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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 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 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 |
Hi Everyone, We've added four species since the last update, most notably our first Red-footed Booby, which was on a buoy at Avalon on Santa Catalina Island. Here are the four new species: Sooty Shearwater: Santa Catalina Island Red-footed Booby: Santa Catalina Island Red-masked parakeet Red Crossbill With these, our total is now 266. Here's the list of all the species we've found this weekend: * 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 * 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 * 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 There are still some common species that we didn't locate. Here's the list of all of those that were tallied during previous ABC weekends: # Brant # Wood Duck # Canvasback # Greater Scaup # Black Scoter # Common Goldeneye # Hooded Merganser # Gambel's Quail # Chukar # Horned Grebe # Common Ground-Dove # Ridgway's Rail # Sandhill Crane # Ruddy Turnstone # Red Knot # Ruff # Stilt Sandpiper # Baird's Sandpiper # Pectoral Sandpiper # Semipalmated Sandpiper # Pomarine Jaeger # Parasitic Jaeger # Scripps's Murrelet # Cassin's Auklet # Rhinoceros Auklet # Sabine's Gull # Laughing Gull # Franklin's Gull # Short-billed Gull # Iceland Gull (Thayer's Gull) # Glaucous Gull # Black Tern # Common Tern # Yellow-billed Loon # Black-footed Albatross # Leach's Storm-Petrel # Northern Fulmar # Pink-footed Shearwater # American Bittern # Least Bittern # California Condor # Golden Eagle # Zone-tailed Hawk # Ferruginous Hawk # Flammulated Owl # Northern Pygmy-Owl # Burrowing Owl # Spotted Owl # Long-eared Owl # Red-naped Sapsucker # Crested Caracara # Prairie Falcon # Least Flycatcher # Thick-billed Kingbird # Plumbeous Vireo # Clark's Nutcracker # Purple Martin # LeConte's Thrasher # Mountain Bluebird # Varied Thrush # Red-throated Pipit # Evening Grosbeak # Pine Siskin # Grasshopper Sparrow # Clay-colored Sparrow # Field Sparrow # Harris's Sparrow # Vesper Sparrow # Orchard Oriole # Baltimore Oriole # Northern Waterthrush # Black-and-white Warbler # Tennessee Warbler # Hooded Warbler # American Redstart # Northern Parula # Chestnut-sided Warbler # Red-faced Warbler # Painted Redstart # Summer Tanager # Indigo Bunting If you found any of these, please let us know! It's possible that more reports could arrive in the next couple of days, and some species are under review, so our total could still change, perhaps as much as several species. I'll provide a brief update on Monday and then post a full summary in about a week. Thank you everyone for all your hard work! More soon, Lance Lance Benner Altadena |
- RBA * California * Los Angeles RBA * April 28, 2023 * CALA2304.28 -Birds mentioned TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE Long-tailed Duck White-winged Dove American Oystercatcher Pacific Golden-Plover Red-footed Booby Cattle Egret Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Broad-winged Hawk Blue-headed Vireo Purple Martin Harriss Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Baltimore Oriole Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Hooded Warbler Palm Warbler Summer Tanager 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 April 28, 2023. The TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE in the Antelope Valley has moved to the Piute Ponds and continued there through April 28. A letter of permission is required for entry. A LONG-TAILED DUCK was at the Ballona Creek mouth through April 28. A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was at Kenneth Hahn SRA on April 23 in the upper part of the park. An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was in the Los Angeles Harbor on the middle breakwater from April 16-23. This bird is likely visible only from a boat. A probable PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER was at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB on April 28 at Duckbill Lake. American Golden-Plover has not yet been ruled out. RED-FOOTED BOOBIES were by Santa Catalina Island on April 23 and west of Tijuana (but still in LA County waters) on April 24. A CATTLE EGRET was at Quail Lake on April 28. Up to six YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS continued at the Ballona Lagoon in Marina del Rey through April 28. A BROAD-WINGED HAWK was seen from Gorman Post Road off the 5 Freeway on April 20. A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was at the Rolling Hills Landfill Loop through April 25. It has been along the Moccasin Trail just east of the east end of Roanwood Drive. Three PURPLE MARTINS were along Gorman Post Road just off the 5 Freeway on April 20. HARRISS SPARROWS continued at a residence in Beverly Hills through April 25 and in West Los Angeles through April 27. A SWAMP SPARROW continued at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through April 23 around the small north shore pond (this spot is near the extreme northeast corner of the reservoir). A TENNESSEE WARBLER was in Signal Hill near Hilltop Park on April 23. A HOODED WARBLER was in this area from April 23-25 and a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was there from April 24-25. In addition, a BALTIMORE ORIOLE was reported on April 26. Another TENNESSEE WARBLER continued in Griffith Park in the Old Zoo area through April 24. A HOODED WARBLER was on San Clemente Island on April 27. A PALM WARBLER was at Ralph Dills Park in Paramount on April 24. A SUMMER TANAGER continued at the Village Green Condominiums in Los Angeles through April 23. An INDIGO BUNTING was on San Clemente Island on April 22. -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 |
