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Snowy Plover Monitor Training
The following message is from Stacey Vigallon at the L.A. County Snowy Plover Central Command Facility. You’ve read about them in our blogs. Now you too can help with this important project.
Interested in helping monitor threatened birds at the beach?
Snowy Plovers 'On the Beach'
On Sunday, March 4th from 8-10am, Los Angeles Audubon will be holding a training session on Santa Monica Beach for volunteers interested in helping to monitor the Snowy Plover, a small bird that lives on Los Angeles County beaches. Once trained, volunteers can help observe birds during four survey windows throughout the year all along the Los Angeles County coastline (Malibu to Long Beach). This is a great opportunity to learn about our beaches from a conservation point of view. To register for the training please contact the volunteer coordinator at tern@laaudubon.org or call 323-481-4037. If you are unable to attend the March 4th training session but would still like to participate in monitoring, other training options may be available.
Beach at Malibu Lagoon
Thanks to grants from Audubon California and California Department of Fish & Game, and in partnership with Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society, South Bay/Palos Verdes Audubon Society, Ryan Ecological Consulting, and Plegadis LLC, the Snowy Plover Monitoring Program in Los Angeles County launched in 2007. Volunteers gather data on wintering plovers and those that might attempt to breed in the spring. For more information, check out Los Angeles Audubon’s Western Snowy Plover page at: http://losangelesaudubon.org/conservation-a-restoration-mainmenu-82/154/268-snowy-plover
[Chuck Almdale]
Long term lagoon resident, Snowy Plover NO:WW (C.Almdale)
Great Backyard Bird Count: 17-20 February, 2012
The 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) will be held February 17-20, 2012. The GBBC is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where birds are across the U.S. and Canada. Please visit the official website at www.birdcount.org for more information. Your counts can be entered here.
Each checklist submitted by these citizen scientists helps researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society l learn more about how birds are doing – and how to protect them and the environment we share. Last year, participants turned in more than 92,000 checklists online, creating the continent’s largest instantaneous snapshot of bird populations ever recorded.
“This count is so fun because anyone can take part — we all learn and watch birds together — whether you are an expert, novice, or feeder watcher. I like to invite new birders to join me and share the experience. Get involved, invite your friends, and see how your favorite spot stacks up.”
-Gary Langham, Chief Scientist
[Chuck Almdale]
South-end Salton Sea Trip Report: 11-12 Feb. 2012
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It was very gusty at times but at least we didn’t have rain-soaked caliche clogging up the tire treads as we did in 2010. Foam and spray blowing off the waves made birding difficult along the seashore.
We began finding local specialties at the Wister Unit meeting spot: several Verdin, two Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, several Abert’s Towhees, and a large flock of Gambel’s Quail crossing Davis Rd. There was only a single Killdeer at the mud pots, but the hunting ponds were full of ducks, mostly Northern Snoveler, Northern Pintail and Green-winged Teal. A large flock of Barn Swallows perched on a phone wire on Schrimpf Rd. (one birder thought some were Rough-winged) and scattered when a Red-Tailed Hawk soared by.
The Garst Rd. ponds held even more ducks and a large contingent of White-faced Ibis. Although the sea at the road’s end has retreated even farther, we still found loads of ducks, Black-necked Stilts, American Avocets (including one just beginning to develop a red head), Ring-billed Gulls, and a single Forester’s Tern, but no Yellow-footed Gulls. The previously submerged sand bar towards Mullet Is., once home to flamingos and other long-legged waders, is now exposed and covered with vegetation.
Sonny Bono Refuge HQ provides a great lunch stop, with Abert’s Towhees and Gambel Quail around the picnic tables and at the feeder. About a dozen Common Ground-Doves patrolled the parking lot. We decided to walk out to the pond at Observation Hill, and found it full of the usual ducks, joined by Long-billed Dowitchers, Marbled Godwit, Ruddy Ducks, a few Lesser Scaup, and a great many California Gulls in extremely bright breeding plumage, with bright yellow feet and yellow-orange bills. We had a brief flurry of excitement when one of us – not saying who, to protect the guilty – mistakenly took the really bright and not-so-close Calif. Gulls as Yellow-footed Gulls. Well, they did have yellow feet, but otherwise, they were too small and too gray. (I admit it – it was me.)
