Breeding Birds of the
Wilmington Drain
Wilmington (L.A. City & Co.) CA
Wilmington Drain is the greenbelt / waterway that
feeds Ken Malloy-Harbor Regional Park.
It is mostly between Pacific Coast Highway
and Lomita Blvd., and extends about a
hundred meters north of Lomita Blvd.
These species have been recorded nesting
in "the drain" during the 1990's.
Some are sporadic due to habitat availability.
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Native Nesters -
Pied-billed Grebe Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Mallard Cinnamon Teal Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel American Coot Killdeer Mourning Dove Anna's Hummingbird Allen's Hummingbird (sedentarius) Downy Woodpecker Black Phoebe Loggerhead Shrike Western Scrub-Jay American Crow No. Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Bushtit Marsh Wren American Robin Northern Mockingbird Orange-crowned Warbler (sordida) Yellow Warbler Common Yellowthroat California Towhee Song Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Hooded Oriole Bullock's Oriole House Finch Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch |
| Total of 35 native nesters |
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Non-Native Nesters - (five introduced species) Spotted Dove European Starling House Sparrow Orange Bishop Nutmeg Mannikin |
| Red-hot Rarities |
Groove-billed Ani
These vagrants (rare birds) have been seen there during the 1990's.
Little Blue Heron
Hooded Merganser
Groove-billed Ani
Black Swift
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Brown Creeper
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Palm Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
Painted Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Orchard Oriole
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