BIRDS MENTIONED…

White-winged Dove | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Red-footed Booby | Neotropic Cormorant | American Bittern | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Grasshopper Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Black-and-white Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Summer Tanager

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for April 8.

 

A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was at a residence in Westchester on April 6.

 

The SOLITARY SANDPIPER in the Sepulveda Basin continued through April 3 along the Los Angeles River below Burbank Blvd.

 

A second-cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was along the Los Angeles River south of the Slauson crossing in Maywood on April 2.  Easiest access is from Maywood Riverfront Park.

 

A RED-FOOTED BOOBY was offshore 8 miles south of Angel’s Gate in San Pedro on April 3.

 

Up to three NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through April 7.  They have been seen near the north shore and at Sailboat Cove. 

 

Two more NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were on the wildlife lake island at the Sepulveda Basin in Van Nuys through April 3 and one was a Peck Road Water Conservation Park in Arcadia from April 2-3.

 

An AMERICAN BITTERN continued at Bonelli Regional Park at the small marshy pond near the northeast corner of the lake (east of the old wooden pier) through April 5.

 

Two YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS continued at Alamitos Bay through April 3 near the south end of Appian Way on Naples Island.

 

A ZONE-TAILED HAWK was seen at Bear Divide near Santa Clarita on April 1.

 

The DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER continued at the Sepulveda Basin through April 5.  It has been east of Lake Balboa along the riparian strip adjacent to the boat rental area.  It does range along the tree line here, from the club house to the LA River.

 

The TROPICAL KINGBIRD at Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach continued through April 7.

 

A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was at Magic Mountain in Valencia on March 30.

 

WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were in West Los Angeles on April 2, in Rolling Hills on April 2, and at Los Angeles State Historic Park through April 7.

 

A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER continued southeast of the pond at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach through April 6.

 

The CAPE MAY WARBLER at Loyola Marymount University in Westchester was seen through April 4.  There is no access to the general public, but you may enter the campus if you have a ticket for a campus event.  Google Earth coordinates for this bird are 33.9685445, -118.4176337.  The bird has been favoring a fig tree here.

 

SUMMER TANAGERS continued at Wardlow Park in Long Beach through April 7 and at the Village Green Condominiums in Los Angeles through April 3.

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