Christmas Bird Count
Susan Castor
2025 Lancaster CBC Breakdown

First, a special note about L.A. County: As counties go, Los Angeles is quite remarkable. Yes, there are a huge number of CBC’s in LA county (12!); but also, in all of the United States, San Diego County is the only other that can lay claim to pelagic birds, montane birds, and desert birds, all residing comfortably in their own ecosystems. Yes, seeing a Verdin, a LeConte’s Thrasher, and a Mountain Bluebird on one LA County CBC; then turning around the next day and seeing a Parasitic Jeager, a Black Oystercatcher, and a Lewis’ Woodpecker on another LA County CBC, is entirely possible - although not easy!

2025 Lancaster CBC Breakdown
Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - January 22, 2026

Barrow’s Goldeneye | Greater Roadrunner | Mountain Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Ancient Murrelet | Black-legged Kittiwake | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Zone-tailed Hawk | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | GREATER PEWEE | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Western Flycatcher | Gray Catbird | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Orchard Oriole | Baltimore Oriole | Scott’s Oriole | “Bicolored” Red-winged Blackbird | Ovenbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Northern Parula | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Grace’s Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Hepatic Tanager | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - January 13, 2026

Surf Scoter | Barrow’s Goldeneye | Solitary Sandpiper | Laughing Gull | Vega Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pacific Loon | Zone-tailed Hawk | Short-eared Owl | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Western Kingbird | GREATER PEWEE | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Western Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Gray Catbird | Grasshopper Sparrow | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Sagebrush Sparrow | “Large-billed” Savannah Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Hooded Oriole | Baltimore Oriole | Ovenbird | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | Nashville Warbler | MacGillivray’s Warbler | American Redstart | Cape May Warbler | Northern Parula | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Grace’s Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Hepatic Tanager |Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Black-headed Grosbeak

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - December 31, 2025

“Eurasian” Green-winged Teal | Surf Scoter | Barrow’s Goldeneye | Vega Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Prairie Falcon | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | GREATER PEWEE | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Verdin | Gray Catbird | Grasshopper Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Hooded Oriole | Ovenbird | Palm Warbler | Grace’s Warbler | Painted Redstart | Hepatic Tanager | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - December 24, 2025

Surf Scoter | Barrow’s Goldeneye | Mountain Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | “Prairie” Merlin | Prairie Falcon | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | GREATER PEWEE | Western Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Cassin’s Vireo | Gray Catbird | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Hooded Oriole | Baltimore Oriole | Ovenbird | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Nashville Warbler | Painted Redstart | Hepatic Tanager | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Volume 80

Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 6, July-August 2014

Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 6, July August 2014

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

  • Birds of the Season — June 2014

  • 2014 Schreiber Grant Recipient

  • Ballona Wetlands Education Program

  • Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch, By Louis Tucker

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Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 5, May-Jun 2014

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Sandhill Cranes, Pixley NWR & Kern NWR, March 25, 2014 Photo by Tommye Hite

Sandhill Cranes, Pixley NWR & Kern NWR, March 25, 2014 Photo by Tommye Hite

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Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 5, May-June 2014

• Birds of the Season—April 2014 | By Jon Fisher

• Conservation Art Show 2014 at Leo Politi Elementary School

• Cactus Commencement Celebration 2014

• Sandhill Crane Field Trip Pixley and Kern NWR’s | By Jim Moore

• TRIP REPORT: Anza-Borrego Birds and More (March 22-23, 2014) | By Kurt Leuschner

• Spring in Ballona —A Little Rain Can Do Wonders | By Cindy Hardin

SCHEDULES, Bird Walks, Field Trips, Monthly Program Presentations

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Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 4, Mar-Apr 2014

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Cover Photo of the Owens Valley, Photo by Mary Freeman

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Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 4 Mar-Apr 2014

• Love and Thanks! Spring — Love is in the Air! | By Carol Babeli

• Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area: A park of the future that you should visit now! | By Cindy Hardin, Environmental Education

• The Magical Tejon Ranch Tour | By Louis Tucker, Field Trip Leader

• Vacation Interrupted: A Campus CBC | By Brad Rumble

• INTERPRETING NATURE: Los Angeles Audubon Expands its Snowy Plover Field Trip Program | By Stacey Vigallon, Director of Interpretation

• Birds of the Season—February 2014 | By Jon Fisher

SCHEDULES, Bird Walks, Field Trips, Monthly Program Presentations

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Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 3, Jan-Feb 2013

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Moon over Piute Ponds, 2013 Lancaster CBC, Photo by Mary Freeman

Moon over Piute Ponds, 2013 Lancaster CBC, Photo by Mary Freeman

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Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 3, Jan-Feb 2013

• The Aesthetics of Grass | By Kreigh Hampel

• Sound Bite of the Warbler Sound Workshop 2013 | By Linda Oberholtzer, Photos by Mary Freeman

• INTERPRETING NATURE: How I became a Baldwin Hills Greenhouse Intern | By Melvin Harris III, Baldwin Hills Greenhouse Intern, and Stacey Vigallon, Director of Interpretation

• ANNUAL DOCENT TRAINING: School Is Now In Session! | By Cindy Hardin, Environmental Education, Photographs by Leslie Davidson

• BIRDS OF THE SEASON—December 2013 | By Jon Fisher

• SCHEDULES, BIRD WALKS, FIELD TRIPS, MONTHLY PROGRAM PRESENTATIONS

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Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 2 Nov-Dec 2013

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From Mt. Wilson Observatory looking east to Mt. Baldy | Photo by Mary Freeman

From Mt. Wilson Observatory looking east to Mt. Baldy | Photo by Mary Freeman

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Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 2 Nov-Dec 2013

• Marsh Madness at Ballona | By Don Sterba

• INTERPRETING NATURE: Los Angeles Audubon Youth Education Programs: Here’s Why It’s Worth the Effort… | By Stacey Vigallon

• Birds of the Season–October 2013 | By Jon Fisher

• Ralph W. Schreiber Ornithology Research Grants 2014

• CONSERVATION CONVERSATION: A Bird-friendly Los Angeles? | By Garry George

• TRIP REPORT: San Gabriel Mountains and Mount Wilson | By Dessi Sieburth

• Ballona Docents Head North | By Cindy Hardin, Photographs by Leslie Davidson

• 2013 End-of-Year Appeal

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Bird Walks, Field Trips, Christmas Bird Counts, Monthly Program Presentations

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Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 1, Sep-Oct 2013

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Western Tanager, Vol. 80 No. 1 Sep-Oct 2013

• Zuma Canyon Recoveries | By Walter Sakai

• Identifying Confusing Vocalizations Using Sonograms and Song Structure | By Tom Stephenson, Photos by Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle

• Birds of the Season — August 2013 | By Jon Fisher

• EDUCATION: It's Not Just For Kids! | By Cindy Hardin

• Docent Training

• Interpreting Nature: Exploring Nature in the City: Los Angeles Audubon’s First Summer Program for Middle School Students

• In Memoriam: Hanna Heyman (Aug. 4 1924–Jul. 15, 2013)

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