Rare Bird Alert - April 28, 2023

BIRDS MENTIONED…

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | Long-tailed Duck | White-winged Dove | American Oystercatcher | Pacific Golden-Plover | Red-footed Booby | Cattle Egret | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Broad-winged Hawk | Blue-headed Vireo | Purple Martin | Harris’s Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Baltimore Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Hooded Warbler | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager | Indigo Bunting


This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for April 28, 2023.

The TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE in the Antelope Valley has moved to the Piute Ponds and continued there through April 28.  A letter of permission is required for entry.

A LONG-TAILED DUCK was at the Ballona Creek mouth through April 28.

A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was at Kenneth Hahn SRA on April 23 in the upper part of the park.

An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was in the Los Angeles Harbor on the middle breakwater from April 16-23.  This bird is likely visible only from a boat.

A probable PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER was at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB on April 28 at Duckbill Lake.  American Golden-Plover has not yet been ruled out.

RED-FOOTED BOOBIES were by Santa Catalina Island on April 23 and west of Tijuana (but still in LA County waters) on April 24.

A CATTLE EGRET was at Quail Lake on April 28.

Up to six YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS continued at the Ballona Lagoon in Marina del Rey through April 28.

A BROAD-WINGED HAWK was seen from Gorman Post Road off the 5 Freeway on April 20.

A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was at the Rolling Hills Landfill Loop through April 25.  It has been along the Moccasin Trail just east of the east end of Roanwood Drive.

Three PURPLE MARTINS were along Gorman Post Road just off the 5 Freeway on April 20.

HARRIS’S SPARROWS continued at a residence in Beverly Hills through April 25 and in West Los Angeles through April 27. 

A SWAMP SPARROW continued at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through April 23 around the small north shore pond (this spot is near the extreme northeast corner of the reservoir). 

A TENNESSEE WARBLER was in Signal Hill near Hilltop Park on April 23.  A HOODED WARBLER was in this area from April 23-25 and a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was there from April 24-25.  In addition, a BALTIMORE ORIOLE was reported on April 26.

Another TENNESSEE WARBLER continued in Griffith Park in the Old Zoo area through April 24.

A HOODED WARBLER was on San Clemente Island on April 27.

A PALM WARBLER was at Ralph Dills Park in Paramount on April 24.

A SUMMER TANAGER continued at the Village Green Condominiums in Los Angeles through April 23.

An INDIGO BUNTING was on San Clemente Island on April 22.

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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