http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/ Birdwatching in Los Angeles Co., CA Tue, 21 May 2013 08:20:23 GMT jon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14327 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14327 Red Knot continues on the Ballona Salt Pan 5-20-13. Jonathan Coffin Inglewood, Ca. Mon, 20 May 2013 18:34:54 GMT tgmiko@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14326 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14326 In wiilows at the small stream that empties into Puddingstone Reservoir, by bathtoom # 11. No Blue Grosbeaks, or other migrants. Two Forster's Terns. Breeding Mon, 20 May 2013 04:57:30 GMT jon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14325 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14325 There was a Red Knot also on the Ballona salt pan this early evening with the Marbled Godwits, Whimbrels and a few Black-bellied Plovers Sun, 19 May 2013 23:44:14 GMT Manuel Duran http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14324 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14324 Today at 11:30 am at Del Rey Lagoon I saw what I believe were over 40 Marbled Godwits.  Below are links the pictures I took. Sun, 19 May 2013 22:13:32 GMT eppygriffin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14323 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14323 Hi All, I was surprised to find an adult White-crowned Sparrow in Harbor Park today. Unfortunately, when it jumped out of a bush onto the ground I saw the Sun, 19 May 2013 19:50:17 GMT BarbaraJ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14322 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14322 Hi All, On today's LAAS monthly birdwalk we had two Red Knots. A winter plumaged bird was found in the lagoon and a breeding plumaged bird was among the dozens Sun, 19 May 2013 17:00:07 GMT Raul http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14321 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14321 Been keeping an eye on Barn swallows feeding fledglings at Glendale Narrows RiverWalk Park and the Cliff swallows are building nests right on the apartments Sat, 18 May 2013 17:35:53 GMT Lisa Fimiani http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14320 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14320 A male Cowbird came to my bird feeder today. Just one. Earlier in the week a female Black-headed Grosbeak was at the feeder and bird bath in my front yard. Sat, 18 May 2013 04:13:13 GMT David Quadhamer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14319 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14319 Hello Birders, Please join the Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon Society at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at the Madrona Marsh Nature Center in Torrance for a Fri, 17 May 2013 23:04:22 GMT Kimball Garrett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14318 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14318 Rob, Egyptian Goose has not been accepted by the California Bird Records Committee as an established naturalized species within the state. That said, there Fri, 17 May 2013 22:51:29 GMT Robinson Baker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14317 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14317 Kimball and David, Is this bird a "countable" bird for California or ABA? Sorry if this is a stupid question.... Rob Baker Glendale Fri, 17 May 2013 22:51:04 GMT tgmiko@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14316 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14316 If anybody sees the Black Tern(s) today, or the next few days, please call my cell phone. I was close to Bonelli last night, and would have looked for them, Fri, 17 May 2013 18:58:51 GMT Kimball Garrett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14315 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14315 Birders, I'm passing along a report of a possible Black Vulture seen this morning (17 May) around 10:15 a.m. by Bob Shanman at George F Canyon on the Palos Fri, 17 May 2013 18:18:13 GMT Kimball Garrett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14314 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14314 David, Your bird is a perfectly typical Egyptian Goose (females are very similar to males, but slightly smaller). It's quite normal for the white wing coverts Fri, 17 May 2013 17:58:52 GMT DAVID http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14313 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/message/14313 I took a picture of this bird while at Legg Lake and upon looking in my Sibley, it appears to be an Egyptian Goose