- RBA * California * Los Angeles RBA * November 11, 2022 * CALA2211.11 -Birds mentioned Black Scoter Neotropic Cormorant Red-necked Grebe Pacific-Golden Plover Lesser Black-backed Gull Red-footed Booby Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Swainsons Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk Burrowing Owl Prairie Merlin Tropical Kingbird Eastern Phoebe Pacific Wren Gray Catbird Lapland Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur Clay-colored Sparrow Dark-eyed Gray-headed Junco White-throated Sparrow Large-billed Savannah Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Green-tailed Towhee Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Lucys Warbler American Redstart Northern Parula Palm Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Painted Redstart Summer Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak 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 11 November 2022. A male BLACK SCOTER was at the Hollywood Reservoir through November 9. Three NROTROPIC CORMORANTS were here on November 7. A RED-NECKED GREBE was by the Malibu Pier on November 11. The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER along lower Ballona Creek was reported through November 6. It is usually upstream from the Pacific Ave. bridge. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was along the Los Angeles River at Downey Road in Vernon on November 4 and one was between Atlantic and Slauson on November 5. One to two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles from November 4-11. Two RED-FOOTED BOOBIES were in the Santa Catalina Channel on November 6. Up to four YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were at Ballona Lagoon in Marina del Rey through November 11. A SWAINSONS HAWK was in the Mt. Washington area on November 4. A ZONE-TAILED HAWK was in Monrovia from November 4-11. A BURROWING OWL was at the LAX dunes east of Dockwelier State Beach in El Segundo on November 4. A pale PRAIRIE MERLIN was at Vina Vieja Park in Pasadena on November 4. TROPICAL KINGBIRDS were at Colorado Lagoon through November 6, in Westlake Village on November 6, at Satellite Park in Cerritos on November 10 and along the Los Angeles River at Willow Street on November 11. An EASTERN PHOEBE continued at the southwest corner of Lake Lindero in Agoura Hills through November 7. A PACIFIC WREN continued at Charlton Flat in the San Gabriel Mountains through November 5. It was along the Silver Moccasin Trail north of the picnic area. A GRAY CATBIRD continued by the northwest corner of Jackson Lake in the east San Gabriel Mountains through November 6. The west Antelope Valley produced up to four CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS, one to two LAPLAND LONGSPURS and a pale PRAIRIE MERLIN this past week. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was in Griffith Park (Toyon Landfill- weekend access only) on November 6. CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were at Exposition Park in Los Angeles on November 4, at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale on November 5, at Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach on November 5, at Whaley Park in Long Beach on November 6, at Recreation Park in Monrovia on November 9 and at Vina Vieja Park in Pasadena on November 9 A DARK-EYED GRAY-HEADED JUNCO was at Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena (by the lower west side sports field) through November 6. Eleven WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were recorded this past week. A LARGE-BILLED SAVANNAH SPARROW was at the outer beach at Cabrillo Beach on November 11. SWAMP SPARROWS were at Legg Lake in South El Monte on November 4, at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required) from November 4-5, at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh on November 5 and at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas (by the small north shore pond) on November 11. A GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE continued at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood through November 9. BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS were at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through November 11 (two birds by the north shore old pier), at Madrona Marsh in Torrance through November 5 and at Hopkins Wilderness Park in Redondo Beach on November 10. A TENNESEE WARBLER was at Madrona Marsh in Torrance on November 4 and one was along Appian Way at Alamitos Bay along with a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER on November 10. A LUCYS WARBLER was in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island