This is a website for a small mist-netting, bird-banding station in the eastern San Gabriel Valley. This station involves numerous net sites, but only six or eight nets are used at any one time. If you are interested in learning or volunteering, send email to lavernebirds@gmail.com to learn where and when we'll be banding next. In most months, we band on one Saturday and once on a weekday. For recent daily results, see https://ebird.org/hotspot/L474328

Banding started here in summer 2017. As of March 31, 2024, the totals are:

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California Quail                                      1

Mourning Dove                                     13

Common Poorwill                                   1

Black-chinned Hummingbird               17

Anna's Hummingbird                          499

Costa's Hummingbird                             6

Rufous Hummingbird                           19

Allen's Hummingbird                         374

Unidentified hummingbird                   21

Sharp-shinned Hawk                              2

Cooper's Hawk                                       3

Long-eared Owl                                     1

Acorn Woodpecker                                2

Nuttall's Woodpecker                          79

Northern (R.-S.) Flicker                        3

Ash-throated Flycatcher                      71

Western Wood-Pewee                           1

Willow Flycatcher                                 8

Hammond's Flycatcher                          5

Western Flycatcher                              39

Black Phoebe                                        4

Hutton's Vireo                                     36

Cassin's Vireo                                       1

Warbling Vireo                                   12

California Scrub-Jay                           49

Oak Titmouse                                   339

N. Rough-winged Swallow                  3

Cliff Swallow                                       1

Bushtit                                             468

Wrentit                                            290

Ruby-crowned Kinglet                   170

Phainopepla                                     44

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher                   31

Cactus Wren                                    11

Bewick's Wren                              572

House Wren                                    35

California Thrasher                        95

Northern Mockingbird                   27

Western Bluebird                             7

Swainson's Thrush                           7

Hermit Thrush                             162

American Robin                              6

Pin-tailed Whydah                          2

Scaly-breasted Munia                    57 

House Finch                                193

Purple Finch                                  47

Lesser Goldfinch                         187

American Goldfinch                        1

Black-throated Sparrow                  1

Brewer's Sparrow                            1

Fox Sparrow                                    5

Oregon Junco                                19

White-crowned Sparrow             339

Golden-crowned Sparrow             23

Vesper Sparrow                               1

Song Sparrow                               71

Lincoln's Sparrow                        46

California Towhee                     247

Rufous-crowned Sparrow            11

Spotted Towhee                         372

Yellow-breasted Chat                    3

Hooded Oriole                            29

Bullock's Oriole                            3

Brown-headed Cowbird                1

Orange-crowned Warbler          166

Nashville Warbler                         4

MacGillivray's Warbler                 4

Common Yellowthroat                  3

Yellow Warbler                            12

Audubon's Warbler                    207

Myrtle Warbler                              1

Black-throated Gray Warbler        5

Townsend's Warbler                      4

Wilson's Warbler                         17

Western Tanager                          12

Black-Headed Grosbeak              68

Lazuli Bunting                               3

total birds                                5704

number of species                         74

For a year-by-year comparison of results from 2017 to 2023, see below. 

Bird banding in L.A. County, Bird banding in Los Angeles county, Bird banding in southern California