Ballona Marsh report for April 29, 2008
Headed out to the marsh in hopes of seeing a large flock of Yellow-headed Blackbirds that had been reported there two days earlier. Also was hoping to see a Solitary Sandpiper that had been reported.
I didn't have as much time as I would have liked. This was a mid-week trip to the marsh and time was limited since I had to go to work later.
No luck on either bird. I looked and listened and no evidence of the Yellow-headed Blackbirds. Darn. Also struck out on the Solitary Sandpiper.
The list....
Northern Mockingbrid, Least Tern, Common Yellow Throat (heard), Red-winged Blackbirds, Ruddy Ducks (still lots of them), Great-tailed Grackles, Killdeer, American Coot, Pied-billed Grebe, Barn Swallows, Mallards, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Song Sparrow, Snowy Egret, Mourning Dove, Bushtits, European Starlings, Black Phoebe, Common Moorhen, Dowitcher, House Finch, American Crow, Cooper's Hawk, Great Blue Heron, Caspian Tern (heard)
Not 100% sure but I thought I heard a Least Bittern.