Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - April 19, 2024

Long-tailed Duck | Red-necked Grebe | White-winged Dove | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Brown Booby | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Brown-crested Flycatcher | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Purple Martin | Brown Thrasher | White Wagtail | Clay-colored Sparrow | Orchard Oriole | American Redstart | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-and-white Warbler | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - April 12, 2024

White-winged Dove | Red-necked Grebe | Franklin’s Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Western Cattle Egret | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Brown Thrasher | White Wagtail | Clay-colored Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Black-and-white Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Hepatic Tanager

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - April 5, 2024

White-winged Dove | Sabine’s Gull | Western Cattle Egret | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | American Dipper | Brown Thrasher | White Wagtail | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | FIELD SPARROW | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Hepatic Tanager

Vol. 90 No. 4 Mar-Apr 202, Volume 90
Susan Castor
Western Tanager March–April 2024, Vol. 90 No.4

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Attack of the Azolla!

Birds of the Season-March 2024

Bird Walks & Field Trips

Western Tanager March–April 2024, Vol. 90 No.4
Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - March 29, 2024

Broad-billed Hummingbird | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Purple Martin | Brown Thrasher | American Dipper | White-Wagtail | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Hepatic Tanager

Rare Bird Alert - Feb 15, 2019

Birds Mentioned:

White-winged Scoter | Black Scoter | American Oystercatcher | Pacific Golden-Plover | Black-footed Albatross | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Ash-throated Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Bank Swallow | RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL | White-throated Sparrow | Harris's Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Orchard Oriole | Hooded Oriole | RUSTY BLACKBIRD | Black-and-white Warbler | Lucy's Warbler | American Redstart | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart

  • Compiled by Jon Fisher

LAAS voices opposition to federal rule excluding seasonal wetlands from protection

Los Angeles Audubon Society’s Board voted to join 83 conservation groups across the nation in a comment letter opposing new federal action that would have the result of excluding seasonal wetlands from the Farm Bill’s seasonal wetland conservation compliance standards. Habitat loss is the main driver of bird declines and the federal government under the Trump Administration is working to erode sensible and well-formulated policies that protect habitat.

Rare Bird Alert - Feb 1, 2019

Birds Mentioned:

“Eurasian” Green-winged Teal | White-winged Scoter | LEAST GREBE | Red-necked Grebe | White-winged Dove | American Oystercatcher | Pacific Golden-Plover | Neotropic Cormorant | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Hairy Woodpecker | White-headed Woodpecker | "Black" Merlin | Tropical Kingbird | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Cassin’s Vireo | RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL | "Red" Fox Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Harris’s Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Hooded Oriole | RUSTY BLACKBIRD | Black-and-white Warbler | American Redstart | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart

  • Compiled by Jon Fisher

Rare Bird Alert - Jan 25, 2019

Birds Mentioned:

Eurasian Wigeon | “Eurasian” Green-winged Teal | Red-necked Grebe | White-winged Dove | Vaux’s Swift | American Oystercatcher | Pacific Golden-Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | Swainson’s Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Ferruginous Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Cassin’s Vireo | RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL | Clay-colored Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Harris’s Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | RUSTY BLACKBIRD | American Redstart | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager

  • Compiled by Jon Fisher

Rare Bird Alert - Jan 18, 2019

Birds Mentioned:

“Eurasian” Green-winged Teal | Red-necked Grebe | Spotted Dove | White-winged Dove | American Oystercatcher Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Neotropic Cormorant | Zone-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Burrowing Owl | Short-eared Owl | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL | Clay-colored Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Harris’s Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Orchard Oriole | RUSTY BLACKBIRD | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Painted Redstart

  • Compiled by Jon Fisher

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Western Tanager, Vol. 85 No. 3, Jan-Feb 2019

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In this issue

• Being Inspired by a Brand New Birder | Louis Tucker

•Making Some Noise, and Getting Results | Cindy Hardin

• INTERPRETING NATURE: New Community Connections | Ingrid Carrillo & Stacey Vigallon

• YOUNG BIRDERS: The Bird That Follows the Cones: The Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) | Dessi Sieburth

• Birds of the Season | Jon Fisher

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