BIRDS OF THE SEASON
Jon Fisher
Birds of the Season—January 2025

Though we enjoyed two drought-busting winters in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, the current rainy season has been anything but.  In December and January, most of Los Angeles County was suffering from record dry conditions and extreme drought.  Vegetation, having increased significantly over two wet years, had not received any measurable rain for over eight months. 

Birds of the Season—January 2025
Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - January 15, 2025

Sandhill Crane | Pacific Golden-Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Vega Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pacific Loon | Swainson’s Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | Short-eared Owl | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Least Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Bell’s Vireo | Lapland Longspur | Thick-billed Longspur | Clay-colored Sparrow | Sagebrush Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - December 31, 2024

Common Ground Dove | Sandhill Crane | Pacific Golden-Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Vega Gull | Least Bittern | Swainson’s Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | Short-eared Owl | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Dusky Flycatcher | Western Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Bell’s Vireo | SIBERIAN PIPIT | Lapland Longspur | Thick-billed Longspur | Sagebrush Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Hooded Oriole | Virgina’s Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Pine Warbler | Painted Redstart | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - December 19, 2024

Sandhill Crane | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Vega Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pacific Loon | Flesh-footed Shearwater | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Dusky Flycatcher | Western Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Bell’s Vireo | Verdin | Lapland Longspur | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Thick-billed Longspur | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Grasshopper Sparrow | Clay-colored Sparrow | Black-chinned Sparrow | Sagebrush Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Lucy’s Warbler | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Painted Redstart | Hepatic Tanager | Indigo Bunting

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - December 6, 2024

Tundra Swan | Red-necked Grebe | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Swainson’s Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Western Flycatcher | Lapland Longspur | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Thick-billed Longspur | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Sagebrush Sparrow | Nelson’s Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Orchard Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager

Volume 80

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Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 5, May-Jun 2014

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Sandhill Cranes, Pixley NWR & Kern NWR, March 25, 2014 Photo by Tommye Hite

Sandhill Cranes, Pixley NWR & Kern NWR, March 25, 2014 Photo by Tommye Hite

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 5, May-June 2014

• 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

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Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 4, Mar-Apr 2014

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Cover Photo of the Owens Valley, Photo by Mary Freeman

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 4 Mar-Apr 2014

• 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

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Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 3, Jan-Feb 2013

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Moon over Piute Ponds, 2013 Lancaster CBC, Photo by Mary Freeman

Moon over Piute Ponds, 2013 Lancaster CBC, Photo by Mary Freeman

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 3, Jan-Feb 2013

• 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

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Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 2 Nov-Dec 2013

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From Mt. Wilson Observatory looking east to Mt. Baldy | Photo by Mary Freeman

From Mt. Wilson Observatory looking east to Mt. Baldy | Photo by Mary Freeman

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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

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Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 1, Sep-Oct 2013

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 1 Sep-Oct 2013

• 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

• In Memoriam: Hanna Heyman (Aug. 4 1924–Jul. 15, 2013)

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