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  1. America's Birdiest County: 232 Species, Saturday, 2:30 pm LINK
    DATE: Apr 29, 2023 @ 2:32pm, 3 year(s) ago
    Hi Everyone,
    Since the last update we have added six more species and our total is now 232 species. The latest additions were:
    Common Murre
    Black-throated Sparrow
    Scott's Oriole
    Willet
    Rock Wren
    Green-tailed Towhee
    Tropical Kingbird
    
    The kingbird was reported by Jeff Boyd along the LA River between 25th and 28th streets along the utility lines.
    Here's the list of all the species we have FOUND:
    * Snow Goose * Ross's Goose * Greater White-fronted Goose * Tundra Bean-Goose NEW! * Cackling Goose * Canada Goose * Blue-winged Teal * Cinnamon Teal * Northern Shoveler * Gadwall * American Wigeon * Mallard * Northern Pintail * Green-winged Teal * Redhead * Ring-necked Duck * Lesser Scaup * Surf Scoter * Long-tailed Duck * Bufflehead * Red-breasted Merganser * Ruddy Duck * Mountain Quail * California Quail * Pied-billed Grebe * Eared Grebe * Western Grebe * Clark's Grebe * Rock Pigeon * Band-tailed Pigeon * Eurasian Collared-Dove * Spotted Dove * Mourning Dove * Greater Roadrunner * Lesser Nighthawk * Common Poorwill * Vaux's Swift * White-throated Swift * Black-chinned Hummingbird * Anna's Hummingbird * Costa's Hummingbird * Rufous Hummingbird * Allen's Hummingbird * Calliope Hummingbird * Virginia Rail * Sora * Common Gallinule * American Coot * Black-necked Stilt * American Avocet * Black Oystercatcher * Black-bellied Plover * Pacific Golden-Plover * Snowy Plover * Semipalmated Plover * Killdeer * Whimbrel * Long-billed Curlew * Marbled Godwit * Sanderling * Dunlin * Least Sandpiper * Western Sandpiper * Long-billed Dowitcher * Wilson's Snipe * Wilson's Phalarope * Red-necked Phalarope * Spotted Sandpiper * Solitary Sandpiper * Wandering Tattler * Greater Yellowlegs * Willet * Lesser Yellowlegs * Common Murre * Heermann's Gull * Ring-billed Gull * Western Gull * California Gull * Glaucous-winged Gull * Least Tern * Caspian Tern * Forster's Tern * Elegant Tern * Black Skimmer * Red-throated Loon * Pacific Loon * Common Loon * Black-vented Shearwater * Brandt's Cormorant * Neotropic Cormorant * Double-crested Cormorant * American White Pelican * Brown Pelican * Great Blue Heron * Great Egret * Snowy Egret * Cattle Egret * Green Heron * Black-crowned Night-Heron * Yellow-crowned Night-Heron * White-faced Ibis * Turkey Vulture * Osprey * Northern Harrier * Cooper's Hawk * Bald Eagle * Red-shouldered Hawk * Swainson's Hawk * Red-tailed Hawk * Barn Owl * Western Screech-Owl * Great Horned Owl * Belted Kingfisher * Lewis's Woodpecker * Acorn Woodpecker * Downy Woodpecker * Nuttall's Woodpecker * Hairy Woodpecker * Northern Flicker * American Kestrel * Merlin * Peregrine Falcon * Yellow-chevroned Parakeet * Red-Crowned Parrot * Nanday Parakeet * Mitred Parakeet * Olive-sided Flycatcher * Western Wood-Pewee * Hammond's Flycatcher * Gray Flycatcher * Dusky Flycatcher * Pacific-slope Flycatcher * Black Phoebe * Say's Phoebe * Vermilion Flycatcher * Ash-throated Flycatcher * Tropical Kingbird * Cassin's Kingbird * Western Kingbird * Bell's Vireo * Hutton's Vireo * Cassin's Vireo * Warbling Vireo * Loggerhead Shrike * Steller's Jay * California Scrub-Jay * American Crow * Common Raven * Mountain Chickadee * Oak Titmouse * Verdin * Horned Lark * Northern Rough-winged Swallow * Tree Swallow * Violet-green Swallow * Bank Swallow * Barn Swallow * Cliff Swallow * Red-Whiskered Bulbul * Bushtit * Wrentit * Ruby-crowned Kinglet * Red-breasted Nuthatch * White-breasted Nuthatch * Blue-gray Gnatcatcher * California Gnatcatcher * Rock Wren * Canyon Wren * House Wren * Marsh Wren * Bewick's Wren * Cactus Wren * American Dipper * European Starling * California Thrasher * Northern Mockingbird * Western Bluebird * Swainson's Thrush * Hermit Thrush * American Robin * Cedar Waxwing * Phainopepla * House Sparrow * Scaly-breasted Munia * American Pipit * House Finch * Purple Finch * Lesser Goldfinch * Lawrence's Goldfinch * American Goldfinch * Chipping Sparrow * Black-chinned Sparrow * Black-throated Sparrow * Lark Sparrow * Fox Sparrow * Dark-eyed Junco * White-crowned Sparrow * Golden-crowned Sparrow * Bell's Sparrow * Savannah Sparrow * Song Sparrow * Lincoln's Sparrow * Swamp Sparrow * California Towhee * Rufous-crowned Sparrow * Green-tailed Towhee * Spotted Towhee * Yellow-breasted Chat * Yellow-headed Blackbird * Western Meadowlark * Hooded Oriole * Bullock's Oriole * Scott's Oriole * Red-winged Blackbird * Tricolored Blackbird * Brown-headed Cowbird * Brewer's Blackbird * Great-tailed Grackle * Orange-crowned Warbler * Nashville Warbler * MacGillivray's Warbler * Common Yellowthroat * Yellow Warbler * Yellow-rumped Warbler * Black-throated Gray Warbler * Townsend's Warbler * Hermit Warbler * Wilson's Warbler * Western Tanager * Black-headed Grosbeak * Blue Grosbeak * Lazuli Bunting
    
    I'll send a list of species we're MISSING in a separate email.
    Thank you!
    Regards,
    Lance
    Lance Benner Altadena
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