Date: 8/9/25 4:10 pm From: Naresh Satyan via groups.io <naresh.satyan...> Subject: Re: [LACoBirds] possible Bar-tailed Godwit Ballona Ecological Preserve salt pans
Just a note to encourage people to go look for this bird - it was there on
Thursday evening around sunset... I got bad looks and some photos but
couldn't convince myself to report it. My fault - but the point is that the
bird has stuck for 2 days and may stick tomorrow.
Naresh
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Naresh Satyan
Pasadena, CA
On Sat, Aug 9, 2025, 3:40 PM Larry Schmahl via groups.io <larschmahl=
<aol.com...> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I observed and photographed a very possible Bar-tailed Godwit in the salt
> pans of the Ballona Ecological Preserve this morning at about 9:30.
> Photographs are being reviewed but initially it appears to be a Bar-tailed
> Godwit. The bird was with a large mixed flock of Willets and Marbled
> Godwits just on the Playa Del Rey side of the chain link fence.
> From the Playa Del Rey side of Ballona Creek, walk upstream to the gate. I
> won't make any statements as to the legality of going around the fence.
> Walk up the dirt road to where gaps in the vegetation on your right allow
> for viewing of the mudflats. There is no need to enter the preserve which
> in clearly trespassing. I observed the bird through the fence and dried
> Black Mustard stalks.
>
> As of right now, this bird is officially a godwit sp. until all reviewers
> have had a look at my photos. Some of the photos will be on my ebird
> checklist under godwit sp.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Larry
> Whittier, Ca.
>
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