This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for April 16.
A COMMON GOLDENEYE continued at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through April 9.
Another COMMON GOLDENEYE was on the California Aqueduct at 280th Street West on April 10.
Three RED KNOTS were at Del Rey Lagoon in Playa Del Rey on April 15.
Up to eight NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS continued at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through April 15.
Other NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS continued through April 10 (two birds) on the wildlife lake island on the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve and at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale through April 14.
Three YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS continued at Sims Bio Pond in Long Beach through April 13. Also still present was a GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE along the east side.
A ZONE-TAILED HAWK was at Eisenhower Park in Monrovia on April 12.
The TROPICAL KINGBIRD continued at Entradero Park in Torrance through April 10 near the pond.
PURPLE MARTINS included four birds along the California Aqueduct at Barrel Springs Road, thirteen in San Pedro and on at the Piute Ponds all on April 14. Three were at Del Rey Lagoon in Playa Vista the same day and one was at Peck Park in San Pedro on April 15.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW continued at Vina Vieja Park in Pasadena through April 11.
A DARK-EYED "GRAY-HEADED" JUNCO continued in Juniper Hills through April 14.
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS continued in Reseda through April 13, and on the east slope of the playground at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles and in Rolling Hills Estates through April 13.
A GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE was at Founders Park in Rancho Palos Verdes on April 15.
The BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER at Hopkins Wilderness Park in Redondo Beach continued through April 12 and another continued at Madrona Marsh in Torrance through April 13.
Both a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER and A PALM WARBLER continued at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood through April 15 and 14 respectively.
A BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER continued in Tipu trees at Col. Leon H. Washington Park in Los Angeles through April 9.
A SUMMER TANAGER continued at the southwest edge of the central lawn area at the Village Green Condominiums in Los Angeles through April 13. This is private property, but birders are welcome.
Another SUMMER TANAGER continued in the southern part of Wardlow Park in Long Beach through April 14.
An INDIGO BUNTING was in Woodland Hills on April 11.
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