L. A. County Birders: The FALL season for North American Birds has just ended; this is the long and busy season that includes all of August, September, October...
My experience in La Canada, regarding Pine Siskins, is similar. A month ago they ramped up quickly to perhaps 12 at a time mobbing my thistle feeders in...
The beach bum Burrowing Owl found by Lorna Brown was still present this evening at 9:00 PM. It was in along the marina channel at parking meter #77/78 (marked...
David asked about Skimmer nocturnal behavior. I posted the below on BirdChat in reply to a similar question, and I'll repeat it here. Joel Weintraub, Dana...
Lou Orr and I saw the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher this morning at Santa Fe Dam, near the lake by parking lot 4. The Common Goldeneyes (3-5), from my Nov 27th...
Hi LACoBirders, This morning 12/4 at Santa Fe Dam the SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was posing nicely in a tree at the entrance to Parking Lot 5 from 7:30-7:45 am...
I also birded the Santa Fe Dam Park on 12-4. Getting the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher perched on a tree near the far end of Parking Lot 5, about 1:30 p.m. Also...
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Dec 5, 2004 12:29 am
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Greetings! Birded St. Andrew's Abbey, Apollo Park, and the Lancaster Sewage Ponds with Bill Myers, Ruby Gardner, and Tom Miko. Had a Red-breasted Sapsucker,...
Birders, Thanks to everyone for posting updates on the Long-tailed Duck and Burrowing Owl at Ballona. I've been sifting through these reports for a publication...
Hi all, This morning at Peck ponds in s. Arcadia there were 11 canvasbacks, among 150 Ring-necked ducks and a Peregrine Falcon on the north pond. In the oaks...
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Dec 5, 2004 7:32 pm
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Along with the numerous coots, mallards and black-necked stilts yesterday afternoon between Fletcher and Glendale Boulevards on the LA River were a lone male...
L. A. Birders: Sunday, 5 December, there was a Eurasian Wigeon with about 175 Americans on the large pond on the "Angeles National Golf Club" in Big Tujunga ...
Greetings, I went to Santa Fe dam this morning and had about two hours of sunshine. In that time, I found the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in the trees near the...
The Eastern Phoebe continues at the Sepulveda Basin. Spotted this morning by a ten year old on a school field trip, it perched on weeds along Haskell Creek,...
Hi all, Though I didn't see anything prior to this subject, I'd like to thank Joel Weintraub for posting this. It is an interesting subject. I spent years...
Mitch Heindel
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Dec 7, 2004 4:28 pm
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Hello Birders- Tues 7 Dec This morning I had a first-fall male Black-and-white Warbler in El Segundo Library Park (corner of Main and Mariposa, across from El ...
Hi all, This morning I spent two hours on a sea watch at Pt. Vicente, where I estimated 4,100 Black-vented Shearwaters, a Pomarine Jaeger and about 300...
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Dec 8, 2004 3:53 am
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Hello Birders- Wed 8 Dec This afternoon there was a Ferruginous Hawk hunting in the fields along Culver Blvd. just s. of the 90 Fwy. in the Ballona area near ...
Hello all On Dec. 4th I found a golden plover at Eldorado park in Long Beach. The bird is in area 3 where the gliders are flown. After looking at photos of the...
LA birders, This evening there was a Swamp Sparrow on the west side of the north pond in area III of El Dorado park in Long Beach. The bird was in reeds and...
Greetings Birders I've gotten some pics of the plover up; lets hear your opinion. I beleive it's a fulva based on molt sequence, bill length, buffy color. I...
Greetings, 10 Dec 2004 The Ferruginous Hawk is still present in the Ballona area as of 4:30 this afternoon. I first saw it on poles where it was originally...
LACo Birders, ... Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 12:38 PM To: Southeastern CA RBA Hello John, I know this is outside of your reporting area but should you or...
It's been a while since they've put in an appearance at the Sepulveda Basin, but a White-tailed Kite was present this morning over the weedy fields east of...
Hi, This morning Dec 11 Legg Lake hosted 2 Hooded Mergansers, male and female, first found on the north side of the middle lake and later in the northernmost...
Hi all, Hit a few spots in San Pedro today. Didn't see anything really rare, just some overwintering birds. Peck Park: 8 or so Western Tanagers 2 Bullock's...
Greetings- Sun 12 Dec This morning there were three female-type Common Goldeneyes in the L.A. River about 400-450 yds. south of Los Feliz Blvd. in Atwater ...
Hi Birders, If you've finished all your holiday shopping (or if you don't think about that sort of thing until Dec. 24), consider participating in the ...
Hi Birders- Mon 13 Dec Mid-morning today I had an imm. female Vermilion Flycatcher in Earvin Magic Johnson Recreation Area in Willowbrook---east of the 110...
We're going to be in San Dimas for the week between Christmas and New Year's. We'd like to have at least one birding expedition while there, would love to see...