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Western Tanager Los Angeles Audubon Society | laaudubon.org Western Tanager Snowy Plover chick (right) with it's parent at Malibu Lagoon in the summer of 2017. Photo by Grace A. Murayama and Larry L. Loeher. CONTENTS On The Cover SNOWY PLOVER CONSERVATION PROGRAM FACES AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE SNOWY PLOVER CONSERVATION PROGRAM FACES Los Angeles Audubon Society AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE P.O. Box 411301 YOUNG BIRDERS Los Angeles, CA 90041-8301 www.losangelesaudubon.org INTERPRETING NATURE (323) 876-0202 [email protected] BIRDS OF THE SEASON About the Photo ALLOW ME THE HONOR TO INTRODUCE BOARD OFFICERS & DIRECTORS TO YOU: IRWIN WOLDMAN Cover Photo: One of our home-grown Snowy President Margot Griswold [email protected] Vice President David De Lange [email protected] Plover chicks (right) with it's parent at Malibu Treasurer Robert Jeffers [email protected] LEAST TERN MONITORING AT SEAL BEACH Past President Travis Longcore [email protected] NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE Lagoon in the summer of 2017. Directors at Large Catherine Rich Brad Rumble [email protected] Photo by Grace A. Murayama and Larry L. FIELD TRIP LISTINGS COMMITTEES Loeher. Conservation Travis Longcore [email protected] Education Margot Griswold [email protected] BIRD WALK LISTINGS SNOWY PLOVER CONSERVATION PROGRAM FACES AN Membership Brad Rumble [email protected] UNCERTAIN FUTURE (SEE STORY ON PAGE 3) PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES SPEAKER SERIES - MAY 9, 2018 Field Trips Nick Freeman [email protected] Bird Walks Eleanor Osgood [email protected] Monthly Programs Position Open Rare Bird Alert Jon Fisher [email protected] Schreiber Grant Program Ryan Harrigan [email protected] STAFF Director of Communications & Development Carol Babeli [email protected] Director of Outdoor Education Cindy Hardin [email protected] The birds of Los Angeles need you. Director of Environmental Education Stacey Vigallon [email protected] Volunteer Coordinator Cindy Hardin [email protected] Member Services & Website Liason Susan Castor [email protected] Become a member of the Los Angeles Audubon Society to directly help the birds of our region. The Western Tanager is the chapter newsletter of the Los Angeles Audubon Society, published online bi-monthly in PDF format, Sept/Oct, Nov/Dec, Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/June, July/Aug. Articles, letters drawings and photographs concerning conservation, birding, chapter activities, Your membership supports the organization's efforts in the following areas: and articles of interest to the membership are welcome for submission. Please send copy as Microsoft Word, RTF documents, or plain text files to [email protected]. Photos should be high resolution (300ppi) .jpg or .tif files. Submissions are due the 1st of the month | • RESTORATION to be included in the following issue. All rights reserved. All photographs are used by • RECREATION|• EDUCATION | • CONSERVATION permission and are copyrighted material of the credited photographers. Editor Linda Oberholtzer [email protected] Individual membership only $25 per year. Join today at: laaudubon.org Design & Layout Susan Castor [email protected] Scientific Advisor Kimball Garrett [email protected] Mailing Address: PO Box 411301, Los Angeles CA 90041‐8301 © 2018 Los Angeles Audubon Society 2 Western Tanager May/June 2018 Snowy Plover Conservation Program Faces an Uncertain Future os Angeles Audubon’s Conservation Pro- tion. Through this project, we have established tion of one year’s budget for Western Snowy gram for the Western Snowy Plover, a positive working relationships with beach man- Plover conservation efforts. The funds will pay LFederally Threatened bird species found agement agencies, resulting in seasonal plover for permitted biologists to conduct roost and on Los Angeles County Beaches, faces an un- enclosures at two beaches. Over 200 commu- nest surveys on a monthly basis targeting certain future. Federal funding that supported nity volunteers have participated in plover con- known plover roost sites in Los Angeles this program in the past, and appeared to be servation activities and thousands of local County. Should nests be detected, permitted on track for a 2-year renewal starting in Febru- public school students have learnd about biologists will coordinate with local, state, and ary 2018, has been unexpectedly cancelled. plovers and beach stewardship through our federal agencies to implement protective en- outreach programs. This project has also closures and install nest exclosures to keep Since 2007, project biologists Thomas helped us successfully partner with beach dogs, people, and predators away from nests. Ryan (Ryan Ecological Consulting) and Stacey recreation facilities, allowing us to provide Vigallon (Los Angeles Audubon Society) have We believe that maintaining a consistent plover-themed beach walks for the public at the coordinated community-based conservation community-based monitoring program in Los Annanberg Community Beach House and the programs to monitor California Least Terns and