“Eurasian” Green-winged Teal | Solitary Sandpiper | Common Murre | Sabine’s Gull | Brown Pelican | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | Vesper Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Ovenbird | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-throated Loon | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Brown Pelican | Short-eared Owl | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Ovenbird | Cape May Warbler | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
Red-throated Loon | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Zone-tailed Hawk | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | GREATER PEWEE | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Ovenbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Palm Warbler | Yellow-rumped Warbler x Grace’s Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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
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
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Page 1–2 Hawk On The Block
Page 3 Nature Nexus & Volunteers
Page 4 Conservation Conversation
Pages 5–6 Birds of the Season
Page 7–8 Hope Is The Thing With Feathers
Pages 9 Upcoming Bird Walks
The migration each year of nearly 5 billion birds from breeding grounds in North America to wintering grounds in Central and South America and the Caribbean (the “Neotropics”) is both one of the wonders of nature and what marks the season for birders. Some of those birds even stay and overwinter here in Los Angeles and other southern reaches of North America. A Western Tanager stopped under our oak tree as this column was going to press but it will be another month before the Yellow-rumped Warblers arrive for the winter.
In some respects, July represents the summer doldrums for birds and birding. Breeding activity is largely over and fall migration has yet to get into full swing. But nothing is static in the bird world. Shorebird migration was already well underway, and the first southbound passerines were not far behind. Though much of what migration has served up thus far has been standard fare, a handful of vagrants have already been recorded.
As spring rushed toward summer, birders made the most of their time finding migrants both regular and rare. By early June the show was all but over, with only a few stragglers still passing through. Following a dismal vagrant season last spring, there were hopes for a more exciting 2022. Indeed, this year saw marked improvement with a rather satisfying- if not overwhelming- number of good birds found in the county.
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