BIRDS MENTIONED…

Solitary Sandpiper | Pectoral Sandpiper | Red Knot | Black Swift | Manx Shearwater | Neotropic Cormorant | Reddish Egret | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for July 22.

A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was below the Willow Street crossing of the Los Angeles River in Long Beach from July 15-18 and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER was at this spot on July 17.

A RED KNOT was at Malibu Lagoon from July 17-18.

BLACK SWIFTS continue to be reported along Cobal Canyon Trail above Claremont Wilderness Park, with July 16 being the most recent sighting.  Late afternoon and early evening is the time to look for them.

A MANX SHEARWATER was offshore just west of Redondo Beach on July 17.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh through July 21, at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve through July 18 (up to eight birds both on the wildlife lake island and along the Los Angeles River below Burbank Blvd.) and along the Los Angeles River below Willow Street in Long Beach through July 18.  Another was along the Los Angeles River by the 2 Freeway crossing on July 20.

Two immature REDDISH EGRETS continued at Malibu Lagoon through July 21.

A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was at Sims Bio Pond in Long Beach through July 18.

Another YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was at Malibu Lagoon from July 19-21.

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

For all events, field trips and announcements, please see our website at http://www.laaudubon.org

California Bird Records Committee (report rarities as appropriate on the rare bird report form):  http://www.californiabirds.org/

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