Hi Everyone,

This is the final summary for America's Birdiest County in Los Angeles on April 28-30, 2023.

The final total this year was 268 species. After the last update we added golden eagle and prairie falcon found at Quail Lake and along Gorman Post Road on April 30.

How does our total compare with results from previous years

Here are America's Birdiest County totals for Los Angeles County since 2003:
Year Total
2023 268 Apr 28-30
2022 265 Apr 22-24
2021 277 Apr 23-25
2020 No count due to covid 19
2019 257 Apr 26-28
2018 263 Apr 27-29
2017 264 Apr 28-30
2016 270 Apr 29-May 1
2015 275 Apr 25-27
2014 272 Apr 25-27
2013 265 Apr 26-28
2012 262 Apr 29-30
2011 277 Apr 22-24
2010 271 Apr 23-25
2009 264 Apr 24-26
2008 255 Apr 25-27
2007 271 Apr 26-28
2006 263 Apr 28-30 Format changed from one day to three days; more organization
2005 246
2004 239
2003 239

Average from 2003-present: 2631 +- 11.2

Our total in 2023 was 5 species above our long-term average of 263.

Finding this many species takes a lot of effort, and we got that many because a lot of very dedicated and knowledgeable people went into the field and covered the majority of the most important locations for birds across the county. This resulted in excellent coverage at the Piute Ponds, Apollo Park, Bonelli Park, Legg Lake, Quail Lake, parks in Long Beach, and the Ballona/Playa de Rey area.

Nevertheless, we struggled to find some rarities that had apparently left within a few days of the count, or were somehow missed, and, despite dedicated searches, we struggled with owls that we usually find. In fact, this was one of our worst year for owls, given that we found only four species of nine that have been recorded in previous years, and the fifth year in a row that we've failed to find a burrowing owl. The situation for that species is alarming.
268 species is slightly above our long-term average of 263 but we need to keep in mind that numerous introduced species have been added to the state list in recent years: Nanday parakeet, yellow-chevroned parakeet, Lilac-crowned parrot, mitred parakeet, red-masked parakeet, red-whiskered bulbul, and scaly-breasted munia. A few years ago we also relaxed our previous restriction on counting bald eagles on Catalina Island due to our (incorrect) perception that they needed human intervention to survive. Now they're also nesting annually along highway 39 on the mainland as well. As a result, it's not as difficult to reach 268 species as it was only a few years ago.
Previous America's Birdiest County winners:
...discontinued after 2011...
2011 277 Los Angeles
2010 271 Los Angeles
2009 264 Los Angeles
2008 255 Los Angeles
2007 271 Los Angeles
2006 263 Los Angeles
2005 250 Monterey and San Diego (tie)
2004 266 San Diego
2003 248 Monterey

America's Birdiest County was a one-day event during its first three years. Starting in 2006, the format changed to three days. 2006 is also the first year that we really got organized in Los Angeles County and that accounts for the distinct uptick in the number of species relative to the first three years.

We added four new species this year:
Tundra Bean-Goose
Red-footed Booby
Nanday Parakeet Introduced
Red-masked Parakeet Introduced

