BIRDS MENTIONED…

Common Merganser | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Black Swift | Glaucous-winged Gull | Wilson’s Storm-Petrel | Neotropic Cormorant | Reddish Egret | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Wilson’s Warbler

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for July 15.

A COMMON MERGANSER was at Quail Lake near Gorman on July 12.

A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO continued at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB through July 14.  A letter of permission is required for entry.

Another YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was on San Clemente Island on July 13.

Two BLACK SWIFTS continued to be seen along Cobal Canyon Road above Claremont Wilderness Park through July 9, with late afternoon and early evening being the best time to look for them. 

A GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was along the Los Angeles River between the Bandini and Slauson crossings on July 11.

A WILSON’S STORM-PETREL was found offshore in the Catalina Channel south of San Pedro on July 10.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh through July 15, at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve through July 10 (both on the wildlife lake island and along the Los Angeles River), and at Lake Balboa (two birds) in the San Fernando Valley on July 14.

A REDDISH EGRET continued at Malibu Lagoon from July 15, with two present there from July 13-15.

A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was at Sims Bio Pond in Long Beach on July 9.

An early fall WILSON’S WARBLER was at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park in Harbor City on July 10.

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