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09 Feb Introduction/Suggestion ["giganticgoatmonster" ] 09 Feb Sapsuckers at Veterans Park in Sylmar ["Scott Logan" ] 09 Feb Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Tarzana ["Scott Logan" ] 08 Feb Scissor-tailed Flycatcher ["thomas.miko AT verizon.net"] 8 Feb RE: Re: Kimball Garrett speaking about Los Angeles parrots on 89.3 KPCC ["Kimball Garrett" ] 08 Feb Re: Kimball Garrett speaking about Los Angeles parrots on 89.3 KPCC ["Don" ] 08 Feb Western Tanager at El Dorado Park, Long Beach ["S_Shinn" ] 7 Feb LA Audubon monthly meeting Wed 2/8/12 @ PLUMMER PARK, W. HOLLYWOOD [Nick & Mary Freeman ] 7 Feb LA Audubon monthly meeting Wed 2/8/12 @ PLUMMER PARK, W. HOLLYWOOD [Nick & Mary Freeman ] 08 Feb Bonelli Park Bald Eagles ["Rod" ] 07 Feb Palos Verdes Summer Tanager ["davidells" ] 6 Feb 3 White-winged Scoters; continuing Plumbeous [] 06 Feb Kimball Garrett speaking about Los Angeles parrots on 89.3 KPCC ["walteralamb" ] 5 Feb Ten Banded Canada Goose at La Mirada Regional County Park [Robert van de Hoek ] 06 Feb Bonelli Park Bald Eagle ["Rod" ] 05 Feb LeConte's and Sage Thrashers at Piute Ponds. ["jimmoore91390" ] 4 Feb Sage Thrasher at Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds [layton Pace ] 4 Feb Ross's Goose & 775 California Gulls at Marina Del Rey Middle School [Robert van de Hoek ] 04 Feb Loggerhead Shrike, Ballona ["bastarrett" ] 04 Feb Plumbeous Vireo, Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City ["bastarrett" ] 04 Feb Dark-eyed Junco Error in Sibley - in the Onion News ["Scott Logan" ] 04 Feb Burrowing Owl at Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds ["bkinla2011" ] 04 Feb Burrowing Owl continues at San Gabriel Spreading Grounds ["jraymusic AT att.net" ] 3 Feb RE: Laysan Albatross' origin ["Kimball Garrett" ] 03 Feb Laysan Albatross' origin [Desert Iguana ] 2 Feb Los Angeles RBA - 2 February 2012 [Jon Fisher ] 02 Feb Any Scissor-tail sightings, lately? ["thomas.miko AT verizon.net"] 2 Feb Laysan Albatross Rehabilitated in San Pedro [Bernardo Alps ] 1 Feb Ross's goose relocated to MacArthur Park` ["Judith Raskin" ] 02 Feb Rough-legged Hawk and Sage Thrashers ["jimmoore91390" ] 1 Feb Dockweiler scoter update: other notes [] 31 Jan Tonite on KCET @10P [Bettina Bennewitz ] 31 Jan RFI: Red-breasted Sapsucker [Chuck & Lillian ] 01 Feb Painted Redstart continues at Elysian Park - Chavez Ravine ["jraymusic AT att.net" ] 29 Jan Re: Dusky-capped Flycatcher continues, Bell Gardens [Anil Antony ] 29 Jan Sage Thrasher at Orcas Park ["birdingbrad" ] 29 Jan Mergansers in Culver City ["vicwarren13" ] 29 Jan Red-naped Sapsucker, Rose Hills, Whittier [] 29 Jan Dusky-capped Flycatcher continues, Bell Gardens [] 29 Jan RFI: Red-naped Sapsucker at Veteran's Park [Chuck & Lillian ] 29 Jan White-throated Sparrow at Placerita Canyon [] 29 Jan Re: Greater White-fronted Geese Rio Hondo Spreading Grnds, Pico Rivera ["jraymusic AT att.net" ] 28 Jan 2 Summer Tanagers in Compton [] 28 Jan Mountain Plovers in Antelope Valley [] 28 Jan Re: Long-tailed duck in Marina Del Rey [Christopher Taylor ] 28 Jan Red-naped Sapsuckers in Altadena [Katherine Moyd ] 28 Jan Long-tailed duck in Marina Del Rey ["bkinla2011" ] 27 Jan RE: Greater White-fronted Geese Rio Hondo Spreading Grnds, Pico Rivera ["Ed Stonick" ] 27 Jan some follow-ups [] 27 Jan Re: White-throated Sparrow at Sand Dune Park ["Don" ] 27 Jan Re: Greater White-fronted Geese Rio Hondo Spreading Grnds, Pico Rivera [Robert van de Hoek ] 27 Jan Greater White-fronted Geese Rio Hondo Spreading Grnds, Pico Rivera [] 27 Jan Los Angeles RBA - 26 January 2012 [Jon Fisher ] 27 Jan Re: Bird and Bird Call ID ["dan_cooper_90042" ] 26 Jan First Robin ["ellenzunino" ] 26 Jan LA County eBird Sightings [Christopher Taylor ] 26 Jan white-throated sparrow [] 26 Jan Bird and Bird Call ID ["ellenzunino" ] 26 Jan Re: RSABG-- Continuing rarities ["Johnny Bovee" ] 25 Jan RE: RSABG-- Continuing rarities (Photos) ["Johnny Bovee" ] 25 Jan Continuing birds in Bell Gardens [] 25 Jan RSABG-- continuing rarities ["Johnny Bovee" ] 25 Jan Eurasian Wigeon not Arctic Loon ["Marc Spigelman" ] 25 Jan Re: Arctic Loon continues [Christopher Taylor ] 25 Jan Arctic Loon continues ["Marc Spigelman" ] 24 Jan a few notes [] 24 Jan Re: Ballona Eurasian Wigeon returns, Ross's Goose, other minor notes ["Don" ] 24 Jan San Pedro Black-billed Magpie continues ["davidells" ] 23 Jan Re: Possible Orange-crowned Warbler in Santa Monica.... [john small ] 23 Jan Red-Shouldered Hawk in busy Culver City ["vicwarren13" ] 23 Jan Ballona Eurasian Wigeon returns, Ross's Goose, other minor notes ["walteralamb" ] 22 Jan Re: Common Mergansers in Ballona Creek [ul Bosler ] 22 Jan Re: Re: Hooded Mergansers at Ballona [Dany Sloan ] 23 Jan Re: Hooded Mergansers at Ballona ["dan_cooper_90042" ] 22 Jan Possible Orange-crowned Warbler in Santa Monica.... [Denise Perez ] 22 Jan Hooded Mergansers at Ballona [James DeBiase ] Subject: Introduction/Suggestion From: "giganticgoatmonster" <giganticgoatmonster AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:58:46 -0000 Hello, I just relocated from just north of NYC in Westchester Co. to LA, and joined this birding list moments ago. I was curious if someone could contact me off list regarding good places to start to get acquainted with birding in the LA area. Target species include burrowing owl and ferruginous hawk. I saw the great picture of the owl at Rio Hondo. Thanks in advance for any and all information. Brien Hindman Montrose, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Sapsuckers at Veterans Park in Sylmar From: "Scott Logan" <wildwingsla AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:35:31 -0000 This afternoon (02/08/12) at Veterans Park in Sylmar John Lobel, two out of town birders and I found (1) RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER, (1) RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, (1) YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER and (2-male and female) WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKERs. Scott Logan Sherman Oaks ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Tarzana From: "Scott Logan" <wildwingsla AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:12:05 -0000 A female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was seen well this afternoon (02/08/12) at Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park in Tarzana by John Lobel, two out of town birders and myself. The bird was in chaparral between the two grassy areas at the southeast portion of the park. Scott Logan Sherman Oaks ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher From: "thomas.miko AT verizon.net"<thomas.miko@verizon.net> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:04:40 -0800 Has anyone seen it since January 14th? Tom 909.241.3300 Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: Re: Kimball Garrett speaking about Los Angeles parrots on 89.3 KPCC From: "Kimball Garrett" <kgarrett AT nhm.org> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:22:55 -0800 Folks, If anybody is wondering why there seems to be a sudden interest within the media about parrots... there really isn't anything to it. News and news-magazine-format shows often have stories pitched to them from staff or from the public, and apparently car chases, electoral politics, and various non-psitticine manifestations of public hysteria can't always fill up every broadcast, so sometimes there's room for parrots. The KPPC parrot story was instigated by folks at a private school near the big South Pasadena roost who were convinced that the throngs of parrots were dangerous for their children who attended the school (!). A recent article in an Eagle Rock on-line local news outlet was occasioned by an apparent recent increase in parrot numbers in that area, and the KABC piece to air tonight (well past my bed time) had the same genesis -- locals who are noticing more parrots in the Burbank area (which is, not coincidentally, where the studios are). So this does beg the question -- are parrots spreading into new areas or (at least) becoming more numerous in places that didn't used to have as many parrots? Surely the answer is yes, but there aren't a lot of hard numbers. Some have speculated that the big windstorms at the end of November/beginning of December might have altered traditional roost sites enough to cause a shift in roosting areas, and there could be some truth to this. Nevertheless, the standard roosts in Temple City and South Pasadena still seem to be as well-attended as ever, so maybe we're mostly just looking at population expansion. Or, maybe, parrots have been in these "new" areas for some time but somebody finally thought them newsworthy. We would like to continue gathering as much information about parrot numbers and distribution as we can, so please enter your parrot sightings (along with all other birds, of course) on eBird. Some of the clear-cut escapees (Budgerigars, Cockatiels, lovebirds, etc.) will be "invalidated" and therefore won't appear in the public eBird database (but can still be accessed by researchers). However, I routinely validate all (correctly identified) entries for the 12 or so species that are breeding in the region and you can examine the data in eBird. Also, it would be great to conduct roost censuses before the winter is over, so you may hear something from me and/or Larry Allen about this in the next couple of weeks. Ideally, we'd look at the major roosts simultaneously, so we will be able to use a lot of people. More to come... Kimball Kimball L. Garrett Ornithology Collections Manager Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA 213-763-3368 kgarrett AT nhm.org http://www.nhm.org/site/research-collections/ornithology -----Original Message----- From: LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 12:50 PM To: LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [LACoBirds] Re: Kimball Garrett speaking about Los Angeles parrots on 89.3 KPCC Wed 8 Feb KABC TV, basic channel 7, is advertising a Parrots in LA segment