Preying in the Wetlands . . . Some Ballona Year-round Neighbors
Barn Owl Turkey Vulture White-tailed Great Egrets On CA Audubon List as On IUCN as Species of Least Concern On IUCN Red List Climate Threatened Kite as Threatened
California Brown Pelican On CA Audubon List as Climate Threatened Osprey & Endangered On CA Audubon List as On CA Audubon List as Climate Climate Threatened © Jonathan Cofn Threatened and Endangered © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn Killdeer Kestrel Red-Tailed Hawk Protected under On CA Audubon List as Protected under the the US Migratory Climate Threatened US Migratory Bird Act Bird Act Great Horned Owl Burrowing Owl Protected Under the Migratory Bird Status Unknown
© Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn Northern Harrier On IUCN as Species of Special Concern Semipalmated Plover On CA Audubon List as Climate Black-necked Stlts On CA Audubon List as Threatened and Endangered Have lost 95% of its Natural Wetlands Habitats Climate Threatened & Endangered Some Ballona Reptles, Fish, & Stngrays © Jonathan Cofn
California Fence Lizard California Alligator Lizard © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn (aka Blue-bellied Lizard) Status unknown On IUCN List with status G of Least Concern r Some Ballona Winter Neighbors
Pacifc Loon California King Snake On IUCN as least concern Status unknown © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn Red-Throated Loon © Jonathan Cofn On CA Audubon List as Climate Threatened California Round Stngray California Killifsh Status unknown Endangered
Merlin Falcon Peregrine Falcon Coopers Hawk On CA Audubon List as On CA Audubon List as © Jonathan Cofn On IUCN Red List as Threatened Climate Endangered Climate Threatened © Jonathan Cofn Protected under the US Migratory Bird Act © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn Mammals in Our Midst
Striped Skunks Audubon © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn Status Unknown Cotontail California Gray Fox Black-bellied Plover On CA Audubon List as Protected under Status Unknown Climate Threat- the Fed & Cal Endangered © Jonathan Cofn FROM: TO: Species Acts Forester Tern On CA Audubon List as
Climate Threatened
Royal Tern Surf Bird © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn On Audubon list as © Jonathan Cofn Endangered On CA Audubon List as Climate Threat- ened & Endangered California © Bev-Sue Powers © Jonathan Cofn California Ground Sea Lion (pup) Pacifc Golden Plover Squirrel On CA Audubon List as Climate Threatened
Protected under the Fed & Cal Endangered Species Act
© Bev-Sue Powers Long-billed Dowitcher Willet On CA Audubon List as On CA Audubon List as Climate Threatened & Endangered Climate Threatened & Endangered © Bev-Sue Powers Bota’s Pocket Gopher
1st Stamp Class Coyote Status Unknown Apply U.S. Apply California natve vulnerable to Here Managed under Fed & Cal Extncton due to fairly restricted range Marine Mammal Protecton Act © Jonathan Cofn © Bev-Sue Powers
For more informaton contact the Sierra Club, Airport Marina Group. Long-billed Curlew Listed as Threatened, Endangered, or
Jeanete Vosburg, 310-721-3512, [email protected], www.saveballona.org Publisher, PowerSurge Publicatons, Bev-Sue Powers , 10-869-2927, [email protected], Species of Concern in several states www.BallonaPhotography.com | J Cofn pics printed with permission. See www.fickr.com/Stonebird © Jonathan Cofn Ballona Perching Birds More Ballona Winter Neighbors . . .
