Date: 10/11/25 1:54 pm From: Kimball Garrett via groups.io <cyanolyca818...> Subject: [LACoBirds] Pearblossom Park: Pygmy Nuthatch, late wood-pewees
Birders,
A quick check of Pearblossom Park this morning yielded a "lowland" Pygmy Nuthatch in the planted pines west of the baseball field and along the south (Ave V-14) edge of the park. Although there haven't been signs of any incursions of this or most other montane species into the lowlands of the county this fall, this might be a sign of at least some minor movement.
There were at least three, and possibly four, Western Wood-Pewees in the park, representing fairly late migrants. A number of Western Wood-Pewees have been reported in various parts of the county in the last several days. Although the species is not rare in the second week of October, most L. A. County eBird filters are set at "0" this far into October, so reports are getting flagged. This is intentional -- for the earliest and latest parts of the migration "windows" for many species we ask for details so that we don't get overwhelmed with undocumented reports that might obscure the real timing of migration arrivals and departures. So please provide some documentation for such flagged records even when they don't seem to be terribly unusual.