How do four new species compare with results from previous years
Here are the number of new species that we've added since 2010:
2024 4 (two were introduced)
2022 3 (two were introduced)
2021 5 (two were introduced)
2020 No count due to covid 19
2019 3
2018 0 Only year we didn't add any species
2017 1
2016 5
2015 4
2014 5
2013 3
2012 5
2011 7
2010 5
Our recent history of adding a few species annually probably indicates that there are still new species to find in future years. Given the near misses we have every year, it may be many years before we run out of new ones, even without introduced species newly accepted by the California Bird Records Committee.
Here are the species we FOUND in 2023:
* 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
* White-winged Scoter
* Long-tailed Duck
* Bufflehead
* Common Merganser
* 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
* Inca Dove
* White-winged 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
* Black Turnstone
* Surfbird
* Sanderling
* Dunlin
* Least Sandpiper
* Western Sandpiper
* Short-billed Dowitcher
* Long-billed Dowitcher
* Wilson's Snipe
* Wilson's Phalarope
* Red-necked Phalarope
* Red Phalarope
* Spotted Sandpiper
* Solitary Sandpiper
* Wandering Tattler
* Greater Yellowlegs
* Willet
* Lesser Yellowlegs
* Common Murre
* Bonaparte's Gull
* Heermann's Gull
* Ring-billed Gull
* Western Gull
* California Gull
* Herring Gull
* Lesser Black-backed Gull
* Glaucous-winged Gull
* Least Tern
* Caspian Tern
* Forster's Tern
* Royal Tern
* Elegant Tern
* Black Skimmer
* Red-throated Loon
* Pacific Loon
* Common Loon
* Sooty Shearwater
* Black-vented Shearwater
* Red-footed Booby NEW!
* Brandt's Cormorant
* Pelagic 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
* White-tailed Kite
* Golden Eagle
* Northern Harrier
* Sharp-shinned Hawk
* Cooper's Hawk
* Bald Eagle
* Red-shouldered Hawk
* Swainson's Hawk
* Red-tailed Hawk
* Barn Owl
* Western Screech-Owl
* Great Horned Owl
* Northern Saw-whet Owl
* Belted Kingfisher
* Williamson's Sapsucker
* Red-breasted Sapsucker
* Lewis's Woodpecker
* Acorn Woodpecker
* Downy Woodpecker
* Nuttall's Woodpecker
* Ladder-backed Woodpecker
* Hairy Woodpecker
* White-headed Woodpecker
* Northern Flicker
* American Kestrel
* Merlin
* Peregrine Falcon
* Prairie Falcon
* Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
* Red-Crowned Parrot
* Lilac-Crowned Parrot
* Nanday Parakeet
* Mitred Parakeet
* Red-masked Parakeet
* Olive-sided Flycatcher
* Western Wood-Pewee
* Hammond's Flycatcher
* Gray Flycatcher
* Dusky Flycatcher
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher
* Black Phoebe
* Say's Phoebe
* Vermilion Flycatcher
* Dusky-capped 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
* Golden-crowned Kinglet
* Ruby-crowned Kinglet
* Red-breasted Nuthatch
* White-breasted Nuthatch
* Pygmy Nuthatch
* Brown Creeper
* 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
* Townsend's Solitaire
* Swainson's Thrush
* Hermit Thrush
* American Robin
* Cedar Waxwing
* Phainopepla
* House Sparrow
* Scaly-breasted Munia
* American Pipit
* House Finch
* Purple Finch
* Cassin's Finch
* Red Crossbill
* Lesser Goldfinch
* Lawrence's Goldfinch
* American Goldfinch
* Chipping Sparrow
* Black-chinned Sparrow
* Brewer's Sparrow
* Black-throated Sparrow
* Lark Sparrow
* Fox Sparrow
* Dark-eyed Junco
* White-crowned Sparrow
* Golden-crowned Sparrow
* White-throated 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
* Palm 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
The table below lists every species we've recorded during the ABC weekend since 2004 and the number of years in which we've found each one. "11" indicates that we found a species in a given year and "00" indicates that we didn't In an attempt to make the columns align, I added an extra "1" or "0" in each column. The alignment works best if you use the Courier font in your email.
NN 23 22 21 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 SPECIES
15 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 11 Snow Goose
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Ross's Goose
18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Greater White-fronted Goose
01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Tundra Bean-Goose
17 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Brant
17 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Cackling Goose
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Canada Goose
17 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wood Duck
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Blue-winged Teal
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cinnamon Teal
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Northern Shoveler
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Gadwall
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Wigeon
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Mallard
17 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 Northern Pintail
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Green-winged Teal
04 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 Canvasback
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Redhead
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Ring-necked Duck
02 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Greater Scaup
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Lesser Scaup
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Surf Scoter
03 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 White-winged Scoter
04 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 Black Scoter
03 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 Long-tailed Duck
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Bufflehead
03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 Common Goldeneye
11 00 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 00 11 00 11 00 00 11 11 00 11 Hooded Merganser
16 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 00 11 Common Merganser
18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Red-breasted Merganser
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Ruddy Duck
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Mountain Quail
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 California Quail
14 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 Gambel's Quail
14 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 Chukar
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Pied-billed Grebe
11 00 00 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 00 Horned Grebe
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Eared Grebe
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Grebe
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Clark's Grebe
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Rock Pigeon
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Band-tailed Pigeon
18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Eurasian Collared-Dove
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Spotted Dove
14 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 Inca Dove
15 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 Common Ground-Dove
03 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 White-winged Dove
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Mourning Dove
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Greater Roadrunner
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Lesser Nighthawk
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Common Poorwill
02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 11 Black Swift SUSPECT
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Vaux's Swift
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 White-throated Swift
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-chinned Hummingbird
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Anna's Hummingbird
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Costa's Hummingbird
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Rufous Hummingbird
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Allen's Hummingbird
14 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 00 00 Calliope Hummingbird
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Ridgway's Rail
18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 Virginia Rail
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Sora
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Common Gallinule
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Coot
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Sandhill Crane
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-necked Stilt
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Avocet
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black Oystercatcher
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-bellied Plover
04 11 00 00 00 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 Pacific Golden-Plover
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Snowy Plover
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Semipalmated Plover
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Killdeer
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Whimbrel
18 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Long-billed Curlew
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Marbled Godwit
18 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Ruddy Turnstone
18 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black Turnstone
02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 Red Knot
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Surfbird
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Ruff
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 Stilt Sandpiper
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Sanderling
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Dunlin
04 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 Baird's Sandpiper
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Least Sandpiper
01 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Pectoral Sandpiper
02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 Semipalmated Sandpiper
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Sandpiper
15 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 Short-billed Dowitcher
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Long-billed Dowitcher
13 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 00 11 00 11 11 00 Wilson's Snipe
14 11 11 11 00 00 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 Wilson's Phalarope
18 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-necked Phalarope
03 11 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 Red Phalarope
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Spotted Sandpiper
15 11 11 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Solitary Sandpiper
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wandering Tattler
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Greater Yellowlegs
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Willet
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Lesser Yellowlegs
07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 00 Pomarine Jaeger
10 00 11 11 00 00 11 00 00 00 11 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 Parasitic Jaeger
06 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Common Murre
04 00 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 Scripps's Murrelet
02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 Cassin's Auklet
03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 Rhinoceros Auklet
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 Sabine's Gull
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Bonaparte's Gull
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 Laughing Gull
10 00 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 11 11 Franklin's Gull
18 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Heermann's Gull
02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 Short-billed Gull
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Ring-billed Gull
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Gull
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 California Gull
17 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Herring Gull
02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 Iceland/Thayer's Gull
02 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Lesser Black-backed Gull
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Glaucous-winged Gull
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 Glaucous Gull
18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 Least Tern
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Caspian Tern
05 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 11 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 Black Tern
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 Common Tern
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Forster's Tern
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Royal Tern
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Elegant Tern
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black Skimmer
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-throated Loon
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Pacific Loon
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Common Loon
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 Yellow-billed Loon
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Black-footed albatross
01 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Leach's Storm-Petrel
03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 11 11 Northern Fulmar
13 00 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Pink-footed Shearwater
18 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Sooty Shearwater
08 11 00 00 00 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 11 11 Black-vented Shearwater
01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Red-footed Booby
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Brandt's Cormorant
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Pelagic Cormorant
04 11 11 11 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Neotropic Cormorant
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Double-crested Cormorant
18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 American White Pelican
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Brown Pelican
04 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 11 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 American Bittern
18 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Least Bittern
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Great Blue Heron
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Great Egret
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Snowy Egret
16 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cattle Egret
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Green Heron
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-crowned Night-Heron
06 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 White-faced Ibis
01 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 California Condor
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Turkey Vulture
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Osprey
18 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 White-tailed Kite
17 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 Golden Eagle
18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Northern Harrier
18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 Sharp-shinned Hawk
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cooper's Hawk
07 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 ..........Not Counted............. Bald Eagle
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-shouldered Hawk
18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 Swainson's Hawk
01 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Zone-tailed Hawk
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-tailed Hawk
04 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 11 00 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 Ferruginous Hawk
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Barn Owl
12 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 00 11 00 11 00 Flammulated Owl
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Screech-Owl
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Great Horned Owl
17 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Northern Pygmy-Owl
14 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Burrowing Owl
16 00 00 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Spotted Owl
06 00 00 11 00 00 11 11 00 00 00 11 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 Long-eared Owl
16 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Northern Saw-whet Owl
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Belted Kingfisher
15 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 Williamson's Sapsucker
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Red-naped Sapsucker
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-breasted Sapsucker
14 11 11 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 Lewis's Woodpecker
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Acorn Woodpecker
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Downy Woodpecker
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Nuttall's Woodpecker
16 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 Ladder-backed Woodpecker
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Hairy Woodpecker
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 White-headed Woodpecker
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Northern Flicker
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Crested Caracara
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Kestrel
16 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 Merlin
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Peregrine Falcon
17 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Prairie Falcon
03 11 11 11 .................Not Countable................ Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-crowned Parrot
02 11 11 ...................Not Countable................. Lilac-crowned Parrot
01 11 .......................Not Countable................. Nanday Parakeet
02 11 11 ....................Not Countable................. Mitred Parakeet
01 11 .......................Not Countable................. Red-masked Parakeet
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Olive-sided Flycatcher
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Wood-Pewee
01 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Least Flycatcher
02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 Willow Flycatcher SUSPECT
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Hammond's Flycatcher
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Gray Flycatcher
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Dusky Flycatcher
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Pacific-slope Flycatcher
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black Phoebe
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Say's Phoebe
10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Vermilion Flycatcher
04 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Dusky-capped Flycatcher
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Ash-throated Flycatcher
08 11 00 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 11 00 11 00 Tropical Kingbird
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cassin's Kingbird
02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 11 00 00 Thick-billed Kingbird
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Kingbird
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Bell's Vireo
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Hutton's Vireo
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cassin's Vireo
11 00 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 Plumbeous Vireo
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Warbling Vireo
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Loggerhead Shrike
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Steller's Jay
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 California Scrub-Jay
16 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 Clark's Nutcracker
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Crow
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Common Raven
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Mountain Chickadee
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Oak Titmouse
18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Verdin
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Horned Lark
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
09 00 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 11 00 11 00 11 11 00 11 00 00 00 Purple Martin
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Tree Swallow
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Violet-green Swallow
17 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 11 Bank Swallow
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Barn Swallow
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cliff Swallow
03 11 11 11 ..................Not Countable................ Red-Whiskered Bulbul
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Bushtit
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wrentit
09 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 11 11 00 11 Golden-crowned Kinglet
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-breasted Nuthatch
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 White-breasted Nuthatch
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Pygmy Nuthatch
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Brown Creeper
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 California Gnatcatcher
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Rock Wren
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Canyon Wren
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 House Wren
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Marsh Wren
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Bewick's Wren
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cactus Wren
13 11 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 00 American Dipper
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 European Starling
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 California Thrasher
13 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 00 LeConte's Thrasher
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Northern Mockingbird
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Bluebird
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Mountain Bluebird
16 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 Townsend's Solitaire
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Varied Thrush
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Swainson's Thrush
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Hermit Thrush
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Robin
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cedar Waxwing
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Phainopepla
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 House Sparrow
09 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 ........not countable........ Scaly-breasted Munia
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Red-throated Pipit
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Pipit
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Evening Grosbeak
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 House Finch
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Purple Finch
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cassin's Finch
13 11 00 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 00 Red Crossbill
15 00 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Pine Siskin
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Lesser Goldfinch
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Lawrence's Goldfinch
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Goldfinch
04 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 11 00 00 Grasshopper Sparrow
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Chipping Sparrow
03 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 Clay-colored Sparrow
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-chinned Sparrow
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Field Sparrow
15 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 00 11 Brewer's Sparrow
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-throated Sparrow
18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 Lark Sparrow
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Fox Sparrow
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Dark-eyed Junco
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 White-crowned Sparrow
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Golden-crowned Sparrow
03 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 11 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Harris' Sparrow
14 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 White-throated Sparrow
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Bell's Sparrow
03 00 00 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Vesper Sparrow
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Savannah Sparrow
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Song Sparrow
17 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Lincoln's Sparrow
02 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Swamp Sparrow
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 California Towhee
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Rufous-crowned Sparrow
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Green-tailed Towhee
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Spotted Towhee
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Yellow-breasted Chat
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Yellow-headed Blackbird
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Meadowlark
03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Orchard Oriole
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Hooded Oriole
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Bullock's Oriole
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Baltimore Oriole
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Scott's Oriole
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-winged Blackbird
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Tricolored Blackbird
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Brown-headed Cowbird
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Brewer's Blackbird
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Great-tailed Grackle
02 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Northern Waterthrush
05 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 11 00 00 00 11 00 00 11 00 00 00 Black-and-white Warbler
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 Tennessee Warbler
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Orange-crowned Warbler
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Nashville Warbler
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 MacGillivray's Warbler
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Common Yellowthroat
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 Hooded Warbler
02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 American Redstart
03 00 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Northern Parula
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Yellow Warbler
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Chestnut-sided Warbler
11 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 00 11 00 11 Palm Warbler
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Yellow-rumped Warbler
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-throated Gray Warbler
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Townsend's Warbler
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Hermit Warbler
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wilson's Warbler
01 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Red-Faced Warbler
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 Painted Redstart
07 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 00 00 11 Summer Tanager
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Tanager
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-headed Grosbeak
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Blue Grosbeak
19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Lazuli Bunting
02 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Indigo Bunting