on November 6. An AMERICAN REDSTART was on San Clemente Island on November 4. A NORTHERN PARULA was at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB on November 4 east of the gazebo. Another NORTHERN PARULA continued at Neff Park in La Mirada through November 11 east of the Neff House. A PALM WARBLER was on San Clemente Island on November 4. A PAINTED REDSTART was in Pasadena (by 1405 Afton Street) from October 30-November 6. SUMMER TANAGERS were at Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach on November 6, on the north shore at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas (Picnic Area 3) on November 10, and on San Clemente Island on November 9. A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was at the Virginia Country Club on Long Beach (by the Visitors Center) on November 11. An INDIGO BUNTING was at Occidental College on November 5. -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 |
- RBA * California * Los Angeles RBA * October 6, 2022 * CALA2210.06 -Birds mentioned Pacific Golden-Plover Sabines Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Common Tern Red-footed Booby Neotropic Cormorant Broad-winged Hawk Tropical Kingbird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Clay-colored Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Ovenbird Black-and-white Warbler Virginias Warbler American Redstart Magnolia Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Summer Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Dickcissel 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 6 October 2022. The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER along lower Ballona Creek continued above the Pacific Ave. bridge through October 1. A SABINES GULL was at Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required) on October 1 and a COMMON TERN continued there through September 30. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL continued along the lower Los Angeles River through October 4 just above the Willow Street crossing. A RED-FOOTED BOOBY was offshore in the Catalina Channel on October 4. NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS continued at Bridgeport Lake in Santa Clarita through September 30 and at the Sepulveda Basin through October 3. A BROAD-WINGED HAWK was over Highland Park on September 30 and another was seen from Buena Vista Park in Burbank on October 2. TROPICAL KINGBIRDS were at Bixby Park in Long Beach on October 2, at Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach on October 1, at Castaic Lake on October 2 and at El Dorado Park in Long Beach through October 1 (east side of the main lake in Area 3). A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale on October 5 at the lawn area on the south side of the lake. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was at the south central tip of Woodley Lake Golf Course in the Sepulveda Basin from October 4-5. Another was at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas (by the north shore play area) from October 4-5. A SWAMP SPARROW was at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys on October 6 by the wildlife lakes southern outflow. An OVENBIRD was at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood on October 5. BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS were at Madrona Marsh in Torrance through October 4, at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach through October 2, at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas (by the old north shore pier) on October 4 and at Vina Vieja Park in Pasadena on October 6. A VIRGINIAS WARBLER was at the San Gabriel Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds in Pico Rivera on October 4. This bird was on the east side between the large middle basin and the small channelized north basin. AMERICAN REDSTARTS were at Heritage Park in Santa Fe Springs (by the Tongva Village) on September 30, at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach (by the old restroom building) through October 3 and on San Clemente Island on October 5. A MAGNOLIA WARBLER continued at Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB through October 3 by Parking 1. Another was at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park in Harbor City from October 2-5 by the first fishing pier south of PCH (west side of the lake). A BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER was at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through October 2 by the East Shore parking lot circular turnaround. CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS included a continuing bird at Lewis McAdams Riverfront Park near Atwater Village through October 3, one at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach on October 1 and one at the Piute Ponds on October 5 by Parking 1. A BLACKPOLL WARBLER was at Santa Fe Dam on October 2 southeast of the playground area. A PALM WARBLER was at Stonehurst Park in Sun Valley from October 4-5. A SUMMER TANAGER was at Satellite Park in Cerritos on October 2 and a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was there on October 4. An INDIGO BUNTING was at Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena (by the Altadena Drain) on October 2. DICKCISSELS were at Buena Vista Park in Burbank from October 2-3, at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale on October 5 (middle part of the lawn area on the south side of the lake) and at White Point in San Pedro on October 5. -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 |
