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Allen's Hummingbird on a Happy Fence near LAX 9328 vivid-2 by Pekabo Via Flickr: This is an odd area between the Los Angeles Airport and the beach. It seems that an entire neighborhood of houses disappeared leaving only streets and a few trees behind chain link fence. "Extremely similar in appearance to the widespread Rufous Hummingbird, the Allen's Hummingbird breeds only along a narrow strip of coastal California and southern Oregon." allaboutboids

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Wrentit Inceville Los Liones Canyon Pacific Palisades Los Angeles 128 par Pekabo Via Flickr : We might hear them .... amongst their many calls they have a soft rattle. It sounds almost like a cat purring. A leaf doesn't bend under their weight. They are graceful and acrobatic. But be quick. In a blink the Wrentits have moved on.

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Happy Fence Friday Junco near Wadsworth Theatre 3207 by Pekabo Via Flickr: Members of a flock may spread out widely, keeping in contact by constantly calling tsick or tchet. Also a soft buzzy trill in flight. audubon

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White headed Woodpecker Chilao 0526 by Pekabo Via Flickr: "The Station Fire (2009) was started by an arsonist in the Angeles National Forest, north of Los Angeles. It was the largest fire in Los Angeles County’s recorded history, burning a total of 161,189 acres – or nearly 252 square miles. " The White headed Woodpecker "...prefers to dwell in burned or cut forests where residual, large-diameter live and dead trees prevail; they require the tall, living trees as much as the burned ones. " Jerry and I have hiked Angeles Crest a lot over the years. I don't remember seeing or hearing these wonderful birds. After the fire the area was stark, bleak, and blackened. I had a big lump in my throat looking at the damage done by the fire. On this trip it looked greener. ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27912635

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Bushtit Terrenea resort 092 by Pekabo Via Flickr: On this day we only see the boys. It was just so fun to watch them and try for a photo. "The Bushtit is the only member of its family( aegithalidae) in the Americas; seven other species are found in Eurasia. All have similar complex hanging nests."allaboutboids

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Lazuli Bunting Malibu Creek State Park 254-2 by Pekabo Via Flickr: We watched the pair feed fledglings...."caught him singing full tilt, though his bill was full of insects! After we had turned our backs I looked over my shoulder and had the satisfaction of seeing him take his beakful to the nest. You couldn't help admiring him, for though not a warrior who would snap his bill over the head of an enemy of his home, he had a gallant holiday air with his blue coat and merry song, and you felt sure his little brown mate would get cheer and courage enough from his presence to make family dangers appear less frightful." from "A-Birding on a Bronco" Florence A. Merriam

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Sugar and spice and everything nice... par Pekabo Via Flickr : They seem to be traveling in packs now. Like a motorcycle gang in miniature. Bushtit Inceville Los Liones Canyon 051