Total: 348 species
If you look closely you'll see that we flagged willow flycatcher and black swift as "suspect." We no longer believe earlier records of Willow Flycatcher and Black Swift because those species don't usually occur before the end of the first week of May and because we neglected to request documentation when they were reported in 2004-2007. Having said that...it's intriguing that credible reports of both species turned up only two days (black swift) and five days (willow flycatcher) after this year's count.
Of the species we've found to date, we have found the same ~200 every year, accounting for about 60% of our annual average.
We have also found 28 species only once (excluding recently added non-native parakeets), indicating that about 8% are "one-hit wonders." Examples from previous years include Crested Caracara, Ridgeway's rail, yellow-billed loon, field sparrow, ruff, red-throated pipit, evening grosbeak, and red-faced warbler.
There are also numerous species that we find about 1/2 of the time, probably a consequence of the fact that we schedule the event in late April when wintering birds are leaving and when many spring migrants are just arriving.

Even though some species are reported nearly every year, there are a number that we struggle to find, and it's often through the dedicated efforts of a few people that we find them. Typical examples include Praire falcon, LeConte's thrasher, Clark's nutcracker, Williamson's sapsucker, and flammulated owl. Of those four, this year we found only the falcon and the sapsucker.

Here are species we found that were particularly notable: (Found less than or equal to five times previously and not introduced).
01 Tundra Bean-Goose
03 White-winged Scoter
03 Long-tailed Duck
04 Pacific Golden-Plover
03 Red Phalarope (not listed as "rare" in eBird. Perhaps it should be)
02 Lesser Black-backed Gull
01 Red-Footed Booby
04 Neotropic Cormorant. Becoming regular, but still recent.
04 Dusky-Capped Flycatcher
02 Swamp Sparrow
Once again, the number in the first two columns gives the number of years when we have found this species since 2004.
As mentioned above, yellow-crowned night-heron appears to be more regular and we've found it on the last six counts. Given the explosive increase in neotropic cormorant numbers, those have become regular as well.
What were our worst misses
Here's a list of species we didn't find that were found at least 11 times previously:
17 Brant
17 Wood Duck
14 Gambel's Quail
14 Chuckar
11 Horned Grebe
15 Common Ground-Dove
18 Ruddy Turnstone
13 Pink-Footed Shearwateer
12 Flammulated Owl
17 Northern Pygmy-Owl
14 Burrowing Owl
16 Spotted Owl
11 Plumbeous Vireo
16 Clarks' Nutcracker
13 LeConte's Thrasher
15 Pine Siskin

Of these, Ruddy Turnstone was the most surprising. We had good coverage at places where they occur so it wasn't for lack of effort. We also tried hard for Wood Duck and Brant. We didn't have coverage on San Clemente Island for the first time in many years, hence our inability to find Gambel's Quail and Chukar (the island is the only place in LA County where they occur regularly).

As mentioned previously, we came up short with owls this year. There was considerable effort to find northern pygmy owl. Perhaps they didn't fare well due to harsh weather this past winter Access to Flammulated Owl habitat was quite limited, but there was still a search near Big Pines, but it came up empty. This was the first year that we got northern saw-whet owl on Catalina Island where they are relatively common this spring.

Due to closure of the Angeles Crest Highway between the Mt. Wilson Road and Big Pines, I expected us to struggle in the mountains. However, due to heroic efforts from several dedicated teams, we actually did really well.
Here's a list of species that we missed in 2023 by about one week or less before or after the count. Most were extracted from eBird:

2023 Near-Misses: +- one week
Hooded Merganser: found shorly before and shorly after
Gambel's Quail
Chukar
Horned Grebe
Black Swift: Found two days after
American Oystercatcher
Ruddy Turnstone: Found one day after.
Cassin's Auklet
Franklin's Gull
Black Tern
Common Tern: Reported; I don't know if it was confirmed
Least Bittern: Yes, we checked!
California Condor
Blue-headed Vireo: Missed by a couple of days. Rats..
Purple Martin
LeConte's Thrasher: Found a few days before and two days after
Sage Thrasher: Found a few days before. We've never gotten one on ABC weekend.
Pine Siskin: Widely reported in the week after the count
Harris's Sparrow: Missed by two days.
Baltimore Oriole
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Hooded Warbler: Arg... Just missed it.
Northern Parula
Summer Tanager
N = 25
Given the number of new species that we find each year, which species might be next

With our previous experience we certainly didn't expect to add Tundra Bean-Goose, but I suppose red-footed booby was in the realm of possiblity given that there have been modest numbers along the coast in recent months.

We've missed broad-winged hawk by less than one week on multiple occasions, so we should find it eventually. Brown Boobies are increasing in abundance and are sometimes reported fairly often, so we should sweep one up. I'm surprised that we haven't found reddish egret yet given that they have been reported close by in Orange County at Bolsa Chica in previous years. Despite these predictions, the rarities we find suggests something not mentioned above is at least as likely to turn up. For example, in previous summary emails I never expected a Bean Goose.

It seems inevitable that more exotics will be added to the state list by the California Bird Records Committee and thus become countable. Species that might be added in the not-too-distant future include Egyptian goose, Swinhoe's White-eye, and perhaps Pin-tailed Whydah. Since last year, Nanday Parakeet and Red-masked Parakeet have been added and we found both this year. For a discussion, please check the CBRC website at:

https://www.californiabirds.org/CBRC%20Annotated%20Watch%20List_Mar2022.pdf
We have started to keep track of uncountable, non-native species that we find, but we didn't attempt to organize dedicated searches.
Here are the ones that were reported, in no particular order:

Yellow-headed Parrot
Pin-tailed Whydah
Muscovy Duck
Swinhoe's White-eye
Northern Cardinal
Egyptian Goose
Indian Peafowl
Yellow-headed Parrot
European Goldfinch
Red-lored Parrot

How many more species could we find during this count We've already found 277 species twice, and 275 species once, so 280 species is probably within reach if we are have really good luck. 285 species might be attainable...particularly if the CBRC continues to add introduced species to the state list. Finding more than that is probably very unlikely even if we dramatically increase our organization and level of effort because we're already up against the limit of the number of birds regularly in the area at this time of year.