Gulls & ducks at Refuge HQ pond (C. Almdale)
Just outside the park HQ we found a Burrowing Owl hiding inside a plastic culvert-like thing with just his head poking out. We then checked out a Snow Goose flock and found some Ross’s Geese among them At nearby Obsidian Butte we again didn’t find Yellow-footed Gull, nor around the sea perimeter road to Lack & Lindsey Rds. Tons of gulls and a few Greater Yellowlegs, but the wind was so fierce that we fled.
By 4:30pm we were at the seed factory on Carey Rd. south of Brawley (between Hwy 86 & Dogwood Rd.) enjoying distant views of about 100 Sandhill Crane. Many cranes feed on the seed & chaff here, so it’s a good place to locate them before they go to their evening roost. The roosting location varies, but when they leave, you can follow them to the roost if you are speedy & lucky. This time, they were in a shallow pond on the east side of Dogwood, but it was on private land and a long view through the scopes. But it’s always nice to hear them ululating as they fly, even on a noisy roadside.
After dining at the famous Christine’s Mexican restaurant on east Main St. in Brawley, and an early bedtime, we re-grouped the next morning at nearby Cattle Call Park. After much searching we found a pair of extremely-active-but-momentarily-resting Gila Woodpeckers, the world’s brightest yellow Orange-crowned Warbler, and had a very good – albeit brief – view of the Zone-tailed Hawk, who flew back and forth behind a tree across the valley and was spotted by the ever-alert Alex. This is the first time I’ve seen this bird this early and without the usual companionship of al flock of Turkey Vultures.
We searched in vain through the roosting & nesting Double-crested Cormorants at Ramer Lake for a reported Neotropic Cormorant. Instead we found an odd duck, actively bathing and keeping out of sight inside the branches of fallen snags. We later agreed that it was a juvenile Eurasian Wigeon.
We then toodled over to Unit One. On the way we stopped and watched flocks of 1000’s of White Pelicans, soaring high overhead. Arnold Small once told me that they’re not getting ready to migrate, as we guessed, but “they just like to get up and exercise their wings.” At Unit One we found the expected large flocks of Snow Geese as well as plenty of Ross’s, and, not so expected, about 300 Sandhill Cranes grazing in the field. From the observation tower, we saw in the far distance a great many ducks including about 60 Redhead. Below us a Sora and several Marsh Wrens called, but wouldn’t appear.
The trip was declared over. We stopped at the date shake place in Thermal, then headed homeward, only to find the mother of all traffic jams on the #10 at the San Gorgonio Pass. There was a 3.5 hour delay because CalTrans – fixing a few potholes near Banning – encountered still-unexplained problems which turned an expected 6-hour job into a multi-day carmageddon. [Chuck Almdale]
H – Heard Only
In Bold – Bird of Special Interest
| South-end Salton Sea |
2/11-12/12 |
2/6-7/10 |
| Snow Goose |
1000’s |
6,000 |
| Ross’s Goose |
300 |
500 |
| Gadwall |
40 |
10 |
| Eurasian Wigeon |
1 |
|
| American Wigeon |
200 |
30 |
| Mallard |
100 |
60 |
| Blue-winged Teal |
2 |
|
| Cinnamon Teal |
25 |
4 |
| Northern Shoveler |
1,000 |
1,000 |
| Northern Pintail |
1,000 |
1,000 |
| Green-winged Teal |
400 |
30 |
| Redhead |
60 |
4 |
| Lesser Scaup |
3 |
100 |
| Bufflehead |
5 |
|
| Ruddy Duck |
80 |
300 |
| Gambel’s Quail |
30 |
16 |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
5 |
|
| Horned Grebe |
1 |
|
| Eared Grebe |
50 |
|
| Western Grebe |
2 |
|
| Double-crested Cormorant |
200 |
200 |
| American White Pelican |
1000’s |
300 |
| Brown Pelican |
100 |
20 |
| Great Blue Heron |
30 |
10 |
| Great Egret |
20 |
20 |
| Snowy Egret |
50 |
4 |
| Cattle Egret |
1000’s |
1,000 |
| Green Heron |
