Date: 10/4/26 5:11 pm From: Naresh Satyan via groups.io <naresh.satyan...> Subject: Dickcissel continues; some other LA county notes Re: [LACoBirds] Dickcissel, Black-and-white Warbler at Sorensen Park, Lake L. A.
Hi all,
Mark and Janet Scheel and I chased the Dickcissel was in the same place
that Kimball describes below. Shortly before refinding the Dickcissel,
Janet also found an incredible White-headed Woodpecker in the same area.
Strange place for one.
To make amends for chasing a bird this far, and because it is 10 degrees
cooler here in the desert than in Pasadena, I stopped at Everett Martin
Park on the way back. This park has been dead on my previous visits this
fall, but sparrows have arrived now, and I found a Clay-colored Sparrow
with a couple of Chipping Sparrows along the south fence. Clay-colored
Sparrows are harder to find in the desert than on the coastal slope.
In montane irruption news, I spent the day yesterday driving the (sometimes
very rough) road along the Liebre-Sawmill ridge in the western Angeles
National Forest, and visiting some spots off this road. I had the "usual"
suspects for this year: lots of Clark's Nutcrackers, lots of Red-breasted
Nuthatches, and singles of Pinyon Jay, Pine Siskin and Cassin's Finch.
Other migrants included my FOF Lewis's Woodpecker and several Sharp-shinned
Hawks. Trip report here: https://ebird.org/tripreport/578717
Stay cool!
Naresh
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Naresh Satyan
Pasadena, CA
On Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:26 PM Kimball Garrett via groups.io <cyanolyca818=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> Sorry, there is not an endemic subspecies of Lark Sparrow at Lake Los
> Angeles. My "Lake Sparrows" were, in fact, Lark Sparrows,
>
> Kimball Garrett
> Juniper Hills, Ca
>
> On Sun, Oct 4, 2026 at 12:20 PM Kimball Garrett via groups.io
> <cyanolyca818...> wrote:
>
>> Birders,
>>
>> This morning there was a Dickcissel at Sorensen Park (entrance off Ave P,
>> a bit west of 170th Street East in Lake Los Angeles). It was foraging on
>> the lawns just inside the park entrance, accompanied by Chipping and Lake
>> Sparrows. This is outside the fenced (off-limits) renovation area in the
>> eastern part of the park, but that fenced area has some unmowed grass and
>> annual weeds and is likely as attractive to sparrows (and Dickcissels) as
>> the lawn where I saw the bird. That area can be viewed (scope would be
>> handy) from the west or north sides of the fence.
>>
>>
>>
>