The significance of "America's Birdiest County" has grown considerably since we started in 2003. It's become much more than a friendly competition with other counties and has turned into a educational event that continues to improve our body of knowledge of the status and distribution of birds in our area. Knowledge of where birds are has grown to the point that we usually find most species that are very local. Although there are other events during the year such as Christmas Bird Counts and the Great Backyard Bird Count, there aren't many events in the spring when migration is in full swing. As such, we've been obtaining a detailed sample for 20 years at a time of year when few other surveys occur. Now, however, the Bear Divide Migration Count, which has become a regular event, is providing another means for assessing species in this area in a systematic way. There are also suggestions from Richard Crossley's observations in Gorman that regular surveys there could also yield very important results.

As mentioned above, ABC weekend is also documenting changes, both positive and negative, in the avifauna in our area for species such as vermilion flycatcher, neotropic cormorant, yellow-crowned night-heron, zone-tailed hawk, tricolored blackbird, American Dipper, and burrowing owl.

Most of our participants use eBird to archive their observations and many people are uploading photos and audio recordings, which makes the reports considerably more valuable. Every year during ABC weekend there's a significant increase in the number of records entered into eBird. We scour eBird for reports that weren't submitted to us or posted on listserves. This often adds 2-4 species after the count that we would otherwise miss. This year most of the species were reported directly to us but I also found at least 20 by checking eBird.
Use of eBird is making an increasingingly important contribution to ornithology worldwide. eBird data is appearing in a rapidly-increasing number of peer-reviewed publications in prominent scientific journals and it's having a pronounced impact on many areas of bird conservation. Articles that discuss results from eBird have appeared many times in some of the highest-impact peer reviewed scientific journals, and eBird is widely considered to be among the most important community science projects in existence.
Thank you again to everyone who contributed!

Best wishes,

Lance

Lance Benner
Altadena

- RBA

* California

* Los Angeles RBA

* May 5, 2023

* CALA2305.05

-Birds mentioned

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE

White-winged Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Inca Dove

White-winged Dove

Black Swift

Pacific Golden-Plover

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Red-footed Booby

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Swamp Sparrow

Tennessee Warbler

Northern Parula

Palm Warbler

Summer Tanager

California Bird Reco rds
Committee (report rarities as appropriate on the rare bird report form):http://www.californiabirds.org/

Enter your bird sightings on eBird:http://ebird.org/content /ebird

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E-mail reports to:Jon Fisher at JonF60@...

Coverage:Los Angeles County

-Transcript

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for May 5, 2023.

The TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE in the Antelope Valley continued, moving between the Piute Ponds and Lancaster Water Reclamation Plant through May 4.
A letter of permission is required for entry to Piute Ponds.

A WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach on April 30.
A TENNESSEE WARBLER was at the park on May 3.

A LONG-TAILED DUCK continued at the Ballona Creek mouth through May 4.

An INCA DOVE was in Lake Los Angeles on April 29 by 41116 169 th Street East.

A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was seen along Gorman Post Road on April 30.

BLACK SWIFTS included five at the Piute Ponds on May 2 and three at the Linden H. Chandler Preserve in Rolling Hills Estates on May 4.

The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB continued through May 2 at Duckbill Lake.

A first cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was along the Los Angeles River between Atlantic and Slauson on April 30.

RED-FOOTED BOOBY was by Santa Catalina Island through April 30.

Up to six YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS continued at the Ballona Lagoon in Marina del Rey through May 4.

A continuing DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER was at Peck Park in San Pedro through May 4 on the south side of the ravine.

A SWAMP SPARROW continued at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through April 28 around the small north shore pond (this spot is near the extreme northeast
corner of the reservoir).

A NORTHERN PARULA was near Hilltop Park in Signal Hill on May 3.

A PALM WARBLER was in the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve by the Haskell Creek bridge adjacent to the north wildlife viewing area (just south of the gated
entrance).

A SUMMER TANGER was along the lower Los Angeles River at Cressa Park (north of PCH) on May 2.

-end transcript

Jon L Fisher

Glendale, CA

JonF60@...

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

For all events, field trips and announcements, please see our website at http://www.laaudubon.org

Birders,
On Tuesday 2 May a group of us (John Birsner, Chris Dean, Jon Feenstra, Kimball Garrett, Naresh Satyan, Janet Scheel, and Mark Scheel) attempted a thorough and intensive coverage of the entire Piute Ponds area as part of Western Field Ornithologists' Spring Birdathon. Nicknamed the Piute Ponds Yacht Club, our team ended up tallying 107 species through the day, with highlights including continuing Tundra Bean-Goose and Pacific Golden-Plover, several Purple Martins, a Black Swift, and LeConte's Thrasher.
A Trip Report with complete species list is here: https://ebird.org/tripreport/123975 The narrative for the trip report is also pasted below.
And here is the link to our team's web page on the WFO Birdathon website: https://wfo.securesweet.com/teampage.aspfundid=979#.ZFMQinbMJD8
Kimball Garrett Juniper Hills, CA
Our seven Piute Ponds Yacht Clubbers gathered at the
entrance gate to Piute Ponds before 5:30 on Tuesday morning, May 2 nd ,
heading to their respective counting areas. Predicted strong westerly winds
proved accurate, which we viewed as a mixed blessing (more difficult birding
conditions, but the likelihood of more grounded migrant landbirds and
waterbirds). Anticipating this wind, we debated the most appropriate theme
songs for our group, settling on Ducks in the Wind (with apologies to Kansas)
and (The Anser is) Blowin in the Wind (with apologies to Bob Dylan). It
was a chilly start (around 48 deg F), and only warmed to the low 60s during the
day. John Birsner counted the Ducks Unlimited pond area, Janet and Mark Scheel
covered Big Piute and Thoreau ponds and adjacent desert areas, Naresh Satyan
covered desert habitats west of the pond complex, and Kimball Garrett, Chris Dean
and Jon Feenstra began coverage of the Ave C trees and shrubs and Duckbill Pond
(with Chris later heading down to some of the southern ponds and Jon trekking
through desert and small seasonal pond areas from north of Duckbill to San
Miguel Lagoon). This is probably the most thorough coverage Piute has received
on a single day.

A couple of Lesser Nighthawks right at dawn were a relief,
as this removed the obligation of having to stay until dusk for that
crepuscular species. Two hoped-for
stakeouts were spotted early on at Duckbill: the long-staying Tundra
Bean-Goose that divides its time between Piute and the nearby Lancaster Water
Treatment Plant but thankfully chose to stay at Piute this day with its Greater
White-fronted Goose companion, and the Pacific Golden-Plover present for its
fifth day. The Scheels came through with the always-hard-to-find LeContes
Thrasher southeast of Big Piute. Seventeen species of shorebirds and fifteen
species of waterfowl padded our list. Landbird migrants were in moderate
numbers and diversity, with seven warblers, eight flycatchers, and a slam of
seven swallow species, including several Purple Martins. The winds which
bottled up these swallows also produced many Vauxs Swifts and a single Black
Swift. Wintering sparrows had largely departed and we were fortunate to get
late Lincolns, Savannah and White-crowned Sparrows along with the resident
Song and Bells Sparrows. Other late migrants we squeaked by with included a
Ruby-crowned Kinglet and a couple of American Pipits. Other birds of interest
included White-faced Ibis, Swainsons Hawk, Loggerhead Shrike, Cactus Wren, and
Yellow-headed and Tricolored Blackbirds. And throughout the day was the
constant backdrop of marsh bird sounds, including Marsh Wrens, Common Yellowthroats,
Virginia Rails, and Soras.

Big misses Where were the Great Blue Herons And any terns
Fortunately the late afternoon efforts finally produced a Greater Roadrunner
and Peregrine Falcon, preventing another couple of disappointing misses.

The Piute Ponds Yacht Club is proud to be supporting Western
Field Ornithologists, and we thank our many generous donors. We had a great time, and by the end of the
day we were already plotting another thorough avi-blitz of Piute Ponds during
the peak of fall shorebird migration.

Hi Everyone,
Here's additional information about the "America's Birdiest County" event that will happen
in Los Angeles County on April 28-30, 2023.
The count starts at midnight on Thursday night/Friday morning and ends at midnight on Sunday night/Monday morning.
The objective is to find as many species in Los Angeles County over this three day interval as possible. We've been doing this since 2003 and regularly find more than 260 species.
Birds can be identified by sight or sound, and as usual, rare species require documentation. All birds must be counted from land, so we can't accept anything seen on a whale watch, or from a boat on a lake, but we'd be glad to count any birds seen from Santa Catalina and San Clemente Islands or from seawatches at places such as Point Vicente and Point Dume.
I will act as compiler again this year.