- RBA * California * Los Angeles RBA * September 23, 2022 * CALA2209.23 -Birds mentioned Pacific Golden-Plover Lesser Black-backed Gull Common Tern Nazca Booby Red-footed Booby Neotropic Cormorant Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Tropical Kingbird Eastern Kingbird Yellow-green Vireo Clay-colored Sparrow Bobolink Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Lucys Warbler Virginias Warbler Hooded Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler 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 -Transcript This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for 23 September 2022. The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER along lower Ballona Creek continued above the Pacific Ave. bridge through September 23. A third cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles from September 21-23. A COMMON TERN was at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required) from September 18-22. Offshore, two NAZCA BOOBIES were east of San Clemente Island on September 15 and two RED-FOOTED BOOBIES were near San Clemente Island on September 16. NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at the Bridgeport Marketplace Lake in Valencia from September 19-21 and along the Los Angeles River in Glendale on September 23. Up to seven YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS continued at Ballona Lagoon in Playa del Rey through September 23. A TROPICAL KINGBIRD was along the lower Los Angeles River in Long Beach near Willow Street from September 16-22, with two there on September 18. An EASTERN KINGBIRD was nearby at 27 th Street from September 18-19. Another TROPICAL KINGBIRD was east of the lake in Area 3 of El Dorado Park in Long Beach from September 21-22. An EASTERN KINGBIRD was at the Lunada Bay Little League baseball fields in Palos Verdes Estates on September 18. The YELLOW-GREEN VIREO at Eaton Canyon in Pasadena was seen through September 18. It has been rather secretive but seen most often in a sycamore tree where the main trail first crosses the wash (north of the Nature Center). It has been seen also in this general area on both sides of the wash. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was at West Los Angeles College by the baseball field on September 17. A BOBOLINK was at the north end of Peck Road Water Conservation Park in Arcadia on September 20. A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was along the small creek adjacent to the Starbucks off Agoura Road in Calabasas on September 23. A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER continued at Madrona Marsh in Torrance through September 23 in the meadow area. Another was on San Clemente Island on September 20. A TENNESSEE WARBLER was at Granada Park in Monterey Park from September 16-19. A HOODED WARBLER was here on September 16 and a BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER was present from September 16-18. TENNESSEE WARBLERS were in Pomona at Holy Cross Cemetery on September 16, at El Dorado Park in Long Beach (Area 3) on September 21, at Agua Amarga Reserve in Palos Verdes Estates on September 18 and at DeForest Park in Long Beach (south of the park admin. buildings) also on September 18. A LUCYS WARBLER was at Heartwell Park in Long Beach on September 16 and another continued at Agua Amarga Reserve through September 18. A VIRGINIAS WARBLER was at Arcadia County Park in Arcadia from September 16-19 and a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER was there from September 18-21. Both were frequenting sycamores near a sprinkler puddle near the northwest corner of the park. Another VIRGINIAS WARBLER was at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood on September 18. A NORTHERN PARULA was in Chavez Ravine at Elysian Park on September 20. A MAGNOLIA WARBLER was on San Clemente Island on September 20. A BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER was in the northeast corner of Wardlow Park in Long Beach on September 20. The CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER at the Bette Davis Picnic Area in Glendale continued through September 19 in a sycamore across the street from the car wash. BLACKPOLL WARBLERS were on San Clemente Island, at the Village Green Condominiums in Los Angeles on September 20 and at Madrona Marsh in Torrance on September 22. A BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER was at Marsh Park (now Lewis McAdams Park) near Atwater Village from September 19-23. A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was here on September 18 and a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was found on September 23. All were around the circular green lawn area. SUMMER TANAGERS were at the California Botanic Garden (formerly Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden) in Claremont on September 18. A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was in Area 3 of El Dorado Park in Long Beach on September 21. -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 |
