This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for August 23, 2025.
The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER along lower Ballona Creek through August 21. Check for it with the flock of Black-bellied Plovers along the creek or on the salt pan. This area is just upstream from the Pacific Ave. bridge.
A SEMIPLAMATED SANDPIPER was upstream near the Inglewood Blvd. crossing on August 16.
A COMMON TERN was at Belmont Shore / pier (Alamitos Bay) through August 20.
The continuing SWALLOW-TAILED KITE at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park in Harbor City was seen through August 17. No subsequent reports.
The BURROWING OWL continued at the Fish Docks in San Pedro through August 17 near Harbor Blvd. and West 22nd Street.
PURPLE MARTINS included one at El Dorado Park in Long Beach on August 17, one at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas on August 20 and three at Jackson Lake near Big Pines on August 21.
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Jon L Fisher
Glendale, CA
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