Crested Caracara, photo courtesy of Randy Freeman.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Crested Caracara Soars into the Spotlight, Setting New State Record at Ballona Wetlands
By Robbie Lisa Freeman
By Jon Fisher
Solitary Sandpiper | VEGA GULL | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Grasshopper Sparrow | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | Black-and-white Warbler | Green-tailed Towhee | Northern Parula | Blackburnian Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Hepatic Tanager
Red-necked Grebe | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | “Prairie” Merlin | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Pacific Wren | Grasshopper Sparrow | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Northern Parula | Blackburnian Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Lazuli Bunting
Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pacific Loon | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Eastern Phoebe | Sagebrush Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Northern Parula | Pine Warbler | Painted Redstart
Inca Dove | White-winged Dove | Pacific Golden-Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Red-throated Loon | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Least Flycatcher | Grasshopper Sparrow | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Northern Parula | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Hepatic Tanager | Lazuli Bunting
White-winged Dove | Sandhill Crane | Pacific Loon | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Cocos Booby | Zone-tailed Hawk | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Clay-colored Sparrow | Sagebrush Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Palm Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart
Crested Caracara, photo courtesy of Randy Freeman.
Crested Caracara Soars into the Spotlight, Setting New State Record at Ballona Wetlands
By Robbie Lisa Freeman
By Jon Fisher
Pelagic Birding: A Birder’s Box of Chocolates, by Robbie Lisa Freeman
Ten Tips To Prepare for Your First Pelagic, by Robbie Lisa Freeman
Snowy Owl in San Pedro, by Andy Dowdell
Conservation Conversation, by Travis Longcore (Wildness in Our City, Farewell, P-22, Seeing the Wild at Silver Lake Reservoir, Wild Under Threat at Ballona)
Birds of the Season — December 2022
Christmas Count, by Linda Sheehan
January 11th Online Presentation — Scaring Birds for Science, with Mario Díaz presenting
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Page 1–2 Hawk On The Block
Page 3 Nature Nexus & Volunteers
Page 4 Conservation Conversation
Pages 5–6 Birds of the Season
Page 7–8 Hope Is The Thing With Feathers
Pages 9 Upcoming Bird Walks
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