1 |
|
| Black-crowned Night-Heron |
20 |
1 |
| White-faced Ibis |
1000’s |
400 |
| Turkey Vulture |
20 |
15 |
| Osprey |
1 |
1 |
| White-tailed Kite |
5 |
1 |
| Northern Harrier |
30 |
20 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
1 |
|
| Cooper’s Hawk |
1 |
|
| Zone-tailed Hawk |
1 |
1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
40 |
25 |
| American Kestrel |
20 |
20 |
| Peregrine Falcon |
1 |
1 |
| Prairie Falcon |
1 |
|
| Clapper Rail |
(H) 1 |
|
| Sora |
(H) 1 |
1 |
| Common Gallinule |
1 |
|
| American Coot |
50 |
500 |
| Sandhill Crane |
300 |
185 |
| Black-bellied Plover |
10 |
|
| Killdeer |
100 |
100 |
| Mountain Plover |
60 |
|
| Black-necked Stilt |
400 |
100 |
| American Avocet |
500 |
30 |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
1 |
|
| Greater Yellowlegs |
4 |
2 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
1 |
|
| Long-billed Curlew |
75 |
500 |
| Marbled Godwit |
30 |
40 |
| Least Sandpiper |
20 |
50 |
| Long-billed Dowitcher |
100 |
200 |
| Ring-billed Gull |
1000’s |
5,000 |
| Yellow-footed Gull |
4 |
|
| California Gull |
500 |
|
| Herring Gull |
10 |
|
| Glaucous-winged Gull |
2 |
|
| Caspian Tern |
60 |
3 |
| Forster’s Tern |
1 |
|
| Black Skimmer |
1 |
|
| Rock Pigeon |
50 |
10 |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove |
70 |
60 |
| White-winged Dove |
2 |
4 |
| Mourning Dove |
50 |
300 |
| Inca Dove |
2 |
|
| Common Ground-Dove |
12 |
20 |
| Greater Roadrunner |
4 |
1 |
| Burrowing Owl |
1 |
9 |
| Anna’s Hummingbird |
2 |
2 |
| Costa’s Hummingbird |
1 |
|
| Belted Kingfisher |
2 |
1 |
| Gila Woodpecker |
4 |
2 |
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
2 |
|
| Northern Flicker |
4 |
1 |
| Black Phoebe |
12 |
10 |
| Say’s Phoebe |
6 |
3 |
| Vermilion Flycatcher |
1 |
|
| Western Kingbird |
2 |
|
| Loggerhead Shrike |
6 |
2 |
| Common Raven |
200 |
20 |
| Horned Lark |
100 |
|
| Tree Swallow |
60 |
20 |
| Barn Swallow |
200 |
|
| Verdin |
9 |
3 |
| Cactus Wren |
2 |
|
| Bewick’s Wren |
1 |
|
| Marsh Wren |
(H) 4 |
3 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
3 |
2 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
2 |
|
| Mountain Bluebird |
2 |
|
| American Robin |
20 |
|
| Northern Mockingbird |
25 |
2 |
| European Starling |
100 |
50 |
| American Pipit |
40 |
100 |
| Orange-crowned Warbler |
3 |
|
| Yellow-rumped Warbler – Audubon |
30 |
20 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler – Myrtle |
1 |
|
| Abert’s Towhee |
10 |
12 |
| Savannah Sparrow |
4 |
|
| Song Sparrow |
4 |
4 |
| White-crowned Sparrow |
60 |
50 |
| Lapland Longspur |
1 |
|
| Red-winged Blackbird |
1,000 |
10,000 |
| Tricolored Blackbird |
1 |
|
| Western Meadowlark |
60 |
200 |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird |
5 |
30 |
| Brewer’s Blackbird |
40 |
200 |
| Great-tailed Grackle |
50 |
40 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
30 |
20 |
| House Finch |
100 |
30 |
| Lesser Goldfinch |
4 |
|
| American Goldfinch |
7 |
|
| House Sparrow |
100 |
30 |
|
Total Species |
103 |
92 |
Malibu Lagoon Trip Report: 22 January, 2012
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The beach looked typical for a January high tide day: surf surging across the sand in two places into the lagoon; water rushing seaward through the outlet channel, now shifted far to the east. Fifty degrees, warming to fifty-nine by noon. Gulls and ducks galore, with enough American Coots mixed in to keep them honest.
Beyond the shear numbers of birds, we didn’t see much that was unusual for this typical winter day. Large waves and high tide combined to keep birds from the offshore rocks and out of the surf zone. Farther out – too far to identify – we could see large rafts of gulls resting on the water. Low fog prevented us from seeing if Black-vented Shearwaters were even further away.
