BIRDS MENTIONED…
White-winged Dove | Ridgway’s Rail | Arctic Tern | Sabine’s Gull | Nazca Booby | Masked / Nazca Booby | Cocos Booby | WHITE IBIS | Western Cattle-Egret | Broad-winged Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | Flammulated Owl | White-headed Woodpecker | Tropical Kingbird | Plumbeous Vireo | Pinyon Jay | Clarks Nutcracker | Gray Catbird | Sage Thrasher | Varied Thrush | Evening Grosbeak | Red Crossbill | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Bobolink | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Dickcissel
This is the Los Angeles RBA for October 12, 2026.
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach on October 3.
A RIDGWAY’S RAIL continued at Ballona Lagoon through October 3.
A probable ARCTIC TERN was near Avalon on Santa Catalina Island on October 10.
SABINE’S GULLS were at the Ballona Creek mouth on October 3, at the San Gabriel Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds in Pico Rivera from October 3-4, at Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required for entry) on October 6 (two birds), and at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas from October 7-10.
Two NAZCA BOOBIES were offshore south of San Pedro on October 10 and a MASKED / NAZCA BOOBY was found on the Santa Monica Pier on October 4.
Up to five COCOS BOOBIES were offshore adjacent the Palos Verdes Peninsula from October 4-10.
A probable WHITE IBIS was seen flying over Lake Palmdale on October 11.
A WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET continued at the San Gabriel Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds in Pico Rivera through October 3.
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS were in South El Monte on October 9 and at Griffith Park (Brush Canyon) on October 10.
A ZONE-TAILED HAWK was at Mt. Wilson on October 4.
A FLAMMULATED OWL was at Mt. Wilson on October 6.
WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKERS were at Stephen Sorensen Park in Lake Los Angeles from October 4-11 and at Wardlow Park in Long Beach from October 6-8.
TROPICAL KINGBIRDS continued at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach through October 4 and at Golden Shore in Long Beach through October 10.
A PLUMBEOUS VIREO was at the Chilao Visitor’s Center (San Gabriel Mountains) on October 6.
A few PINYON JAYS continued at various spots along the Angeles Crest Highway through October 7. Likewise did a number of CLARK’S NUTCRACKERS, including twenty at Mt. Wilson through October 10.
A GRAY CATBIRD was at Avalon on Santa Catalina Island on October 5.
A SAGE THRASHER was at the Toyon Landfill in Griffith Park (restricted access on weekdays) from October 3-11.
VARIED THRUSHES were at Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB on October 6 and on Santa Catalina Island from October 10-11.
EVENING GROSBEAKS continued in small numbers in the Angeles National Forest. Reports included two at Mt. Wilson and one at Mt. Lowe on October 10.
A RED CROSSBILL was in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island on October 10.
A CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR was on Santa Catalina Island (Haypress Reservoir) on October 5.
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were at Brookside Park in Pasadena from October 3-6, at Everett Martin Park in Littlerock on October 4, at the Bette Davis Picnic Area in Glendale from October 8-10 and at Avalon on Santa Catalina Island on October 10.
A DARK-EYED “GRAY-HEADED” JUNCO was at Hahamongna Watershed Park (lower west side by the nursery) on October 9.
A SWAMP SPARROW was above the dam spillway at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale on October 11.
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEES included one continuing at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood through October 10 and one at Vista Hermosa Park in Los Angeles on October 10.
Two likely continuing BOBOLINKS were the San Gabriel River adjacent the San Gabriel Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds through October 3.
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS were at Stephen Sorensen Park in Lake Los Angeles from October 4-5, at Bee Canyon in Granada Hills on October 5, on Santa Catalina Island (Thompson Reservoir) on October 5, at Arcadia County Park from October 6-8 and at Ladera Park through October 11.
TENNESSEE WARBLERS were at the UCLA Botanical Gardens on October 3, at Arcadia County Park on October 5, at the Los Angeles National Cemetery on October 7, at Pt Dume on October 9, at Behringer Park in La Mirada on October 12 and at Avalon on Santa Catalina Island on October 10.
A LUCY’S WARBLER continued at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood through October 4.
AMERICAN REDSTARTS were at Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB from October 3-6 and at the Veterans Administration’s Japanese Garden in West Los Angeles on October 6.
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS included one continuing at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas through October 3 and one at Avalon on Santa Catalina Island on October 10.
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS were at the UCLA Botanical Garden in Westwood from October 3-10 and at Bee Canyon Park in Granada Hills on October 5.
A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was in Signal Hill (North Side Trails) on October 10.
A DICKCISSEL was at Stephen Sorensen Park in Lake Los Angeles from October 4-6.
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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