Sebastiano, I posted some info on birding urban L.A. in September on my website under "Los Angeles Birding": (http://www.cooperecological.com/cem_i_005.htm)...
Hi all, About a month ago the Forest Service reopened the road to Chantry Flats. Early this morning I hiked Big Santa Anita Canyon to Sturtevant Falls and...
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Jul 4, 2006 10:53 pm
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Roadrunner on "Nike" Hill near the Rio Hondo College police academy this evening in Whittier. Regards, Raul Roa Whittier, CA...
Greetings! Tom Miko and I had planned to hike in Santa Anita Canyon last evening (July 5) to look for Black Swifts, Dippers, and the Spotted Owl reported by...
I actually went up there on the 4th during the day, and the gate was closed. They didn't want drunken revelers up there, setting the canyon on fire. What...
- RBA * California * Los Angeles RBA * July 6, 2006 * CALA0607.06 - Birds mentioned Evening Grosbeak California Bird Record Committee, report sightings on the ...
Saw my first White-headed Woodpecker at Carlton Flats feeding a fledgling. Nice. Kathie Riedel La Crescenta CA ... Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited...
On 6/5, I drove through the gate at 5:40 AM. On 6/7, I arrived at a closed gate at 5:00 AM and a Sierra Madre police officer opened the gate at 5:23 AM. The...
Hi all, 8 July 2006 A stunning male Pacific Golden-Plover in alternate plumage was at the L. A River in Long Beach today. The bird was south of the 405 freeway...
Hi all, From posts to this list serve and private notes I have received from others and based on their bahavior it would appear the Spotted Owls in Santa Anita...
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Jul 9, 2006 3:23 am
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Events such as the recent tern colony disaster in Long Beach make it evident that the collection of local breeding bird data is important. We can imagine a...
Hi all My summer LA County birding doldrums were awakened with Kevin Larson's continuing alternate plumaged Pacific Golden-Plover along the LA River, and the...
I ran into Tom Wurster and Liga tonight at the wooden bridge down in Santa Anita Canyon. I'll let them talk about Spotted Owls. But anyhoo, while I was...
Kevin's Golden Plover was south of the 405 Freeway, but closer, and slightly north of the pipe bridge at the LA River this afternoon. QUESTION: The bird did...
Willow Street in the LA River had no interesting migrant shorebirds. No Yellowlegs, Dowitchers, Solitary Sandpipers, no Phalaropes, nada Dude, zippo. HOWEVER,...
- RBA * California * Los Angeles RBA * July 13, 2006 * CALA0607.13 - Birds mentioned Pacific Golden-Plover California Bird Record Committee, report sightings...
At Ballona Lagoon 2 days ago I noted the following Snowy Egret feeding behavior, which I don't recall ever seeing before. The egret was flying north just above...
Chuck, I live on Ballona Lagoon, and I observe similar behavior occasionally, although I don't recall seeing foot-dragging as you describe it. I have seen...
I have often seen Snowy Egrets dragging a toe in the water to attract fish. I have seen this at Sepulveda Basin and other locations. Another feeding strategy...
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Jul 16, 2006 1:04 am
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Chuck and Dave, I live near Del Rey Lagoon, and I too have seen this behavior by Snowy Egret occasionally. Two of my technical Heron Handbooks, discuss this...
Hi all, 16 July 2006 An adult Baird's Sandpiper was quite a surprise at the L. A. River in Long Beach this morning. The bird was about 200 yards north of the...
We did not go as far as del Amo.. Mike, John and I combed the area from the 34th st entry to the 405. We really did not see anything of interest. killdeer,...
Birders, There is currently an interesting mixed pair of warblers nesting in a private yard in Stone Canyon in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. A male...
Birders, One lone White-faced Ibis arrived at Del Rey Lagoon Park this morning at 8:55am. It is a first-fall bird. Now, at about 12:05 pm, three hours later,...
Roy, Because the nest is hidden high and deep within a hedge, its contents are unknown. The vocalizations of the young sound like typical warbler nestling...
This evening Liga Auzins and I observed two Am. Dipper immediately above Sturdevant Falls in Santa Anita Cyn. We stayed at the top of the falls until 8:15 but...
Hi Birders The Jon Dunn Shorebird Workshop is coming up soon, and so are the shorebirds! You may have heard on the grapevine about Kevin Larson's recent adult...
Yesterday late afternoon I checked out Eaton Canyon for hummingbirds. The sage plants in bloom at various locations between the nature center and the hillside...
- RBA * California * Los Angeles RBA * July 20, 2006 * CALA0607.20 - Birds mentioned Baird's Sandpiper California Bird Record Committee, report sightings on...