Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - August 16, 2026

Greater Roadrunner | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Purple Martin | Lucy’s Warbler | Summer Tanager

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - August 9, 2026

Hooded Merganser | Black Swift | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Wilson’s Snipe | Masked Booby | Northern Harrier | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Lucy’s Warbler | Summer Tanager

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - July 31, 2026

Black Swift | Bald Eagle | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Yellow-headed Blackbird | Summer Tanager

BIRDS OF THE SEASON
Susan Castor
Birds of the Season — July 2026

Early June saw spring migration winding down as well as a handful of late spring vagrants.  Right on their heels were the first southbound shorebirds.  As we moved into July shorebird numbers increased rapidly.

Birds of the Season — July 2026
Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - July 25, 2026

Black Swift | Laysan Albatross | Brown Pelican | Bald Eagle | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Bell’s Sparrow | Northern Parula | Summer Tanager

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Western Tanager, Jul–Aug 2023, Vol. 89 No. 6

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Crested Caracara, photo courtesy of Randy Freeman.

PDF, V89 N6 Jul–Aug 2023
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Crested Caracara Soars Into the Spotlight, Setting New State Record at Ballona Wetlands

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Crested Caracara Soars Into the Spotlight, Setting New State Record at Ballona Wetlands

For Van Pierszalowski, Sunday June 4, 2023 was just another day doing what he loves to do: chasing down rare birds across Southern California. He wasn’t expecting to become a part of California birding lore.

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