BIRDS MENTIONED…

Pacific Golden-Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Common Tern | Nazca Booby | Red-footed Booby | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Tropical Kingbird | Eastern Kingbird | Yellow-green Vireo | Clay-colored Sparrow | Bobolink | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | Virginia’s Warbler | Hooded Warbler | Northern Parula | Magnolia Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for 23 September 2022.

The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER along lower Ballona Creek continued above the Pacific Ave. bridge through September 23.

A third cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles from September 21-23.

A COMMON TERN was at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required) from September 18-22.

Offshore, two NAZCA BOOBIES were east of San Clemente Island on September 15 and two RED-FOOTED BOOBIES were near San Clemente Island on September 16.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at the Bridgeport Marketplace Lake in Valencia from September 19-21 and along the Los Angeles River in Glendale on September 23.

Up to seven YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS continued at Ballona Lagoon in Playa del Rey through September 23.

A TROPICAL KINGBIRD was along the lower Los Angeles River in Long Beach near Willow Street from September 16-22, with two there on September 18.  An EASTERN KINGBIRD was nearby at 27th Street from September 18-19.

Another TROPICAL KINGBIRD was east of the lake in Area 3 of El Dorado Park in Long Beach from September 21-22.

An EASTERN KINGBIRD was at the Lunada Bay Little League baseball fields in Palos Verdes Estates on September 18.

The YELLOW-GREEN VIREO at Eaton Canyon in Pasadena was seen through September 18.  It has been rather secretive but seen most often in a sycamore tree where the main trail first crosses the wash (north of the Nature Center).  It has been seen also in this general area on both sides of the wash.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was at West Los Angeles College by the baseball field on September 17.

A BOBOLINK was at the north end of Peck Road Water Conservation Park in Arcadia on September 20.

A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was along the small creek adjacent to the Starbucks off Agoura Road in Calabasas on September 23.

A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER continued at Madrona Marsh in Torrance through September 23 in the meadow area.  Another was on San Clemente Island on September 20.

A TENNESSEE WARBLER was at Granada Park in Monterey Park from September 16-19.  A HOODED WARBLER was here on September 16 and a BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER was present from September 16-18.

TENNESSEE WARBLERS were in Pomona at Holy Cross Cemetery on September 16, at El Dorado Park in Long Beach (Area 3) on September 21, at Agua Amarga Reserve in Palos Verdes Estates on September 18 and at DeForest Park in Long Beach (south of the park admin. buildings) also on September 18.

A LUCY’S WARBLER was at Heartwell Park in Long Beach on September 16 and another continued at Agua Amarga  Reserve through September 18.

A VIRGINIA’S WARBLER was at Arcadia County Park in Arcadia from September 16-19 and a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER was there from September 18-21.  Both were frequenting sycamores near a sprinkler puddle near the northwest corner of the park.

Another VIRGINIA’S WARBLER was at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood on September 18.

A NORTHERN PARULA was in Chavez Ravine at Elysian Park on September 20.

A MAGNOLIA WARBLER was on San Clemente Island on September 20.

A BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER was in the northeast corner of Wardlow Park in Long Beach on September 20.

The CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER at the Bette Davis Picnic Area in Glendale continued through September 19 in a sycamore across the street from the car wash.

BLACKPOLL WARBLERS were on San Clemente Island, at the Village Green Condominiums in Los Angeles on September 20 and at Madrona Marsh in Torrance on September 22.

A BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER was at Marsh Park (now Lewis McAdams Park) near Atwater Village from September 19-23.  A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was here on September 18 and a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was found on September 23.  All were around the circular green lawn area.

SUMMER TANAGERS were at the California Botanic Garden (formerly Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden) in Claremont on September 18.

A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was in Area 3 of El Dorado Park in Long Beach on September 21.

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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

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