Today, I went to go explore Hahamong’na Watershed Park in Pasadena. The park, named after the Indigenous Peoples who have called the area home since before the Spanish colonization of Los Angeles, is a wonderful spot to explore nature. Oak Titmice and Bushtits can be seen bouncing from branch to branch in oaks and willows. …
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Above: A molt limit among the greater coverts in a Yellow Warbler Start at 6:00am, closing at 12:00pmTotal 15 nets upTotal 86 birds, 20 species 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) 3 Anna’s Hummingbirds (Calypte anna) 5 Allen’s hummingbirds (Selasphorus sasin) 1 Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) 3 Hooded Orioles (Icterus cucullatus) 13 House Finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) …
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Start at 6:00am, closing at 12:00pmTotal 12 nets upTotal 35 birds, 13 species 4 Allen’s hummingbirds (Selasphorus sasin) 2 Hooded Orioles (Icterus cucullatus) 2 House Finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) 1 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1 Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 1 Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) 2 Warbling Vireos (Vireo gilvus) 7 Common Yellowthroats (Geothlypis trichas) 2 Wilson’s …
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Welcome to Arlington Garden! Located at the corner of South Pasadena Avenue and Arlington Drive lays a quaint little nature hotspot containing a multitude of colors! The area used to be the location of a fifty room mansion, but then termites destroyed the house and it had to be torn down. Now, the landscape is …
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