Pacific Golden-Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pacific Loon | Little Blue Heron | Broad-winged Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | "Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Northern "Yellow-shafted" Flicker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Western Kingbird | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Cassin's Vireo | American Pipit (japonicus) | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed "Gray-headed" Junco | Dark-eyed "Pink-sided" Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Hooded Oriole | Scott's Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Lucy's Warbler | Nashville Warbler | American Redstart | Palm Warbler | American Redstart | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - December 26, 2020
Sandhill Crane | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | American Bittern | Little Blue Heron | Broad-winged Hawk | Swainson's Hawk | "Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Short-eared Owl | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Northern "Yellow-shafted" Flicker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Western Kingbird | Dusky Flycatcher | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Pacific Wren | American Pipit (japonicus) | Grasshopper Sparrow | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed "Gray-headed" Junco | Dark-eyed "Pink-sided" Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Hooded Oriole | Baltimore Oriole | Scott's Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Nashville Warbler | MacGillivray's Warbler | American Redstart | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - December 18, 2020
White-winged Scoter | Long-tailed Duck | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | Little Blue Heron | California Condor | Broad-winged Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | "Prairie" Merlin | "Black" Merlin | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Western Kingbird | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Bell's Vireo | Red-throated Pipit | American Pipit (japonicus) | Clay-colored Sparrow | Lapland Longspur | "Red" Fox Sparrow | Dark-eyed "Gray-headed" Junco | Dark-eyed "Pink-sided" Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Hooded Oriole | Baltimore Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Nashville Warbler | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
2020 Christmas Bird Count
The Los Angeles Christmas Bird Count is going to be held Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021
In 2012, Audubon dropped the $5 fee to participate in the CBC, and most counts did away with the online registration process. Please consider donating to Audubon directly to support the count (including data management): http://www.audubon.org/conservation/join-christmas-bird-count
HOW TO CONTACT ME
Before the count: Please use EITHER my “work” email which is dan@cooperecological.com or gmail, which is lathrotriccus@gmail.com. Please do not use a Yahoo address to send me emails/messages.
Day of count: text is best: 323.397.3562
Via ebird: LosAngelesCBC
MEETING TIMES/LOCS
SPECIAL COVID INFORMATION
Due to COVID-19 concerns, we can’t do group meet-ups where random people show up.
However, I’d still like to assign a small number of people large, bird-rich areas that they can cover together.
EMAIL ME IF YOU’D LIKE TO BIRD AS A “DISPERSED GROUP” IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
- Del Rey Lagoon, Playa del Rey
- Kenneth Hahn Park, nr Culver City
- Echo Park Lake (meet 7 AM at boathouse)
OTHERWISE…
1. If you’ve done this CBC last year/before, please contact me and let me know if you’d like to do the same area you covered in the past.
2. If you’d like a new area, contact me and let me know that too.
3. If this is your first time (or if you were with a group before), please either:
Count in your neighborhood, or
Contact me for ideas on where to go.
HOW THIS WORKS (ON COUNT DAY)
We count all morning, then you text me at some point to me know if you got any rarities, or missed any common birds you were pretty sure you’d find (we can discuss this in advance).
Cell: 323.397.3562
Some people continue to count in the afternoon/evening (areas that weren’t well covered, or later for owls), or will chase birds that were found that morning.
Please use the computer or device you’re reading this on to locate all of the locations mentioned above or below, but feel free to confirm details with me.
HOW TO SUBMIT DATA
Starting in 2015-16, we switched to an “all-eBird data collection” procedure, as follows:
1. Count birds at your location, and keep track of numbers of all species seen or heard;
2. Enter your (or your group’s) sightings into eBird (www.ebird.org), ideally using existing “hotspots”;
3. While viewing your completed list, click “Share w/ Others in Your Party” on the right-hand side, and share with the following username:
LosAngelesCBC
Please DO NOT share your lists with “Dan Cooper”, “lathrotriccus@gmail.com”, dan@cooperecological.com” or “dcooper137”
4. I will then log in as user LosAngelesCBC and “accept” your list, which adds it to the database. Failure to do this means your checklist isn’t counted in the total.
5. If you can’t figure out how to use ebird, send me a list of your total species and individuals, and I can do it for you.
I will post a summary of the count a few days afterward, but you’ll always be able to see your sightings, and others’ who did the count, in eBird.
That’s it!
Dan Cooper, Los Angeles CBC Compiler
Rare Bird Alert - December 11, 2020
Red-necked Grebe | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pacific Loon | American Bittern | Little Blue Heron | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Broad-winged Hawk | Swainson's Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Hammond's Flycatcher | Dusky Flycatcher | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Cassin's Vireo | Lapland Longspur | Clay-colored Sparrow | "Red" Fox Sparrow | Dark-eyed "Gray-headed" Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Hooded Oriole | Scott's Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Black-headed Grosbeak
Rare Bird Alert - December 4, 2020
Trumpeter Swan | Tundra Swan | White-winged Scoter | Black Scoter | Long-tailed Duck | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | American Bittern | Little Blue Heron | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | "Black" Merlin | Tropical Kingbird | Western Kingbird | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Hammond's Flycatcher | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Cassin's Vireo | Lapland Longspur | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed "Gray-headed" Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | RUSTY BLACKBIRD | Black-and-white Warbler | Lucy's Warbler | American Redstart | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager | Black-headed Grosbeak | Blue Grosbeak
Rare Bird Alert - November 27, 2020
Tundra Swan | Black Scoter | Long-tailed Duck | Broad-billed Hummingbird | Sandhill Crane | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | American Bittern | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Swainson's Hawk | Short-eared Owl | "Black" Merlin | Tropical Kingbird | Dusky Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Gray Vireo | Clay-colored Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Dark-eyed "Gray-headed" Junco | Dark-eyed "Pink-sided" Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Lucy's Warbler | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager | Black-headed Grosbeak
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Rare Bird Alert - November 20, 2020
Eurasian Wigeon | White-winged Scoter | Black Scoter | Long-tailed Duck | Red-necked Grebe | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pacific Loon | American Bittern | Little Blue Heron | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Swainson's Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Eastern Phoebe | Verdin | Grasshopper Sparrow | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed "Gray-headed" Junco | Dark-eyed "Pink-sided" Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Bobolink | Scott's Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Nashville Warbler | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager
Coronavirus Nature Opportunities
While the Coronavirus raises havoc, it has also created an unprecedented opportunity for everyone to truly note, appreciate, and enjoy our surroundings, and experience nature from our own homes, gardens, and environments.
I have my own little ecosystem on a 4’ x 10’ balcony just outside my city condo, where nature’s drama plays out every day. Most of my personal contact with the animal kingdom rests with dogs, cats, guppies, goldfish, and a mountain lion I met napping on the hood of my car! I have ridden hunter-jumper through Torrey Pines Park chasing ecstatic hounds posing as foxes. In grad school, there were red fox dens in our stone Civil War wall and a cardinal who made her nest against our dining room window. We left seeds for the birds and meat for the foxes in Winter.