Birds Mentioned:

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for June 26.

Up to three COMMON GROUND DOVES were seen in Bellflower through June 22.  They have been seen adjacent to the San Gabriel River and were most recently visible by looking south from the Volutone parking lot.

One to two BLACK SWIFTS continued to be seen north of Claremont Wilderness Park through June 24.  These are present only briefly in the late afternoon and early evening and usually seen a short distance up the trail from the parking lot.

A GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL persists along the Los Angeles River in Maywood, between the Atlantic and Slauson crossings.

A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON continued at the Sims Bio Pond in Long Beach through June 22.

A HERMIT THRUSH, probably injured, was out of season at Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena on June 21.

A RED-EYED VIREO was along the Vincent Gulch Trail off Angeles Crest Highway on June 20.

Seventeen HORNED LARKS were at Pt. Dume on June 26.

Remarkable was a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at Malibu Creek State Park on June 21.

The NORTHERN PARULA at Ernie Howlett Park in Rolling Hills Estates since June 16 has been joined by two additional birds that were seen through June 23.  At least one was reported through June 26.

A male HOODED WARBLER was in Calabasas from June 24-26.  From Malibu Canyon Road, go east three tenths of a mile to the Backbone Trail trailhead on your right.  The bird has been seen and heard about two hundred yards down the trail.  A WILSON'S WARBLER was also in this area on the same dates.

A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was at a residence in Pasadena on June 18.

At least one SUMMER TANAGER continued at Pearblossom Park in the Antelope Valley through June 21 north of the playground.

A male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was in Bel Air on June 20.

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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