Date: 9/23/25 9:59 am From: Naresh Satyan via groups.io <naresh.satyan...> Subject: [LACoBirds] Some birds along the San Gabriel River this fall
Hi all,
I had posted on the listserv a couple of months ago that there was quite a bit of water and great weedy vegetation along the San Gabriel River in the El Monte-Pico Rivera area this year. Some of the regular birders in the area were very enthusiastic about attempting some sort of bird survey of the river in the fall. So we checked the river from Valley Blvd to Slauson Ave, a stretch of 10 miles, on two days. The results of those counts are here, for people who like looking at these things:
Generally, the river has dried out quite a bit in the last two months, and conditions in the San Gabriel spreading grounds are always changing, but the river bed hasn't been disced yet and a lot of weedy vegetation remains. Things like Bobolinks haven't arrived yet, but there were a few Indigo Buntings in this stretch this season along with other seedeaters, and a few interesting birds in the vicinity of the spreading basins. Some really interesting habitat that needs regular checking.
Regards, Naresh (with several other birders, listed in the trip reports)
