BIRDS MENTIONED…
Hooded Merganser | White-winged Dove | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Red Phalarope | Common Tern | Nazca Booby | Cocos Booby | Brown Pelican | Purple Martin | Green-tailed Towhee | Bobolink | Northern Waterthrush | Lucy’s Warbler | Summer Tanager
This is the Los Angeles RBA for September 5, 2026.
A HOODED MERGANSER continued at La Mirada Community Park in La Mirada through September 1.
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was at the Toyon Landfill in Griffith Park (restricted access) on August 30.
Other WHITE-WINGED DOVES were in San Dimas on August 28 and Highland Park this past week.
A SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER continued along lower Ballona Creek between Centinela and Inglewood through September 3.
A RED PHALAROPE and a PURPLE MARTIN were at Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required for access) on September 3.
A COMMON TERN was at the Ballona Creek mouth in Playa del Rey on August 29.
A NAZCA BOOBY was by the Hermosa Beach Pier on September 4.
A COCOS BOOBY was offshore south of San Pedro on August 31.
A BROWN PELICAN continued at Lake Hollywood through September 1.
A PURPLE MARTIN was at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas on August 29, perhaps a lingering bird from the six found there last week.
A GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE and a LUCY’S WARBLER (the latter north of the Los Coyotes entrance) were at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood on September 4.
A BOBOLINK was along the San Gabriel River in South El Monte on September 4 in the weedy area just above the Whittier Narrows Dam.
A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was at the Little Rock Creek riparian near Palmdale on August 30 above the check dam (off Mt. Emma Road, best reached on foot). Google Maps 34.5120, -118.0182
A LUCY’S WARBLER was at La Mirada Creek Park on September 4 in the area south of Imperial Highway.
A SUMMER TANAGER continued at Descanso Gardens through August 23, last seen by the Fibonacci spiral.
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/
Enter your bird sightings on eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird