BIRDS MENTIONED…
Common Merganser | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Black Swift | Neotropic Cormorant | American Dipper | Scott’s Oriole | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak
This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for July 1.
COMMON MERGANSERS included one at Quail Lake on June 25 and nine at Castaic Lagoon on July 1.
A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required) on June 28 west of Parking 1.
Two BLACK SWIFTS were along Cobal Canyon Trail above Claremont on June 28 with late afternoon and early evening being the best time to look for them. Another eight BLACK SWIFTS were at the Padua Theater nearby on June 24.
A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was on the lower Los Angeles River in Long Beach (below Willow Street) through June 28. An additional four continued at a nest on the island at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys through July 1 and another was at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh near Playa del Rey from June 24-27. Five more NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were on the island on the south lake at Legg Lake in South El Monte on June 30.
An AMERICAN DIPPER was along the Burkhart Trail below Buckhorn Campground in the San Gabriel Mountains on June 30.
Wheeler Park in Claremont produced a SCOTT’S ORIOLE on June 25.
A SUMMER TANAGER was on San Clemente Island on June 29.
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS were in Zuma Canyon on June 27 and on San Clemente Island on June 29.
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