El Segundo ? (1 Viewer)

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Robin Edwards

Well-known member

• Jun 26, 2009

• #1

does anyone know of any locations within a stone's throw of El Segundo, LA that would provide some local bird life please ?

I'll be there next week with little opportunity to travel far but if the beach area of local parks would provide things to look out for then I might be able to give it a go.

Thanks in advance
robin

 

jthoppes

spectacled spiderhunter

• Jun 26, 2009

• #2

The breakwaters at Playa del Rey are good for shorebirds in winter, but I've never been there in summer- probably less around.

 

danysloan

Well-known member

• Jun 30, 2009

• #3

The breakwaters @ Playa del Rey are good, not great, in the summer. All have an opportunity to see plenty of things. There are also a few nearby parks. The nearby Ballona Freshwater Marsh still has a Little Blue Heron, a rarity for the area.

 

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Robin Edwards

Well-known member

• Jul 9, 2009

• #4

Thanks for the recommendation. I did get to Playa del Rey and the breakwater & local pool/marsh early on Thursday morning and noted the following :-

Great Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron x1
Green Heron
Snowy Egret
Double-crested Cormorant
Brandt's Cormorant
Clark's Grebe
Royal Tern
Caspian Tern
Elegant Tern
Least Tern
Western Gull
Heerman's Gull
Black Oystercatcher x2
Willet
Marbled Godwit
Western Sandpiper x2
Short-billed Dowitcher x1
Whimbrel
Brown Pelican
Northern Mockingbird
Black Phoebe
Bushtit
Song Sparrow
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
House Finch
Allen's Hummingbird
American Crow

 

totaljohn

man-e-faces

• Jul 10, 2009

• #5

i left my wallet in el segundo

 

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Robin Edwards

Well-known member

• Jul 11, 2009

• #6

an Eagles "B" side ?

 

totaljohn

man-e-faces

• Jul 11, 2009

• #7

i was thinking more a tribe called quest.. apologies.

sounds like good birding.

 

danysloan

Well-known member

• Jul 14, 2009

• #8

Robin Edwards said:

Thanks for the recommendation. I did get to Playa del Rey and the breakwater & local pool/marsh early on Thursday morning and noted the following :-

Great Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron x1
Green Heron
Snowy Egret
Double-crested Cormorant
Brandt's Cormorant
Clark's Grebe
Royal Tern
Caspian Tern
Elegant Tern
Least Tern
Western Gull
Heerman's Gull
Black Oystercatcher x2
Willet
Marbled Godwit
Western Sandpiper x2
Short-billed Dowitcher x1
Whimbrel
Brown Pelican
Northern Mockingbird
Black Phoebe
Bushtit
Song Sparrow
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
House Finch
Allen's Hummingbird
American Crow

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Pelagic Cormorants are much more common at Playa del Rey. That may be what you saw.