Date: 4/24/26 5:05 pm
From: Lance Benner via groups.io <lbenner...>
Subject: [LACoBirds] ABC Update: 205 Species, Friday, 5 pm
Hi Everyone, Our total for America's Birdiest County is up to 205
species! We've added 41 species since the last update a bit less than
three hours ago. So far the most unusual species are probably
canvasback (Piute Ponds) and Franklin's Gull (flyover at the Lancaster
Water Reclamation facility) that were reported by Chris Dean and
Kimball Garrett. This is only the 6th time we've found the duck and
the 12th time for the gull. Here are the species we have FOUND: *
Species found are shown with an asterisk.
* Canada Goose
* Wood Duck
* Blue-winged Teal
* Cinnamon Teal
* Northern Shoveler
* Gadwall
* American Wigeon
* Mallard
* Northern Pintail
* Green-winged Teal
* Canvasback
* Redhead
* Ring-necked Duck
* Lesser Scaup
* Surf Scoter
* Bufflehead
* Ruddy Duck
* Mountain Quail
* California Quail
* Pied-billed Grebe
* Eared Grebe
* Western Grebe
* Clark's Grebe
* Rock Pigeon
* Band-tailed Pigeon
* Eurasian Collared-Dove
* Mourning Dove
* Greater Roadrunner
* Lesser Nighthawk
* Common Poorwill
* Vaux's Swift
* White-throated Swift
* Black-chinned Hummingbird
* Anna's Hummingbird
* Costa's Hummingbird
* Rufous Hummingbird
* Allen's Hummingbird
* Virginia Rail
* Sora
* Common Gallinule
* American Coot
* Black-necked Stilt
* American Avocet
* Black Oystercatcher
* Black-bellied Plover
* Snowy Plover
* Semipalmated Plover
* Killdeer
* Hudsonian Whimbrel
* Long-billed Curlew
* Least Sandpiper
* Western Sandpiper
* Long-billed Dowitcher
* Red-necked Phalarope
* Spotted Sandpiper
* Wandering Tattler
* Greater Yellowlegs
* Willet
* Bonaparte's Gull
* Franklin's Gull
* Heermann's Gull
* Ring-billed Gull
* Western Gull
* California Gull
* American Herring Gull
* Least Tern
* Caspian Tern
* Forster's Tern
* Royal Tern
* Elegant Tern
* Black Skimmer
* Red-throated Loon
* Pacific Loon
* Common Loon
* Brandt's Cormorant
* Neotropic Cormorant
* Double-crested Cormorant
* Brown Pelican
* Least Bittern
* Great Blue Heron
* Great Egret
* Snowy Egret
* Green Heron
* Black-crowned Night-Heron
* Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
* White-faced Ibis
* Turkey Vulture
* Osprey
* Northern Harrier
* Sharp-shinned Hawk
* Cooper's Hawk
* Bald Eagle
* Red-shouldered Hawk
* Red-tailed Hawk
* American Barn Owl
* Western Screech-Owl
* Great Horned Owl
* Belted Kingfisher
* Acorn Woodpecker
* Downy Woodpecker
* Nuttall's Woodpecker
* Ladder-backed Woodpecker
* Northern Flicker
* American Kestrel
* Peregrine Falcon
* Red-Crowned Amazon
* Lilac-Crowned Parrot
* Nanday Parakeet
* Mitred Parakeet
* Olive-sided Flycatcher
* Western Wood-Pewee
* Gray Flycatcher
* Western Flycatcher
* Black Phoebe
* Say's Phoebe
* Vermilion Flycatcher
* Ash-throated Flycatcher
* Cassin's Kingbird
* Western Kingbird
* Bell's Vireo
* Hutton's Vireo
* Cassin's Vireo
* Western Warbling Vireo
* Loggerhead Shrike
* Steller's Jay
* California Scrub-Jay
* American Crow
* Common Raven
* Mountain Chickadee
* Oak Titmouse
* Verdin
* Northern Rough-winged Swallow
* Tree Swallow
* Violet-green Swallow
* Barn Swallow
* Cliff Swallow
* Red-Whiskered Bulbul
* Bushtit
* Wrentit
* Ruby-crowned Kinglet
* Red-breasted Nuthatch
* White-breasted Nuthatch
* Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
* California Gnatcatcher
* Rock Wren
* Canyon Wren
* Northern House Wren
* Marsh Wren
* Bewick's Wren
* Cactus Wren
* European Starling
* California Thrasher
* Northern Mockingbird
* Western Bluebird
* Swainson's Thrush
* Hermit Thrush
* American Robin
* Cedar Waxwing
* Phainopepla
* House Sparrow
* Scaly-breasted Munia
* American Pipit
* House Finch
* Purple Finch
* Lesser Goldfinch
* Lawrence's Goldfinch
* American Goldfinch
* Chipping Sparrow
* Black-chinned Sparrow
* Black-throated Sparrow
* Lark Sparrow
* Dark-eyed Junco
* White-crowned Sparrow
* Golden-crowned Sparrow
* Bell's Sparrow
* Savannah Sparrow
* Song Sparrow
* Lincoln's Sparrow
* California Towhee
* Rufous-crowned Sparrow
* Spotted Towhee
* Yellow-breasted Chat
* Yellow-headed Blackbird
* Western Meadowlark
* Hooded Oriole
* Bullock's Oriole
* Scott's Oriole
* Red-winged Blackbird
* Brown-headed Cowbird
* Brewer's Blackbird
* Great-tailed Grackle
* Orange-crowned Warbler
* Nashville Warbler
* MacGillivray's Warbler
* Common Yellowthroat
* Northern Yellow Warbler
* Yellow-rumped Warbler
* Black-throated Gray Warbler
* Townsend's Warbler
* Hermit Warbler
* Wilson's Warbler
* Western Tanager
* Black-headed Grosbeak
* Blue Grosbeak
* Lazuli Bunting I'm heading off to look for birds for several hours
so the next update will happen around 11 pm or so tonight. Thank you!
--Lance Lance BennerPasadena _._,_._,_

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