Date: 9/5/26 11:13 am
From: Jon Fisher via groups.io <JonF60...>
Subject: [LACoBirds] Los Angeles RBA- September 5 2026
- RBA
* California

* Los Angeles RBA

* September 5, 2026

* CALA2609.05



-Birds mentioned

Hooded Merganser
White-winged Dove
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Red Phalarope
Common Tern
Nazca Booby
Cocos Booby
Brown Pelican
Purple Martin
Green-tailed Towhee
Bobolink
Northern Waterthrush
Lucy’s Warbler
Summer Tanager



California Bird Records Committee (report rarities as appropriate on the rare bird report form): http://www.californiabirds.org/



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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 RBA for September 5, 2026.

A HOODED MERGANSER continued at La Mirada Community Park in La Mirada through September 1.

A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was at the Toyon Landfill in Griffith Park (restricted access) on August 30.

Other WHITE-WINGED DOVES were in San Dimas on August 28 and Highland Park this past week.

A SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER continued along lower Ballona Creek between Centinela and Inglewood through September 3.

A RED PHALAROPE and a PURPLE MARTIN were at Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB (letter of permission required for access) on September 3.

A COMMON TERN was at the Ballona Creek mouth in Playa del Rey on August 29.

A NAZCA BOOBY was by the Hermosa Beach Pier on September 4.

A COCOS BOOBY was offshore south of San Pedro on August 31.

A BROWN PELICAN continued at Lake Hollywood through September 1.

A PURPLE MARTIN was at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas on August 29, perhaps a lingering bird from the six found there last week.

A GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE and a LUCY’S WARBLER (the latter north of the Los Coyotes entrance) were at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood on September 4.

A BOBOLINK was along the San Gabriel River in South El Monte on September 4 in the weedy area just above the Whittier Narrows Dam.

A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was at the Little Rock Creek riparian near Palmdale on August 30 above the check dam (off Mt. Emma Road, best reached on foot). Google Maps 34.5120, -118.0182

A LUCY’S WARBLER was at La Mirada Creek Park on September 4 in the area south of Imperial Highway.

A SUMMER TANAGER continued at Descanso Gardens through August 23, last seen by the Fibonacci spiral.



-end transcript





Jon L Fisher

Glendale, CA

<JonF60...>





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