Temple City Parrot Roost
Saturday, February 11, 2023
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Leader: Corey Husic and others
One of the greatest wildlife spectacles in Southern California takes place right here in the San Gabriel Valley as thousands of parrots and parakeets descend into their nightly roosts during the winter months. These birds are not native to the United States, but large populations of several parrot species have established themselves in the Los Angeles area and have become an important and noticeable part of the local urban ecosystem. Join Pasadena Audubon as we visit the Temple City parrot roost to witness this impressive and very noisy phenomenon! When we led a trip here two months ago, we saw impressive numbers of Red-crowned Parrots, Mitred Parakeets, and Red-masked Parakeets in addition to smaller numbers of less common parrots.
For this trip, we will mostly be standing around letting the birds come to us. We may stroll slowly through the neighborhood to get closer to roosting flocks, but this will involve minimal walking on sidewalks.
Participant limit: none
PHOTO: Lilac-crowned Parrot (Amazona finschi). Photo by Luke Tiller.
Field Trip General Notes
This field trip is offered by reservation only. Trip details such as meeting time and location will be emailed to participants before the tour departs.
Midweek Nice and Easy Birding Club with Ed Stonick
3rd Wednesday of each month, 8AM
Pasadena Audubon is relaunching what used to be our midweek “Magpie Study Group” events. Given that these tongue-in-cheek midweek trips involve little studying and even fewer magpies last year we thought we’d change the name to something that is just a little more descriptive. What these walks will offer is some easy paced birding, with generous later morning start times (8:00-9:00am) typically at just one local location at sites that are picked for both their quality of birding and accessibility for birders.
Upcoming trips will include the Los Angeles River, San Gabriel Spreading Grounds and more. Trips will mainly be run by PAS guide Ed Stonick, with some guest appearances from some other PAS trip leaders.
To sign up for the trips you will need to read our guidelines on field trips.
Then, sign up below. Once you complete the sign up you will be able to access and download the meeting time and locations for the Nice and Easy trips in the coming year. Unlike other current PAS trips these tours will not limit the number of participants.
Questions? Email Ed Stonick at edstonick@gmail.com or Luke Tiller at luke.tiller@gmail.com.