Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 6, July August 2014
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Birds of the Season — June 2014
2014 Schreiber Grant Recipient
Ballona Wetlands Education Program
Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch, By Louis Tucker
Lesser Nighthawk | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Western Cattle Egret | Broad-winged Hawk | Short-eared Owl | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Sage Thrasher | Lapland Longspur | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | American Redstart | Cape May Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Palm Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Summer Tanager | Indigo Bunting
Eurasian Wigeon | Common Ground Dove | Pacific Golden-Plover | Sabine’s Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Broad-winged Hawk | Short-eared Owl | Tropical Kingbird | Pacific Wren | Gray Catbird | Varied Thrush | Lapland Longspur | Clay-colored Sparrow | FIELD SPARROW | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Northern Waterthrush | Prothonotary Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Cape May Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Palm Warbler | Grace’s Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Painted Bunting | Dickcissel
Greater Roadrunner | Pacific Golden-Plover | Broad-winged Hawk | Tropical Kingbird | GREATER PEWEE | Gray Catbird | Clay-colored Sparrow |Green-tailed Towhee | Bobolink | Baltimore Oriole | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | American Redstart | Blackburnian Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Palm Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting
Pacific Golden-Plover | Dunlin | Red Knot | Common Tern | Sabine’s Gull | Short-tailed Shearwater | Red-footed Booby | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | Least Flycatcher | Bell’s Vireo | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | Baltimore Oriole | Green-tailed Towhee | Bobolink | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Palm Warbler | American Redstart | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Grace’s Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting | Painted Bunting | Dickcissel
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Birds of the Season — June 2014
2014 Schreiber Grant Recipient
Ballona Wetlands Education Program
Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch, By Louis Tucker
Sandhill Cranes, Pixley NWR & Kern NWR, March 25, 2014 Photo by Tommye Hite
• Birds of the Season—April 2014 | By Jon Fisher
• Conservation Art Show 2014 at Leo Politi Elementary School
• Cactus Commencement Celebration 2014
• Sandhill Crane Field Trip Pixley and Kern NWR’s | By Jim Moore
• TRIP REPORT: Anza-Borrego Birds and More (March 22-23, 2014) | By Kurt Leuschner
• Spring in Ballona —A Little Rain Can Do Wonders | By Cindy Hardin
SCHEDULES, Bird Walks, Field Trips, Monthly Program Presentations
Cover Photo of the Owens Valley, Photo by Mary Freeman
• Love and Thanks! Spring — Love is in the Air! | By Carol Babeli
• Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area: A park of the future that you should visit now! | By Cindy Hardin, Environmental Education
• The Magical Tejon Ranch Tour | By Louis Tucker, Field Trip Leader
• Vacation Interrupted: A Campus CBC | By Brad Rumble
• INTERPRETING NATURE: Los Angeles Audubon Expands its Snowy Plover Field Trip Program | By Stacey Vigallon, Director of Interpretation
• Birds of the Season—February 2014 | By Jon Fisher
SCHEDULES, Bird Walks, Field Trips, Monthly Program Presentations
Moon over Piute Ponds, 2013 Lancaster CBC, Photo by Mary Freeman
• The Aesthetics of Grass | By Kreigh Hampel
• Sound Bite of the Warbler Sound Workshop 2013 | By Linda Oberholtzer, Photos by Mary Freeman
• INTERPRETING NATURE: How I became a Baldwin Hills Greenhouse Intern | By Melvin Harris III, Baldwin Hills Greenhouse Intern, and Stacey Vigallon, Director of Interpretation
• ANNUAL DOCENT TRAINING: School Is Now In Session! | By Cindy Hardin, Environmental Education, Photographs by Leslie Davidson
• BIRDS OF THE SEASON—December 2013 | By Jon Fisher
• SCHEDULES, BIRD WALKS, FIELD TRIPS, MONTHLY PROGRAM PRESENTATIONS
From Mt. Wilson Observatory looking east to Mt. Baldy | Photo by Mary Freeman
Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 2 Nov-Dec 2013
• Marsh Madness at Ballona | By Don Sterba
• INTERPRETING NATURE: Los Angeles Audubon Youth Education Programs: Here’s Why It’s Worth the Effort… | By Stacey Vigallon
• Birds of the Season–October 2013 | By Jon Fisher
• Ralph W. Schreiber Ornithology Research Grants 2014
• CONSERVATION CONVERSATION: A Bird-friendly Los Angeles? | By Garry George
• TRIP REPORT: San Gabriel Mountains and Mount Wilson | By Dessi Sieburth
• Ballona Docents Head North | By Cindy Hardin, Photographs by Leslie Davidson
• 2013 End-of-Year Appeal
SCHEDULES
Bird Walks, Field Trips, Christmas Bird Counts, Monthly Program Presentations
• Zuma Canyon Recoveries | By Walter Sakai
• Identifying Confusing Vocalizations Using Sonograms and Song Structure | By Tom Stephenson, Photos by Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle
• Birds of the Season — August 2013 | By Jon Fisher
• EDUCATION: It's Not Just For Kids! | By Cindy Hardin
• Docent Training
• Interpreting Nature: Exploring Nature in the City: Los Angeles Audubon’s First Summer Program for Middle School Students
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