BIRDS MENTIONED…

Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Black Swift | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Glaucous-winged Gull | Least Tern | Neotropic Cormorant | Brown Pelican | Reddish Egret | American Dipper | Summer Tanager

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for July 8. 

A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO continued at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB through July 4.  It was most recently flushed east of Parking 1 along Ave. C.  Also at Piute was a LEAST TERN on July 4.  A letter of permission is required for entry.

Two BLACK SWIFTS continued to be seen along Cobal Canyon Road above Claremont Wilderness Park through July 3 with late afternoon and early evening being the best time to look for them. 

A second cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was along the Los Angeles River at Willow Street on July 3.

A GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was along the Los Angeles River above the Slauson crossing in Vernon on July 4.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh on July 2, at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve through July 2, at Legg Lake in South El Monte through July 1-7 and along the lower Los Angeles River by the Willow Street crossing through July 7.

A BROWN PELICAN continued on the island in the wildlife lake at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve through July 3.

A REDDISH EGRET was at Malibu Lagoon from July 3-6.

Both an AMERICAN DIPPER and a SUMMER TANAGER were along the Barrett-Stoddard Truck Trail near Mt. Baldy Village east of Mt. Baldy Road on July 4.

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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

California Bird Records Committee (report rarities as appropriate on the rare bird report form):  http://www.californiabirds.org/

 Enter your bird sightings on eBird:  http://ebird.org/content/ebird