BIRDS MENTIONED…

Pacific Golden-Plover | Sabine’s Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Common Tern | Red-footed Booby | Neotropic Cormorant | Broad-winged Hawk | Tropical Kingbird | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Clay-colored Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Ovenbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Virginia’s Warbler | American Redstart | Magnolia Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting | Dickcissel

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for 6 October 2022.

The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER along lower Ballona Creek continued above the Pacific Ave. bridge through October 1.

A SABINE’S GULL was at Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required) on October 1 and a COMMON TERN continued there through September 30.

A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL continued along the lower Los Angeles River through October 4 just above the Willow Street crossing.

A RED-FOOTED BOOBY was offshore in the Catalina Channel on October 4.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS continued at Bridgeport Lake in Santa Clarita through September 30 and at the Sepulveda Basin through October 3.

A BROAD-WINGED HAWK was over Highland Park on September 30 and another was seen from Buena Vista Park in Burbank on October 2.

TROPICAL KINGBIRDS were at Bixby Park in Long Beach on October 2, at Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach on October 1, at Castaic Lake on October 2 and at El Dorado Park in Long Beach through October 1 (east side of the main lake in Area 3).

A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale on October 5 at the lawn area on the south side of the lake.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was at the south central tip of Woodley Lake Golf Course in the Sepulveda Basin from October 4-5.  Another was at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas (by the north shore play area) from October 4-5.

A SWAMP SPARROW was at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys on October 6 by the wildlife lake’s southern outflow.

An OVENBIRD was at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood on October 5.

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS were at Madrona Marsh in Torrance through October 4, at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach through October 2, at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas (by the old north shore pier) on October 4 and at Vina Vieja Park in Pasadena on October 6.

A VIRGINIA’S WARBLER was at the San Gabriel Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds in Pico Rivera on October 4.  This bird was on the east side between the large middle basin and the small channelized north basin.

AMERICAN REDSTARTS were at Heritage Park in Santa Fe Springs (by the Tongva Village) on September 30, at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach (by the old restroom building) through October 3 and on San Clemente Island on October 5.

A MAGNOLIA WARBLER continued at Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB through October 3 by Parking 1.  Another was at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park in Harbor City from October 2-5 by the first fishing pier south of PCH (west side of the lake).

A BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER was at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through October 2 by the East Shore parking lot circular turnaround.

CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS included a continuing bird at Lewis McAdams Riverfront Park near Atwater Village through October 3, one at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach on October 1 and one at the Piute Ponds on October 5 by Parking 1.

A BLACKPOLL WARBLER was at Santa Fe Dam on October 2 southeast of the playground area.

A PALM WARBLER was at Stonehurst Park in Sun Valley from October 4-5.

A SUMMER TANAGER was at Satellite Park in Cerritos on October 2 and a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was there on October 4.

An INDIGO BUNTING was at Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena (by the Altadena Drain) on October 2.

DICKCISSELS were at Buena Vista Park in Burbank from October 2-3, at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale on October 5 (middle part of the lawn area on the south side of the lake) and at White Point in San Pedro on October 5.

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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