10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2024

A General Identification section gives a thumbnail description of the species, including when it resides in North America, general geographic area, habitats, significant behaviors, a description of its physical appearance (which may be quite detailed), and information on subspecies in North America.

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Los Angeles North America Species America 176

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2023

I was puzzled why the authors decided to include Buff-breasted Flycatcher, Pine Flycatcher, and Tufted Flycatcher, species that have extremely limited range in North America. The maps are fairly complex, showing breeding range, winter range, year-round range, migration routes, times, and directions. Phoebes and Myiarchus ?

Los Angeles 209

Los Angeles North America America Species 209

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

Yet, somehow, on 31 May one was discovered on Puddingstone Reservoir, the large man-made lake that is the center of Bonelli Park, a nearly 2,000 acre expanse in San Dimas, just east of Los Angeles. First of all, the species only occurs semi regularly in North America in a small patch of Alaska where it occasionally breeds.

Los Angeles 155

Los Angeles San Diego Alaska North America 155

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

An old curator of birds at the Los Angeles County Museum encouraged me to visit the Alaskan territory as a place abundantly populated with these birds, because even then they were becoming rare and hard to obtain.” ” “What I found was that the falcon’s world moves about ten times faster than ours.

Falcons 178

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 178

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JANUARY 1, 2019

And, because of a special family event (see below), I happened to be in Los Angeles County over the Thanksgiving holiday. More like five hours, if you don’t count gas and lunch stops, and, seriously, who stops for lunch when you are after the probable first Great Black Hawk sighted in North America?

2018 155

2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 155

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Here’s a diagram, available on the Audubon site , that compares its 2000 range with its anticipated 2080 range: Only 1 percent of the bird’s breeding range remains stable between 2000 and 2080 if global warming continues on its current course. Chestnut-collared Longspur is one of those.

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Species Science Los Angeles 2000 175