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

Common Goldeneye | Inca Dove | Red-throated Loon | Common Loon | Purple Martin | Baltimore Oriole | Tennessee Warbler | Northern Parula | Summer Tanager | Indigo Bunting

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - May 17, 2026

Greater Scaup | White-winged Dove | Black Swift | Solitary Sandpiper | Broad-winged Hawk | Lewis’s Woodpecker | Purple Martin | Tennessee Warbler | Hooded Warbler | Summer Tanager

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - May 9, 2026

Inca Dove | White-winged Dove | Brown Pelican | Least Bittern | Western Cattle-Egret | Broad-winged Hawk | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Hooded Warbler | Northern Parula | Scarlet Tanager

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - May 1, 2026

White-winged Dove | American Golden-Plover | Brown Pelican | Western Cattle-Egret | Zone-tailed Hawk | Tropical Kingbird | Purple Martin | Palm Warbler

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - April 24, 2026

White-winged Dove | Solitary Sandpiper | Brown Pelican | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Clay-colored Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Summer Tanager | Indigo Bunting

Crested Caracara

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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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