BIRDS MENTIONED…

Red-necked Grebe | Pacific Golden-Plover | Red Knot | Solitary Sandpiper | Black-legged Kittiwake | Glaucous Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | Cattle Egret | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Rough-Legged Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Eastern Phoebe | Swamp Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Orchard Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for March 18.

 

A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at both the Malibu Pier and east of there off Malibu Beach on March 16 and 17.

 

The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER continued along lower Ballona Creek through March 14.  It has been between Lincoln and the 90 Freeway and ranges downstream at least to the UCLA boat ramp.

 

At least one RED KNOT continued at Dockweiler State Beach through March 13 near Lifeguard Station 52.

 

A SOLITARY SANDPIPER continued along the Los Angeles River in the Sepulveda Basin (below Burbank Blvd.) through March 15.

 

A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and a GLAUCOUS GULL were at San Clemente Island on March 14.

 

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS included on at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through March 17, one on the wildlife lake at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve on March 14, along the Los Angeles River below the Willow Street crossing in Long Beach and up to three were at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale through March 16.

 

Also at the Willow Street crossing along the Los Angeles River was a CATTLE EGRET seen from March 15-16.

 

Up to four YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were at Alamitos Bay through March 14 near the south end of Appian Way on Naples Island.

 

At least one ZONE-TAILED HAWK continued in Monrovia (vicinity of Grand Ave. Park and Sawpit Wash and this general area) through March 17. 

 

A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK continued at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (permission required for entry) through March 17.

 

Two YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS continued at Veteran’s Park in Sylmar through March 17. There have been up to two birds present and they are most often seen in the southwest area of the park in the eucalyptus stand near the restroom, but it they do move around the park.

 

The DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER was reported by Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley through March 14. It is being seen in the north-south line of trees east of the lake usually adjacent to the boat and bike rentals.

 

TROPICAL KINGBIRDS continued at Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach (northeast side) and at Golden Shore Marine Reserve in Long Beach through March 13.

 

The EASTERN PHOEBE at the Bette Davis Picnic Area in Glendale continued through March 17.  It stays just below the Riverside Drive bridge and ranges from the southern part of the park down into the river channel.

 

A SWAMP SPARROW continued at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB through March 11 in reeds behind the cement gate past Parking 9.

 

A DARK-EYED “PINK-SIDED” JUNCO continued at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas at Sailboat Cove through March 17.

 

WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS continued at Willow Springs Park in Long Beach through March 15 and in Glendora through March 16.

 

At the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood a GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE was present through March 13 (south of Monte Verde Park).

 

A continuing ORCHARD ORIOLE was on San Clemente Island through March 11.  Also continuing on the island was a Palm Warbler through March 12.

 

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS continued at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach through March 16 in trees by the lake and at Madrona Marsh in Torrance through March 17.

 

The PAINTED REDSTART continued at Inglewood Park Cemetery through March 14 in a large oak in the Pinecrest section.

 

The SUMMER TANAGER at Wardlow Park in Long Beach was seen through March 9.  Another SUMMER TANAGER continued at the Village Green Condominiums in Los Angeles (southeast edge of west lawn area) through March 13.

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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