BIRDS MENTIONED…

Tundra Swan | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Tropical Kingbird | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Cassin’s Vireo | Pacific Wren | SEDGE WREN | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Nashville Warbler | Northern Parula | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for 2 December 2022.

A TUNDRA SWAN was along the San Gabriel River in Montebello between Slauson Ave. and Telegraph Road through December 2.

Two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS continued at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles through November 26.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas from November 30-December 1 and at the Wildlife Lake in the Sepulveda Basin on November 30.

Up to five YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS continued at Ballona Lagoon in Marina del Rey through November 29.  Another four were by the Marine Fuel Dock at Alamitos Bay on November 26.

The ZONE-TAILED HAWK in Monrovia was reported through November 29 in the vicinity of Greystone and Encinitas and also at Grand Park.

A NORTHERN “YELLOW-SHAFTED” FLICKER was at Ladera Park on November 25.

A TROPICAL KINGBIRD was along the Los Angeles River in Long Beach (below Willow Street) on November 25.

Other TROPICAL KINGBIRDS were on the west side of Inglewood Park Cemetery on November 27, along the San Gabriel River below the Slauson Ave. crossing on November 28, continuing in Area 3 at El Dorado Park through November 29 (east of the main lake) and at Colorado Lagoon through December 2.

A PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER was at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas (by the north shore pond area) from November 26-30.

Another PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER was on the east side of the parking lot at the Huntington Gardens in San Marino on November 26.

A CASSIN’S VIREO was at Valley Park in Burbank on November 26.

Two PACIFIC WRENS were along the South Fork of Big Rock Creek on the north slope of the San Gabriel Mountains through November 26.

The SEDGE WREN continued at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB through November 25 just east of Duckbill Lake.  Note that a letter of permission is required to enter this area 

A DARK-EYED “GRAY-HEADED” JUNCO was at Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena (by the west side sports field) through November 25.

A DARK-EYED “PINK-SIDED” JUNCO was at Brace Canyon Park in Burbank on November 26.

Up to four WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through December 2, by the small north side pond and along the north shore area.

Other WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were in Rancho Palos Verdes through December 1, in Griffith Park (by the golf course) on November 27, at Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach on November 30 and at the La Canada Open Space Trail on November 30.

Two SWAMP SPARROWS were at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through November 2 by the north shore pond, along the Los Angeles River just below the 5 Freeway from November 29-December 1 and at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB through November 29.

GREEN-TAILED TOHWEES were at Boundary Trail in Torrance on November 26 and at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood through November 30.

A female type BALTIMORE ORIOLE continued in the north park of Ladera Park in Ladera Heights through November 26.

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS continued at Bonelli Regional Park through December 2 (two birds along the north shore area), at Hopkins Wilderness Park in Redondo Beach through November 25, along the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood through November 27 and at Madrona Marsh in Torrance through December 1. 

NASHVILLE WARBLERS were at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park in Harbor City on November 25 (in Tipu Trees southwest of the playground area) and at Leon H. Washington Park in Los Angeles on December 2.

A NORTHERN PARULA continued at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park in Harbor City through November 28 (in Tipu Trees southwest of the playground area).

A PALM WARBLER was along the Los Angeles River in Long Beach at Avila Park on November 29 and another was at Neff Park in La Mirada from November 30-December 2.

A SUMMER TANAGER continued at Bonelli Regional Park through December 1 near the north shore large rectangular parking lot.

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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