BIRDS MENTIONED…
Pacific Golden-Plover | Red Knot | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Least Flycatcher | Dusky Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | American Redstart | Painted Redstart
This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for March 11.
The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER continued along lower Ballona Creek through March 7. It has been between Lincoln and the 90 Freeway and ranges downstream at least to the UCLA boat ramp.
At least one RED KNOT continued at Dockweiler State Beach through March 9 near Lifeguard Station 52.
A SOLITARY SANDPIPER continued along the Los Angeles River in the Sepulveda Basin (below Burbank Blvd.) through March 7.
A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at Malibu Lagoon on March 3.
A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continued at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through March 9 in the Sailboat Cove area. Up to three more NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at the lake at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale through March 10. Two were at MacArthur Park on March 4. Others were at the San Jose Creek and San Gabriel River confluence in South El Monte on March 5, along the Los Angeles River in the Sepulveda Basin on March 8 and flying over Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena on March 9.
A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was at Alamitos Bay on March 6 near the south end of Appian Way.
At least one ZONE-TAILED HAWK continued in Monrovia (vicinity of Grand Ave. Park and Sawpit Wash) through March 8.
A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK continued at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (permission required for entry) through March 7.
A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER continued at Veteran’s Park in Sylmar through March 9. There have been two birds present and they are most often seen in the southwest area of the park in the eucalyptus stand near the restroom, but it they do move around the park.
A DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER was reported by Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley through March 8. It is being seen in the north-south line of trees east of the lake and adjacent to the boat and bike rentals.
A TROPICAL KINGBIRD continued in Area 3 of El Dorado Park in Long Beach through March 6. It is usually around the pond.
Another TROPICAL KINGBIRD was at Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach on March 6.
A LEAST FLYCATCHER continued at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood through March 9 near the north end below Del Amo Blvd.
A DUSKY FLYCATCHER first seen on February 26 was confirmed near the Wildlife Reserve north entrance in the Sepulveda Basin on March 4 and seen through March 6.
The EASTERN PHOEBE at the Bette Davis Picnic Area in Glendale continued through March 10. It stays just below the Riverside Drive bridge and ranges from the southern part of the park down into the river channel.
A DARK-EYED “PINK-SIDED” JUNCO continued at Bonelli in the Sailboat Cove area through March 9.
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS continued in Monrovia and in Glendora through March 6. Another continued at Los Angeles State Historic Park through March 9.
At the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood a GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE was present through March 7 (south of Monte Verde Park) as was a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER near electrical tower 35 through March 6.
Another BLACK-AND-WITE WARBLER continued in the willows at Madrona Marsh in Torrance through March 8.
The immature male AMERICAN RESTART continued by the Los Angeles River in the Sepulveda Basin through March 6. It has been reliable by the bridge over Haskell Creek above its confluence with the LA River.
The PAINTED REDSTART continued at Inglewood Park Cemetery through March 6 in a large oak in the Pinecrest section.
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/
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