Rail
# Sandhill Crane
# Black-bellied Plover
# Pacific Golden-Plover
# Snowy Plover
# Ruddy Turnstone
# Black Turnstone
# Red Knot
# Ruff
# Stilt Sandpiper
# Baird's Sandpiper
# Semipalmated Sandpiper
# Short-billed Dowitcher
# Wilson's Phalarope
# Red-necked Phalarope
# Red Phalarope
# Solitary Sandpiper
# Wandering Tattler
# Lesser Yellowlegs
# Pomarine Jaeger
# Parasitic Jaeger
# Common Murre
# Scripps's Murrelet
# Cassin's Auklet
# Rhinoceros Auklet
# Sabine's Gull
# Bonaparte's Gull
# Laughing Gull
# Franklin's Gull
# Mew Gull
# Herring Gull
# Iceland Gull (Thayer's Gull)
# Glaucous Gull
# Least Tern
# Black Tern
# Common Tern
# Yellow-billed Loon
# Black-footed albatross
# Northern Fulmar
# Pink-footed Shearwater
# Sooty Shearwater
# Black-vented Shearwater
# Pelagic Cormorant
# Neotropic Cormorant
# American Bittern
# Cattle Egret
# Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
# White-tailed Kite
# Golden Eagle
# Ferruginous Hawk
# Barn Owl
# Flammulated Owl
# Western Screech-Owl
# Burrowing Owl
# Spotted Owl
# Long-eared Owl
# Northern Saw-whet Owl
# Williamson's Sapsucker
# Red-naped Sapsucker
# Lewis's Woodpecker
# Ladder-backed Woodpecker
# Crested Caracara
# Merlin
# Gray Flycatcher
# Vermilion Flycatcher
# Dusky-capped Flycatcher
# Tropical Kingbird
# Thick-billed Kingbird
# Plumbeous Vireo
# Clark's Nutcracker
# Purple Martin
# Bank Swallow
# California Gnatcatcher
# American Dipper
# Mountain Bluebird
# Varied Thrush
# Hermit Thrush
# Red-throated Pipit
# American Pipit
# Evening Grosbeak
# Red Crossbill
# Pine Siskin
# Grasshopper Sparrow
# Clay-colored Sparrow
# Field Sparrow
# Brewer's Sparrow
# Lark Sparrow
# Harris's Sparrow
# White-throated Sparrow
# Vesper Sparrow
# Lincoln's Sparrow
# Swamp Sparrow
# Orchard Oriole
# Baltimore Oriole
# Scott's Oriole
# Tricolored Blackbird
# Northern Waterthrush
# Black-and-white Warbler
# Tennessee Warbler
# MacGillivray's Warbler
# Hooded Warbler
# American Redstart
# Northern Parula
# Chestnut-sided Warbler
# Palm Warbler
# Painted Redstart
# Summer Tanager
# Indigo Bunting
Here are the recent uncommon or rare species that have been in Los Angeles County since late March that we haven't found yet:
canvasback California Aquaduct/270th West/Neenach
white-winged scoter Dockweiler State Beach
common goldeneye Quail Lake
common goldeneye Eaton Canyon flood basin
common goldeneye California Aquaduct/165th St East
common goldeneye Angeles National Golf Course late March
hooded merganser Madrona Marsh
hooded merganser Hahamongna Watershed Park
hooded merganser Piute Ponds
hooded merganser Hollywood Forever Cemetery
hooded merganser Madrona Marsh Apr 23
American oystercatcher Malibu Lagoon
American oystercatcher Cabrillo Beach
American oystercatcher Royal Palms Beach in late March
lesser yellowlegs Piute Ponds
common murre Ballona Jetty on Apr. 8
black-legged kittiwake Malibu Lagoon Apr. 14
Franklin's gull Piute Ponds
Franklin's gull Lancaster Sewer Ponds
neotropic cormorant Bonelli Park
neotropic cormorant Macarthur Park () not yet accepted in eBird
cattle egret Whittier Narrows
yellow-crowned night heron Sim's Pond
zone-tailed hawk Monrovia 4/23
ferruginous hawk Ave. J/110th E 4/25
ferruginous hawk Quail Lake
ferruginous hawk Leona Valley
ferruginous hawk 117th St. E/Ave. I/ Antelope Valley
Yellow-bellied sapsucker Sepulveda Basin late March
Yellow-bellied sapsucker Huntington Park Civic Park late March
red-naped sapsucker O'Melveny Park
Lewis's woodpecker Hahamongna Watershed Park
Lewis's woodpecker Glendora Indian Springs Drive private yard
Lewis's woodpecker North Glendora, private yard near St. Lucy's Priory School
vermilion flycatcher various locations across the county
tropical kingbird Entradero Park
tropical kingbird Harbor Regional park
tropical kingbird El Dorado Park
tropical kingbird Colorado Lagoon
plumbeous vireo various locations
golden-crowned kinglet El Dorado Park
red crossbill Charlton Flat
grasshopper sparrow San Clemente Island/Box Canyon
grasshopper sparrow Malibu Creek State Park
clay-colored sparrow Madrona Marsh in late March
Harris's sparrow Hahamongna Watershed Park
Harris's sparrow College Park, Claremont
white-throated sparrow various places around the county
vesper sparrow near the California Poppy Preserve
vesper sparrow San Clemente Island/Tota Canyon
vesper sparrow San Clemente Island/Ridge Road
Baltimore oriole Bonelli Park in late March
orchard oriole Beverlywood St., Brentwood in late March
blue-winged warbler El Dorado Park in late March
Lucy's warbler North Weddington Recreation Area in late March
black and white warbler Banning Park
black and white warbler Madrona Marsh
black and white warbler DeForest Park
black and white warbler LA River/Oros Street
black and white warbler La Mirada Park
palm warbler Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach
palm warbler Willow Springs Park
Grace's warbler Chilao picnic area
Grace's warbler Long Beach Rec Park in late March
black-throated green warbler Alondra Park Reservoir in early April
painted redstart Brookside Park in late March
summer tanager Cal State Long Beach
summer tanager Veteran's Memorial Park
summer tanager Orcutt Ranch
We realize some of these have probably vanished, but it seems likely that at least some are still around.
I'll send at least one more update tonight.
Thank you!
Lance
Lance Benner Altadena, CA