Northern Pintail male in the third channel (C. Bragg 1/22/12)
The Northern Pintails were still there, increased to ten from seven in December. The 81 Snowy Plovers on the beach set yet another record. Banded bird GG:AR was present. Fellow bandee NO:WW was not seen, but with so many birds present and shifting around, it’s difficult to make sure all are actually checked.
A question arose as to the life-span of our local gulls. Here’s some information from The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. I personally think the erratic longevities reported are the result of scanty data rather than actual likely life-spans. As with most species of birds, and as it used to be with humans, mortality in the first year is very high.
Gulls
California: Longest reported 12 years, 2 months
Glaucous-winged: One banded on San Juan Is., WA still alive at 22 years, 1 month
Herring: One banded in Holland lived to 31 years 11 months. Two captive birds in Morehead City, NC lived to 45 and 49 years.
Mew: One reported from Denmark to be 24 years, 2 months.
Ring-billed: A Mich. study recorded 67% were 3-5 years old. One bird banded in Mich died at 21 years.
Western: Oldest reported 16 years; probably much longer lived, as with Herring.
Black-legged Kittiwake: One banded in Denmark lived 15 years, 10 months.
2nd winter Thayer's Gull on the left, 1st winter Glaucous-winged in the center (A. Albaisa 1/22/12)
Terns
Caspian: One banded on Lake Michigan & collected at 26 years, 2 months.
Common: One banded bird recovered in England 25 years.
Least: One banded in Mass. lived 21 years.
Royal: One banded in SC lived 10 years, 8 months.
Royal Tern already in breeding plumage stretching its wing (C. Bragg 1/22/12)
Our next three field trips: Salton Sea – 11/12 Feb, 9am; Malibu Lagoon – 26 Feb. 8:30 & 10am; Sycamore Canyon 10 Mar., 8:30am.
Our next program: Tuesday, 7 February, 7:30 pm – Owls of Southern California, presented by Lance Benner.
The usual reminders will be emailed from the blog.
As a reminder to those coming to our 10 a.m. Parent’s & Kids Birdwalk, it meets at the beach trail footbridge closest to the parking lot.
Links: Unusual birds at Malibu Lagoon
Aerial photo of Malibu Lagoon from 9/23/02.
Prior checklists: July-Dec’11, Jan-June’11, July-Dec ’10, Jan-June ’10, Jul-Dec ‘09, and Jan-June ‘09.
[Chuck Almdale].
| Malibu Census 2012 | 22-Jan |
| Temperature | 50 – 59 |
| Tide Height | +6.49 |
| Low/High &Time | H:0803 |
| Brant | 1 |
| Gadwall | 31 |
| American Wigeon | 2 |
| Mallard | 23 |
| Northern Shoveler | 46 |
| Northern Pintail | 10 |
| Green-winged Teal | 37 |
| Surf Scoter | 14 |
| Bufflehead | 26 |
| Red-brstd Merganser | 6 |
| Ruddy Duck | 59 |
| Pacific Loon | 1 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 3 |
| Eared Grebe | 4 |
| Western Grebe | 8 |
| Brandt’s Cormorant | 3 |
| Dble-crstd Cormorant | 37 |
| Pelagic Cormorant | 1 |
| Brown Pelican | 48 |
| Great Blue Heron | 7 |
| Great Egret | 2 |
| Snowy Egret | 7 |
| Blk-crwnd N-Heron | 2 |
| Osprey | 1 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 1 |
| Sora | 2 |
| American Coot | 345 |
| Blk-bellied Plover | 65 |
| Snowy Plover | 81 |
| Killdeer | 2 |
| Black Oystercatcher | 5 |
| American Avocet | 2 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 2 |
| Willet | 3 |
| Whimbrel | 1 |
| Ruddy Turnstone | 15 |
| Sanderling | 200 |
| Least Sandpiper | 12 |
| Heermann’s Gull | 16 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 150 |
| Western Gull | 120 |
| California Gull | 1900 |
| Glaucous-wingd Gull | 5 |
| Royal Tern | 16 |
| Rock Pigeon | 5 |
| Mourning Dove | 2 |
| Anna’s Hummingbird | 2 |
| Allen’s Hummingbird | 2 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
| Black Phoebe | 3 |
| Say’s Phoebe | 1 |
| American Crow | 4 |
| Bushtit | 26 |
| Bewick’s Wren | 1 |
| Marsh Wren | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
| European Starling | 1 |
| Yellow-rumpd Warbler | 3 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 4 |
| Spotted Towhee | 1 |
| Song Sparrow | 2 |
| White-crwnd Sparrow | 22 |
| Great-tailed Grackle | 13 |