Since the count in 2022, the California Bird Records Committee has accepted Nanday Parakeet and
Red-masked Parakeet to the state list, so we can now count them. They should be straightforward to find.

HISTORY
America's Birdiest County started in 2003 in San Diego as a friendly competition among counties across the country to see how many species people could find in a single 24-hour period.
After the first three years, the organizers changed the protocol to make it a three-day event.There were also various categories across the country to try to level the playing field so that counties in very different areas wouldn't be competing against those in other areas that have vastly more birds. Thus, counties in, say, Maine weren't competing against counties in California. Los Angeles was in the "Coastal West" category and our chief competition, at least initially, was with San Diego and Monterey. After the format changed to a three-day event, Monterey stopped competing in order to continue their traditional one-day county-wide birdathon. After 2011, the organizers discontinued the nationwide event, but selected counties continued due to strong local interest.Los Angeles and Kern Counties, which usually did very well, both continued.
Here are the number of species found in Los Angeles County since 2003:
Year Total
2023 265
2021 277
2020 No count due to covid 19
2019 257
2018 263
2017 264
2016 270
2015 275
2014 272
2013 265
2012 262
2011 277
2010 271
2009 264
2008 255
2007 272
2006 265
2005 246
2004 240
2003 239
Our total jumped in 2006 due to better organization and increased interest.

This event has turned into an intensive sweep of the whole county each spring and has provided a useful snapshot of the species that are present in late April. Many people who participate also record their observations in eBird, and as a result, tens of thousands of bird sightings are permanently archived, so in addition to having fun, we're also making a scientifically useful contribution.

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LOGISTICS
Please email reports to me at lbenner@... and/or to the LA County listserve. ([email protected])
We welcome you to send ebird lists: the easiest way is to email eBird lists to your self and then forward them to me: This makes checking for new species really easy.

I will provide updates two to four times each day to track our progress and to help guide searches for species we're missing. The first update will probably happen by mid afternoon on Friday. We will also provide updates each night so that we everyone can see what we still need first thing in the morning.
We welcome reports on the county listserve all weekend regardless of what you see: the species do not have to be rare.
Please note that we can't count birds seen from boats, but birds seen from Santa Catalina and San Clemente Island count. Also, the Gambel's quail and chukars on San Clemente Island are self-sustaining so we can count them. Also, to continue the protocol we adopted a few years ago, we are now glad to count bald eagles seen from Santa Catalina and San Clemente Islands.

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NON-NATIVE SPECIES:
Kimball Garrett asks us to please report established non-native species even if they're not the list that's accepted by the AOS or the CBRC.
This means that we want to hear about introduced species such as parakeets and parrots, pin-tailed whydahs, orange bishops, white-eyes, Egyptian goose, Mandarin ducks, and so forth. Monitoring those populations is becoming increasingly important so please report them, and, of course, enter your sightings into eBird.
We'll keep them in a supplemental list separate from the "regular" species.

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RARE SPECIES
There have been a number of rare species in the county recently. Here's an abbrevicated list of some reported in the last week or so:
Tundra Bean Goose
Long-tailed Duck
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Broad-winged Hawk
Blue-headed Vireo
Pacific Wren
Sage Thrasher
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Hooded Warbler
The Bean Goose, hawk, vireo, thrasher, and Wren would all be new if we could find them.
This is a partial list: I haven't had time yet to go through all the rarities found in the county in the last month.
As always, anything flagged as "rare" in eBird is going to require documentation, so please take photos, jot down notes, obtain recordings and videos, or make sketches. Please remember that your cell phone probably has an app that allows you to record sounds. They're quite sensitive and can be good for documetation.

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SPECIES PREVIOUSLY RECORDED
Below is the list of every species we've found during previous ABC weekends.
There are some species that we get regularly that are actually quite local and require special effort to find and/or that are just leaving or arriving at this time of year . Among them, in no particular order, are prairie falcon, American dipper, common ground-dove, Inca dove, spotted owl, northern saw-whet owl, northern pygmy owl, flammulated owl, burrowing owl, golden-crowned kinglet, LeConte's thrasher, Williamson's sapsucker, red crossbill, Swainson's hawk, common merganser, hooded merganser, summer tanager, golden eagle, and wandering tattler.
We often struggle to find pelagic species; alcids are particularly difficult.

