Rare Bird Alert - August 15, 2020

Birds Mentioned:

Hooded Merganser | Black Swift | Glaucous-winged Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | Little Blue Heron | Reddish Egret | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Lark Bunting | Black-and-white Warbler | Summer Tanager | Indigo Bunting
— Compiled by Jon L Fisher - JonF60@hotmail.com

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for August 15.

A female or immature HOODED MERGANSER was at Topanga Beach lagoon on August 7.

Three BLACK SWIFTS were along the fire road above Claremont Wilderness Park through August 9.

A GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL continued along the Los Angeles River above the Slauson crossing in Maywood through August 13.

Two NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS continued on the wildlife lake island at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve through August 14.

At least one NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS continued along the lower Los Angeles River south of the Willow Street crossing in Long Beach through August 13. 

An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was at Averill Park in San Pedro on August 13.

The REDDISH EGRET at Malibu Lagoon was reported through August 8.

Up to three YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh in Playa del Rey through August 14.

A LARK BUNTING was on San Clemente Island on August 7.

A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was along the Los Angeles River in Atwater on August 14.  The bird was in the small park area on the east side of the river just below Los Feliz Blvd.

A SUMMER TANAGER continued at Pearblossom Park in the south Antelope Valley through August 13.

The male INDIGO BUNTING at Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena continued through August 12.  It has been in the southwest corner of the basin west of the dam and spillway and around the west side drainage channel.

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