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
Rare Bird Alert - October 3, 2026
Ridgway’s Rail | Sabine’s Gull | Manx Shearwater| Nazca Booby | Cocos Booby | Western Cattle-Egret | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | Least Flycatcher | Pinyon Jay | Clark’s Nutcracker | Yellow-green Vireo | Evening Grosbeak | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Orchard Oriole | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Northern Parula | Magnolia Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Palm Warbler | Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Birds of the Season - September 2026
Without a doubt, August and September were busy months for birds and birders in Los Angeles County. Shorebird numbers continued to increase, with Piute Ponds and the lower Los Angeles River being among the best places to observe them. Numbers of southbound passerines were not far behind. While these can be found anywhere, the deserts, near coastal areas and islands- both San Clemente and Santa Catalina- are frequently the most productive.
Rare Bird Alert - September 26, 2026
Ridgway’s Rail | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Red Phalarope | Common Tern | Little Gull | Least Bittern | Reddish Egret | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Tropical kingbird | Least Flycatcher | Bell’s Vireo | Yellow-Green Vireo | Pinyon Jay | Clark’s Nutcracker | Purple Martin | Evening Grosbeak | Black-throated Sparrow | Clay-colored Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Bobolink | Orchard Oriole | Ovenbird | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Prothonotary Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Cape May Warbler | Northern Parula | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting | Painted Bunting | Dickcissel
Rare Bird Alert - September 19, 2026
Hooded Merganser | White-winged Dove | Ridgway’s Rail | Dunlin | Common Tern | Sabine’s Gull | Wilson’s Storm-Petrel | Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel | Western Cattle Egret | Red-footed Booby | Reddish Egret | Bald Eagle | Zone-tailed Hawk | Pinyon Jay | Clark’s Nutcracker | Purple Martin | Black-throated Sparrow | Clay-colored Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Bobolink | Northern Waterthrush | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Cape May Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting