Sandhill Cranes, Photo by Mary Freeman
Rare Bird Alert - February 28, 2020
White-winged Dove | American Oystercatcher | MASKED BOOBY | American Bittern | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | “Black” Merlin | Ash-throated Flycatcher | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Tropical Kingbird | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Pacific Wren | Gray Catbird | Evening Grosbeak | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Black-and-white Warbler | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager
FIELD TRIP SIGNUP REQUIRED, Ventura County Game Preserve
It is now the last minute to signup for LA Audubon's field trip to Ventura County Game Preserve on Feb. 29, 2020.
RSVP before Feb. 27 10:00 a.m. to membership@laaudubon.org.
Rare Bird Alert - February 21, 2020
Red-necked Grebe | American Oystercatcher | MASKED BOOBY | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Pacific Wren | Gray Catbird | Evening Grosbeak | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Harris’s Sparrow | “Large-billed” Savannah Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | American Restart | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - February 7, 2020
White-winged Scoter | Black Scoter | Spotted Dove | American Oystercatcher | Lesser Black-backed Gull | American Bittern | California Condor | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Eastern Phoebe | Cassin’s Vireo | Evening Grosbeak | Clay-colored Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Black-and-white Warbler | American Redstart | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Black-headed Grosbeak
Western Field Ornithologists 2020 High School Student Essay Contest
FIELD TRIP: Salton Sea South—Winter 2020, Feb. 22
Leaders, Nick and Mary Freeman. Large to huge flocks of Snow & Ross' geese, White-faced Ibis and Sandhill Cranes. Stilt Sandpiper, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Gila Woodpecker all possible to certain. Although late summer is more reliable, this is the only place in the U.S. to see the impressive Yellow-footed Gull, which we might see! No limit, but sign up by phone, and send e-mail and cell ph# for more details. FRS radios & 'scopes helpful. Come and experience this jewel during the winter.
February 12, 2020 Monthly Speaker Series
Rare Bird Alert - January 31, 2020
Barrow’s Goldeneye | Red-necked Grebe | American Bittern | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | “Prairie” Merlin | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | GREATER PEWEE | Eastern Phoebe | Cassin’s Vireo | Evening Grosbeak | Red Crossbill | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Hooded Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | American Redstart | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart
FIELD TRIP: Anza-Borrego State Park , March 21-22, 2020
$20 LAAS MEMBER FEE / $40 FOR NON-LAAS MEMBERS, LIMITED SIGN-UP OF FIRST 20 PAID.
Leader: Kurt Leuschner. Peak time for both wildflowers and Swainson’s Hawk migration! Caravan through the State Park from the Colorado Desert up to Julian, with short forays to take in the sights and the wildlife. Kurt is a professor of desert ecology, and knows all of our deserts very well.