This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for April 3.

A few COMMON GROUND DOVES continued in Cerritos just south of the Volutone parking lot (west of the 605 Freeway and south of Alondra Blvd.) through March 28.

SOLITARY SANDPIPERS were at Jackson Lake near Wrightwood on March 29 and at Piute Ponds on April 2.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS included up to 14 birds continuing at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through April 2, one at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale through March 27 and others at Peck Road Water Conservation Park in Arcadia through March 29 and at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve through March 27.

Two YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were at Sims Bio Pond in Long Beach through March 27.

A NORTHERN "YELLOW-SHAFTED" FLICKER continued at the Village Green Condominiums in Los Angeles through March 28.

The DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER at Heartwell Park in Long Beach continued through March 30. It has been in the area northwest of the corner of Parkcrest St. and Woodruff Ave.

The GREATER PEWEE at Lacy Park in San Marino was seen through March 26. It has most often been seen on the north side of the park.

A TROPICAL KINGBIRD continued at Entradero Park in Torrance through April 2 near the pond.

An early OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was in the Nature Center area at El Dorado Park in Long Beach on April 1.

A HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER continued at Carr Park in Glendale through March 27 and another continued at Pan American Park in Lakewood through March 24.

A DUSKY FLYCATCHER continued at Willow Springs Park in Long Beach through April 2 in the central part of the park near the western perimeter.

The EASTERN PHOEBE at the Bette Davis Picnic Area in Glendale was reported through March 27. It is most often seen in the Los Angeles River channel at the Riverside Drive crossing, but sometimes wanders into the park proper.

A PURPLE MARTIN was at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas on April 1.

A DARK-EYED "PINK-SIDED" JUNCO continued at Sailboat Cove at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through April 1 and a DARK-EYED "GRAY-HEADED" JUNCO continued by the picnic tables near the northeast shore of the lake through March 31.

A DARK-EYED "GRAY-HEADED" JUNCO and a DARK-EYED "PINK-SIDED" JUNCO continued in Juniper Hills through March 27.

WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS continued at a residence in Valley Village through March 26, at Horsethief Canyon Park in San Dimas through March 28 (by the dog park) and in Reseda through April 1.

Two YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS continued at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh near Playa del Rey through March 30.

The West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood continued to host a GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE through April 1. The bird has been between Seaborn Street and Fairman Street. Also still present here was a PALM WARBLER through March 20 and a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER through April 2.

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS continued at Madrona Marsh in Torrance though April 1 and at Hopkins Wilderness Park in Redondo Beach through April 2.

Another PALM WARBLER continued at the San Gabriel Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds in Pico Rivera through March 26 on the west side by the Mines Ave. entrance.

A SUMMER TANAGER continued in the southern part of Wardlow Park in Long Beach through April 2.

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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