The table below lists every species we've recorded during the ABC weekend since 2004 and the number of years in which we've found it.
N = number of years we've found a species from 2004-present
N SPECIES
14 Snow Goose
18 Ross's Goose
17 Greater White-fronted Goose
17 Brant
16 Cackling Goose
18 Canada Goose
17 Wood Duck
18 Blue-winged Teal
18 Cinnamon Teal
18 Northern Shoveler
18 Gadwall
18 American Wigeon
18 Mallard
16 Northern Pintail
18 Green-winged Teal
04 Canvasback
18 Redhead
18 Ring-necked Duck
02 Greater Scaup
18 Lesser Scaup
18 Surf Scoter
02 White-winged Scoter
04 Black Scoter
02 Long-tailed Duck
18 Bufflehead
03 Common Goldeneye
11 Hooded Merganser
15 Common Merganser
17 Red-breasted Merganser
18 Ruddy Duck
18 Mountain Quail
18 California Quail
14 Gambel's Quail
14 Chukar
17 Pied-billed Grebe
11 Horned Grebe
18 Eared Grebe
18 Western Grebe
18 Clark's Grebe
18 Rock Pigeon
18 Band-tailed Pigeon
17 Eurasian Collared-Dove
18 Spotted Dove
13 Inca Dove
15 Common Ground-Dove
02 White-winged Dove
18 Mourning Dove
18 Greater Roadrunner
18 Lesser Nighthawk
18 Common Poorwill
18 Vaux's Swift
18 White-throated Swift
18 Black-chinned Hummingbird
18 Anna's Hummingbird
18 Costa's Hummingbird
18 Rufous Hummingbird
18 Allen's Hummingbird
13 Calliope Hummingbird
01 Ridgeway's Rail
17 Virginia Rail
18 Sora
18 Common Gallinule
18 American Coot
01 Sandhill Crane
18 Black-necked Stilt
18 American Avocet
18 Black Oystercatcher
18 Black-bellied Plover
03 Pacific Golden-Plover
18 Snowy Plover
18 Semipalmated Plover
18 Killdeer
18 Whimbrel
17 Long-billed Curlew
18 Marbled Godwit
18 Ruddy Turnstone
17 Black Turnstone
02 Red Knot
18 Surfbird
01 Ruff
01 Stilt Sandpiper
18 Sanderling
18 Dunlin
04 Baird's Sandpiper
18 Least Sandpiper
01 Pectoral Sandpiper
02 Semipalmated Sandpiper
18 Western Sandpiper
14 Short-billed Dowitcher
18 Long-billed Dowitcher
12 Wilson's Snipe
13 Wilson's Phalarope
17 Red-necked Phalarope
02 Red Phalarope
18 Spotted Sandpiper
14 Solitary Sandpiper
18 Wandering Tattler
18 Greater Yellowlegs
18 Willet
17 Lesser Yellowlegs
07 Pomarine Jaeger
10 Parasitic Jaeger
05 Common Murre
04 Scripps' Murrelet
02 Cassin's Auklet
03 Rhinoceros Auklet
01 Sabine's Gull
18 Bonaparte's Gull
01 Laughing Gull
10 Franklin's Gull
17 Heermann's Gull
02 Short-billed Gull
18 Ring-billed Gull
18 Western Gull
18 California Gull
16 Herring Gull
02 Iceland Gull (Thayer's Gull)
01 Lesser Black-backed gull
18 Glaucous-winged Gull
01 Glaucous Gull
17 Least Tern
18 Caspian Tern
05 Black Tern
01 Common Tern
18 Forster's Tern
18 Royal Tern
18 Elegant Tern
18 Black Skimmer
18 Red-throated Loon
18 Pacific Loon
18 Common Loon
01 Yellow-billed Loon
01 Black-footed albatross
01 Leach's Storm-petrel
03 Northern Fulmar
13 Pink-footed Shearwater
17 Sooty Shearwater
07 Black-vented Shearwater
18 Brandt's Cormorant
18 Pelagic Cormorant
03 Neotropic Cormorant
18 Double-crested Cormorant
17 American White Pelican
18 Brown Pelican
04 American Bittern
18 Least Bittern
18 Great Blue Heron
18 Great Egret
18 Snowy Egret
15 Cattle Egret
18 Green Heron
18 Black-crowned Night-Heron
05 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
18 White-faced Ibis
01 California Condor
18 Turkey Vulture
18 Osprey
17 White-tailed Kite
16 Golden Eagle
17 Northern Harrier
18 Sharp-shinned Hawk
18 Cooper's Hawk
06 Bald Eagle
18 Red-shouldered Hawk
18 Swainson's Hawk
01 Zone-tailed Hawk
18 Red-tailed Hawk
04 Ferruginous Hawk
18 Barn Owl
12 Flammulated Owl
18 Western Screech-Owl
18 Great Horned Owl
17 Northern Pygmy-Owl
14 Burrowing Owl
16 Spotted Owl
06 Long-eared Owl
15 Northern Saw-whet Owl
18 Belted Kingfisher
13 Lewis's Woodpecker
18 Acorn Woodpecker
14 Williamson's Sapsucker
01 Red-naped Sapsucker
18 Red-breasted Sapsucker
15 Ladder-backed Woodpecker
18 Nuttall's Woodpecker
18 Downy Woodpecker
18 Hairy Woodpecker
18 White-headed Woodpecker
18 Northern Flicker
01 Crested Caracara
18 American Kestrel
15 Merlin
18 Peregrine Falcon
16 Prairie Falcon
00 Nanday Parakeet 2023 will be the first year we can count it
01 Mitred Parakeet: 2022 was the first year we can count it
00 Red-masked Parakeet 2023 will be the first year we can count it
02 Yellow-chevroned Parakeet. 2021 was the first year we could count it
18 Red-crowned Parrot
01 Lilac-crowned Parrot: 2022 was the first year we can count it.
18 Olive-sided Flycatcher
18 Western Wood-Pewee
18 Hammond's Flycatcher
18 Gray Flycatcher
18 Dusky Flycatcher
18 Pacific-slope Flycatcher
18 Black Phoebe
18 Say's Phoebe
09 Vermilion Flycatcher
03 Dusky-capped Flycatcher
18 Ash-throated Flycatcher
07 Tropical Kingbird
18 Cassin's Kingbird
02 Thick-billed Kingbird
18 Western Kingbird
18 Bell's Vireo
18 Hutton's Vireo
18 Cassin's Vireo
11 Plumbeous Vireo
18 Warbling Vireo
18 Loggerhead Shrike
18 Steller's Jay
18 California Scrub-Jay
16 Clark's Nutcracker
18 American Crow
18 Common Raven
18 Mountain Chickadee
18 Oak Titmouse
17 Verdin
18 Horned Lark
18 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
09 Purple Martin
18 Tree Swallow
18 Violet-green Swallow
16 Bank Swallow
18 Barn Swallow
18 Cliff Swallow
02 Red-whiskered Bulbul. 2021 was the first year we could count it.
18 Bushtit
18 Wrentit
18 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
08 Golden-crowned Kinglet
18 Red-breasted Nuthatch
18 White-breasted Nuthatch
18 Pygmy Nuthatch
18 Brown Creeper
18 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
18 California Gnatcatcher
18 Rock Wren
18 Canyon Wren
18 House Wren
18 Marsh Wren
18 Bewick's Wren
18 Cactus Wren
12 American Dipper
18 European Starling
18 California Thrasher
13 LeConte's Thrasher
18 Northern Mockingbird
18 Western Bluebird
01 Mountain Bluebird
15 Townsend's Solitaire
18 Swainson's Thrush
18 Hermit Thrush
18 American Robin
01 Varied Thrush
18 Cedar Waxwing
18 Phainopepla
08 Scaly-Breasted Munia
18 House Sparrow
01 Red-throated Pipit
18 American Pipit
01 Evening Grosbeak
18 House Finch
18 Purple Finch
18 Cassin's Finch
12 Red Crossbill
15 Pine Siskin
18 Lesser Goldfinch
18 Lawrence's Goldfinch
18 American Goldfinch
04 Grasshopper Sparrow
18 Chipping Sparrow
03 Clay-colored Sparrow
18 Black-chinned Sparrow
01 Field Sparrow
14 Brewer's Sparrow
18 Black-throated Sparrow
17 Lark Sparrow
18 Fox Sparrow
18 Dark-eyed Junco
18 White-crowned Sparrow
18 Golden-crowned Sparrow
03 Harris' Sparrow
13 White-throated Sparrow
18 Bell's Sparrow
03 Vesper Sparrow
18 Savannah Sparrow
18 Song Sparrow
16 Lincoln's Sparrow
01 Swamp Sparrow
18 California Towhee
18 Rufous-crowned Sparrow
18 Green-tailed Towhee
18 Spotted Towhee
18 Yellow-breasted Chat
18 Yellow-headed Blackbird
18 Western Meadowlark
03 Orchard Oriole
18 Hooded Oriole
18 Bullock's Oriole
01 Baltimore Oriole
18 Scott's Oriole
18 Red-winged Blackbird
18 Tricolored Blackbird
18 Brown-headed Cowbird
18 Brewer's Blackbird
18 Great-tailed Grackle
02 Northern Waterthrush
05 Black-and-white Warbler
01 Tennessee Warbler
18 Orange-crowned Warbler
18 Nashville Warbler
18 MacGillivray's Warbler
18 Common Yellowthroat
01 Hooded Warbler
02 American Redstart
03 Northern Parula
18 Yellow Warbler
01 Chestnut-sided Warbler
10 Palm Warbler
18 Yellow-rumped Warbler
18 Black-throated Gray Warbler
18 Townsend's Warbler
18 Hermit Warbler
18 Wilson's Warbler
01 Red-faced Warbler
07 Summer Tanager
18 Western Tanager
18 Black-headed Grosbeak
18 Blue Grosbeak
18 Lazuli Bunting
02 Indigo Bunting
Total: 344 species

New in 2022:
We added three new species last year:
Least Flycatcher
Lilac-crowned Parrot. Introduced: recently accepted by the CBRC
Mitred Parakeet Introduced: recently accepted by the CBRC

Removed: black swift and willow flycatcher because we think those reports were in error.
If you think you see them, be prepared to provide outstanding documentation!

Please start thinking of where you might be able to contribute, and we look forward to hearing from you on April 28, 29, and 30!

Best wishes,
Lance

lbenner@...
Lance Benner
Altadena, CA

-Birds mentioned

Black Swift

American Oystercatcher

Stilt Sandpiper

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Common Tern

Townsends Storm-Petrel

Brown Booby

Neotropic Cormorant

Reddish Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Indigo Bunting

California Bird Reco rds
Committee (report rarities as appropriate on the rare bird report form):http://www.californiabirds.org/

Enter your bird sightings on eBird:http://ebird.org/content /ebird

Hotline:Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert

E-mail reports to:Jon Fisher at JonF60@...

Coverage:Los Angeles County

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This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for August 5.

BLACK SWIFTS continue to be reported along Cobal Canyon Trail above Claremont Wilderness Park, with July 31 being the most recent sighting.
Late afternoon and early evening is the time to look for them.

An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was on the middle breakwater at the Los Angeles Harbor on July 30.

A STILT SANDPIPER was briefly along the lower Los Angeles River at the Willow Street crossing on July 30.

An immature LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL has been seen off and on along the Los Angeles River in Long Beach at the Willow Street crossing through August 2.

Two GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS continued along the Los Angeles River in the Maywood area between Slauson Ave. and S. Downey Road through August 1.