- RBA * California * Los Angeles RBA * September 16, 2022 * CALA2209.16 -Birds mentioned White-winged Dove American Oystercatcher Red Knot Semipalmated Sandpiper Sabines Gull Common Tern Magnificent Frigatebird Nazca Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Neotropic Cormorant Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Tropical Kingbird Yellow-green Vireo Purple Martin Lark Bunting Clay-colored Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow (dark-lored) Baltimore Oriole Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Lucys Warbler Virginias Warbler Hooded Warbler American Redstart Northern Parula Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada 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 September 16. A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was along the lower Los Angeles River in Long Beach on September 11. It was just north of the Pacific Coast Highway bridge. Another WHITE-WINGED DOVE was near Lancaster from September 12-13. An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was at the Los Angeles Harbor on September 11. A RED KNOT continued at Malibu Lagoon through September 15 and a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER continued there through September 10. A SABINES GULL continued at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required) through September 13. Five COMMON TERNS were at Quail Lake on September 10 and one was at Pt. Dume on September 10. Several MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRDS were along the Palos Verdes Peninsula coast from September 10-11. A NAZCA BOOBY and two RED-FOOTED BOOBIES were northeast of Santa Catalina Island on September 11. Another NAZCA BOOBY was northwest of there on September 13. A BROWN BOOBY was offshore in the Catalina Channel from September 7-11. This past week NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys, along the Los Angeles River in Glendale, at Lake Lindero and at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas. Four YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS continued at Ballona Lagoon in Marina del Rey through September 10. A TROPICAL KINGBIRD was along the lower Los Angeles River in Long Beach on September 19. The bird was on the east side of the river above Willow Street near 25 th Street. A YELLOW-GREEN VIREO was at Eaton Canyon in Pasadena through September 15. It has been rather secretive but is being seen most often in a sycamore tree where the main trail first crosses the wash (north of the Nature Center). It has been seen also in this general area on both sides of the wash. Up to three PURPLE MARTINS were at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas from September 9-10. A LARK BUNTING was at Santa Fe Dam on September 10 north of parking area 5. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was at Sand Dune Park in Manhattan Beach on September 15. A dark-lored WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was at Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach on September 11. An adult male BALTIMORE ORIOLE was at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas on September 15. This bird was on the north side of the park between picnic area 1 and 2. A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was at a residence in Altadena on September 10. A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER continued at Madrona Marsh in Torrance through September 13. A LUCYS WARBLER was in Agua Amarga Canyon north of Lunada Bay Elementary School through September 14. A TENNESSEE WARBLER was here from September 11-14 and a VIRGINIAS WARBLER was present on September 11. Another VIRGINIAS WARBLER was near the northwest corner of Arcadia Park in Arcadia on September 14 and one was at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood on September 14 (about halfway between Del Amo and Carson Street). Granada Park in Monterey Park hosted an immature HOODED WARBLER, a TENNESSEE WARBLER and a BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER on September 16. A TENNESSEE WARBLER and a NORTHERN PARULA were on San Clemente Island (no public access) on September 12. AMERICAN REDSTARTS were at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required) from September 9-11 in willows along Ave. C and at Sand Dune Park in Manhattan Beach on September 12 (by the restrooms). A CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was at the Bette Davis Picnic Area in Glendale on September 15 in a sycamore across the street from the car wash. A CANADA WARBLER was at Wardlow Park in Long Beach on September 13 along the west fence line. A SUMMER TANAGER was at Wheeler Park in Claremont from September 10-12. An INDIGO BUNTING was at Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena from September 11-12 near the dam. -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 |
Hi all
There is a very young Brown Booby (almost looks like a Red-footed Booby) on one of the depth marker towers in the San Pedro harbor33.710643,-118.256462
Probably need to be on a boat to see it of it is still here, but you may be able to pick it up with a scope from somewhere.
