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
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 169th 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.
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
For all events, field trips and announcements, please see our website at http://www.laaudubon.org
California Bird Records 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