Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - February 27, 2026

Red-throated Loon | Zone-tailed Hawk | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | GREATER PEWEE | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Western Flycatcher | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Ovenbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Palm Warbler | Grace’s Warbler | Yellow-rumped x Grace’s Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - February 22, 2026

Ancient Murrelet | Black-legged Kittiwake | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Zone-tailed Hawk | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | GREATER PEWEE | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Western Flycatcher | Cassin’s Vireo | Green-tailed Towhee | Orchard Oriole | Ovenbird | Tennessee Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Palm Warbler | Yellow-rumped Warbler x Grace’s Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - February 14, 2026

Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | California Condor | Zone-tailed Hawk | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | GREATER PEWEE | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Bell’s Vireo | Cassin’s Vireo | Gray Catbird | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Sagebrush Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Orchard Oriole | Hooded Oriole | Baltimore Oriole | Ovenbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Nashville Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - February 6, 2026

Eurasian Wigeon | Barrow’s Goldeneye | Lesser Black-backed Gull | California Condor | Zone-tailed Hawk | Short-eared Owl | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | GREATER PEWEE | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Western Flycatcher | Bell’s Vireo | Cassin’s Vireo | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Sagebrush Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Orchard Oriole | Baltimore Oriole | Ovenbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Grace’s Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Hepatic Tanager | Summer Tanager

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

Eurasian Wigeon | Barrow’s Goldeneye | Common Murre | Laughing Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Zone-tailed Hawk | Short-eared Owl | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | GREATER PEWEE | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Bell’s Vireo | Brown Creeper | Pacific Wren | Gray Catbird | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Sagebrush Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Ovenbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | Nashville Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager

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Western Tanager, Nov-Dec 2023, Vol. 90 No. 2

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Western Tanager, Nov-Dec 2023, Vol. 90 No. 2

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Observing the Coastal California Gnatcatcher, by Daniel Horowitz

LAAS Expresses Concerns with Ballona Wetlands Project – With Letter to the Wildlife Conservation Board, by Margot Griswold

The 124th Christmas Bird Count

Arctic-Breeding Greater Yellowlegs Tracked to Los Angeles River, by Rozy Bathrick

Birds of the Season - December 2023, by Jon Fisher

2024 Call For Applications, Ralph W. Schreiber Ornithology Research Award

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Western Tanager, September-October 2023, Vol. 90 No.1

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Photo by Robbie Lisa Freeman

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Inside This Issue

A Splendidly Spooky Avian Encounter by Robbie Lisa Freeman

Birds Of The Season—October 2023 by Jon Fisher

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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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Western Tanager, January–February 2023, Vol. 89 No. 3

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Western Tanager, January–February 2023, Vol. 89 No. 3

Inside This Issue

  • Pelagic Birding: A Birder’s Box of Chocolates, by Robbie Lisa Freeman

  • Ten Tips To Prepare for Your First Pelagic, by Robbie Lisa Freeman

  • Snowy Owl in San Pedro, by Andy Dowdell

  • Conservation Conversation, by Travis Longcore (Wildness in Our City, Farewell, P-22, Seeing the Wild at Silver Lake Reservoir, Wild Under Threat at Ballona)

  • Birds of the Season — December 2022

  • Christmas Count, by Linda Sheehan

  • January 11th Online Presentation — Scaring Birds for Science, with Mario Díaz presenting

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Western Tanager—Nov-Dec 2022

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This is the November–December 2022, Western Tanager, Vol. 89 No. 2.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Lead Article: Native-plant landscaping in residential yards provides habitat and refuge for birds in Southern California

CONSERVATION CONVERSATION, Goose in the Lights

Christmas Bird Count 2022

Birds of the Season–October 2022

Monthly Program Presentations

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