BIRDS MENTIONED…

White-winged Dove | Black Swift | Greater Roadrunner | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Brewer’s Sparrow | Black-and-white Warbler | American Redstart | Summer Tanager

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for June 10.

A WHITE-WINGED DOVE and an AMERICAN REDSTART were at the Rancho Sierra Golf Course in the east Antelope Valley on June 5.

Another WHITE-WINGED DOVE was along the Playa Vista Riparian Corridor on June 7.

BLACK SWIFTS included one over Millard Canyon in Altadena on June 4 and at least two above Cobal Canyon Motorway above Claremont through June 9 (best seen in the early evening).

A GREATER ROADRUNNER continued adjacent to the Los Angeles River in Long Beach through June 5.  It is being seen on the east side of the river north of Willow Street by the end of 31st Street.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS included one at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through June 5, up to seven at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys (on the wildlife lake) from June 4-8, as well as one along the Los Angeles River below Burbank Blvd. the same day, and two at the Earvin Magic Johnson Recreation Area in Willowbrook on June 6

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS included up to seven at Alamitos Bay at the Jack Dunster Marine Reserve and Marine Stadium Park through June 9.  Two more were at Sims Bio Pond in Long Beach on June 5 and two were along Ballona Creek between the 90 Freeway and the Centinela crossing on June 9.

A ZONE-TAILED HAWK and a SUMMER TANAGER were near the Old Zoo in Griffith Park on June 3.

Unusual was a singing BREWER’S SPARROW along Blue Ridge Road just above the Angeles Crest Highway on June 5.

A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was along the Pacific Crest Trail in Cooper Canyon near Buckhorn Campground on June 4.

A SUMMER TANAGER was at Buckhorn Campground on June 4 about one quarter mile down the Burkhart Trail.

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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