There was a White-throated Sparrow on the Pomona College campus in Claremont this afternoon. It was just north of the organic farm at the southwest corner of...
California Birders: The Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society have launched "eBird" a continental database of bird sightings with...
LA birders, I've been stopping at Eaton Canyon for an hour before work these last few days to keep an eye on what's around. The Brown Thrasher continues -...
LA Birders, There was a first-winter Glaucous Gull at Malbu Lagoon on Saturday morning, likely the same bird reported a few weeks ago. It was with a few other...
On an El Dorado Audubon field trip to Whittier Narrows this morning we saw sixty species including a Common merganser on the river fairly close to the dam. ...
Rich Sonnenberg
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Apr 7, 2003 7:50 pm
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L. A. County Birders: As announced previously on LACoBirds and in The Western Tanager, the date for Los Angeles' entry into the annual "America's Birdiest...
We stopped at Eaton Canyon this (Wednesday, 4/9) morning, arriving at about 7:00 AM. The continuing BROWN THRASHER was seen very briefly by my boyfriend (I had...
Hi LACOs, I am reviewing the Draft EIR for the Expansion at Harbor College. I see in it A Gull-billed Tern record is cited for KMHRP (Harbor Pk.) in a document...
D. Heindel
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Apr 10, 2003 3:16 am
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... Mitch: I am not aware of any L. A. County record of Gull-billed Tern, but agree (considering there are records for Orange and Santa Barbara Counties) that ...
L. A. Birders: Thanks to the many of you who have responded to the call for participation and offered to help out. A couple of new points: (1) It is becoming...
I need help in confirming the identity of an empid seen in Towsley Canyon today. By all appearances it was a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Its underparts were...
... Jim: Your description (and the habitat and date) are perfect for Pacific-slope Flycatcher, the "expected" Empidonax in this area with strongly yellow ...
Greetings, Late this afternoon, 11 April, at about 5pm, I had a first-year LAUGHING GULL at Del Rey Lagoon in Playa del Rey (on Pacific Ave. just so. of the ...
Hi LACoBirders, Jim Abernathy, Joan Franco, and I started out this morning at Walker Ranch, which was cold and overcast. A few Mountain Quail were calling as...
I birded O'Melvaney Park in the north end of the San Fernando Valley and Towsley Canyon in Santa Clarita this morning. At O'Melvaney, there were several...
LA Co Birders: The first year Laughing Gull found yesterday by Kevin Larson was present today again (6:15PM) at the lagoon at Playa Del Rey. There was also a...
L. A. Birders: Volunteers continue to accumulate for this coming Saturday's competition -- thanks to all who have contacted me. Because of the problematic...
Hey birders, I had what I assumed to be a Virginia Rail calling at the Wilson Debris Basin on Saturday. THe call was several kek notes followed by a lower...
... Brian, The Virginia Rail gives this call. It's the old "kicker" mystery call. Tim Manolis wrote a nice summary in the May 1981 issue of "American Birds" ...
...at least, not counting the ones behind the sand, that I didn't want to scare up, along with 6 Elegant Terns in high breeding plumage (beautiful rose colored...
Thanks. I did not read the BNA (No. 173) account carefully enough yesterday, as this "kicker" call IS listed as one of the primary calls. THe discussion of...
Greetings, I received a report today from David Moody that he had a Palm Warbler at Alondra Park today - a pretty good bird in spring. It was in the Elm area...
The first year Laughing Gull continued this evening at 5:30 at Playa del Rey, just south of Marina del Rey. The Brant was also there. Josh Engel Claremont ...
Hi All, The new Winged Migration web site www.sonyclassics.com/wingedmigration is now in English. On the web site are the opening dates and theaters for the ...
For those interested, the debris basin is shown on pg 482 of a Thomas Brothers Guide. The entrance to the park is on Olive View Drive just east of Bledsoe...
Pt. Fermin at San Pedro 6:15 to 9:15 a.m. 4/19/03 Red-throated Loon - 6 Pacific Loon - 1000 Common Loon - 4 Western Grebe Clark's Grebe - 2 Sooty Shearwater -...
D. Heindel
birdfish@...
Apr 19, 2003 9:14 pm
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All seen between 8am and 9:30am Black-and-white Warbler 1 (still there in north part of the park and looking quite smart) Nashville Warbler 1 Black-throated...
Hi all, Here are the results of my birding activity this morning at Piute Ponds and other areas in the Antelope Valley. Birdiest City/County Competition 19...