that will air tonight (Wednesday) on their 11 PM news (and it may include footage of Kimball), so tune in for an informative story - unless, of course, it gets bumped by some late-breaking, highly relevant, high-speed or low-speed or out-of-gas car chase!! For best image quality, use KABC's High-Def channel (407 in my Time Warner cable area). Segments similar to this often air near the end of the broadcast, but you might as well watch/tape the entire news program (11:00 to 11:35 PM) to be safe. Don Sterba Culver City ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Kimball Garrett speaking about Los Angeles parrots on 89.3 KPCC From: "Don" <donsterba AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:49:37 -0000 Wed 8 Feb KABC TV, basic channel 7, is advertising a Parrots in LA segment that will air tonight (Wednesday) on their 11 PM news (and it may include footage of Kimball), so tune in for an informative story - unless, of course, it gets bumped by some late-breaking, highly relevant, high-speed or low-speed or out-of-gas car chase!! For best image quality, use KABC's High-Def channel (407 in my Time Warner cable area). Segments similar to this often air near the end of the broadcast, but you might as well watch/tape the entire news program (11:00 to 11:35 PM) to be safe. Don Sterba Culver City --- In LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com, "walteralamb" wrote: > > My wife just alerted me to this interview with Kimball on the Madeleine Brand show today. > > http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/2012/02/06/22406/parrots-flock-to-south-pasadena > > Walter Lamb > Culver City, CA > ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Western Tanager at El Dorado Park, Long Beach From: "S_Shinn" <sshinn AT netzero.net> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:59:06 -0000 Seen at the South end of the North lake of area 3;1 male WESTERN TANAGER, male and female NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER, numerous LESSER GOLDFINCHES, even more YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, one frustrated OSPREY (the fish are due next week), RED-SHOULDERED and RED-TAILED HAWKS,gopher eating GREAT BLUE HERONS and GREAT EGRETS,lots of GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES and the usual suspects. Steve Shinn Long Beach ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: LA Audubon monthly meeting Wed 2/8/12 @ PLUMMER PARK, W. HOLLYWOOD From: Nick & Mary Freeman <mnfreeman AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 22:21:32 -0800 Hi Birders! Sending a reminder out for Wednesday (tomorrow) night's Los Angeles Audubon Society's monthly meeting, 7:30pm, Wednesday February 8, 2012 new meeting site: Where: PLUMMER PARK COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING, 7377 Santa Monica Blvd. (at Martel Ave.) W. Hollywood, CA 90046. Free parking is available in Plummer Park and additional parking is available in the Fountain Ave. lot. BARTSHÉ MILLER PRESENTS “THE MONO LAKE STORY” Mono Lake is a striking saline ecosystem surrounded by desert peaks, volcanoes, and the Sierra Nevada. The lake is one of the most productive habitats on the planet, yet the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power threatened to unravel thousands of years of natural history through water diversions. Changing public trust values ignited a grassroots campaign that protected Mono Lake, affected water use in Los Angeles, and transformed water law in California. The solution remains a rare environmental success story for generations of water users. Refreshments will be served. Come and listen to this great talk. LAAS will sponsor a trip to the Eastern Sierra April 21-22, 2012 and Mono Lake will be visited during the excursion. March meeting at DEBS PARK: Mary and Nick Freeman: Thailand - In Search of the Dream Bird April meeting at DEBS PARK: Alvaro Jaramillo: How our brain identifies birds - Birding identification like a pro! Cheers! Mary Freeman Glendale, CA Los Angeles Audubon Society Program Chair and Fieldtrip Leader http://losangelesaudubon.org/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: LA Audubon monthly meeting Wed 2/8/12 @ PLUMMER PARK, W. HOLLYWOOD From: Nick & Mary Freeman <mnfreeman AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 22:21:32 -0800 Hi Birders! Sending a reminder out for Wednesday (tomorrow) night's Los Angeles Audubon Society's monthly meeting, 7:30pm, Wednesday February 8, 2012 new meeting site: Where: PLUMMER PARK COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING, 7377 Santa Monica Blvd. (at Martel Ave.) W. Hollywood, CA 90046. Free parking is available in Plummer Park and additional parking is available in the Fountain Ave. lot. BARTSHÉ MILLER PRESENTS “THE MONO LAKE STORY” Mono Lake is a striking saline ecosystem surrounded by desert peaks, volcanoes, and the Sierra Nevada. The lake is one of the most productive habitats on the planet, yet the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power threatened to unravel thousands of years of natural history through water diversions. Changing public trust values ignited a grassroots campaign that protected Mono Lake, affected water use in Los Angeles, and transformed water law in California. The solution remains a rare environmental success story for generations of water users. Refreshments will be served. Come and listen to this great talk. LAAS will sponsor a trip to the Eastern Sierra April 21-22, 2012 and Mono Lake will be visited during the excursion. March meeting at DEBS PARK: Mary and Nick Freeman: Thailand - In Search of the Dream Bird April meeting at DEBS PARK: Alvaro Jaramillo: How our brain identifies birds - Birding identification like a pro! Cheers! Mary Freeman Glendale, CA Los Angeles Audubon Society Program Chair and Fieldtrip Leader http://losangelesaudubon.org/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Bonelli Park Bald Eagles From: "Rod" <warblerod AT verizon.net> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:36:09 -0000 Today 2/7 2 adult Bald Eagles were observed in a pine tree north of the Swim Beach on the west side of the lake. An unusual bird for the park, an adult Western Gull, was along the Swim Beach. Rod Higbie San Dimas ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Palos Verdes Summer Tanager From: "davidells" <davidells AT cox.net> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:28:29 -0000 Hi Birders, John Small spotted a bird on Saturday (Feb 4), and e-mailed me about it. The next morning (Sunday, Feb 5) I went there myself (for the first time), and found the bird at 10:15am, a short distance from the location John described. The bird is a male SUMMER TANAGER in transitionary plumage, with patches of both yellow and red. Photo: http://kingbird.myphotos.cc/n17_IMG_8994_Summer_Tanager.jpg On Saturday, John saw the tanager in a bare tree (from his description, I think it's the tree at 33.80433°N,118.36789°W), close to the white transmission building near a small curving road named Navajo Place in Palos Verdes. This can be seen from a high point on the trail that stretches 1.65 miles straight west to east (before angling off to the southeast) defining the border between Torrance and Palos Verdes. Here is a Google Street View link of the area in question: http://goo.gl/vF8db The tree on the center of the right edge of this viewport is now bare, although it was not bare at the time the Street View photo was taken. It might be the tree where John saw the bird. On Sunday, I saw the tanager in a eucalyptus in somebody's backyard, while exploring the area near where John described. As it is in somebody's backyard I should probably not describe the exact location, but it's possible the bird might go there regularly, so if you're interested in seeing this bird, you can e-mail me and I'll ask the people who live there if it's okay to give you the exact location (I've already e-mailed them my photo). The tanager was calling when I found it at 10:15am (but was not calling when John saw it). I observed it until 10:28am. Other birds observed while exploring the area include at least three Townsend's Warblers, a Red-shouldered Hawk pair, a Myrtle Warbler, and a singing Orange-crowned Warbler. David Ellsworth San Pedro, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: 3 White-winged Scoters; continuing Plumbeous From: <busyday AT ca.rr.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:31:17 -0500 Birders, Mon 6 Feb This morning in the Surf Scoter flocks off Dockweiler I had one female-type WW Scoter opposite lifeguard station #49 well north of Imperial Hwy, plus an adult male and a female-type opposite the RV Park south of Imperial. Yesterday morning at South Gate Park in South Gate I saw a continuing Plumbeous Vireo, foraging mostly in conifers and eucs SSW of the ballfields. Richard Barth West Hollywood ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Kimball Garrett speaking about Los Angeles parrots on 89.3 KPCC From: "walteralamb" <walter.lamb AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:49:49 -0000 My wife just alerted me to this interview with Kimball on the Madeleine Brand show today. http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/2012/02/06/22406/parrots-flock-to-south-pasadena Walter Lamb Culver City, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Ten Banded Canada Goose at La Mirada Regional County Park From: Robert van de Hoek <robertvandehoek AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:14:58 -0800 (PST) Greetings Birders, February 5, 2012:   There have been 10 banded Canada Goose staying together with 6 unbanded Canada Goose as group of 16 Canada Goose at La Mirada Regional County Park for more than a month now, from January 2 to February 5, 2012.  Sometimes they spend the night at the park but sometimes they fly north toward Whittier Narrows and then return the following morning.   I have read the leg bands with a spotting scope (15x-45x) so that I've read 4 bands completely now, and I've got a response from USGS at Patuxent, Maryland.  