| Brwn-headed Cowbird | 2 |
| House Finch | 25 |
| Totals by Type | Jan |
| Waterfowl | 255 |
| Water Birds-Other | 452 |
| Herons, Egrets | 18 |
| Quail & Raptors | 2 |
| Shorebirds | 388 |
| Gulls & Terns | 2207 |
| Doves | 7 |
| Other Non-Pass. | 5 |
| Passerines | 110 |
| Totals Birds | 3444 |
| Total Species | Jan |
| Waterfowl | 11 |
| Water Birds-Other | 10 |
| Herons, Egrets | 4 |
| Quail & Raptors | 5 |
| Shorebirds | 11 |
| Gulls & Terns | 6 |
| Doves | 2 |
| Other Non-Pass. | 3 |
| Passerines | 16 |
| Totals Species | 65 |
Antelope Valley Raptor Search Field Trip Report: 14 January, 2012
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The weather looked promising as we left LA on our way to the Antelope Valley. Although it was cold, it was sunny and calm as we turned off Hwy 14 and went east on Palmdale Blvd. Our first stop was an undeveloped area along E10th St. north of Ave Q. It was 32° F but there were a few birds stirring, including a cooperative Cactus Wren.
We went east on Ave. P, stopping at the corner of E40th St. where we found a mixed flock of White-crowned Sparrows and House Finches.
We drove north on E40th St. At the right turn onto Ave N, we stopped to scan an agricultural field that had many birds. We spotted the first Say’s Phoebe of the day and many Killdeer but the highlight was a flock of more than 500 Horned Larks, some of which were so close to the road that we had good looks at them.
In the fields on either side of E 40th St. between Ave. M & Ave. L we found a large flock of California Quail, more Killdeer, numerous White-crowned & Savannah Sparrows, as well as some Western Meadowlarks and Brewer’s Blackbirds.
California Quail on the irrigation wheels (C.Bragg 1/14/12)
Unfortunately there was no sign of the flock of Mountain Plovers that had been in the farm field on the east side of the road one week earlier. Just to be sure we hadn’t missed them, we drove to the end of the block and turned east onto Ave. L and scanned the field again. Although we didn’t see any Mountain Plovers south of Ave. L, we spotted 2 Sage Thrashers in the brush on the north side of the road. While we were watching them, we were treated to the sight of a Prairie Falcon hunting in the distance.
As we went back toward the corner, we noticed a large number of plover-sized birds in field that where we had initially found no Mountain Plovers so we went back for a second look. We were delighted to find 60 Mountain Plovers. Most were close to the road so we had excellent looks at them. We were even able to compare Killdeer and Mountain Plover in one field of view of our scopes.
Mountain Plover in a mowed field (C.Bragg 1/14/12)
As we continued north on E 40th St. we found a Merlin perched in a bare tree beside the road. It was very cooperative, allowing for very good looks and some excellent photographs.
Merlin resting (C.Bragg 1/14/12)
Just after we turned east onto Ave. K we stopped to look at a flock of 500+ Tricolored Blackbirds that were close to the road.
We found our first Ferruginous Hawk of the day perched on a power pole beside Ave. J east of E 110th St. There were numerous Red-tailed Hawks in the area and we found some American Pipits in the fields. Three Northern Harriers were hunting in the field near the corner of Ave. I & E120th St.
We made a brief stop at Ave. H & E110th St. where we got a brief look at Cooper’s Hawk.
We stopped for lunch at Apollo Park where we saw the only Black Phoebe of the day. In addition to the usual collection of “dodgy” ducks and geese, we saw Northern Shovelers, a male Redhead, Ruddy Ducks, 2 Great Blue Herons, a Black-crowned Night-Heron, some Yellow-rumped Warblers and a flock of Dark-eyed Juncos.
As we left Apollo Park, we drove north on W60th St. A farm field north of Ave. D that had been flooded the week before was nearly dry and not productive but a little farther north we found 17 Long-billed Curlew, another Ferruginous Hawk, several Loggerhead Shrikes and a Coyote. Another field had a Greater Yellowlegs and we had scope views of a perched Prairie Falcon.
