May 10, 2024

Rare Bird Alert

Jon Fisher

Rare Bird Alert - May 10, 2024

Black Swift | Red Knot | Pectoral Sandpiper | Yellow-footed Gull | Western Cattle Egret | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Red-eyed Vireo | Purple Martin | Brown Thrasher | Harris’s Sparrow | American Redstart

May 3, 2024

Rare Bird Alert

Jon Fisher

Rare Bird Alert - May 3, 2024

Long-tailed Duck | Inca Dove | Black Swift | American Oystercatcher | Red Knot | South Polar Skua | Common Murre | Yellow-footed Gull | Red-throated Loon | Western Cattle Egret | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay | Brown Thrasher | American Dipper | Northern Waterthrush | Blackburnian Warbler | Palm Warbler | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Painted Bunting

April 26, 2024

Rare Bird Alert

Jon Fisher

Rare Bird Alert - April 26, 2024

Long-tailed Duck | Common Goldeneye | Red-necked Grebe | Black Swift | Western Cattle Egret | Franklin’s Gull | Yellow-footed Gull | Pacific Loon | SWALLOW-TAILED KITE | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Swainson’s Thrush | Brown Thrasher | Cassin’s Sparrow |Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler

April 19, 2024

Rare Bird Alert

Jon Fisher

Rare Bird Alert - April 19, 2024

Long-tailed Duck | Red-necked Grebe | White-winged Dove | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Brown Booby | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Brown-crested Flycatcher | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Purple Martin | Brown Thrasher | White Wagtail | Clay-colored Sparrow | Orchard Oriole | American Redstart | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-and-white Warbler | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

April 12, 2024

Rare Bird Alert

Jon Fisher

Rare Bird Alert - April 12, 2024

White-winged Dove | Red-necked Grebe | Franklin’s Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Western Cattle Egret | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Brown Thrasher | White Wagtail | Clay-colored Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Black-and-white Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Hepatic Tanager

Susan Castor

September 19, 2020

Volume 87, Western Tanager, Vol. 87 No. 1

Western Tanager, Vol. 87 No. 1, Sep-Oct 2020

Susan Castor

September 19, 2020

Volume 87, Western Tanager, Vol. 87 No. 1

PDF Vol. 87 No. 1 Sep–Oct 2020 Western Tanager

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

INTERPRETING NATURE — Baldwin Hills Greenhouse Program Research Projects, By Stacey Vigallon & Baldwin Hills Greenhouse Program Interns

OUTDOOR EDUCATION — “More on Perspective, Pandemic Changes”, By Cindy Hardin

YOUNG BIRDERS — “The Brown Pelican”, By Dessi Sieburth

WINGING IT: Discovering the Caribbean Birding Trail
Part 3—The Rare Birds of St. Lucia, By Lisa Freeman

BIRDS OF THE SEASON — August 2020, By Jon Fisher

BOOK REVIEW

A History of the World in 12 Maps AND Underland: A Deep Time Journey,
Written By Brandon Kim, Greenhouse Program Intern

FROM OUR READERS

The Spider and The Fly, By Ms. Sherry L. Roberts

A New Beginning, By Rachelle Arslan

Springtime in South Pasadena, By Mary Anne Lower and Julie Vogel

Susan Castor

September 14, 2020

Western Tanager, Vol. 87 No. 1, YOUNG BIRDERS

YOUNG BIRDERS: A Magnificent Seabird — The Brown Pelican

Susan Castor

September 14, 2020

Western Tanager, Vol. 87 No. 1, YOUNG BIRDERS

YOUNG BIRDERS: A Magnificent Seabird — The Brown Pelican

Brown Pelicans enhance the beauty of our California beaches. They are one of the most common and recognizable species along the coast of southern California.