Los Angeles Audubon Society. Local winter visitant, fairly common at a few favored wintering sites around inland bodies of water but generally rare otherwise. Casual in summer. Bald Eagles were formerly common residents on the Channel Islands and local residents along the mainland coast. This species persisted as a nester on the Channel Islands until the late 1950's.
Coastal birds are generally around the larger estuaries.
Immatures predominate in the region. The southern populations of the Bald Eagle are considered endangered by the U.S. Department of Interior and are strictly enforced. Malibu City Council Many of us hope for the Bald Eagle to live at Malibu, both in the wetlands and in the canyon. The hope can turn to reality, if we enlarge Malibu Lagoon into the area of the private golf-course and across Pacific Coast Highway into the level open space adjacent to the Civic Center. We also need to remove Rindge Dam in Malibu Canyon so that Steelhead Trout can move up and down the canyon from the sea again to spawn in the canyon.