BIRDS MENTIONED…
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Black Swift | Calliope Hummingbird | Neotropic Cormorant | Brown Pelican | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Belted Kingfisher | Summer Tanager
This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for June 24.
A recently deceased YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was found in Culver City on June 20.
Two BLACK SWIFTS were along Cobal Canyon Trail above Claremont on June 16 with late afternoon and early evening being the best time to look for them.
Two CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS were near Angeles Crest Highway and Blue Ridge Road on June 18.
NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas on June 20 on the lower Los Angeles River in Long Beach (below Willow Street) through June 23. An additional six continued at a nest on the island at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys through June 19. A BROWN PELICAN also continued at the latter location through June 19.
Two YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were at Sims Bio Pond Preserve in Long Beach on June 19.
A BELTED KINGFISHER was at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB on June 19.
A SUMMER TANAGER was at Ed Davis Park in Newhall on June 18 and one was on San Clemente Island from June 20-21.
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