Naresh (with a few others) -- Naresh Satyan Pasadena |
- RBA * California * Los Angeles RBA * September 2, 2022 * CALA2209.02 -Birds mentioned Pacific Golden-Plover Red Knot Lesser Black-backed Gull Red-billed Tropicbird Red-footed Booby Neotropic Cormorant Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Eastern Kingbird Northern Waterthrush Virginias Warbler Scarlet 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 -Transcript This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for September 2. A PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER was along lower Ballona Creek between the Pacific Ave. bridge and the UCLA boat ramp on August 28. A RED KNOT was at Malibu Lagoon from August 28-30. The second cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL along the Los Angeles River in Long Beach continued to be seen periodically through August 27 above the Willow Street crossing. A RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD was off San Clemente Island on August 28. A RED-FOOTED BOOBY was in the Catalina / San Pedro Channel on August 28. NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys through August 27, at the Earvin Magic Johnson Recreation Area in Willowbrook on August 29, at several locations along the Los Angeles River in Glendale from August 30-September 1 and at Almansor Park in Alhambra on September 1. YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were at Malibu Lagoon through August 29 and at Ballona Lagoon in Marina del Rey through August 27. An EASTERN KINGBIRD was by the northwest corner of El Dorado Park in Long Beach on August 30. The NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at Peck Road Water Conservation Park in Arcadia continued through August 27. It has been near the northeast corner of the north lake. A VIRGINIAS WARBLERS were in Area 3 of El Dorado Park in Long Beach on August 29 (in eucalyptus north of Golden Grove Picnic Area) and at Acuna Park in Montebello on September 1 (by the concrete drain channel in the middle of the park). An adult male SCARLET TANAGER was at the north end of Peck Road Water Conservation Park in Arcadia on August 27. A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was seen at a residence in Glendora on August 27. -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 |
Hi all,
The sea surface temperature is a balmy 73 F in the Catalina channel today, and some of us headed out on Danny's small boat to do some pelagic birding out of San Pedro. We had a low swell with some mild wind chop and light winds. We only got as far as Avalon Bank and back.
Along the way, we stopped to check out a small dark Storm-Petrel at33.485481,-118.227702. It looked good for a dark-rumped Townsend's Storm-Petrel (but need to double check photos). While we were trying to stay on that bird and call out field marks, Dave Bell pointed out that a Red-footed Booby was sitting on the water less than 100 feet from the boat. Apparently the bird had been there all the time.
After some great looks at the Booby, we put down a slick, motored around for a bit and came back to check it out in an hour. The slick had attracted a raft of 100 Black Storm-petrels. An Ashy and a Least Storm-Petrel made an appearance too.
Other birds of note during the morning were a Leach's Storm-Petrel and a Sabine's Gull. Shearwaters were generally scarce all morning, with only a small number of Black-vents and a handful of Pink-foots seen. No Sooty Shearwaters.
Happy birding
Naresh
-- Naresh Satyan Pasadena, CA |
- RBA * California * Los Angeles RBA * April 8, 2022 * CALA2204.08 -Birds mentioned White-winged Dove Solitary Sandpiper Lesser Black-backed Gull Red-footed Booby Neotropic Cormorant American Bittern Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Zone-tailed Hawk Dusky-capped Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird Grasshopper Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Black-and-white Warbler Cape May 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 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 April 8. A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was at a residence in Westchester on April 6. The SOLITARY SANDPIPER in the Sepulveda Basin continued through April 3 along the Los Angeles River below Burbank Blvd. A second-cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was along the Los Angeles River south of the Slauson crossing in Maywood on April 2. Easiest access is from Maywood Riverfront Park. A RED-FOOTED BOOBY was offshore 8 miles south of Angels Gate in San Pedro on April 3. Up to three NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through April 7. They have been seen near the north shore and at Sailboat Cove. Two more NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were on the wildlife lake island at the Sepulveda Basin in Van Nuys through April 3 and one was a Peck Road Water Conservation Park in Arcadia from April 2-3. An AMERICAN BITTERN continued at Bonelli Regional Park at the small marshy pond near the northeast corner of the lake (east of the old wooden pier) through April 5. Two YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS continued at Alamitos Bay through April 3 near the south end of Appian Way on Naples Island. A ZONE-TAILED HAWK was seen at Bear Divide near Santa Clarita on April 1. The DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER continued at the Sepulveda Basin through April 5. It has been east of Lake Balboa along the riparian strip adjacent to the boat rental area. It does range along the tree line here, from the club house to the LA River. The TROPICAL KINGBIRD at Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach continued through April 7. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was at Magic Mountain in Valencia on March 30. WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were in West Los Angeles on April 2, in Rolling Hills on April 2, and at Los Angeles State Historic Park through April 7. A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER continued southeast of the pond at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach through April 6. The CAPE MAY WARBLER at Loyola Marymount University in Westchester was seen through April 4. There is no access to the general public, but you may enter the campus if you have a ticket for a campus event. Google Earth coordinates for this bird are 33.9685445, -118.4176337. The bird has been favoring a fig tree here. SUMMER TANAGERS continued at Wardlow Park in Long Beach through April 7 and at the Village Green Condominiums in Los Angeles through April 3. -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 |
Hi all.
