This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for October 3, 2025.
The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER along lower Ballona Creek was reported through September 30. Check for it with the flock of Black-bellied Plovers along the creek or on the salt pan. This area is upstream from the Pacific Ave. bridge.
DUNLIN included one at Dockweiler State Beach continuing through September 26, one at Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach on September 26, two at Malibu Lagoon from September 25-28 and three at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (currently closed to access) on September 26.
Two RED KNOTS were on the beach at Playa del Rey through September 29.
A COMMON TERN was at Lake Palmdale on September 26 and one was at Dockweiler State Beach in El Segundo through September 28.
A SABINE’S GULL was on the lake at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale on September 27.
A SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER was in the Santa Monica Bay (south of Pt. Dume) on September 25.
A RED-FOOTED BOOBY was southeast of Santa Catalina Island on September 28.
A WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKER was along Pinon Road in Llano on September 26.
TROPICAL KINGBIRDS were at Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach and at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood on October 1.
A CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR was at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale from September 27-28.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was at Buena Vista Park in Burbank on October 2.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, a TENNESSEE WARBLER and a BLACKPOLL WARBLER were at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood on September 28. Another CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood on October 1.
A GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE continued at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood (by the gazebo) through October 1.
Another GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE was in Signal Hill (north side trails) from October 1-2.
A BOBOLINK was at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale (near the spillway) on September 28.
A BALTIMORE ORIOLE was at Ladera Park in Los Angeles on September 29.
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS were at South Gate Park on September 26, at DeForest Park in Long Beach from September 29-30 and in the Avalon area on Santa Catalina Island on September 27.
A LUCY’S WARBLER was at DeForest Park in Long Beach on September 28.
TENNESSEE WARBLERS were at DeForest Park in Long Beach on September 28, at Bond Park in Atwater Village on September 29 at Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena on September 29, at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood on October 1, at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood on October 1 and in Chavez Ravine in Elysian Park on September 30.
An AMERICAN REDSTART was at Cal State University in Long Beach on September 30.
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS were at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood on September 27 and at Don Knabe Park in Cerritos on September 29.
A CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was at Lambert Park in El Monte on September 29 and another was at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas (by the old closed pier on the north shore) on October 2.
BLACKPOLL WARBLERS were at Bond Park in Atwater Village from September 28-October 1, at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood on October 28, at the Bette Davis Picnic Area in Glendale from September 29-October 2 and at Arcadia County Park on September 30.
A GRACE’S WARBLER was at a private residence in Rancho Palos Verdes on October 2.
A BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER was at the William Andrews Clark Library in Los Angeles (restricted hours) from September 29-October 1.
On September 27-28, Santa Catalina Island produced a LEAST FLYCATCHER, a BELL’S VIREO, a LARK BUNTING, four CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, three TENNESSEEE WARBLERS, a BLACKPOLL WARBLER, a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, a PALM WARBLER, a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, a PAINTED BUNTING and an INDIGO BUNTING.
A SUMMER TANAGER was in Baldwin Hills on October 1.
A PAINTED BUNTING was at Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach (on the golf course) on September 30.
A DICKCISSEL was at a residence in the Los Feliz area on September 27.
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Jon L Fisher
Glendale, CA
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