All four geese are males that were first banded in Utah in June, 2010.  One juvenile male was born in 2010 near Salt Lake City at the Ruddy Duck Club.  Two juvenile males were born in 2009 and will become adults this spring when they will be 3 years old.  And one adult male was born in 2008 or earlier, which is now approaching 4 years old.   Has anyone found 10 banded Canada Goose together in Los Angeles County with 6 unbanded geese, for a total of 16 individuals?   Is this rare and unique to find 10 banded birds or geese together on the urbanized pacific slope of Los Angeles County?  These geese would most likely have traveled across the Great Basin Desert and Mohave Desert in Nevada and California to reach us here in Los Angeles County.   "Roy" Robert van de Hoek, Conservation Biologist, Urban Ecologist, Biogeographer Ballona Institute & Wetlands Defense Fund Los Angeles (Playa Del Rey) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Bonelli Park Bald Eagle From: "Rod" <warblerod AT verizon.net> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:40:57 -0000 Today 2/5 an adult Bald Eagle was observed soaring over the lake and resting in a tree in the adjacent East Shore RV Park. Mountain Bluebirds continued at the west end of Brackett Field. Rod Higbie San Dimas ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: LeConte's and Sage Thrashers at Piute Ponds. From: "jimmoore91390" <jimmoore AT socal.rr.com> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:11:32 -0000 We had good looks at a pair of singing LeConte's Trashers and a one Sage Trasher this morning at Piute Ponds. The LeConte's were seen in the salt cedar to the east of the duck ponds. Seems we are experiencing an invasion of Sage Trashers. We saw two more later in the day at 90th E and Ave G in Lancaster. Jim Moore Agua Dulce. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Sage Thrasher at Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds From: layton Pace <ecjllp AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 20:03:28 -0800 (PST) A Sage Thrasher appeared this morning, Sat 2/4, at about 8:30 am approximately 125 yards north of the Mines Ave entrance off of Paramount Blvd. The bird initially was perched near the top of a shrub lining the inside of the northeast dry pond and then dropped down to feed on the ground on the inside edge of the diking. The bird approached to within 12 feet. Below is a link showing two pictures of the Sage Thrasher and other birds at the spreading grounds and Legg Lakes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecjllp/sets/72157629175069757/ The spreading grounds held many birds, including Greater White-fronted Geese, many duck species, and flocks of W Meadowlarks, Cedar Waxwings and other species.   Layton Pace Manhattan Beach [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Ross's Goose & 775 California Gulls at Marina Del Rey Middle School From: Robert van de Hoek <robertvandehoek AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 13:02:31 -0800 (PST) Greetings Birders, February 4, 2012 (Saturday):   Ross's Goose was difficult to locate amongst 775+ California Gull in the ball field at Marina Del Rey Middle School from 7am to 11am, but then only moved to the longitudinal sand bar in Ballona Creek (low tide exposed soil only), due to a gentleman that arrived to stripe the soccer fields.  The school baseball fields can be accessed from Culver Boulevard, via Braddock Avenue, or from Centinela Avenue via the Ballona Creek bicycle path.   Also, the Ross's Goose was at MDR Middle School two mornings ago (Thursday).  And late afternoon yesterday (Friday) from 4pm to 6pm, the Ross's Goose was with a Great Blue Heron on the state-owned baseball fields of the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve, whereupon it flew to Ballona Creek.  These baseball fields can be viewed directly from a steep driveway on Culver Boulevard or from the bicycle path on Ballona Creek.  The two ball fields and Ballona Creek are less than 1/4 mile from each other, so you can check both areas easily when at the Ballona Wetlands.   This is the same goose that previously has been reported as a hybrid Ross's/Snow Goose, but now appears to be Ross's Goose, perhaps a 1-2 year old bird.  Of historical interest, both of these species occurred together mixed flocks of "white" geese in this part of Los Angeles in great numbers in the first quarter of the 20th Century, and were hunted and sold in the LA Markets, circa  1912, 100 years ago, according to a report by George Willett, an early curator of birds at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.   "Roy" Robert van de Hoek Ballona Institute & Wetlands Defense Fund Los Angeles (Playa Del Rey), CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Loggerhead Shrike, Ballona From: "bastarrett" <hazenstarrett AT ca.rr.com> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:52:23 -0000 Sat 4 Feb at 10:15, in the dead snag where I believe they have been reported before, on the North side of Jefferson across from the West end of the Freshwater Marsh. It hung out there for 10 minutes or so, then moved to the small tree immediately to the West. When I left at 10:45 it was gone. Bruce Starrett Los Angeles ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Plumbeous Vireo, Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City From: "bastarrett" <hazenstarrett AT ca.rr.com> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:36:03 -0000 Fri 3 Feb at 1:30 p.m. There was a Plumbeous Vireo at Holy Cross Cemetery in the trees immediately to the East of the pond near the south entrance. I only got a few quick looks at it before I lost track of it while fumbling for the camera. . . I was unable to refind it. This is not far from the area where a PLVI was seen several times last winter (LACoBirds #10313.) Bruce Starrett Los Angeles ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Dark-eyed Junco Error in Sibley - in the Onion News From: "Scott Logan" <wildwingsla AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:14:49 -0000 Ron Cyger posted this on the Pasadena Audubon list server today: "I was recently browsing the web and run across this Onion article. Enjoy! --Ron" http://www.theonion.com/articles/the-sibley-guide-to-birds-has-clearly-misidentifie,11301/ It's a great read! Scott Logan Sherman Oaks ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Burrowing Owl at Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds From: "bkinla2011" <bhaskark2 AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:32:05 -0000 Dear All, My eight-year old, Shriram, and I saw a Burrowing Owl this afternoon at Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds (map coordinates: 33.99542, -118.09600). I've posted a photo on the group album under "16 Owls". Best, Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Los Angeles ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Burrowing Owl continues at San Gabriel Spreading Grounds From: "jraymusic AT att.net" <jraymusic@att.net> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:52:14 -0000 Feb. 3 The Burrowing Owl continued today at the San Gabriel Spreading Grounds in Pico Rivera. The owl was easily seen in the south pond, which is dry now, on the edge of the spillway, just north of the entrance at Washington and Pico Vista. Julia Ray La Crescenta ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: Laysan Albatross' origin From: "Kimball Garrett" <kgarrett AT nhm.org> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:43:13 -0800 Tom, Several Laysan Albatrosses have come in to L. A. Harbor over the years aboard freighters, so it certainly happens. Sightings and pick-up truck stowaways close to the harbor are likely to be from that sort of scenario. Albatrosses need a lot of running room to take off, and it's possible some birds end up aboard large ships from downdrafts or clipping a line or bit of superstructure as they fly by and can't take off again. They most certainly wouldn't mistake a freighter for an island, as quoted in the L. A. Times article. Even if they were that easily fooled, which is extremely unlikely, they'd be unlikely to land on a non-breeding island anyway. And although the bird was said to be "bound for the Hawaiian Islands" after its release, there are closer nesting colonies off nw. Mexico that may be the origin of many or most southern California Laysans (of course if it rode a freighter a great distance it might well have come from the Hawaiian region -- depending on which freighter). KLG Kimball L. Garrett Ornithology Collections Manager Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA 213-763-3368 kgarrett AT nhm.org http://www.nhm.org/site/research-collections/ornithology -----Original Message----- From: LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Desert Iguana Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 1:55 PM To: LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [LACoBirds] Laysan Albatross' origin What evidence is there that the Albatross was ship-assisted? I did not see anything proving this in the LA Times article that I read. Was there a sailor who saw the bird sitting on the mast of his schooner? Are albatrosses known for this type of behavior? ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Laysan Albatross' origin From: Desert Iguana <thomas.miko AT verizon.net> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:54:49 -0600 (CST) Hi Folks, For some perverse reason, Bernardo is one of several birders (Dan Cooper, Istvan Katona et al) whose emails get filtered out by Verizon (I should just dump this email account), so I can't directly respond to something he said i.e. repeated: What evidence is there that the Albatross was ship-assisted? I did not see anything proving this in the LA Times article that I read. Was there a sailor who saw the bird sitting on the mast of his schooner? Are albatrosses known for this type of behavior? I still giggle when I recall a fishing boat pulling into a harbor in southern Sonora: the entire rigging was full of a good 50 or so Blue-footed and Brown Boobies. They were lined up like pigeons on a power line. Thomas Miko (Mi'ko' Tama's) Claremont, Los Angeles County, California *********************************************************** (1) This email was written without my reading glasses on. (2) Never end a sentence a preposition with. *********************************************************** ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Los Angeles RBA - 2 February 2012 From: Jon Fisher <JonF60 AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:58:15 -0800 - RBA * California * Los Angeles RBA * February 2, 2012 * CALA1202.02 -Birds mentioned Greater White-fronted Goose Brant White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Rough-legged Hawk Mountain Plover Burrowing Owl Red-naped Sapsucker Gray Flycatcher Dusky-capped Flycatcher Bell’s Vireo Sage Thrasher Black-and-white Warbler Lucy’s Warbler Painted Redstart Summer Tanager White-throated Sparrow Hooded Oriole California Bird Records Committee (report rarities as appropriate on the rare bird report form): http://www.californiabirds.org/ Enter your bird sightings on eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird Hotline: Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert E-mail reports to: Jon Fisher at JonF60 AT hotmail.com Coverage: Los Angeles County -Transcript This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, February 2. Over twenty GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were at the Rio Hondo Spreading Basins in Pico Rivera on January 27 and 28. The birds were in the northeast corner of the basins. Access is just west of Paramount and Mines. One male and four female type WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were off Dockwelier State Beach in El Segundo through February 1. A female LONG-TAILED DUCK at the Ballona Creek mouth was present through January 28. Park at the end of Pacific Ave on the south side of the Ballona Creek and continue on foot to the channel and jetties. A BRANT continues here as well. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK (probably the same one seen earlier west of Quail Lake) was at 290th Street West and the LA Aqueduct in the west Antelope Valley on February 1. Up to 112 MOUNTAIN PLOVERS were in the Antelope Valley on January 27. They were in a field on the east side of 110th Street East, between Ave. I and J. A BURROWING OWL is at the San Gabriel River Spreading Grounds. It has been near the spillway for the south pond. Access is from Washington Blvd, just west of the 605 Freeway. Two RED-NAPED SAPSUCKERS were in Altadena on January 27 and another was at Rose Hills in Whittier (near gate #11) on January 29. The GRAY FLYCATCHER continues at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City southwest of the office complex near the top of the hill. The DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER and a LUCY’S WARBLER continue at Veteran’s Park in Bell Gardens. Look for them west of the Senior Center yard or in this general area. The BELL’S VIREO at Cudahy Park in Cudahy was present through January 27. It has been in Chinese Elms overhanging the park’s west side fence and behind and enclosure containing an electrical box. A SAGE THRASHER was east of Orcas Park in Lakeview Terrace on January 28. It was midway between the park and the 210 Freeway overpass. More SAGE THRASHERS are being reported in the Antelope Valley. The BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER at El Segundo Library Park was seen through February 1. It was near the patio area in the northwest part of the park. The PAINTED REDSTART in Chavez Ravine was present through January 31. From the parking area at Stadium Way and Academy Road, walk well north to a spot south of the restroom and play area. The bird often frequents a white oak in this area. SUMMER TANAGERS continued at West LA College (a male along Freshman Drive, just inside the entrance) and at Gonzales Park in Compton where a second bird was found on January 28 (both female type birds). A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW continued at Sand Dune Park in Manhattan Beach. It was seen through January 27 along the south boundary of the park. Another was at Placerita Canyon near the start of the Waterfall and Los Pinetos Trails. A HOODED ORIOLE continues at Ralph Dills Park in Paramount. It was seen through January 27. This report is sponsored by the Los Angeles Audubon Society. - end transcript Jon L Fisher Glendale, CA JonF60 AT hotmail.com EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS For all events, field trips and announcements, please see our website at http://www.laaudubon.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Any Scissor-tail sightings, lately? From: "thomas.miko AT verizon.net"<thomas.miko@verizon.net> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:10:19 -0800 Hi, Has anybody tried or failed to see the San Pedro Scissor-tailed Flycatcher? You guys heard about the Layson Albatross that landed in the back of some guy's pickup truck, here, right? Tom Miko at lunch at Fantastic Cafe on Gaffey (909) 241 3300 Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Laysan Albatross Rehabilitated in San Pedro From: Bernardo Alps <whalephoto AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 07:51:55 -0800 (GMT-08:00) Hi all. Here is a link to an L. A. Times stroy about a Laysan Albatross that must have come in on a ship, but somehow ended up on a pickup truck: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-albatross-20120201,0,6654678.story. Take care, Bernardo Bernardo Alps Whalephoto AT earthlink.net 310.597.0449 ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Ross's goose relocated to MacArthur Park` From: "Judith Raskin" <jayebea AT att.net> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:39:25 -0800 Echo Park Lake is undergoing a two year rehabilitation and the Bureau of Engineering built some temporary ponds to accommodate the domestic geese and ducks. Ross's goose has long been a resident of the lake (5-6 years); I guess he got lost on some migration and couldn't find his way home. Anyway, there were reports of coyotes and Rec and Parks and the Bureau of Engineering decided to relocate the birds. About 60 were moved to three different parks. Ross and his buddies went to MacArthur Park. I visited them this morning (Wednesday, Feb. 1). They seem to favor the lawn on the 7th Street side of the park, about a block from Park View Street, and they do seem okay. There were other interesting sightings. Four-five black crowned night herons in a large tree overlooking the east side of lake; plus ring-necked ducks, ruddies, coots, mallards, western gulls, cormorants and a single male lesser scaup. Judy Raskin Echo Park ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Rough-legged Hawk and Sage Thrashers From: "jimmoore91390" <jimmoore AT socal.rr.com> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:02:57 -0000 Seen today on 290th St just north of the Aquaduct in Lancaster. I expect the Rough-legged is the same as the one seen earlier near Quail Lake. Two Sage Trashers were seen. I expect more are in the area. Jim Moore Agua Dulce ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Dockweiler scoter update: other notes From: <busyday AT ca.rr.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:18:30 -0500 Birders, Wed 1 Feb Early this morning I found five White-winged Scoters in the Surf Scoter flocks off Dockweiler Beach. A striking adult male and two female-types were between lifeguard stations #47 and 49, about a mile north of Imperial Hwy. Two more female-types were south of Imperial Hwy, about 400 yds north of the Hyperion Outlook/lifeguard station #58 area. The Black-and-white Warbler continues at El Segundo Library Park. At approx 0930 it was in Brazilian peppers west of the bandstand before moving to a nearby sycamore toward the "patio" area. Yesterday late morning at Bell Gardens Veterans Park the Dusky-capped Flycatcher and Lucy's Warbler were active west of the Senior Center yard. Also yesterday I saw four Spotted Doves at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Boyle Heights. They were along the east border fence and just over the fence on a neighborhood rooftop. Richard Barth West Hollywood ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Tonite on KCET @10P From: Bettina Bennewitz <bbennewitz2003 AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:40:38 -0800 (PST) Guts & Glory at the World Series of Birding takes you inside the competitive World Series of Birding   Bettina Bennewitz Los Angeles [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RFI: Red-breasted Sapsucker From: Chuck & Lillian <misclists AT att.net> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:17:43 -0800 It turned out that the out-of-towner is looking for a Red-Breasted Sapsucker. I know of the location at the visitor's center at Malibu Creek State Park. Any other good locations in the LA area? Chuck Almdale North Hills, CA. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Painted Redstart continues at Elysian Park - Chavez Ravine From: "jraymusic AT att.net" <jraymusic@att.net> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:06:09 -0000 Jan. 31 This afternoon, the Painted Redstart was in its favorite White Oak tree, just south of the restroom and play area at Elysian Park - Chavez Ravine. Julia Ray La Crescenta ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Dusky-capped Flycatcher continues, Bell Gardens From: Anil Antony <anil.antony AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:27:35 -0800 The Lucy's Warbler was present yesterday (Saturday) from 2:10 - 3:00 pm. It was working a large tree with compound leaves (sorry, don't know my Cali trees) west of the senior center yard. The Dusky-capped Flycatcher, a Black Phoebe, an Orange-crowned Warbler, a Black-throated Gray Warbler, and several Yellow-rumpeds were in the same tree. Anil Antony Downtown LA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Sage Thrasher at Orcas Park From: "birdingbrad" <birdingbrad AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:26:49 -0000 This afternoon I photographed a Sage Thrasher at Orcas Park in Lake View Terrace (Hansen Dam area). It was about halfway between the parking lot of Orcas Park and the 210 underpass, north of the main trail which parallels the stream. This is my first posting; I will try to post a photo. Brad Rumble Los Angeles ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Mergansers in Culver City From: "vicwarren13" <scc_vicwarren AT msn.