Hi Everyone,
Several reports have some in and our total is up to 109 species. This includes the long-tailed duck and some yellow-crowned night-herons at Ballona, both reported and photographed by Michael Pazzani.
Here's what we've found so far:
* Canada Goose
* Cinnamon Teal
* Northern Shoveler
* Gadwall
* Mallard
* Redhead
* Lesser Scaup
* Surf Scoter
* Long-tailed Duck
* Bufflehead
* Ruddy Duck
* California Quail
* Pied-billed Grebe
* Eared Grebe
* Clark's Grebe
* Rock Pigeon
* Band-tailed Pigeon
* Eurasian Collared-Dove
* Mourning Dove
* White-throated Swift
* Black-chinned Hummingbird
* Anna's Hummingbird
* Costa's Hummingbird
* Allen's Hummingbird
* Virginia Rail
* Sora
* American Coot
* Black-necked Stilt
* American Avocet
* Black-bellied Plover
* Snowy Plover
* Semipalmated Plover
* Killdeer
* Whimbrel
* Dunlin
* Least Sandpiper
* Western Sandpiper
* Wilson's Snipe
* Red-necked Phalarope
* Spotted Sandpiper
* Lesser Yellowlegs
* Ring-billed Gull
* California Gull
* Caspian Tern
* Forster's Tern
* Brandt's Cormorant
* Double-crested Cormorant
* Brown Pelican
* Great Blue Heron
* Snowy Egret
* Black-crowned Night-Heron
* Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
* White-faced Ibis
* Turkey Vulture
* Red-shouldered Hawk
* Red-tailed Hawk
* Great Horned Owl
* Acorn Woodpecker
* Nuttall's Woodpecker
* Red-Crowned Parrot
* Hammond's Flycatcher
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher
* Black Phoebe
* Vermilion Flycatcher
* Warbling Vireo
* Loggerhead Shrike
* California Scrub-Jay
* American Crow
* Common Raven
* Mountain Chickadee
* Oak Titmouse
* Horned Lark
* Northern Rough-winged Swallow
* Barn Swallow
* Cliff Swallow
* Red-Whiskered Bulbul
* Bushtit
* Wrentit
* House Wren
* Marsh Wren
* Bewick's Wren
* European Starling
* Northern Mockingbird
* Swainson's Thrush
* Hermit Thrush
* American Robin
* House Sparrow
* Scaly-breasted Munia
* House Finch
* Lesser Goldfinch
* Lawrence's Goldfinch
* Dark-eyed Junco
* Bell's Sparrow
* Song Sparrow
* California Towhee
* Spotted Towhee
* Yellow-headed Blackbird
* Hooded Oriole
* Red-winged Blackbird
* Brown-headed Cowbird
* Great-tailed Grackle
* Orange-crowned Warbler
* Nashville Warbler
* Common Yellowthroat
* Yellow Warbler
* Yellow-rumped Warbler
* Wilson's Warbler
* Western Tanager
* Black-headed Grosbeak
I'll send another report later in the afternoon after more reports come in.
One important thing that I forgot to mention in the earlier emails is the situation in the San Gabriel Mountains, which will make it challenging to find montane species. The Angeles Crest Highway is closed between Red Box Gap and Big Pines, so many of the usual places that we check such as Chilao, Buckorn, and Grassy Hollow are not accessible by car. But other places are: Mt. Wilson Observatory, Table Mountain, Big Pines, Jackson Lake, Crystal Lake, and South Fork Campground. A number of trails are also accessible. For example, from Big Pines to Blue Ridge Campground (although there might be some snow), the road from Fenner Work Camp to Vincent Gap; parts of the Pacific Crest Trail; Little Santa Anita Canyon; Glendora Ridge Road and Sunset Peak Road (closed to cars but probably open to hikers), and trails above Crystal Lake. Barrett-Stoddard Road is open and probably provides our best chance for American Dipper.
Thank you,
Lance
Lance Benner Altadena, CA