Date: 5/17/26 12:55 pm
From: Jon Fisher via groups.io <JonF60...>
Subject: [LACoBirds] Los Angeles RBA- May 17 2026
- RBA
* California

* Los Angeles RBA

* May 17, 2026

* CALA2605.17



-Birds mentioned

Greater Scaup
White-winged Dove
Black Swift
Solitary Sandpiper
Broad-winged Hawk
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Purple Martin
Tennessee Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Summer Tanager




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Hotline: Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert

E-mail reports to: Jon Fisher at <JonF60...>

Coverage: Los Angeles County





-Transcript


This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for May 17, 2026.

A late GREATER SCAUP was at Quail Lake from May 8-10.

A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was at the San Gabriel Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds on May 10.

Two BLACK SWIFTS were above Claremont Wilderness Park on May 9. Another was at Bear Divide near Santa Clarita on May 12.

A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was at Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required for access) on May 13.

A BROAD-WINGED HAWK was at Piute Ponds on May 14.

A LEWIS’S WOODPECKER was west of Lake Hughes on May 15.

A PURPLE MARTIN was at Barley Flats in the San Gabriel Mountains on May 10.

A TENNESSEE WARBLER was at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas from May 9-10 by the east side parking area (north shore).

Another TENNESSEE WARBLER was at Madrona Marsh in Torrance on May 16.

A HOODED WARBLER was at Pomona College on May 15.

A SUMMER TANAGER was at Glen Haven and Sholom Memorial Park in Sylmar on May 9.



-end transcript





Jon L Fisher

Glendale, CA

<JonF60...>





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