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:21:09 -0000 Greetings! Yesterday a pair of Hooded Mergansers arrived on our lake at Raintree in Culver City. They're probably the same pair that has been spending time nearby at Lakeside. But the big surprise was four female Red-breasted Mergansers! We've never seen the bird here in three years, and Don Sterba's list of sightings for 13 years doesn't show it either. We went back to the lake today, and there were five of them! We've added a couple of photos to the duck file. Good birding, Vic Warren and Laurel Scott Culver City ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Red-naped Sapsucker, Rose Hills, Whittier From: larschmahl AT aol.com Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:40:20 -0500 (EST) On my way home from Sunday morning birding, I drove through the lower portion of Rose Hills Memorial Park at gates 10 and 11. This area is near Rose Hills Parkway and Workman Mill. Near Gate 11, in a lone Ginkgo Tree, I saw a Red-naped Sapsucker. Larry Schmahl Whittier [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Dusky-capped Flycatcher continues, Bell Gardens From: larschmahl AT aol.com Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:36:26 -0500 (EST) Hello all, Just a note to let you know that the Dusky-capped Flycatcher in Bell Gardens Veterans Park is still present. The bird was in various trees in the north side of the park. If its calling, its fairly easy to find. I did not find the Lucy's Warbler but I wasn't there very long. Larry Schmahl Whittier [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RFI: Red-naped Sapsucker at Veteran's Park From: Chuck & Lillian <misclists AT att.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:33:03 -0800 On behalf of someone coming in from out-of-town: Can anyone tell me where in the park this bird is hanging out? Chuck Almdale North Hills, CA. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: White-throated Sparrow at Placerita Canyon From: dant1999 AT gmail.com Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:44:58 -0000 I observed a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW this morning at about 7:30 at Placerita Canyon in the Walker Ranch area. It was foraging among a mixed flock of dark-eyed juncos and golden-crowned sparrows between the start of the Waterfall Trail and the Los Pinetos Trail. Daniel Tinoco Van Nuys, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Greater White-fronted Geese Rio Hondo Spreading Grnds, Pico Rivera From: "jraymusic AT att.net" <jraymusic@att.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:30:38 -0000 1/28/12 Today, at 10 AM, my mother and I went to see the Greater White-fronted Geese that Larry and Ed had reported. We found 22 individuals, separated into two groups. None seemed to be banded. We obtained photos. One photo shows the first group of 17 individuals. The other photo shows the second group of five individuals. Julia Ray La Crescenta --- In LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com, "Ed Stonick" wrote: > > Greetings! > > > > I stopped by the spreading grounds about 3:30 p.m. this afternoon and saw 14 of the White-fronted Geese. They did fly in from the north. I have a few photos but none which contains all the birds. This is the highest number of WFGO I have ever seen in L. A. County, although I once had a flock of about 100 of them over Bolsa Chica. They landed near some Canada Geese and fed nearby without any incidents that I saw. None of the birds appeared to be banded or marked in any way, but there were about 150 yards away. > > > > It would be nice if any consideration were given to wildlife, but it seems to me the water dispersal is random. You may remember the tragedy a couple of summers ago when a number of nesting ducks in this area expired because the water levels dropped too low. > > > > Ed > > > > Ed Stonick > > Pasadena, CA > > edstonick AT ... > > > > From: LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert van de Hoek > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 12:32 PM > To: lacobirds AT yahoogroups.com; larschmahl AT ... > Subject: Re: [LACoBirds] Greater White-fronted Geese Rio Hondo Spreading Grnds, Pico Rivera > > > > > > Hi Larry and Birders, > > Twenty-three Greater White-fronted Goose is a great observation in Los Angeles County. > > Did you get any photographs of them? I hope that others are going to try and see them and obtain photographs of them? This proves clearly that the "greater" Whittier Narrows region including Rio Hondo and San Gabriel River region is a valuable habitat that needs careful management for wildlife, not just for water management. > > Did you see any leg-banded individuals or wing tags on any of the geese? > > Also, did you see them fly in and alight, or were they already on the ground when you spotted them? Did you see them fly off, and if so, which compass direction were they going? > > What time this morning did you see them, as your email is dated as 12noon? Were you able watch them for awhile, or did you have to leave them right away to go to work? > > Were the two species of geese somewhat segregated? Did you see any antagonistic display between the two species of geese? > > As you can see, I'm quite interested in your observation. I'd be interested in any other behavioral observations that you noted about these geese. > > I'm grateful and appreciative for your birding observations in the "Greater" Whittier Narrows Ecosystem (GWNE) over the last 20+ years. Thank you. > > "Roy" > Robert van de Hoek, Past President of Whittier Area Audubon Society > Wetlands Defense fund and Ballona Institute > Los Angeles (Playa Del Rey), CA > > --- On Fri, 1/27/12, larschmahl AT ... > wrote: > > From: larschmahl AT ... > > Subject: [LACoBirds] Greater White-fronted Geese Rio Hondo Spreading Grnds, Pico Rivera > To: lacobirds AT yahoogroups.com > Date: Friday, January 27, 2012, 12:02 PM > > > > Hello all, > > This morning, 27January, there were 23 Greater White-fronted Geese in the > Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds in Pico Rivera. The birds were with a flock of > 370 Canada Geese. They were in the basin at the northeast corner of the > spreading grounds. > The area was very birdy this morning. I left with 53 species seen. The > basins along Paramount Blvd. are dry but the west basin had water and lots of > ducks and gulls. > > Larry Schmahl > Whittier > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: 2 Summer Tanagers in Compton From: <busyday AT ca.rr.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:11:45 -0500 Birders, Sat 28 Jan This morning I checked on the Summer Tanager at Gonzales Park (found 10 Jan) and soon realized there are two individuals present. They roamed the east/southeast part of the park, at one point foraging in the same tree. Both are female-types. Gonzales Park is off Rosecrans Ave between Central Ave and Wilmington Ave. Richard Barth West Hollywood ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Mountain Plovers in Antelope Valley From: JLobel AT aol.com Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:32:19 -0500 (EST) Yesterday 27 Jan 2012 Jocelyn McFaul, Scott Logan, and I surveyed parts of the Eastern Antelope Valley for Mountain Plovers. We drove 85 miles of roads surveying likely habitat and only found plovers at the field East of 110th St between East Aves I & J. We had a flock of 5 there around 11 AM and then around 4 PM a flock of approx. 112 Mountain Plovers, which may be the highest number reported there this season. John Lobel Sherman Oaks, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Long-tailed duck in Marina Del Rey From: Christopher Taylor <calbird AT kiwi.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:01:14 -0800 Still present this AM in the north jetty (1/28, Saturday). Staying with the Surf Scoter flock. http://kiwifoto.com/whats_new_photos.html -- Christopher Taylor Marina del Rey, CA http://kiwifoto.com -----Original Message----- From: bkinla2011 [mailto:bhaskark2 AT gmail.com] To LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, Jan 27, 2012 at 08:40 PM (PST) Subject: [LACoBirds] Long-tailed duck in Marina Del Rey [1.3K] Message-Id: Dear All, I observed the female long-tailed duck in Marina Del Rey this afternoon (1/27) near the center jetty, where it has been reported earlier. It stayed close to a female Red-Breasted Merganser. Best, Bhaskar Krishnamachari Los Angeles ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Red-naped Sapsuckers in Altadena From: Katherine Moyd <kmoyd AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:22:59 -0800 Yesterday a pair of red-naped sapsuckers were checking out trees in my neighborhood and engaging in courting behavior. I am near Washington Blvd and Allen Avenue close to the border between Pasadena and Altadena. Kathy Moyd ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Long-tailed duck in Marina Del Rey From: "bkinla2011" <bhaskark2 AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:40:23 -0000 Dear All, I observed the female long-tailed duck in Marina Del Rey this afternoon (1/27) near the center jetty, where it has been reported earlier. It stayed close to a female Red-Breasted Merganser. Best, Bhaskar Krishnamachari Los Angeles ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: Greater White-fronted Geese Rio Hondo Spreading Grnds, Pico Rivera From: "Ed Stonick" <edstonick AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:57:53 -0800 Greetings! I stopped by