Took a brief walk around the marsh today (Lincoln Ave. @ Jefferson Blvd.). It was late morning, so pretty slow and warm.
There were c. 20 Snowy Egrets fishing in the shallow area of cut cattails, mainly at the far west end. Only notable bird was a female/imm. American Goldfinch that flew in, calling near the Jefferson inlet. An Ash-throated Flycatcher was the only paserine migrant.
There were several dozen Mallards, mostly in the southern extension pond - they're coming in as post-breeders this week, and their numbers should keep increasing for a few more weeks.
The biggest surprise was on the way down La Brea, where 4 Band-tailed Pigeons were perched on streetlights just south of Rodeo Dr. - the 1st I've seen them in the Baldwin Hills.
These pigeons seem particularly common this summer, probably because of the huge crop of Mexican Elderberry - they're all over the Whittier Hills, and I even had a bird tee-ed up on an elderberry along the Rio Hondo just south of the 60 Fwy. a couple weeks ago (they're scarce normally in the Whittier Narrows area).
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
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