Rare Bird Alert - September 16, 2022

BIRDS MENTIONED…

White-winged Dove | American Oystercatcher | Red Knot | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Sabine’s Gull | Common Tern | Magnificent Frigatebird | Nazca Booby | Brown Booby | Red-footed Booby | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Tropical Kingbird | Yellow-green Vireo | Purple Martin | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | White-crowned Sparrow (dark-lored) | Baltimore Oriole | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | Virginia’s Warbler | Hooded Warbler | American Redstart | Northern Parula | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Canada Warbler


This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for September 16.

A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was along the lower Los Angeles River in Long Beach on September 11.  It was just north of the Pacific Coast Highway bridge.

Another WHITE-WINGED DOVE was near Lancaster from September 12-13.

An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was at the Los Angeles Harbor on September 11.

A RED KNOT continued at Malibu Lagoon through September 15 and a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER continued there through September 10.

A SABINE’S GULL continued at the Piute Ponds through September 13.

Five COMMON TERNS were at Quail Lake on September 10 and one was at Pt. Dume on September 10.

Several MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRDS were along the Palos Verdes Peninsula coast from September 10-11.

A NAZCA BOOBY and two RED-FOOTED BOOBIES were northeast of Santa Catalina Island on September 11.  Another NAZCA BOOBY was northwest of there on September 13.

A BROWN BOOBY was offshore in the Catalina Channel from September 7-11.

This past week NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS were at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys, along the Los Angeles River in Glendale, at Lake Lindero and at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas.

Four YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS continued at Ballona Lagoon in Marina del Rey through September 10. 

A TROPICAL KINGBIRD was along the lower Los Angeles River in Long Beach on September 19.  The bird was on the east side of the river above Willow Street near 25th Street.

A YELLOW-GREEN VIREO was at Eaton Canyon in Pasadena through September 15.  It has been rather secretive but is being seen most often in a sycamore tree where the main trail first crosses the wash (north of the Nature Center).  It has been seen also in this general area on both sides of the wash.

Up to three PURPLE MARTINS were at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas from September 9-10.

 A LARK BUNTING was at Santa Fe Dam on September 10 north of parking area 5.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was at Sand Dune Park in Manhattan Beach on September 15.

A dark-lored WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was at Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach on September 11.

An adult male BALTIMORE ORIOLE was at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas on September 15.  This bird was on the north side of the park between picnic area 1 and 2.

A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was at a residence in Altadena on September 10.

A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER continued at Madrona Marsh in Torrance through September 13.

A LUCY’S WARBLER was in Agua Amarga Canyon north of Lunada Bay Elementary School through September 14.  A TENNESSEE WARBLER was here from September 11-14 and a VIRGINIA’S WARBLER was present on September 11.

Another VIRGINIA’S WARBLER was near the northwest corner of Arcadia Park in Arcadia on September 14 and one was at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood on September 14 (about halfway between Del Amo and Carson Street).

Granada Park in Monterey Park hosted an immature HOODED WARBLER, a TENNESSEE WARBLER and a BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER on September 16.

A TENNESSEE WARBLER and a NORTHERN PARULA were on San Clemente Island (no public access) on September 12.

AMERICAN REDSTARTS were at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required) from September 9-11 in willows along Ave. C and at Sand Dune Park in Manhattan Beach on September 12 (by the restrooms).

A CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was at the Bette Davis Picnic Area in Glendale on September 15 in a sycamore across the street from the car wash.

A CANADA WARBLER was at Wardlow Park in Long Beach on September 13 along the west fence line.

A SUMMER TANAGER was at Wheeler Park in Claremont from September 10-12.

An INDIGO BUNTING was at Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena from September 11-12 near the dam.

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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