Red-necked Grebe | Inca Dove | White-winged Dove | Pectoral Sandpiper | Solitary Sandpiper | Red-throated Loon | Brown Pelican | Western Cattle-Egret | CRESTED CARACARA | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Ovenbird | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Summer Tanager | Indigo Bunting
Rare Bird Alert - April 4, 2026
4th of July Weekend 2026—Owl Prowl Adventure in the Southern Sierra Nevada
We will be leading a Southern Sierra Nevada Owl Prowl July 3-6 Friday to Monday (departure day). Three nights of owling, (and days of birding) SWEEEETTTT!! We have been leading this trip for 20 years or so. If you can’t bear to stay up after midnight, or sleep in a bit, please reconsider.
John Schmitt, illustrator of the National Geographic Field Guide will join us as a co-leader.
Birds of the Season March 2026
February and early March offered typically pleasant weather, with many continuing rare birds and a handful of new ones, as well as the arrival of a few Neotropical migrants. By late March these migrants were becoming more obvious and widespread, with some already on territory. Breeding activity for resident birds was underway well before that.
Rare Bird Alert - March 28, 2026
Rare Bird Alert - March 22, 2026
“Eurasian” Green-winged Teal | Solitary Sandpiper | Common Murre | Sabine’s Gull | Brown Pelican | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | Vesper Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Ovenbird | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rare Bird Alert - March 14, 2026
Red-throated Loon | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Brown Pelican | Short-eared Owl | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Ovenbird | Cape May Warbler | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - March 7, 2026
Red-throated Loon | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Zone-tailed Hawk | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | GREATER PEWEE | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Ovenbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Palm Warbler | Yellow-rumped Warbler x Grace’s Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rare Bird Alert - February 27, 2026
Red-throated Loon | Zone-tailed Hawk | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | GREATER PEWEE | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Western Flycatcher | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Ovenbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Palm Warbler | Grace’s Warbler | Yellow-rumped x Grace’s Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Dancing Chicken Weekend 2026, April 24-26, 2026
Mary Freeman will be leading her 34th trip to watch the Greater Sage Grouse performing their ritual dance in Long Valley. We will have a Sage Grouse biologist present to tell us about the biology of these wonderful birds, on Friday evening. We will search for many of the eastern Sierra Nevada specialty birds the whole weekend including Rosy Finch, Juniper Titmouse, Pinyon Jay, Sooty Grouse and more.
Reserve your accommodations as soon as possible as this is the opening weekend for fishing. Mail separate per person checks at $65 per person, payable to Los Angeles Audubon Society, mailed to: Los Angeles Audubon Society, P.O. Box 411301, Los Angeles CA 90041-8301. Net profits are an LAAS fundraiser.
Note: Checks are held for deposit until closer to the event date and after participants are confirmed. No refunds for cancellation after: End-of-day, Monday, April 8, 2026