Crested Caracara, photo courtesy of Randy Freeman.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Crested Caracara Soars into the Spotlight, Setting New State Record at Ballona Wetlands
By Robbie Lisa Freeman
By Jon Fisher
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Greater Roadrunner | Pacific Golden-Plover | Broad-winged Hawk | Tropical Kingbird | GREATER PEWEE | Gray Catbird | Clay-colored Sparrow |Green-tailed Towhee | Bobolink | Baltimore Oriole | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | American Redstart | Blackburnian Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Palm Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting
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Pacific Golden-Plover | Dunlin | Red Knot | Common Tern | Sabine’s Gull | Short-tailed Shearwater | Red-footed Booby | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | Least Flycatcher | Bell’s Vireo | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | Baltimore Oriole | Green-tailed Towhee | Bobolink | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Palm Warbler | American Redstart | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Grace’s Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting | Painted Bunting | Dickcissel
BIRDS OF THE SEASON
As usual, June weather was mild. Surprisingly July was also blessed with relatively cool temperatures, though the deserts were plenty warm. Despite below average rainfall last winter, most habitat was in decent shape, and many streams held sufficient water.
Rare Bird Alert
Pacific Golden-Plover | Red Knot | Dunlin | Common Tern | Lesser Black-backed Gull | American Bittern | White-headed Woodpecker | Tropical Kingbird | Eastern Phoebe | Green-tailed Towhee | Ovenbird | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting
Rare Bird Alert
Hooded Merganser | Greater Roadrunner | Black Swift | Pacific Golden-Plover | Red Knot | Ruff | Common Tern | Sabine’s Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Flesh-footed Shearwater | Red-footed Booby | American Bittern | Clay-colored Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Virginia’s Warbler | American Redstart | Blackpoll Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak
