White-winged Dove | Sandhill Crane | Pacific Loon | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Cocos Booby | Zone-tailed Hawk | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Clay-colored Sparrow | Sagebrush Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Palm Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart
White-winged Dove | Sandhill Crane | Pacific Golden-Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pacific Loon | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Least Flycatcher | Lapland Longspur | Thick-billed Longspur | Clay-colored Sparrow | Sagebrush Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Pine Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Hepatic Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Though we enjoyed two drought-busting winters in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, the current rainy season has been anything but. In December and January, most of Los Angeles County was suffering from record dry conditions and extreme drought. Vegetation, having increased significantly over two wet years, had not received any measurable rain for over eight months.
Sandhill Crane | Pacific Golden-Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Vega Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pacific Loon | Swainson’s Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | Short-eared Owl | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Least Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Bell’s Vireo | Lapland Longspur | Thick-billed Longspur | Clay-colored Sparrow | Sagebrush Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart
Common Ground Dove | Sandhill Crane | Pacific Golden-Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Vega Gull | Least Bittern | Swainson’s Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | Short-eared Owl | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Dusky Flycatcher | Western Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Bell’s Vireo | SIBERIAN PIPIT | Lapland Longspur | Thick-billed Longspur | Sagebrush Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Hooded Oriole | Virgina’s Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Pine Warbler | Painted Redstart | Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Longtime Los Angeles birders will remember the massive volunteer effort that went into the Los Angeles County Breeding Bird Atlas. Fieldwork for that project was from 1995 to 1999, which will be 30 years ago in 2025. Given the time that has passed and the changes in the county, birders are thinking about an update of the Atlas.
Long-tailed Duck | White-winged Dove | Pacific Golden-Plover | Laughing Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Red-footed Booby | Zone-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Ash-throated Flycatcher | GREATER PEWEE | Tropical Kingbird | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Cassin’s Vireo | American Pipit (japonicus) | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Harris’s Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
Mountain Plover | Laughing Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Zone-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | American Pipit (japonicus) | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Harris’s Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Black-headed Grosbeak | Painted Bunting
Tundra Swan | Red-necked Grebe | Mountain Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | Zone-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | “Prairie” Merlin | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Dusky Flycatcher | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Cassin’s Vireo | Mountain Bluebird | Varied Thrush | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Harris’s Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Hooded Oriole | Scott’s Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
“Eurasian” Green-winged Teal | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Rough-legged Hawk | Short-eared Owl | Tropical Kingbird | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Dusky Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Cassin’s Vireo | American Pipit (japonicus) | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Black-and-white Warbler | Nashville Warbler | American Redstart | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
White-winged Scoter | Long-tailed Duck | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Scripp’s Murrelet | Laysan Albatross | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Tropical Kingbird | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Dusky Flycatcher | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | American Pipit (japonicus) | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Nashville Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | American Redstart | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Black-headed Grosbeak
Long-tailed Duck| Sandhill Crane | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Harris’s Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Short-eared Owl | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Scott’s Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Nashville Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | American Redstart | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Black-headed Grosbeak
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