Eurasian Wigeon | Surf Scoter | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | American Bittern | Western Cattle-Egret | Manx Shearwater | Swainson’s Hawk | Short-eared Owl | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | GREATER PEWEE | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Western Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Cassin’s Vireo | Lapland Longspur | Thick-billed Longspur | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Sagebrush Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Yellow-headed Blackbird | Hooded Oriole | Baltimore Oriole | Ovenbird | Black-and-white Warbler | MacGillivray’s Warbler | American Redstart | Cape May Warbler | Northern Parula | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Scarlet Tanager | Black-headed Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting
Pacific Golden-Plover | Red Phalarope | Lesser Black-backed Gull | American Bittern | Western Cattle-Egret | White-headed Woodpecker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Western Warbling-Vireo | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Hooded Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Nashville Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Palm Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Scarlet Tanager
Following a comparatively mild summer on the coastal slope, mid-October brought some unusually early substantial rainfall to the county. November added significantly to that total. That’s a definite plus for bird habitats and should also greatly reduce the potential for wildfires.
Los Angeles County’s active birders found a remarkable number and diversity of vagrants this fall. The deserts, mountains, coastal slope and offshore waters and islands were all productive for notable birds. In large part, increased coverage is responsible for an increase in the rare birds detected, especially since the populations of many of these birds are in decline.
Inaccessible to the public, San Clemente Island has long been the envy of southern California birders due its impressive annual list of fall vagrants, including some mega-rarities. But increasing coverage of nearby Santa Catalina Island in fall has proved very worthwhile. By contrast, this island has easy public access and hosted a long list of rare birds this October and November.
Many parks and natural areas on the coastal slope held interesting passerines. The Piute Ponds, though coverage suffered due to closure during the government shutdown, still managed a number of good birds.
Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Red Phalarope | Leach’s Storm-Petrel | Western Cattle-Egret | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Pacific Wren | Red-throated Pipit | Lapland Longspur | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | American Redstart | Palm Warbler | Grace’s Warbler | Back-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
Surf Scoter | Pacific Golden-Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Eastern Phoebe | Lapland Longspur | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Tennessee Warbler | American Redstart | Cape May Warbler | Palm Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Painted Bunting
WED., MAR. 9, 2022, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Coffee and Conservation
Link: https://bluejeans.com/418433012/1977
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Wed. , Apr 13, 2022
7:30 – 8:30 PM
Link: https://bluejeans.com/226548979/739
Photo: Lewis's Woodpecker (melanerpes lewis), © Ian Routley, Courtesy of Macaulay Library
Birders are used to many types of change. Migration, increasing and decreasing bird populations, loss and gain of habitat, and varying access to favored birding locations are all familiar ones. Climate change adds an element that is transforming the distribution and habitats of birds, with the effects becoming more apparent every year.
Neotropic Cormorant | Pacific Golden-Plover | Red Knot | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Zone-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Least Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Cassin’s Vireo | American Pipit (japonicus) | Swamp Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Hooded Oriole | Scott’s Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Black-headed Grosbeak
Online event
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2022 AT 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Half of the people in the US have a cup of coffee every day but few understand the environmental impact of coffee. Even fewer prioritize origin and know how coffee farming affects people, farms, forests, and birds all over the world.
Bill Wilson is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Birds & Beans coffee. With the help of three other families and support from Scott Weidensaul, Bridget Stutchbury and Kenn Kaufman, they launched their company in 2008 to save the Smithsonian ‘Bird Friendly®’ shade grown coffee certification.
Bill will share the story of Birds & Beans, which is not only Bird Friendly®, but also USDA Organic, and Fair Trade, and show how this approach helps to save birds, tropical forests, family farmers and their workers, local rural economies and the Earth we all share.
Photo: Scott Weidensaul
American Oystercatcher | Pacific Golden-Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Glaucous Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | American Bittern | Zone-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Least Flycatcher | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Bell’s Vireo | Swamp Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Orchard Oriole | Scott’s Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Restart | Summer Tanager | Black-headed Grosbeak
American Oystercatcher | Pacific Golden-Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Slaty-backed Gull | Short-tailed Shearwater | Manx Shearwater | American Bittern | Zone-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Least Flycatcher | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Bell’s Vireo | Cassin’s Vireo | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Hooded Oriole | Scott’s Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | American Redstart | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Black-headed Grosbeak
Common Ground Dove | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Neotropic Cormorant | American Bittern | Zone-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Bell’s Vireo | Cliff Swallow | 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 | American Redstart | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
Dr. Eric Wood - Income inequality, racial segregation, and urban avifauna: the tale of Los Angeles
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Dr. Eric Wood, head of the Wood Lab of Avian and Urban Ecology at Cal State Los Angeles, will present results from his most recent research on the effects of segregation and inequality on bird abundance and diversity in Los Angeles.
The presentation will be online at: https://bluejeans.com/250466464/6974
Common Ground-Dove | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Solitary Sandpiper | Neotropic Cormorant | American Bittern | Zone-tailed Hawk | Rough-legged Hawk | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Cassin’s Vireo | Clay-colored Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Scott’s Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | American Redstart | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Western Tanager, Vol. 88 No. 3, January-February 2022
•Birds of the Season — December 2021, •Island Hopping: Birding the U.S. Virgin Islands, Part 3: St. Thomas – Gateway to the Caribbean, •Trial Winter Bird Atlas Underway, •Until Next Time ... Goodbye Sadie, •A Botanical County, •Ballona Wetlands Learning Experiences–Interview with Ethan Greenberg
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