the spreading grounds about 3:30 p.m. this afternoon and saw 14 of the White-fronted Geese. They did fly in from the north. I have a few photos but none which contains all the birds. This is the highest number of WFGO I have ever seen in L. A. County, although I once had a flock of about 100 of them over Bolsa Chica. They landed near some Canada Geese and fed nearby without any incidents that I saw. None of the birds appeared to be banded or marked in any way, but there were about 150 yards away. It would be nice if any consideration were given to wildlife, but it seems to me the water dispersal is random. You may remember the tragedy a couple of summers ago when a number of nesting ducks in this area expired because the water levels dropped too low. Ed Ed Stonick Pasadena, CA edstonick AT earthlink.net From: LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert van de Hoek Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 12:32 PM To: lacobirds AT yahoogroups.com; larschmahl AT aol.com Subject: Re: [LACoBirds] Greater White-fronted Geese Rio Hondo Spreading Grnds, Pico Rivera Hi Larry and Birders, Twenty-three Greater White-fronted Goose is a great observation in Los Angeles County. Did you get any photographs of them? I hope that others are going to try and see them and obtain photographs of them? This proves clearly that the "greater" Whittier Narrows region including Rio Hondo and San Gabriel River region is a valuable habitat that needs careful management for wildlife, not just for water management. Did you see any leg-banded individuals or wing tags on any of the geese? Also, did you see them fly in and alight, or were they already on the ground when you spotted them? Did you see them fly off, and if so, which compass direction were they going? What time this morning did you see them, as your email is dated as 12noon? Were you able watch them for awhile, or did you have to leave them right away to go to work? Were the two species of geese somewhat segregated? Did you see any antagonistic display between the two species of geese? As you can see, I'm quite interested in your observation. I'd be interested in any other behavioral observations that you noted about these geese. I'm grateful and appreciative for your birding observations in the "Greater" Whittier Narrows Ecosystem (GWNE) over the last 20+ years. Thank you. "Roy" Robert van de Hoek, Past President of Whittier Area Audubon Society Wetlands Defense fund and Ballona Institute Los Angeles (Playa Del Rey), CA --- On Fri, 1/27/12, larschmahl AT aol.com > wrote: From: larschmahl AT aol.com > Subject: [LACoBirds] Greater White-fronted Geese Rio Hondo Spreading Grnds, Pico Rivera To: lacobirds AT yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 27, 2012, 12:02 PM Hello all, This morning, 27January, there were 23 Greater White-fronted Geese in the Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds in Pico Rivera. The birds were with a flock of 370 Canada Geese. They were in the basin at the northeast corner of the spreading grounds. The area was very birdy this morning. I left with 53 species seen. The basins along Paramount Blvd. are dry but the west basin had water and lots of ducks and gulls. Larry Schmahl Whittier [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: some follow-ups From: <busyday AT ca.rr.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:51:09 -0500 Birders, Fri 27 Jan This morning the Chavez Ravine Painted Redstart was reliably present. At approx 0930 it flew into it's usual White Oak south of the upper restroom building. Chavez Ravine is off Stadium Way and Academy Road in Elysian Park, north of Dodger Stadium. The Bell's Vireo continues at Cudahy City Park. Late morning I again had it in the Chinese elms that hang over the west fence behind a green cage for electrical boxes. Cudahy Park is along the west side of the L.A.River at the end of Santa Ana St. At Ralph Dills Park in Paramount I could not find the Orchard Oriole. The Hooded and one of the Bullock's Orioles were in the eucalyptus in front of 6443 San Luis St. Belated report. As of Wednesday the Black-and-white Warbler continued at El Segundo Library Park. Approx 0800 it was in a sycamore near the patio area in the NW corner. Library Park is at Main and Mariposa, across from El Segundo High School. Richard Barth West Hollywood ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: White-throated Sparrow at Sand Dune Park From: "Don" <donsterba AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:17:35 -0000 Fri 27 Jan I found the Dec 23rd White-throated Sparrow (assumed to be the same bird: obvious streaks on breast, mostly white-ish supercilium with a trailing buffy "tail") in a flock of White-crowneds on the hillside close to the fence along the southern boundary of the park. Search file "Birding Locations" for "SAND DUNE": http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/files/Directions/ Don Sterba Culver City --- In LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com, "Lori Conrad" wrote: > > While I'm at home getting ready for work, Mark is out birding (of course!) & > he found a juvenile WTSP at Sand Dune park. It's hanging out with a flock of > White-crowns in the open area on the hill, just south of the main east/west > stairwell, north of the dog park. > > Lori & Mark Conrad > Hermosa Beach ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Greater White-fronted Geese Rio Hondo Spreading Grnds, Pico Rivera From: Robert van de Hoek <robertvandehoek AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:32:20 -0800 (PST) Hi Larry and Birders,   Twenty-three Greater White-fronted Goose is a great observation in Los Angeles County.   Did you get any photographs of them?   I hope that others are going to try and see them and obtain photographs of them?  This proves clearly that the "greater" Whittier Narrows region including  Rio Hondo and San Gabriel River region is a valuable habitat that needs careful management for wildlife, not just for water management.   Did you see any leg-banded individuals or wing tags on any of the geese?   Also, did you see them fly in and alight, or were they already on the ground when you spotted them?  Did you see them fly off, and if so, which compass direction were they going?   What time this morning did you see them, as your email is dated as 12noon?  Were you able watch them for awhile, or did you have to leave them right away to go to work? Were the two species of geese somewhat segregated?  Did you see any antagonistic display between the two species of geese?   As you can see, I'm quite interested in your observation.  I'd be interested in any other behavioral observations that you noted about these geese.   I'm grateful and appreciative for your birding observations in the "Greater" Whittier Narrows Ecosystem (GWNE) over the last 20+ years.  Thank you.   "Roy" Robert van de Hoek, Past President of Whittier Area Audubon Society Wetlands Defense fund and Ballona Institute Los Angeles (Playa Del Rey), CA --- On Fri, 1/27/12, larschmahl AT aol.com wrote: From: larschmahl AT aol.com Subject: [LACoBirds] Greater White-fronted Geese Rio Hondo Spreading Grnds, Pico Rivera To: lacobirds AT yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 27, 2012, 12:02 PM   Hello all, This morning, 27January, there were 23 Greater White-fronted Geese in the Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds in Pico Rivera. The birds were with a flock of 370 Canada Geese. They were in the basin at the northeast corner of the spreading grounds. The area was very birdy this morning. I left with 53 species seen. The basins along Paramount Blvd. are dry but the west basin had water and lots of ducks and gulls. Larry Schmahl Whittier [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Greater White-fronted Geese Rio Hondo Spreading Grnds, Pico Rivera From: larschmahl AT aol.com Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:02:02 -0500 (EST) Hello all, This morning, 27January, there were 23 Greater White-fronted Geese in the Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds in Pico Rivera. The birds were with a flock of 370 Canada Geese. They were in the basin at the northeast corner of the spreading grounds. The area was very birdy this morning. I left with 53 species seen. The basins along Paramount Blvd. are dry but the west basin had water and lots of ducks and gulls. Larry Schmahl Whittier [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Los Angeles RBA - 26 January 2012 From: Jon Fisher <JonF60 AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:30:24 -0800 - RBA * California * Los Angeles RBA * January 26, 2012 * CALA1201.26 -Birds mentioned Eurasian Wigeon Eurasian x American Wigeon White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bald Eagle Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Gray Flycatcher Dusky-capped Flycatcher Ash-throated Flycatcher Brown Thrasher Lucy’s Warbler Hooded Warbler White-throated Sparrow Indigo Bunting California Bird Records Committee (report rarities as appropriate on the rare bird report form): http://www.californiabirds.org/ Enter your bird sightings on eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird Hotline: Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert E-mail reports to: Jon Fisher at JonF60 AT hotmail.com Coverage: Los Angeles County -Transcript This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, January 26. The EURASIAN WIGEON and hybrid EURASIAN X AMERICAN WIGEON were both still present through January 24 along Ballona Creek about 500 yards southwest of the Duquesne crossing in Culver City. Three female type WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were off Dockwelier State Beach in El Segundo on January 24. A female LONG-TAILED DUCK at the Ballona Creek mouth was present through January 22. Park at the end of Pacific Ave on the south side of the Ballona Creek and continue on foot to the channel and jetties. A BALD EAGLE continued at Bonelli Park in San Dimas through January 20. It is often near the east shore RV