Birds Mentioned:
“Inca Dove | Black Swift | Glaucous-winged Gull | American White Pelican | Tropical Kingbird | Tennessee Warbler | American Redstart | Chestnut-sided Warbler | GRACE’S WARBLER | Summer Tanager”
This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for May 23.
Two INCA DOVES continued in Lake Los Angeles, being seen from May 16-19 along 169th Street East, north of East Ave N4.
A BLACK SWIFT was seen above Claremont Wilderness Park on May 21. Park at the Wilderness Park (be sure to pay and park in marked spaces). Staying to your right, walk up Cobal Canyon Trail Road (counterclockwise on the five mile loop) about one mile to a primitive bench. View from here. Best time to look for them is between 6:00and 7:30PM.
Late GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS were at Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley on May and along the LA River in Maywood on May 20.
Up to eight AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were along the lower LA River at the Willow Street crossing in Long Beach from May 21-22.
The TROPICAL KINGBIRD at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park in Harbor city continued through May 16 north of the Ranger Station.
An oriantha type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was at Rancho Sierra Golf Club east of Lancaster rom May 16-17. Also present both days was a singing male AMERICAN REDSTART on the north side of the parking lot.
A TENNESSEE WARBLER was at Madrona Marsh in Torrance from May 19-20 near the water feature (birdbath) behind the Nature Center parking lot.
A CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was at a residence in Beverly Hills on May 13.
The GRACE'S WARBLER at Charlton Flat in the San Gabriel Mountains continued through May 21 along the entrance road near restroom number 2.
A SUMMER TANAGER was at Pearblossom Park in the Antelope Valley from May 19-22, with two there on May 21. Two singing males were along Big Rock Creek near Valyermo on May 22 below Sycamore Flat Campground. Another was at DeForest Park in Long Beach on May 22.
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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