BIRDS OF THE SEASON
Susan Castor
Birds of the Season- May 2026

The pursuit of birding introduces its devotees not only to birds, but also to geography, weather and climate, ecosystems, habitats and more.  All of these are inextricably linked to birds.

Birds of the Season- May 2026
Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - May 23, 2026

Common Goldeneye | Inca Dove | Red-throated Loon | Common Loon | Purple Martin | Baltimore Oriole | Tennessee Warbler | Northern Parula | Summer Tanager | Indigo Bunting

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - May 17, 2026

Greater Scaup | White-winged Dove | Black Swift | Solitary Sandpiper | Broad-winged Hawk | Lewis’s Woodpecker | Purple Martin | Tennessee Warbler | Hooded Warbler | Summer Tanager

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - May 9, 2026

Inca Dove | White-winged Dove | Brown Pelican | Least Bittern | Western Cattle-Egret | Broad-winged Hawk | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Hooded Warbler | Northern Parula | Scarlet Tanager

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - May 1, 2026

White-winged Dove | American Golden-Plover | Brown Pelican | Western Cattle-Egret | Zone-tailed Hawk | Tropical Kingbird | Purple Martin | Palm Warbler

Vol. 89 No. 6 July-August

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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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Crested Caracara Soars Into the Spotlight, Setting New State Record at Ballona Wetlands

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Crested Caracara Soars Into the Spotlight, Setting New State Record at Ballona Wetlands

For Van Pierszalowski, Sunday June 4, 2023 was just another day doing what he loves to do: chasing down rare birds across Southern California. He wasn’t expecting to become a part of California birding lore.

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Birds of the Season — June 2023

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After peaking in late April, spring migration continued for the next two months at a reduced pace. This period managed to produce a satisfying number of vagrants which were found on offshore islands, the coastal slope and on the desert and were recorded into the third week of June.

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