Prairie Falcon (Cindy S 1/14/12)
We went west on Gaskell Ave. to W100th St. where we finally found a flock of Mountain Bluebirds that looked especially beautiful in the afternoon sun. A bit farther west on Gaskell, we came upon 2 more Sage Thrashers and another Prairie Falcon. There were numerous Red-tailed Hawks and several Ferruginous Hawks in the area.
Ferruginous Hawk scouting for prey (C.Bragg 1/14/12)
Our last stop of the day was Quail Lake where we saw many Lesser Scaup, a White-winged Scoter, Bufflehead, some Common Goldeneye, Ruddy Ducks, and a few Pied-billed, Eared and Western Grebes.
All-in-all, it was a lovely day in the Antelope Valley. Although we were disappointed not to find any Golden Eagles, the weather conditions were ideal for viewing all the birds we found. [Cindy S.]
Link to January, 2011 trip report
| SMBAS |
Antelope Valley |
No. | Sat, 14 Jan 2012 – Location |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | 10 | Apollo Pk |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | 30 | Apollo Pk |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | 6 | Apollo Pk |
| Redhead | Aythya americana | 1 | Apollo Pk |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | 300 | Quail Lake |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta fusca | 1 | Quail Lake |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | 80 | Apollo Pk; Quail Lake |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | 20 | Quail Lake |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | 30 | Apollo Pk; Quail Lake |
| California Quail | Callipepla californica | 110 | E 10th north of Ave P; E 40th north of Ave M |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | 10 | Quail Lake |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | 5 | Quail Lake |
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | 2 | Quail Lake |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalocrocorax auritus | 2 | Apollo Pk |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | 2 | Apollo Pk |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | Apollo Pk |
| Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus | 3 | Ave I east of E110th |
| Cooper’s Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | 1 | Ave H x E110th |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | 50+ | widespread |
| Ferruginous Hawk | Buteo regalis | 8 | Ave J x E110th; Gaskell Ave; along W Ave D |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | 15 | widespread |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | 1 | E40th north of Ave L |
| Prairie Falcon | Falco mexicanus | 4 | Ave L x E40th; W60th north of Ave D; Gaskell Ave |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | 40 | Apollo Pk; Quail Lake |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | 100 | widespread |
| Mountain Plover | Charadrius montanus | 70 | E40th south of Ave L; Ave I east of E110th |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | 1 | W60th north of Ave D |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | 17 | W60th north of Ave D |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | 30 | E 10th north of Palmdale Blvd; Apollo Pk |
| California Gull | Larus californicus | 30 | E 10th north of Palmdale Blvd; Apollo Pk |
| Rock Dove [I] | Columba livia | 80 | scattered sites |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove [I] | Streptopelia decaoto | 4 | Palmdale Blvd; Apollo Pk |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | 4 | scattered sites |
| Anna’s Hummingbird | Calypte anna | 2 | E10th north of Ave Q |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | 1 | Ave J x E90th |
| Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans | 1 | Apollo Pk |
| Say’s Phoebe | Sayornis saya | 12 | widespread |
| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | 15 | widespread |
| Western Scrub-Jay | Aphelocoma californica | 2 | Palmdale Blvd |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | 5 | Palmdale Blvd |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | 150+ | widespread |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | 1,500+ | widespread |
| Cactus Wren | Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus | 2 | E 10th north of Ave P; E 110th x Ave J |
| Bewick’s Wren | Thryomanes bewickii | 1H | Little Rock Wash south of Ave K |
| Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | 20 | Gaskell x W100th |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | 1 | Ave J x E90th |
| Sage Thrasher | Oreoscoptes montanus | 4 | Ave L x E 40th; Gaskell west of W 100th |
| European Starling [I] | Sturnus vulgaris | 45 | Palmdale Blvd; E 40th x Ave P |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | 30 | Ave J east of E110th |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Dendroica coronata | 12 | Apollo Pk |
| Sage Sparrow | Amphispiza belli | 20 | Little Rock Wash south of Ave K |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | 50 | scattered sites |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | 300+ | widespread |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | 14 | Apollo Pk |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | 60 | scattered sites |
| Tricolored Blackbird | Agelaius tricolor | 500 | E40th x Ave K |
| Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | 80 | widespread |
| Brewer’s Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | 60 | widespread |
| House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus | 300+ | widespread |
| House Sparrow [I] | Passer domesticus | 30 | Palmdale |
| [I] – Introduced | Total Species – 60 |
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