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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hamhed" data-source="post: 3666501" data-attributes="member: 70825">Day 4The plan was to travel west, through the heart of Los Angeles county, where potential for gridlocked traffic had us concerned about the progress we would make.  As it was, we encountered none of that, allowing time to visit two parks within the county boundaries.  The targets here were mostly any exotic species that LA is known for as well as the wintering Gray Flycatcher and the endemic CA Gnatcatcher.  I picked two of the many choices hat seemed to have good potential - Peck Rd. Water Conservation Park and Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park.  Both parks have plenty of fresh water with expected waterfowl.   Shovelers, Western Grebes, Ruddy Ducks and American Coots were at both parks.  Passerines included Say’s Phoebe, Cassin’s Kingbird, Western Bluebird, Cedar Waxwing, White-throated Swift, Bushtit, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and a Lincoln’s Sparrow.  We completely missed seeing any species we hoped for at either park although the birding breaks in our four hour drive made for an almost leisurely drive.  It was particularly breezy, dusty at times, so we’ll use that as an excuse for our bland list. Bird lists here:<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41166815" target="_blank">http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41166815</a><a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41166819" target="_blank">http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41166819</a></blockquote>

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