Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - October 24, 2026

Stilt Sandpiper | Sabine’s Gull | Nazca Booby | Cocos Booby | Western Cattle-Egret | Broad-winged Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | Tropical Kingbird | Pacific Wren | White Wagtail | Grasshopper Sparrow | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Ovenbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Prothonotary Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | Northern Parula | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | American Redstart | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - October 17, 2026

Broad-billed Hummingbird | Ridgway’s Rail | Sabine’s Gull | Nazca Booby | White-headed Woodpecker | Tropical Kingbird | Gray Catbird | Evening Grosbeak | Cassin’s Finch | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | American Redstart | Northern Parula | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager | Indigo Bunting

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - October 12, 2026

White-winged Dove | Ridgway’s Rail | Arctic Tern | Sabine’s Gull | Nazca Booby | Masked / Nazca Booby | Cocos Booby | WHITE IBIS | Western Cattle-Egret | Broad-winged Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | Flammulated Owl | White-headed Woodpecker | Tropical Kingbird | Plumbeous Vireo | Pinyon Jay | Clarks Nutcracker | Gray Catbird | Sage Thrasher | Varied Thrush | Evening Grosbeak | Red Crossbill | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Bobolink | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Dickcissel

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - October 3, 2026

Ridgway’s Rail | Sabine’s Gull | Manx Shearwater| Nazca Booby | Cocos Booby | Western Cattle-Egret | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | Least Flycatcher | Pinyon Jay | Clark’s Nutcracker | Yellow-green Vireo | Evening Grosbeak | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Orchard Oriole | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Northern Parula | Magnolia Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Palm Warbler | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - September 26, 2026

Ridgway’s Rail | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Red Phalarope | Common Tern | Little Gull | Least Bittern | Reddish Egret | Williamson’s Sapsucker | Tropical kingbird | Least Flycatcher | Bell’s Vireo | Yellow-Green Vireo | Pinyon Jay | Clark’s Nutcracker | Purple Martin | Evening Grosbeak | Black-throated Sparrow | Clay-colored Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Bobolink | Orchard Oriole | Ovenbird | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Prothonotary Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Cape May Warbler | Northern Parula | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting | Painted Bunting | Dickcissel

Join a Christmas Bird Count

Join a Christmas Bird Count

The Christmas Bird Count is the longest running community science project in the nation. Birders, from beginners to advanced, have participated in this once-a-year count effort within established 15-mile diameter circles (see maps). Compilers and participants work together to ensure that important bird habitats are covered, and there is always room to add yard and local patch observations, so long as the number of people observing and the time spent observing are recorded, along with a full list and numbers of all species observed. Los Angeles Audubon Society sponsors three counts, led by experienced compilers.

Rare Bird Alert - October 21, 2022

Pacific Golden-Plover | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Tropical Kingbird | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Least Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Philadelphia Vireo | Red-eyed Vireo | Pacific Wren | WOOD WARBLER | Gray Catbird | Sprague’s Pipit | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Grasshopper Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Clay-colored Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Magnolia Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Black-throated Blue Warbler | Palm Warbler | Yellow-throated Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting

Rare Bird Alert - October 14, 2022

Common Ground-Dove | American Oystercatcher | Pacific Golden-Plover | Franklin’s Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Nazca Booby | Brown Booby | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Broad-winged Hawk | Tropical Kingbird | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Grasshopper Sparrow | Black-throated Sparrow | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | Connecticut Warbler | Mourning Warbler | American Redstart | Magnolia Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Prairie Warbler | Painted Redstart | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Dickcissel

Rare Bird Alert - October 6, 2022

Pacific Golden-Plover | Sabine’s Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Common Tern | Red-footed Booby | Neotropic Cormorant | Broad-winged Hawk | Tropical Kingbird | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Clay-colored Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Ovenbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Virginia’s Warbler | American Redstart | Magnolia Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting | Dickcissel

Rare Bird Alert - September 30, 2022

Pacific Golden-Plover | Common Tern | Masked / Nazca Booby | Brown Booby | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Tropical Kingbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | American Redstart | Magnolia Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Dickcissel

Rare Bird Alert - September 23, 2022

Pacific Golden-Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Common Tern | Nazca Booby | Red-footed Booby | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Tropical Kingbird | Eastern Kingbird | Yellow-green Vireo | Clay-colored Sparrow | Bobolink | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | Virginia’s Warbler | Hooded Warbler | Northern Parula | Magnolia Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rare Bird Alert - September 16, 2022

White-winged Dove | American Oystercatcher | Red Knot | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Sabine’s Gull | Common Tern | Magnificent Frigatebird | Nazca Booby | Brown Booby | Red-footed Booby | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Tropical Kingbird | Yellow-green Vireo | Purple Martin | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | White-crowned Sparrow (dark-lored) | Baltimore Oriole | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | Virginia’s Warbler | Hooded Warbler | American Redstart | Northern Parula | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Canada Warbler

Replay -- Dr. Travis Longcore: Light, Dark, Bird, Fish: Biological Impacts of Artificial Light at Night on the California Coast

Research by Levi Simons, Karen Martin, and Travis Longcore. Presented by Travis Longcore at the evening meeting of the Los Angeles Audubon Society on May 11, 2022.

Replay -- Dr. Amy Collins: Shining a Light on Nighttime Bird Migration

Each year, billions of songbirds partake in spring and fall migrations across the US. Many of these migrations take place at night, while we are all sound asleep. Amy will present her latest research on what tools we can use to monitor these mass migrations, and what characteristics of the landscape play a pivotal role in stopover locations.

Dr. Amy Collins is a Postdoctoral research fellow at Colorado State University. Her research investigates the impacts of light pollution and urbanization on nighttime bird migration. Amy has spent considerable time in LA where she conducted part of her PhD work examining the effects of light and noise pollution on wildlife movement and behavior. For more info on Amy’s work, please visit amycollinsecology.com or check out her Twitter @amy_christina

Replay -- Dr. Eric Wood: Income inequality, racial segregation, and urban avifauna

Public lecture given on February 9, 2022 by Dr. Eric Wood (Cal State Los Angeles). The Wood Lab - http://www.ericmwood.org/

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