Park. The male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER continues at Ed Vincent Park in Inglewood. It is fairly regular in the carob tree and silk oaks by the Warren Lane parking lot. The GRAY FLYCATCHER continues at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City southwest of the office complex near the top of the hill. Another continues at Ed Vincent Park in Inglewood up the slope (north) from the ball fields. The DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER and a LUCY’S WARBLER continue at Veteran’s Park in Bell Gardens. Look for them west of the Senior Center yard or in this general area. An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER continues at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Preserve. On January 22, it was along the path west of the lake. The BROWN THRASHER continued at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont through January 25. This bird is on the east side of the gardens. Take the pathway from the entrance staying as close to the east border of the gardens as you can. Look for some leafless grape vines draped over the chain link fence on the east boundary adjacent to the Field Station. Hours are 8-5 and there is an $8 entry fee. The HOODED WARBLER also continued at RSABG through January 25. From the entrance take the path to the right and then go left just before the palm oasis. Look for the bird from this spot up to the base of the ramp that leads up the hill. WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were found at Augustus Hawkins Natural Park in Los Angeles on January 22 and at Claremont Hills Wilderness Park on January 26. For the Claremont bird-- from the parking area at the north end of Mills Ave., bear right on the dirt road where it splits and look for four oak trees by a dry creek bed about ½ mile up the road. The bird was in this area. A female INDIGO BUNTING returning for a second winter in the Los Feliz area was seen briefly on January 21. This report is sponsored by the Los Angeles Audubon Society. - end transcript Jon L Fisher Glendale, CA JonF60 AT hotmail.com EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS For all events, field trips and announcements, please see our website at http://www.laaudubon.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Bird and Bird Call ID From: "dan_cooper_90042" <dan_cooper_90042 AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:28:33 -0000 Ellen, Don't know if anyone responded, but the images show a Lincoln's Sparrow (only one morph that I know of), and the call sounds (to me) like a Mountain Chickadee. They give this squeaky, repetitive sound that this website calls their "gargle call" (http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_chickadee/sounds/ac) Oak Titmouse can make a similar call. Both also (constantly) deliver their "typical" calls too, so I'd just wait around for either a chickadee or a titmouse to appear to confirm. Both are common/expected in Monrovia. Dan Cooper San Gabriel --- In LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com, "ellenzunino" wrote: > > Song Sparrow? A light morph Lincoln? Something else? It's light coloration stood out among WC Sparrows, Lincoln's Sparrows and Finches. All the sparrows with "stripes" start to look alike after going through my bird books a couple of times;-) > > The bird calling in the background behind the hummers is? Its call sounded "thinner" than that of the RW Bulbul. I see and hear the Bulbuls every morning now when they feed in the neighbor's Brazilian Pepper Tree. This call didn't have the same quality. It sounded like it was coming from a small bird. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHSx6O3i3XI > > Ellen Zunino > Monrovia, CA > ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: First Robin From: "ellenzunino" <ezunino AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:33:51 -0000 Saw the first Robin of 2012 at noon. It was gobbling our Pyrancantha berries. Ellen Zunino Monrovia, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: LA County eBird Sightings From: Christopher Taylor <calbird AT kiwi.net> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:04:14 -0800 Hi birders, I thought you might be interested in this tool I created. It allows you view all notable species reported to eBird by county, state or nationwide: http://goo.gl/kyTyh You can also plot all the sightings on a map. You'll need to register (free) to view details on the data. But this will give people an immediate snapshot of what has been reported recently in LA County. I'm working on a way where you can signup for SMS notifications at the county/state/ABA code level/confirmed sighting level. Please let me know if you have any suggestions of how I can make this better. Thanks! -- Christopher Taylor Marina del Rey, CA http://kiwifoto.com ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: white-throated sparrow From: leighestus AT aol.com Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:18:34 -0500 (EST) This morning, Jan.26, at 9 a.m. I saw a white-throated sparrow at the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park, located at the end of Mills Ave. in Claremont. Keep to the right, where the road splits near the beginning of the walk, and when you climb a slight hill and curve to the right you will come to a row of about four oak trees very close to the road (shades the road) on the left side. There is a dry creek bed there and the sparrow was close to a pile of dead brush. Probably about 1/2 mile to the spot? On my return I caught a glimpse of the sparrow a little further up so it probably moves around in that area. Beware of congested parking and heavy foot traffic in the park. Martha Estus Claremont, California [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Bird and Bird Call ID From: "ellenzunino" <ezunino AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:09:05 -0000 Song Sparrow? A light morph Lincoln? Something else? It's light coloration stood out among WC Sparrows, Lincoln's Sparrows and Finches. All the sparrows with "stripes" start to look alike after going through my bird books a couple of times;-) The bird calling in the background behind the hummers is? Its call sounded "thinner" than that of the RW Bulbul. I see and hear the Bulbuls every morning now when they feed in the neighbor's Brazilian Pepper Tree. This call didn't have the same quality. It sounded like it was coming from a small bird. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHSx6O3i3XI Ellen Zunino Monrovia, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: RSABG-- Continuing rarities From: "Johnny Bovee" <johnnybovee AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:12:29 -0000 Sorry, The time and date of the sightings was today (01/25/12) between 8:15 am and 12:30 pm. Both birds continue in the previously reported locations. Johnny Bovee, San Antonio Heights ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: RSABG-- Continuing rarities (Photos) From: "Johnny Bovee" <johnnybovee AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:34:12 -0000 Pictures of the continuing HOODED WARBLER, and a terrible diagnostic shot of the continuing BROWN THRASHER, can be viewed on my flickr account at the following address: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnybovee/ Johnny Bovee, San Antonio Heights ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Continuing birds in Bell Gardens From: turlslb AT verizon.net Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:05:41 +0000 Birders, Today, Wed. Jan. 25, we stopped at Veteran's Park in Bell Gardens. We observed the Dusky-capped Flycatcher and the Lucy's Warbler in the same area as previous posts. Just west of the Senior Center yard. We also made a quick stop at the north side of Salt Lake Park in Bell. We easily found the Spotted Doves and there were also two Cooper's Hawks in the area. Becky & Steve Turley Long Beach Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RSABG-- continuing rarities From: "Johnny Bovee" <johnnybovee AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:10:18 -0000 I've spent the last four hours at the Botanic Gardens in Claremont. Had great looks at the continuing female Hooded Warbler. The Brown Thrasher continues as well (same location as before), although it did not venture into the garden side of the chain link fence, and was near impossible to see through all the brush. Pictures to follow. Johnny Bovee, San Antonio Heights ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Eurasian Wigeon not Arctic Loon From: "Marc Spigelman" <mspigelman AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:34:46 -0000 Big error. Was thinking about other recent life bird when I posted. Please forgive any heart attacks caused. Sincerely, Marc Spigelman Los Angeles ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Arctic Loon continues From: Christopher Taylor <calbird AT kiwi.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:31:56 -0800 Arctic Loon? -- Christopher Taylor Marina del Rey, CA http://kiwifoto.com -----Original Message----- From: Marc Spigelman [mailto:mspigelman AT earthlink.net] To LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, Jan 25, 2012 at 10:30 AM (PST) Subject: [LACoBirds] Arctic Loon continues [1.1K] Message-Id: Same location- Ballona Creek near Duquesne Ave- 8AM. Marc Spigelman Los Angeles ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Arctic Loon continues From: "Marc Spigelman" <mspigelman AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:30:25 -0000 Same location- Ballona Creek near Duquesne Ave- 8AM. Marc Spigelman Los Angeles ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: a few notes From: <busyday AT ca.rr.