Yesterday (April 3), I had a Red-footed Booby about 8 miles South of Angels Gate over the escarpment. The bird briefly approached a pod of resting offshore Bottlenose Dolphins on a regular two-hour whale watching trip aboard the Triumphant out of Ports O'Call Village in San Pedro. Best I can tell, this was a subadult brown morph bird.
On March 18, I had a Brown Booby about 2 miles west of Rocky Point near the Redondo Canyon on a regular whale watching trip aboard the Navegante out of King Harbor in Redondo Beach. It was an adult female.
It appears that booby sightings have declined locally in recent months. I am still trying to wrap my head around the unusual seabird distribution this winter (does anyone remember Western Grebes). One pattern that is clear to me is that we have a small irruption of Northern Fulmars, including many adults (we often get first-year birds).
On a related note, I have to retract my February 7 report of a Manx Shearwater off Pt. Fermin. I neglected to follow up with a closer examination of my photos after a favorable initial impression. Thank you to eBird reviewer Chris Dean for keeping me honest.
Take care,
Bernardo
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- RBA * California * Los Angeles RBA * January 7, 2021 * CALA2201.07 -Birds mentioned Long-tailed Duck White-winged Dove Pacific Golden-Plover Laughing Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Red-footed Booby Zone-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Ash-throated Flycatcher GREATER PEWEE Tropical Kingbird Hammonds Flycatcher Pacific-slope Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Cassins Vireo American Pipit ( japonicus ) Dark-eyed Pink-sided Junco Dark-eyed Gray-headed Junco Harriss Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Green-tailed Towhee Black-and-white Warbler Lucys Warbler American Redstart Black-throated Green Warbler Painted Redstart 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 January 7. A LONG-TAILED DUCK continued off Dockweiler Sate Beach in El Segundo through January 3. A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was at Victoria Park in Carson on December 31. The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER continued along Ballona Creek (between Lincoln and the 90 Freeway) through January 2. The LAUGHING GULL at the Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds in Pico Rivera was reported through January 6. Entry to this part of the spreading basins is via a gate on Washington Blvd. near Paramount Blvd. or through holes in the fence along the east border. The LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL continued at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through January 2. It has been seen near Sailboat Cove and from the north shore. A RED-FOOTED BOOBY was observed offshore about ten miles west of Manhattan Beach on December 31. ZONE-TAILED HAWKS were above the Earl Canyon Motorway above Montrose on January 3 and continuing in north Monrovia through January 6. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK continued at Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (permission required for entry) through January 6. A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was at Veterans Park in Sylmar from January 1-5 with two birds (a juvenile and adult) present on the latter date. A GREATER PEWEE returned for its fifth year to Rustic Canyon in Pacific Palisades as of January 1. It was seen through January 2 near Greentree Road and Brooktree Road. A TROPICAL KINGBIRD continued near the north side of Entradero Park in Torrance through January 5. Another TROPICAL KINGBIRD was by Havelock Ave. and Marshall Drive north of Ballona Creek on December 31. A HAMMONDS FLYCATCHER was a Valley Park in Burbank from January 3-4 and another was at Los Cerritos Park in Long Beach on January 6. PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS were at Lacy Park in San Marino on December 31, at Chavez Ravine in Elysian Park on January 1, in Atwater Village, at William Andrews Clark Library in Los Angeles and in Westchester Park all on January 2. The EASTERN PHOEBE at the Bette Davis Picnic Area in Glendale continued through January 6. It stays just below the Riverside Drive bridge and ranges from the southern part of the park down into the river channel. Another EASTERN PHOEBE was at Lake Lindero in Agoura Hills from January 1-3. A possibly