Loggerhead Shrike Blue-gray Gnatcatcher California American Widgeon Avocet with Wilson’s CDFW Species of Northern Pintail Protected under the Thrasher On CA Audubon Lists as Phalaropes Special Concern Endangered Species Act On Climate Threatened North American and Endangered Watch List Olive-sided Flycatcher (at most risk of extncton) CDFW Species of Special Concern Green-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Both on CA Audubon List as Climate Northern Shoveler Threatened & Endangered On IUNC Red List as Threatened On IUCN Read List as Threatened On CA Audubon Lists as Climate © Bev-Sue Powers On CA Audubon List as Endangered Threatened and Endangered © Jonathan Cofn
© Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn Hooded American Pipit Merganser Meet Some Ballona Herons, Egrets, On CA List as On Climate Threatened CA Audubon a Bitern & an Ibis Lists as Scaup Climate Threatened On CA Audubon Lists as & Endangered Climate Threatened & Endangered © Bev-Sue Powers Barn Swallow © Bev-Sue Powers Protected under the Black Phoebe White-crowned Sparrow Migratory Bird On IUCN Red List as On IUCN as Least Concern © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn Surf Scoter In Decline Western Belding’s Wood Pewee Belding’sSavannah Litle Blue Heron SavannahSparrow Forester Tern Listed by On CA Audubon List as Threatened & Endangered Sparrow On CA Audubon’s Green Heron White-faced Ibis State of California Lists as Climate Snowy Egret Listed by CA Least Tern On CA Audubon List as On CA Audubon List as as Endangered On IUCN List as least concern Threatened Legally Protected under the Migratory Bird Act State of California On CA Audubon’s Lists as Threatened & Endangered Threatened & Endangered © Jonathan Cofn On CA Audubon Lists as as Endangered © Bev-Sue Powers Climate Threatened & Endangered © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn Says Phoebe Climate Threatened © Jonathan Cofn © Bev-Sue Powers On IUCN Red List as Threatened & Endangered Common Golden Eye Great Blue Heron © Jonathan Cofn Redhead Ducks Legally protected © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn On CA Audubon’s Lists as Species of Special Concern by the Migratory Climate Threatened Northern Western On CA Audubon’s Lists as Bird Treaty Act Flicker Wood Pewee Climate Threatened & Endangered On CA Audubon Listed by the On IUCN as List (RED) State of California Least Concern as Endangered Bufehead On CA Audubon’sLists as Climate Threatened & Endangered Least Bitern On CA Audubon List as Climate Least Bell’s Vireo © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn Threatened & Endangered Yellow-rumped Warbler Listed as Endangered © Bev-Sue Powers Species of Special Concern by Fed & CAL DFWS Brandt’s Goose © Jonathan Cofn Eared Grebes Species of Special Concern © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn On CA Audubon’s Lists as Climate Threatened Lesser Goldfnch Horned Lark Listed by the US DFWS as Yellow-crowned
Threatened Night Heron On CA Audubon’s Lists as Climate Western Grebe Rare in California but not Endangered Threatened and Endangered On CA Audubon’s Lists as Climate Threatened and Endangered On IUCN Red List as Threatened © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn © Bev-Sue Powers © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn © Jonathan Cofn © Bev-Sue Powers The varied Ballona habitats that provide food, shelter, nurseries, and more for Ballona wildlife: Area-A. Contains Upland Coastal Scrub, Riparian Vegetaton, Tidal channel wetlands, Non-Tidal Brackish marshes and Salt Pans, and seasonal Freshwater Wetlands and Ponding. Cassin’s Kingbird Area-B . Contains fora and fauna similar to Area-A, plus year-round Riparian & Fresh Water Marsh vegetaton and wildlife. On IUCN Red List as Threatened Manmade channels from Ballona Creek contain tdal saltwater fow in and out of Area-B. Area-C. Contains fora and fauna similar to Area-B, a freshwater marsh with seasonal Freshwater Ponding.
Bluf Creek Riparian Corridor is all that remains of the Ballona Wetlands east of Lincoln Blvd and south of the Ballona Creek. Ballona Creek. Contains rocky salt water jetes, banks, and levees with channel tdal fows up the creek (about 2 miles) and into Area B, with a mix of salt, brackish, and fresh water. The banks and the muddy botom provide a rich dining bufet for wildlife.
Del Rey Saltwater Lagoon and Venice Canals. Emptes and flls with the tdal fow. The muddy botoms and banks are a
rich food source for migratng ducks and seabirds who winter here. Western Meadowlark Least Concern The Adjacent Beaches contain insects and crustaceans in the sand the wading birds love. The wintering seabirds and div- © Jonathan Cofn ing ducks dine of the fsh and crustaceans. Beaches also contain (endangered) Least Tern colonies (fenced areas).