Angeles County is one of the most effective Dockweiler Youth Center. In recent years, we Western Snowy Plovers on beaches in Los An- ways to help Western Snowy Plovers: it directly have partnered with Sea & Sage Audubon to geles County, engaging volunteers in bird sur- engages the public in plover conservation and extend and synchronize Snowy Plover moni- veys, habitat restoration, and outreach provides data to beach management agencies, toring efforts in Orange County. opportunities. These collaborative projects built biologists, and other Audubon chapters. We upon the observations painstakingly collected In 2017, plover conservation in Los Angeles are extremely grateful to the Audubon chapters by members of Santa Monica Bay Audubon took a leap. For the first time in nearly 70 years, and community volunteers for their contribu- Society and Palo Verde/South Bay Audubon Western Snowy Plovers nested on Los Ange- tions to this program. Society, and other local birders and biologists les County beaches. This is a critical time for How can you help? You can help by prior to 2007. We are fortunate to count these plovers and it’s imperative that ongoing, unin- spreading the word about the importance of the groups as current partners and collaborators to terrupted data collection and public engage- Snowy Plover Conservation Program to friends this day. ment is maintained to help support the survival and associates, and by making a donation to of this threatened species. Information gathered by volunteers and bi- http://losangelesaudubon.org/donate ologists through the Snowy Plover Monitoring We are seeking funding from several Thank you. Program has helped to document the important sources, including National Audubon and other role that beaches in Los Angeles County serve grants as well as a crowdfunding campaign to as wintering habitat for plovers. Approximately replace some of the federal funds we lost for Cover Photo: 190 to 330 Snowy Plovers overwinter in Los the Plover Conservation Program, but time is One of our home‐grown Snowy Plover chicks (right) with it's Angeles County each year, accounting for not on our side. parent at Malibu Lagoon in the summer roughly 28% of wintering Snowy Plovers in Re- We urgently need $25,000 to cover a por- of 2017. | Photo by Grace A. Murayama covery Unit 6 and 7% of the California popula- and Larry L. Loeher. 3 Western Tanager May/June 2018 YOUNG BIRDERS A Striking African Bird in Los Angeles County: The Pin‐tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura) By Dessi Sieburth The adult male Pin‐tailed Whydah in breeding plumage is unmistakable, with its bright red bill and tail nearly twice the length of its body. The cap is black, and the rest of the head is white. Its back is black, and its wings and underparts are white. The tail is so long that in flight, it simply flops around in a circular motion. The females and nonbreeding males have black streaks in the head and back, with white underparts and a red bill. In its native range, the Pin‐tailed Whydah can be found throughout Africa, except in the Sahara Desert region. It is especially common in swampy or reedy areas in Eastern Africa. In its introduced range in Cali‐ fornia, the species was introduced to Los Angeles and Orange Counties in the early 1990s, but only a small number of sightings were reported before 2005. In 2005 the population began to increase, and the bird can now be regularly found in the southeast‐ Breeding male Pin‐tailed Whydah, photographed by Kirsten Frost in its native range ern portion of Los Angeles County, as well as along (Table Bay Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa) the Santa Ana River in Orange County. In 2013, a flock of 83 whydahs were seen in La Mirada, and a os Angeles County is home to one of the greatest diversity of non‐native species anywhere in flock of over 100 were observed in Santa Ana. In Los the United States. This is largely due to the fact that it provides the ideal habitat for non‐na‐ Angeles County, the species can be found along Ltive species with its mild climate and abundance of exotic plants. The California Birds Records weedy areas of the San Gabriel River, Peck Road Committee includes 11 species of introduced birds that are considered to be “naturalized,” or Water Conservation Park in Arcadia, and Vina Vieja common enough to sustain their populations, and nine of these species can be found breeding in Park in Pasadena. This sudden increase in numbers Los Angeles County. Several additional introduced bird species are establishing populations here suggested that the whydahs had established a local and are likely to become naturalized soon. Most of the non‐native populations are thought to have breeding population. started from small groups of released or escaped birds originally imported to Los Angeles through the pet trade. One species whose numbers have recently began increasing throughout Los Angeles Pin‐tailed Whydahs are brood parasites, meaning is the Pin‐tailed Whydah, a songbird that became introduced by the pet trade because of its spec‐ that they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds.
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