BIRDS MENTIONED…

Common Ground-Dove | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Neotropic Cormorant | American Bittern | Zone-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Cassin’s Vireo | Clay-colored Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Scott’s Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | American Redstart | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for January 28.

 

A COMMON GROUND-DOVE was at Legg Lake in South El Monte on January 28. It was along the fence line east of the southeast corner of the south lake. A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continued at the east end of the middle lake through January 28.

 

The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER continued along lower Ballona Creek through January 23 (usually between Lincoln and the 90 Freeway, but it does move along the channel).

 

Two MOUNTAIN PLOVERS were in the agricultural fields at 110th Street East and Ave. I in the east Antelope Valley on January 25.

 

A SOLITARY SANDPIPER continued along the Los Angeles River in the Sepulveda Basin (below Burbank Blvd.) through January 24.

 

An AMERICAN BITTERN was at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas again on January 26. The location is the small marshy pond near the northeast corner of the lake, east of the now closed old wooden pier.

 

A ZONE-TAILED HAWK was seen in Glendora on January 22, and another continued in Monrovia (vicinity of Grand Ave. Park) through January 28, with two birds confirmed on that date.

 

A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK continued at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (permission required for entry) through January 28.

 

A NORTHERN “YELLOW-SHAFTED” FLICKER was at the California Botanic Garden in Claremont on January 18.

 

ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS continued at Willow Springs Park in Long Beach through January 23 and at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys (near the north entrance to the wildlife area) through January 26.

 

The EASTERN PHOEBE at the Bette Davis Picnic Area in Glendale continued through January 28. It stays just below the Riverside Drive bridge and ranges from the southern part of the park down into the river channel.

 

At the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood, a CASSIN’S VIREO was seen through January 25, a GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE was present here through January 26 (at the north end by Monte Verde Park) and an ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER all continued through January 22.

 

A SWAMP SPARROW was at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB on January 22. A letter of permission is required for entry.

 

The DARK-EYED “PINK-SIDED” JUNCO continued in Sailboat Cove at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through January 25.

 

WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS continued at Willow Springs Park in Long Beach through January 22, at Crescenta Valley Park in La Crescenta through January 25, in Arlington on January 25 and in Glendora through January 26.

 

A SCOTT’S ORIOLE was along Stone Canyon Road in Bel Air (near number 1663) through January 22.

 

Another SCOTT’S ORIOLE continued at a residence in Crystalaire near Llano through January 28.

 

A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER continued at Bond Park (on the south side of Los Feliz along the Los Angeles River) through January 23.

 

Another BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER continued at Madrona Marsh in Torrance through January 25.

 

The immature male AMERICAN RESTART continued between Burbank Blvd. and the Los Angeles River along Haskell Creek in the Sepulveda Basin through January 27. It has recently been hanging out near the bridge over Haskell Creek just above its confluence with the LA River.

 

The PAINTED REDSTART at Inglewood Park Cemetery continued through January 25. It is most often seen in the lone large oak tree in the Pinecrest section.

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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