Los Angeles RBA
August 19, 2010
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- RBA
* California
* Los Angeles RBA
* August 19, 2010
* CALA1008.19
-Birds mentioned
Yellow-crowned x Black-crowned Night-Heron
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Ruff (Ventura County)
Black Skimmer
White-winged Dove (Ventura County)
Loggerhead Shrike
Plumbeous Vireo
Bank Swallow
California Gnatcatcher
“Belding’s” Savannah Sparrow
California Bird Records Committee:
Report sightings on the rare bird report form: http://www.californiabirds.org/
Hotline: Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert
Telephone Number: (323) 874-1318
E-mail reports to: Jon Fisher at JonF60@hotmail.com
Coverage: Los Angeles County, Ventura County
-Transcript
This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, August 19.
The night-heron at Malibu Lagoon now appears to be a hybrid, looking much like a
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, but showing a number of intermediate characters.
This bird was reported through August 15.
A WANDERING TATTLER was found at an odd location, along the LA River south of
the Del Amo crossing, from August 17-18.
Several SOLITARY SANDPIPERS were reported, with one continuing along the LA
River by the Rosecrans pipe bridge through August 14. Another was seen briefly
on the Rio Hondo south of the Garvey crossing on August 15 and one was along the
LA River south of Del Amo on August 18.
A SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER was south of the Artesia crossing on the LA River on
August 13 and another was south of the Florence crossing on August 16. A
continiung SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER was at Malibu Lagoon through August 15.
Also on the LA River was a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER north of the Rosecrans pipe bridge
on August 15. It was later seen south of Del Amo on August 18.
A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (juvenile) near Ballona Creek on August 13 was the first
reported on the coastal slope this season. It was seen north of Ballona Creek
and west of Lincoln.
A PLUMBEOUS VIREO was at Legg Lake in South El Monte on August 15. This bird
was singing in sycamores at the northeast corner of north Legg Lake.
Along the LA River, a BANK SWALLOW was seen on the power lines below the RR
bridge on August 13. This location is south of Del Amo at the Dominguez Gap
Wetlands.
Wandering from local breeding areas was a CALIFORNIA GNATCATCHER near the
Whittier Narrows Nature Center on August 15. It was seen near the “Lake Trail”
sign about 200 yards southwest of the N.C.
Several BELDING’S SAVANNAH SPARROWS were present on the small island at Malibu
Lagoon on August 15, indicating some dispersal away from breeding areas. Also
of interest at the lagoon was an unattended egg belonging to a BLACK SKIMMER,
representing the first nesting attempt by any larid here in many years.
VENTURA COUNTY—
A juvenile RUFF was reported at the Santa Clara River Estuary on August 16.
A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was seen from the end of Arnold Road on August 17 and a
WHITE-WINGED DOVE was on the Mugu NAS border fence nearby.
This report is sponsored by the Los Angeles Audubon Society.
- end transcript
Jon L Fisher
Glendale, CA
JonF60@hotmail.com
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