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Rare Bird Alert - June 3, 2022

BIRDS MENTIONED…

Spotted Dove | Black Swift | Greater Roadrunner | Neotropic Cormorant | American Redstart | Yellow-throated Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak


This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for June 3.

 

A SPOTTED DOVE was in Los Angeles on June 3.  It was perched on top of the Mt. Rose Baptist Church on Compton Ave. between 89th and 90th Street.

 

BLACK SWIFTS were above Claremont Wilderness Park on May 30 and again on June 2.  They are typically seen from the usual spot, the bench along Cobal Canyon Trail.  Late afternoon and early evening is the time to look for them.

 

Four more BLACK SWIFTS were over La Canada on June 2.

 

A GREATER ROADRUNNER was adjacent to the Los Angeles River in Long Beach on May 30.  It was seen on the east side north of Willow Street by the end of 31st Street.

 

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were along San Jose Creek upstream from the Workman Mill Road crossing on May 30, along the lower Los Angeles River at Willow Street on May 31 and at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through June 2.

 

An AMERICAN REDSTART was at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required) on June 2.

 

The YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was reported at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach through May 27 in sycamores southeast of the pond.

 

A BLACK-THROATED WARBLER was in the Little Rock Creek riparian patch along Little Rock Creek Wash Road (off Mt. Emma Road) on May 30.


Two SUMMER TANAGERS were along Soledad Canyon Road west of Indian Canyon Road on May 31.

 

The ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach was seen through May 28 in the vicinity of the pond.  Others were at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh near Playa Vista on May 30, in Rolling Hills on May 31 and at Topanga State Park on May 31.

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