Good Morning, This morning I had a 1st year Baltimore Oriole at Oak Park Cemetery in Claremont along the southwest edge of the cemetery. Other birds of note...
Hi Birders- Sun 1 Oct The hunky juv. male Ruff was still present this morning north of Willow St. I couldn't find it 1000-1040, but at about 1045 it magically...
In our yard in Echo Park last weekend, we had a brown creeper moving up a pine tree. It's a first for us. It made me wonder about the presence of creepers in...
Saw 4 Snowy Plovers on sand near 26th street at 1350 today. I've observed Snowy Plovers in Hermosa Beach since January. Numbers from 4-20, almost all between...
Joseph Brooks, Pete and Mary Shen found a fall adult male Virginia's warbler on Tuesday, October 3, 10:00 am feeding in fennel in Kenneth Hahn State Recreation...
Tues 3 Oct. At 8:15 AM a first-fall type bird was in a red flowering Firewheel tree in back of unit #5119. From the extreme NE corner of Village Green, walk...
Hi Sue, To parallel your observation, I saw a Brown Creeper at DeForest Park in Long Beach on Sunday (1 Oct). I consider myself very lucky to see one in the...
We had a brown creeper visit our yard in Claremont briefly about a week ago (Sunday 9/24 I think)- certainly the first time we have had one in our yard, and I...
AAAHHH! I had 2 White-breasted Nuthatches while walking to Oak Park Cemetery from my house in Claremont several days ago. Also, besides the usual fall arrival...
Roy and all: The purpose of the Native Plant & Wildlife Garden at Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area is to demonstrate the benefits of using native plants...
An adult male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher with an incredibly long tail flew over me this morning while I was doing zero miles per hour on the 10 freeway, 2 miles...
Hi Folks- Wed 4 Oct Mid morning I had a Black-and-white Warbler at Ladera Park (Slauson w. of La Brea in Ladera Heights), foraging in the vicinity of the ...
Hi, All. Wednesday evening, 4 October, I saw the Parasitic Jaeger again at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro. It was in the exact same spot where I first found it ...
Hi Birders- Thurs 5 Oct This morning around 8:30 I had a Clay-colored Sparrow at Sand Dune Park in Manhattan Beach. It was feeding on the ground with two...
Garry George and Birders : I wonder why this "rare" and beautiful Virginia's Warbler did not utilize the native plant garden of Kenneth Hahn State Recreation...
An acquaintance told me he had an all white "raptor" hunting near his home in Pacific Palisades. He said the bird was always alone, often hovered in place,...
Fri 6 Oct The Blackpoll continues to visit the Firewheel Tree (8:15 AM today). The Black-and-white Warbler found by Dick Barth in Ladera Park (LACoBirds 3877)...
Hi Walter The pigeon behavior could be a fancy pigeon often raised by pigeon enthusiasts. Tumblers are popular types. Literally, they take flight and will...
Hi all, This morning at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale, much to my surprise, there was a Sandhill Crane. I saw the bird in low flight at the base of the dam ...
In descending order from north to south along the bike trail on the east side of the San Gabriel River: Yellow-headed Blackbird at a small wet spot where...
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Oct 7, 2006 10:50 pm
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Hi all, Well it appears the Painted Redstart that wintered at Bonelli Park last year has returned. My brother and I saw one this morning in the parking area ...
Oak Park cemetery this a.m. had 1, possibly 2 Western Wood pewees (nothing to make me suspect Eastern Wood Pewee), and an Olive-sided Flycatcher. In my copy...
LA Co birders, At Piute Ponds this morning were 36 Greater White-fornted Geese, 130 American White Pelicans, a continuing Peregrine Falcon and an immature...
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Oct 9, 2006 3:41 am
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Arnold Small states that a few stragglers and late birds occur until mid-October for both species. Since it's only the 8th, and it's been a mild/warm fall...
Hi all There was also an Olive Sided Flycatcher at Sand Dune Park in Manhattan Beach this morning. Also, we had a new yard bird this morning......a young male...
Yesterday (Sunday 10/8/06) myself (Irwin Woldman), Tommye Hite, Barbara Johnson, Jason Stuck & Lorna Bitensky visited the Ponds. Among the many birds seen the...
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Oct 9, 2006 5:47 pm
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Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City had a Tropical Kingbird this afternoon. It was the only kingbird of any species that I saw anywhere, today. This cemetery...