A COMMON TERN was at Dockweiler State Beach in El Segundo on July 30.

A TOWNSENDS STORM-PETREL was southeast of Catalina Island on July 31.

A BROWN BOOBY was in the Catalina Channel south of San Pedro on July 30.
Another probable BROWN BOOBY was on the breakwater at the Ballona Creek mouth on August 3.

A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh through August 4.
Two were along the San Gabriel River between Peck Road and the Whittier Narrows Dam in South El Monte on July 29 and two continued along the Los Angeles River below Burbank Blvd. through August 4.

An immature REDDISH EGRET continued at Malibu Lagoon through August 1.

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were at Sims Bio Pond in Long Beach on July 31, at the San Gabriel River mouth / Alamitos Bay on August 1 and at the Catalina
Express terminal in Long Beach (adjacent the Golden Shore Marine Reserve) on August 4.

The male INDIGO BUNTING continued along the Los Angeles River in Glendale through August 4.
When visible it is being seen just below the 5 Freeway.
Easiest access is via the Bette Davis Picnic Area.

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Jon L Fisher

Glendale, CA

JonF60@...

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

For all events, field trips and announcements, please see our website at http://www.laaudubon.org

- RBA

* California

* Los Angeles RBA

* July 29, 2022

* CALA2207.29

-Birds mentioned

Common Merganser

Black Swift

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Neotropic Cormorant

Reddish Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Western Wood-Pewee

Indigo Bunting

California Bird Reco rds
Committee (report rarities as appropriate on the rare bird report form):http://www.californiabirds.org/

Enter your bird sightings on eBird:http://ebird.org/content /ebird

Hotline:Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert

E-mail reports to:Jon Fisher at JonF60@...

Coverage:Los Angeles County

-Transcript

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for July 29.

Two COMMON MERGANSERS were at Quail Lake southeast of Gorman on July 23 and three were at Castaic Lagoon on July 22.

BLACK SWIFTS continue to be reported along Cobal Canyon Trail above Claremont Wilderness Park, with July 25 being the most recent sighting.
Late afternoon and early evening is the time to look for them.

An immature LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was along the Los Angeles River in Long Beach at the Willow Street crossing on July 29.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh through July 25 and at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve through July 24 (up to five birds
both on the wildlife lake island).

At least one immature REDDISH EGRET continued at Malibu Lagoon through July 28.

A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was in the Marina del Rey Harboe on July 28 and three were at Sims Bio Pond in Long Beach on July 27.

A WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE was at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB on July 22.
A letter of permission is required for entry.

A male INDIGO BUNTING was along the Los Angeles River in Glendale from July 26-28.
It ranged from adjacent to the Bette Davis Picnic Area downstream to just below the 5 Freeway.

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Jon L Fisher

Glendale, CA

JonF60@...

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

For all events, field trips and announcements, please see our website at http://www.laaudubon.org

- RBA

* California

* Los Angeles RBA

* July 22, 2022

* CALA2207.22

-Birds mentioned

Solitary Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Red Knot

Black Swift

Manx Shearwater

Neotropic Cormorant

Reddish Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

California Bird Reco rds
Committee (report rarities as appropriate on the rare bird report form):http://www.californiabirds.org/

Enter your bird sightings on eBird:http://ebird.org/content /ebird

Hotline:Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert

E-mail reports to:Jon Fisher at JonF60@...

Coverage:Los Angeles County

-Transcript

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for July 22.

A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was below the Willow Street crossing of the Los Angeles River in Long Beach from July 15-18 and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER was at this spot
on July 17.

A RED KNOT was at Malibu Lagoon from July 17-18.

BLACK SWIFTS continue to be reported along Cobal Canyon Trail above Claremont Wilderness Park, with July 16 being the most recent sighting.
Late afternoon and early evening is the time to look for them.

A MANX SHEARWATER was offshore just west of Redondo Beach on July 17.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh through July 21, at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve through July 18 (up to eight birds both
on the wildlife lake island and along the Los Angeles River below Burbank Blvd.) and along the Los Angeles River below Willow Street in Long Beach through July 18.
Another was along the Los Angeles River by the 2 Freeway crossing on July 20.

Two immature REDDISH EGRETS continued at Malibu Lagoon through July 21.

A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was at Sims Bio Pond in Long Beach through July 18.

Another YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was at Malibu Lagoon from July 19-21.

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Jon L Fisher

Glendale, CA

JonF60@...

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

For all events, field trips and announcements, please see our website at http://www.laaudubon.org

- RBA

* California

* Los Angeles RBA

* July 15, 2022

* CALA2207.15

-Birds mentioned

Common Merganser

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Black Swift

Glaucous-winged Gull

Wilsons Storm-Petrel

Neotropic Cormorant

Reddish Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Wilsons Warbler

California Bird Reco rds
Committee (report rarities as appropriate on the rare bird report form):http://www.californiabirds.org/

Enter your bird sightings on eBird:http://ebird.org/content /ebird

Hotline:Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert

E-mail reports to:Jon Fisher at JonF60@...

Coverage:Los Angeles County

-Transcript

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for July 15.

A COMMON MERGANSER was at Quail Lake near Gorman on July 12.

A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO continued at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB through July 14.
A letter of permission is required for entry.

Another YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was on San Clemente Island on July 13.

Two BLACK SWIFTS continued to be seen along Cobal Canyon Road above Claremont Wilderness Park through July 9, with late afternoon and early evening being
the best time to look for them.

A GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was along the Los Angeles River between the Bandini and Slauson crossings on July 11.

A WILSONS STORM-PETREL was found offshore in the Catalina Channel south of San Pedro on July 10.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh through July 15, at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve through July 10 (both on the wildlife
lake island and along the Los Angeles River), and at Lake Balboa (two birds) in the San Fernando Valley on July 14.

A REDDISH EGRET continued at Malibu Lagoon from July 15, with two present there from July 13-15.

A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was at Sims Bio Pond in Long Beach on July 9.

An early fall WILSONS WARBLER was at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park in Harbor City on July 10.

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Jon L Fisher

Glendale, CA

JonF60@...

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

For all events, field trips and announcements, please see our website at http://www.laaudubon.org

- RBA

* California

* Los Angeles RBA

* July 8, 2022

* CALA2207.08

-Birds mentioned

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Black Swift

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Least Tern

Neotropic Cormorant

Brown Pelican

Reddish Egret

American Dipper

Summer Tanager

California Bird Reco rds
Committee (report rarities as appropriate on the rare bird report form):http://www.californiabirds.org/

Enter your bird sightings on eBird:http://ebird.org/content /ebird

Hotline:Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert

E-mail reports to:Jon Fisher at JonF60@...

Coverage:Los Angeles County

-Transcript

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for July 8.

A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO continued at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB through July 4.
It was most recently flushed east of Parking 1 along Ave. C.
Also at Piute was a LEAST TERN on July 4. A letter of permission is required for entry.

Two BLACK SWIFTS continued to be seen along Cobal Canyon Road above Claremont Wilderness Park through July 3 with late afternoon and early evening being
the best time to look for them.

A second cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was along the Los Angeles River at Willow Street on July 3.

A GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was along the Los Angeles River above the Slauson crossing in Vernon on July 4.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh on July 2, at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve through July 2, at Legg Lake in South El Monte
through July 1-7 and along the lower Los Angeles River by the Willow Street crossing through July 7.

A BROWN PELICAN continued on the island in the wildlife lake at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve through July 3.

A REDDISH EGRET was at Malibu Lagoon from July 3-6.

Both an AMERICAN DIPPER and a SUMMER TANAGER were along the Barrett-Stoddard Truck Trail near Mt. Baldy Village east of Mt. Baldy Road on July 4.

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Jon L Fisher

Glendale, CA

JonF60@...

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

For all events, field trips and announcements, please see our website at http://www.laaudubon.org

- RBA

* California

* Los Angeles RBA

* July 1, 2022

* CALA2207.01

-Birds mentioned

Common Merganser

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Black Swift

Neotropic Cormorant

American Dipper

Scotts Oriole

Summer Tanager

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

California Bird Reco rds
Committee (report rarities as appropriate on the rare bird report form):http://www.californiabirds.org/

Enter your bird sightings on eBird:http://ebird.org/content /ebird

Hotline:Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert

E-mail reports to:Jon Fisher at JonF60@...

