Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - September 12, 2026

Hooded Merganser | White-winged Dove | Common Tern | Red-billed Tropicbird | Nazca Booby | Cocos Booby | Brown Pelican | Ferruginous Hawk | Purple Martin | Green-tailed Towhee | Tennessee Warbler | Virgina’s Warbler | American Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - September 5, 2026

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

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - August 29, 2026

Hooded Merganser | White-winged Dove | Greater Roadrunner | Red Knot | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Purple Martin | Swainson’s Thrush | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Summer Tanager

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - August 23, 2026

White-winged Dove | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Black Tern | White-crowned Sparrow | Northern Waterthrush | Tennessee Warbler | Hooded Warbler | Summer Tanager | Painted Bunting

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - August 16, 2026

Greater Roadrunner | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Purple Martin | Lucy’s Warbler | Summer Tanager

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Western Tanager, Jul–Aug 2023, Vol. 89 No. 6

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Crested Caracara, photo courtesy of Randy Freeman.

PDF, V89 N6 Jul–Aug 2023
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Crested Caracara Soars Into the Spotlight, Setting New State Record at Ballona Wetlands

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Crested Caracara Soars Into the Spotlight, Setting New State Record at Ballona Wetlands

For Van Pierszalowski, Sunday June 4, 2023 was just another day doing what he loves to do: chasing down rare birds across Southern California. He wasn’t expecting to become a part of California birding lore.

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