continuing CASSINS VIREO was at the San Gabriel Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds in Pico Rivera on January 5 along the west side of the main south basin (below Mines Ave.). The AMERICAN PIPIT ( japonicus subspecies) continued at the Ferraro Soccer Fields in Glendale through January 5. A DARK-EYED PINK-SIDED JUNCO continued at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas (Sailboat Cove area) through December 31. A DARK-EYED GRAY-HEADED JUNCO continued north of the sports field by the lower parking area at Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena through January 1. Another DARK-EYED GRAY-HEADED JUNCO continued at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through January 2 near the north shore play area. A HARRISS SPARROW continued at a residence in Monrovia through January 3. WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were in Glendora through January 3 and at Willow Springs Park in Long Beach (near the organic garden) through January 3. A GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE was at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required for entry) on January 6. A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER continued at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail (just north of Carson Street) in Lakewood through December 31. An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was at adjacent Monte Verde Park through January 5. An AMERICAN RESTART continued between Burbank Blvd. and the Los Angeles River along Haskell Creek in the Sepulveda Basin through January 3. An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was along Haskell Creek near the wildlife area north entrance through January 2. A BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER continued at the Huntington Gardens in San Marino through January 5. It has been hanging around the southwest corner of the main parking lot just to the north and west of the pedestrian main entrance, favoring the Tipu trees. A LUCYS WARBLER was in the same area also through January 3. Another BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER was in Long Beach from January 1-5, frequenting the area near the intersection of Seaside and Hart Place. The PAINTED REDSTART at Inglewood Park Cemetery continued through January 5. It stays in the lone large oak tree in the Pinecrest section. Male SUMMER TANAGERS were at the Village Green Condominiums in Los Angeles (around the central lawn area)on January 4 and at the Los Angeles Country Club (private) on January 2 near the northwest corner of the south course. Also at the Village Green was a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER on January 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 |
Yesterday, 15 November 2021, Nicole Desnoyers and I were working outside of our office on a foggy day on San Clemente Island. A group of unfamiliar birds flew over calling, dropping down to a homemade bird bath. The birds, which we were not completely, just mostly(!), shocked to see were SWINHOE'S WHITE-EYES (presumably from the mainland, whereI don't know that physical/genetic evidence has yet to confirm the species involved here in Southern California). This introduced species has certainly expanded its range in recent years in Southern California, having just been recorded in Ventura County in October, and now known as far south as the Tijuana River Valley in San Diego. In December 2018, the Scheels found the first white-eyes for Catalina Island, and now Clemente has joined in the fun. Given this species ability to move from island to island in its native range (much like Scaly-breasted Munia, which has now occurred twice on San Clemente Island), it was just a matter of time before they made it to San Clemente, I suppose. Swinhoe's White-eye is on the CBRC watch list , and is certainly doing its best to lobby for addition to the state list. Digi-binned photos of the white-eyes: https://ebird.org/checklist/S97681055 Other firsts for San Clemente Island this fall include a RED-FOOTED BOOBY (overdue, given this species status in California of late) on 1 November: https://ebird.org/checklist/S97085514 and a PINE WARBLER on 3 November (a species very much on the move in California this year): https://ebird.org/checklist/S97092986 Justyn Stahl / Nicole Desnoyers San Clemente Island |
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