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:12:49 -0500 Birders, Tues 24 Jan Early this morning the scattered scoter flocks off Dockweiler Beach held three female-type White-wingeds. Two were together about a half mile north of Imperial Hwy, the other was south of Imperial and about 400 yds north of the Hyperion Outlook. At Ed Vincent Park in Inglewood I had the male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Approx 0915 it flushed from the carob tree near the exit of the long Warren Lane parking lot, flew to the silk oaks midway along the lot, then briefly visited several trees across the main walkway before returning to the silk oaks. John Kelly's Gray Flycatcher also continues at Vincent. 0945 it was foraging from small (young) Chinese elms on the upslope north of the ballfields. Richard Barth West Hollywood ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Ballona Eurasian Wigeon returns, Ross's Goose, other minor notes From: "Don" <donsterba AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:54:43 -0000 Tues 24 Jan At 10:00 AM I found the Eurasian Wigeon and the hybrid Eurasian X American Wigeon (LACoBirds #11652) at the same location about 500 yards southwest of Duquesne Ave. I added a collage image to the Waterfowl album. Over at Holy Cross Cemetery the Gray Flycatcher was in its accustomed area (LACoBirds #11544), and a quite reliable Peregrine Falcon was perched on the tall TV tower 200 yards east of the Playa St entrance. Don Sterba Culver City --- In LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com, "walteralamb" wrote: > > The Eurasian Wigeon, which was missing for several days, was just west of its earlier spot today (01/22/2012) with a flock of American Wigeons near where two aqueducts cross over the creek. > > Walter Lamb > Culver City ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: San Pedro Black-billed Magpie continues From: "davidells" <davidells AT cox.net> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:10:27 -0000 I spotted the Black-billed Magpie yesterday (Jan 22) at 3:49pm, foraging on the grass in Sunken City, around 33.70617°N,118.29065°W. As usual, the magpie was very shy, flying when approached in even the slightest manner, first to the small eucalyptus at 33.70586°N,118.290730°W at 3:53pm, then to the large eucalyptus at 33.70622°N,118.29066°W at 3:55pm, then to the Morton Bay Fig Tree at 33.70578°N,118.29136°W at 3:58pm. At 4:01pm when I spotted the magpie in that fig tree and looked at it with my binoculars, it saw me looking, and flew into another tree. I was not able to spot it again. Earlier, on Jan 12 at about 10am, Bob Beckler had spotted the Black-billed Magpie around the intersection of Shepard Street and South Carolina Street. If anyone else has seen this Black-billed Magpie (even if it was weeks ago) please e-mail me. As far as I'm aware these are the only sightings so far: 2011-12-26 14:07-14:10 - Point Fermin Park at 33.70510°N,118.29371°W, by David Ellsworth and Steve Lenker 2011-12-26 14:47-14:52 - at Shepard and Carolina, seen by David Ellsworth and Steve Lenker 2011-12-27 - at S. Carolina St. 2012-01-06 14:10 - at Sunken City, seen by David Ellsworth 2012-01-09 15:54 - at Sunken City, seen by David Ellsworth and Julia Ray 2012-01-12 10:00 - at Shepard and Carolina, seen by Bob Beckler 2012-01-22 15:49-16:01 - at Sunken City and the east edge of Point Fermin Park, seen by David Ellsworth David Ellsworth San Pedro, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Possible Orange-crowned Warbler in Santa Monica.... From: john small <joutandabout AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:23:50 -0800 (PST) Yup, that's an Orange Crowned Warbler --- On Sun, 1/22/12, Denise Perez wrote: From: Denise Perez Subject: [LACoBirds] Possible Orange-crowned Warbler in Santa Monica.... To: "lacobirds AT yahoogroups.com" Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012, 8:14 PM   Is that the correct ID for this bird?  Not the best photo....   http://www.flickr.com/photos/59564240 AT N06/6746832157/in/photostream   Denise Perez Santa Monica, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Red-Shouldered Hawk in busy Culver City From: "vicwarren13" <scc_vicwarren AT msn.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:14:28 -0000 Good morning, birders, Red-shouldered Hawks are not unusual in and around Culver City, but at 8:30 yesterday morning we saw one sitting on a light standard at Jefferson and Sepulveda, right in front of the huge Pavilions, Rite-Aid, Target shopping center. We saw what must have been the same hawk last weekend in about the same place. We have always thought that RS Hawks are typically more secretive and don't sit out like Redtails. Good birding, Vic Warren and Laurel Scott Culver City ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Ballona Eurasian Wigeon returns, Ross's Goose, other minor notes From: "walteralamb" <walter.lamb AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:50:01 -0000 The Eurasian Wigeon, which was missing for several days, was just west of its earlier spot today (01/22/2012) with a flock of American Wigeons near where two aqueducts cross over the creek. I'm writing something up for a local newsletter and was hoping to confirm that this is the first record of Eurasian Wigeon in the Ballona Creek itself (I know one was seen in the Ballona Fresh Water Marsh in 2006 or so). If anyone knows of another record for the creek, please shoot me a note off-line. Yesterday, there was also a Phainopepla in the residential area just north of the creek at this spot. Across from Marina Del Rey Middle School was a Ross's Goose, presumably the same bird reported previously. There have also been reports of a hybrid Ross's/Snow in the area, but this appears to be a different bird. A Loggerhead Shrike was perched just off the trail west of Lincoln but flew before I was able to get a photo. Jonathan Coffin has been tracking several shrikes in the area. There was also a White-tailed Kite perched to the north of the trail and east of the shrike. The Female Long-tailed Duck was in the Marina channel (i.e. north of the middle jetty) just about where the paved path becomes rocky, associating with a single male Surf Scoter. As with an earlier report, the bird was spooked by a boat and flew with the scoter out toward the breakwater and did not immediately return. There was also a Red-throated Loon in the same vicinity. Several Glaucous-winged Gulls were present along the creek including two adults. On a Snowy Plover survey in Manhattan Beach on 1/20, I found no plovers but did have several Red-throated Loons close to shore, several Glaucous-winged Gulls and some very playful dolphins. Pictures posted here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdsofla/ Walter Lamb Culver City ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Common Mergansers in Ballona Creek From: ul Bosler <ul_bosler AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:12:32 -0800 (PST) On Thursday 1/19/12 around 11:30 A.M. Red-breasted Mergansers (two females and one male) were seen by me and several other docents during an Audubon Ballona School Program tour. One week ago two females were spotted in the same place. Lynn Bossone Culver City [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Re: Hooded Mergansers at Ballona From: Dany Sloan <danymsloan AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:20:54 -0800 I've been there a few times in the past couple of weeks, seeing Red-breasted Mergansers on each visit. No Commons. Cheers, Dany Sloan LA CA On Jan 22, 2012, at 8:19 PM, dan_cooper_90042 wrote: > Hi all - > > Common Merganser is extremely rare in the Ballona area (<5 modern records). I assume these are Red-breasted, but if anyone spots a Common out there, please re-post (and try to photograph). > > Thanks, > > Dan Cooper > San Gabriel > > --- In LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com, James DeBiase wrote: > > > > A beautiful pair of hooded mergansers were seen in the marsh area adjacent to Jefferson Bl and west of Lincoln Bl in the wet lands. Earlier we saw 2 pair of Common Mergansers in the south channel along Ballona Creek along with several Buffleheads, eared grebe, western grebe, cormorants, and some of the more typical shore birds. > > > > Jim DeBiase > > Mar Vista > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Hooded Mergansers at Ballona From: "dan_cooper_90042" <dan_cooper_90042 AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:19:09 -0000 Hi all - Common Merganser is extremely rare in the Ballona area (<5 modern records). I assume these are Red-breasted, but if anyone spots a Common out there, please re-post (and try to photograph). Thanks, Dan Cooper San Gabriel --- In LACoBirds AT yahoogroups.com, James DeBiase wrote: > > A beautiful pair of hooded mergansers were seen in the marsh area adjacent to Jefferson Bl and west of Lincoln Bl in the wet lands. Earlier we saw 2 pair of Common Mergansers in the south channel along Ballona Creek along with several Buffleheads, eared grebe, western grebe, cormorants, and some of the more typical shore birds. > > Jim DeBiase > Mar Vista > > Sent from my iPhone > ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Possible Orange-crowned Warbler in Santa Monica.... From: Denise Perez <denisetperez AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:14:53 -0800 (PST) Is that the correct ID for this bird?  Not the best photo....   http://www.flickr.com/photos/59564240 AT N06/6746832157/in/photostream   Denise Perez Santa Monica, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:LACoBirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Hooded Mergansers at Ballona From: James DeBiase <jim.debiase AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:02:23 -0800 A beautiful pair of hooded mergansers were seen in the marsh area adjacent to Jefferson Bl and west of Lincoln Bl in the wet lands. Earlier we saw 2 pair of Common Mergansers in the south channel along Ballona Creek along with several Buffleheads, eared grebe, western grebe, cormorants, and some of the more typical shore birds. Jim DeBiase Mar Vista Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:LACoBirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Listowners: mailto:LACoBirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. 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