Tundra Swan | White-winged Dove | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Red Knot | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | “Black” Merlin | Tropical Kingbird | Western Kingbird | Hammond’s Flycatcher | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe | Warbling Vireo | Pacific Wren | SEDGE WREN | American Pipit (japonicus) | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Scott’s Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | American Redstart | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - December 9, 2022
Tundra Swan | Barrow’s Goldeneye | Pacific Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Pacific Wren | American Pipit (japonicus) | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Scott’s Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | American Redstart | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - December 2, 2022
Tundra Swan | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Tropical Kingbird | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Cassin’s Vireo | Pacific Wren | SEDGE WREN | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Black-and-white Warbler | Nashville Warbler | Northern Parula | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - November 25, 2022
Tundra Swan | Pacific Golden-Plover | Red-necked Phalarope | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pacific Loon | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | California Condor | Zone-tailed Hawk | Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker | Tropical Kingbird | Western Wood-Pewee | Hammond’s Flycatcher | SEDGE WREN | American Pipit (japonicus) | Lapland Longspur | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Baltimore Oriole | Scott’s Oriole | Black-and-white | Tennessee Warbler | Northern Parula | Blackburnian Warbler | Palm Warbler | Canada Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Black-headed Grosbeak
Rare Bird Alert - November 18, 2022
Black Scoter | White-winged Scoter | Red-necked Grebe | American Golden-Plover | Mountain Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | American Bittern | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Swainson’s Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | SEDGE WREN | American Pipit (japonicus) | Red Crossbill | Lapland Longspur | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Rusty Blackbird | Black-and-white Warbler | Northern Parula | Blackburnian Warbler | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - November 11, 2022
Black Scoter | Neotropic Cormorant | Red-necked Grebe | Pacific-Golden Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Red-footed Booby | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Swainson’s Hawk | Zone-tailed Hawk | Burrowing Owl | “Prairie” Merlin | Tropical Kingbird | Eastern Phoebe | Pacific Wren | Gray Catbird | Lapland Longspur | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | White-throated Sparrow | “Large-billed” Savannah Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Northern Parula | Palm Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting
Rare Bird Alert - November 4, 2022
Black Scoter | Pacific Golden-Plover | Heermann’s Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pacific Loon | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Swainson’s Hawk | Tropical Kingbird | Pacific Wren | SEDGE WREN | Gray Catbird | Brown Thrasher | Grasshopper Sparrow | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Harris’s Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Northern Parula | Black-throated Blue Warbler | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting | Dickcissel
Western Tanager—Nov-Dec 2022
Birds of the Season – October 2022
September and October are a time of almost endless potential and anticipation in the birder’s world in southern California, with a wide variety of migrants passing through. But it is also a time of uncertainly; each year is different and we never know exactly what to expect. What numbers of vagrants will turn up? What species will be above or below average? Will any ultra-rare Asian strays be found? To avoid any unnecessary suspense, I will state that the fall of 2022 did not disappoint.
Native-plant landscaping in residential yards provides habitat and refuge for birds in Southern California
As an ecologist, the mega sprawl of cities such as Los Angeles has always made me wonder what happened to wildlife native to the land before development. In the 20th and 21st centuries, humans in Southern California have converted vast natural ecosystems into buildings, houses, roads, agriculture, and other infrastructure and land uses. How did these drastic changes to the environment affect wildlife? How can we mitigate the negative effects of urbanization on wildlife?