BIRDS MENTIONED…

Black Scoter | Neotropic Cormorant | Red-necked Grebe | Pacific-Golden Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Red-footed Booby | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Swainson’s Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | Burrowing Owl | “Prairie” Merlin | Tropical Kingbird | Eastern Phoebe | Pacific Wren | Gray Catbird | Lapland Longspur | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | “Large-billed” Savannah Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Northern Parula | Palm Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for 11 November 2022.

A male BLACK SCOTER was at the Hollywood Reservoir through November 9.  Three NROTROPIC CORMORANTS were here on November 7.

A RED-NECKED GREBE was by the Malibu Pier on November 11.

The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER along lower Ballona Creek was reported through November 6. It is usually upstream from the Pacific Ave. bridge.

A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was along the Los Angeles River at Downey Road in Vernon on November 4 and one was between Atlantic and Slauson on November 5.

One to two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles from November 4-11.

Two RED-FOOTED BOOBIES were in the Santa Catalina Channel on November 6.

Up to four YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were at Ballona Lagoon in Marina del Rey through November 11.

A SWAINSON’S HAWK was in the Mt. Washington area on November 4.

A ZONE-TAILED HAWK was in Monrovia from November 4-11.

A BURROWING OWL was at the LAX dunes east of Dockwelier State Beach in El Segundo on November 4.

A pale “PRAIRIE” MERLIN was at Vina Vieja Park in Pasadena on November 4.

TROPICAL KINGBIRDS were at Colorado Lagoon through November 6, in Westlake Village on November 6, at Satellite Park in Cerritos on November 10 and along the Los Angeles River at Willow Street on November 11.

An EASTERN PHOEBE continued at the southwest corner of Lake Lindero in Agoura Hills through November 7.

A PACIFIC WREN continued at Charlton Flat in the San Gabriel Mountains through November 5.  It was along the Silver Moccasin Trail north of the picnic area.

A GRAY CATBIRD continued by the northwest corner of Jackson Lake in the east San Gabriel Mountains through November 6.

The west Antelope Valley produced up to four CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS, one to two LAPLAND LONGSPURS and a pale “PRAIRIE” MERLIN this past week.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was in Griffith Park (Toyon Landfill- weekend access only) on November 6.

CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were at Exposition Park in Los Angeles on November 4, at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale on November 5, at Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach on November 5, at Whaley Park in Long Beach on November 6, at Recreation Park in Monrovia on November 9 and at Vina Vieja Park in Pasadena on November 9

A DARK-EYED “GRAY-HEADED” JUNCO was at Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena (by the lower west side sports field) through November 6.

Eleven WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were recorded this past week.

A “LARGE-BILLED” SAVANNAH SPARROW was at the outer beach at Cabrillo Beach on November 11.

SWAMP SPARROWS were at Legg Lake in South El Monte on November 4, at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required) from November 4-5, at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh on November 5 and at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas (by the small north shore pond) on November 11.

A GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE continued at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood through November 9.

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS were at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through November 11 (two birds by the north shore old pier), at Madrona Marsh in Torrance through November 5 and at Hopkins Wilderness Park in Redondo Beach on November 10.

A TENNESEE WARBLER was at Madrona Marsh in Torrance on November 4 and one was along Appian Way at Alamitos Bay along with a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER on November 10.

A LUCY’S WARBLER was in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island on November 6.

An AMERICAN REDSTART was on San Clemente Island on November 4.

A NORTHERN PARULA was at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB on November 4 east of the gazebo. 

Another NORTHERN PARULA continued at Neff Park in La Mirada through November 11 east of the Neff House.

A PALM WARBLER was on San Clemente Island on November 4.

A PAINTED REDSTART was in Pasadena (by 1405 Afton Street) from October 30-November 6.

SUMMER TANAGERS were at Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach on November 6, on the north shore at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas (Picnic Area 3) on November 10, and on San Clemente Island on November 9.

A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was at the Virginia Country Club on Long Beach (by the Visitor’s Center) on November 11.

An INDIGO BUNTING was at Occidental College on November 5.

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

For all events, field trips and announcements, please see our website at http://www.laaudubon.org

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