Coverage:Los Angeles County

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This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for July 1.

COMMON MERGANSERS included one at Quail Lake on June 25 and nine at Castaic Lagoon on July 1.

A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required) on June 28 west of Parking 1.

Two BLACK SWIFTS were along Cobal Canyon Trail above Claremont on June 28 with late afternoon and early evening being the best time to look for them.
Another eight BLACK SWIFTS were at the Padua Theater nearby on June 24.

A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was on the lower Los Angeles River in Long Beach (below Willow Street) through June 28.
An additional four continued at a nest on the island at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys through July 1 and another was at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh near Playa del Rey from June 24-27.
Five more NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were on the island on the south lake at Legg Lake in South El Monte on June 30.

An AMERICAN DIPPER was along the Burkhart Trail below Buckhorn Campground in the San Gabriel Mountains on June 30.

Wheeler Park in Claremont produced a SCOTTS ORIOLE on June 25.

A SUMMER TANAGER was on San Clemente Island on June 29.

ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS were in Zuma Canyon on June 27 and on San Clemente Island on June 29.

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Jon L Fisher

Glendale, CA

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- RBA

* California

* Los Angeles RBA

* June 24, 2022

* CALA2206.24

-Birds mentioned

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Black Swift

Calliope Hummingbird

Neotropic Cormorant

Brown Pelican

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Belted Kingfisher

Summer Tanager

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This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for June 24.

A recently deceased YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was found in Culver City on June 20.

Two BLACK SWIFTS were along Cobal Canyon Trail above Claremont on June 16 with late afternoon and early evening being the best time to look for them.

Two CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS were near Angeles Crest Highway and Blue Ridge Road on June 18.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas on June 20 on the lower Los Angeles River in Long Beach (below Willow Street) through June
23. An additional six continued at a nest on the island at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys through June 19.
A BROWN PELICAN also continued at the latter location through June 19.

Two YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were at Sims Bio Pond Preserve in Long Beach on June 19.

A BELTED KINGFISHER was at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB on June 19.

A SUMMER TANAGER was at Ed Davis Park in Newhall on June 18 and one was on San Clemente Island from June 20-21.

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Jon L Fisher

Glendale, CA

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* California

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* June 17, 2022

* CALA2206.17

-Birds mentioned

Greater Roadrunner

Black Swift

Neotropic Cormorant

Summer Tanager

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

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This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for June 17.

A GREATER ROADRUNNER continued adjacent to the Los Angeles River in Long Beach through June 10.
It is being seen on the east side of the river north of Willow Street near the end of 31 st Street.

A BLACK SWIFT was at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas on June 13.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS included up to two at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through June 15 and one along the lower Los Angeles River in Long Beach (by
the Willow Street crossing) on June 14.

A SUMMER TANAGER was Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach on June 13 near the entrance to the botanic garden and another was at Jackson Lake near Big Pines
on June 15.

ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS were in Chavez Ravine near Dodger Stadium on June 7, at the LA County Arboretum in Arcadia (by the tule pond) on June 11 and in
Topanga on June 13.

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Jon L Fisher

Glendale, CA

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* June 10, 2022

* CALA2206.10

-Birds mentioned

White-winged Dove

Black Swift

Greater Roadrunner

Neotropic Cormorant

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Zone-tailed Hawk

Brewers Sparrow

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Summer Tanager

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This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for June 10.

A WHITE-WINGED DOVE and an AMERICAN REDSTART were at the Rancho Sierra Golf Course in the east Antelope Valley on June 5.

Another WHITE-WINGED DOVE was along the Playa Vista Riparian Corridor on June 7.

BLACK SWIFTS included one over Millard Canyon in Altadena on June 4 and at least two above Cobal Canyon Motorway above Claremont through June 9 (best seen
in the early evening).

A GREATER ROADRUNNER continued adjacent to the Los Angeles River in Long Beach through June 5.
It is being seen on the east side of the river north of Willow Street by the end of 31 st Street.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS included one at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through June 5, up to seven at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys
(on the wildlife lake) from June 4-8, as well as one along the Los Angeles River below Burbank Blvd. the same day, and two at the Earvin Magic Johnson Recreation Area in Willowbrook on June 6

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS included up to seven at Alamitos Bay at the Jack Dunster Marine Reserve and Marine Stadium Park through June 9.
Two more were at Sims Bio Pond in Long Beach on June 5 and two were along Ballona Creek between the 90 Freeway and the Centinela crossing on June 9.

A ZONE-TAILED HAWK and a SUMMER TANAGER were near the Old Zoo in Griffith Park on June 3.

Unusual was a singing BREWERS SPARROW along Blue Ridge Road just above the Angeles Crest Highway on June 5.

A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was along the Pacific Crest Trail in Cooper Canyon near Buckhorn Campground on June 4.

A SUMMER TANAGER was at Buckhorn Campground on June 4 about one quarter mile down the Burkhart Trail.

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Jon L Fisher

Glendale, CA

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* June 3, 2022

* CALA2206.03

-Birds mentioned

Spotted Dove

Black Swift

Greater Roadrunner

Neotropic Cormorant

American Redstart

Yellow-throated Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Summer Tanager

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

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This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for June 3.

A SPOTTED DOVE was in Los Angeles on June 3.
It was perched on top of the Mt. Rose Baptist Church on Compton Ave. between 89 th and 90 th Street.

BLACK SWIFTS were above Claremont Wilderness Park on May 30 and again on June 2.
They are typically seen from the usual spot, the bench along Cobal Canyon Trail.
Late afternoon and early evening is the time to look for them.

Four more BLACK SWIFTS were over La Canada on June 2.

A GREATER ROADRUNNER was adjacent to the Los Angeles River in Long Beach on May 30.
It was seen on the east side north of Willow Street by the end of 31 st Street.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were along San Jose Creek upstream from the Workman Mill Road crossing on May 30, along the lower Los Angeles River at Willow Street
on May 31 and at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through June 2.

An AMERICAN REDSTART was at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required) on June 2.

The YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was reported at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach through May 27 in sycamores southeast of the pond.

A BLACK-THROATED WARBLER was in the Little Rock Creek riparian patch along Little Rock Creek Wash Road (off Mt. Emma Road) on May 30.

Two SUMMER TANAGERS were along Soledad Canyon Road west of Indian Canyon Road on May 31.

The ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach was seen through May 28 in the vicinity of the pond.
Others were at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh near Playa Vista on May 30, in Rolling Hills on May 31 and at Topanga State Park on May 31.

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Hi Tomorrow afternoon I'm going to park in the lower parking lot for Claremont Hills Park (where I park for free with my sticker from the city) at some time between 4:45 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. and walk casually to the upper parking lot, through the gate, and up the Cobal Canyon Trail to the bench, where I intend to stand around until no later than 7:15 p.m., waiting for the Black Swifts to appear between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. please be aware that sometimes they are far off to the east of the bench and even with 10X binoculars it can be a less than satisfying observation, while on other days they put on quite a show and pose overhead for photographs. Non-residents have to pay at either parking lot. The walk from the upper parking lot up to the bench is close to one mile but it is along the bottom of a beautiful canyon with oaks and sycamores. The elevation game is 270 ft. It will be hot. There are Porta potties at the entry gate and nowhere else but don't worry you will be losing water through your skin, instead of your kidneys. Look for a fat blonde guy with crooked teeth wearing shorts and a tiger stripe camouflage boonie hat. Tom PS: I will be doing this walk at least once a week until July 10th, preferentially choosing the hottest day of each week because that increases the likelihood of seeing the Black Swifts. PPS: when the weather is hot and dry the city sometimes closes the park so if you are driving from somewhere far away you always want to look up the Claremont City website where they do post the day before when the park will be closed. Birders have driven here from far away only to discover that the park is closed.

Thomas Geza Miko
Claremont, LA County
909.241.3300
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