- RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* March 9, 2006
* CASE0603.09
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Flamingo
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Osprey
Harris?s Hawk
Greater Yellowlegs
Long-billed Curlew
Bonaparte?s Gull
Little Gull
Franklin?s Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Inca Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall?s Woodpecker
DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER
Crissal Thrasher
Palm Warbler
American Redstart
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and Imperial
Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A BELTED KINGFISHER was easily seen going between the small island and the
trees on the northeast side of Seccombe Lake. An OSPREY was also easy to
spot on his perch in the eucalyptus tree on the west side of the lake. Big
Morongo provided good sightings of several HERMIT THRUSH and NUTTALL?S
WOODPECKER.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Barbara Carlson reported seeing the LITTLE GULL on Mar. 5 at 9a.m. The bird
was seen floating on Lake Perris with the BONAPARTE?S GULLS off the
northeast side of the island from parking lot 12.
Chet McGaugh reported the two continuing female WHITE-WINGED SCOTER at Salt
Creek. He noted that there are still several RED-BREASTED MERGANSER and
COMMON GOLDENEYE there, too.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Kendric Smith reported a CRISSAL THRASHER along the highway at the entrance
to Ramer Lake.
Kimball Garrett reported a HARRIS?S HAWK in flight near Poe Road just north
of Hwy 86 the morning of Sunday, March 5. The bird was flying high and
continued far to the northwest.
Chet McGaugh reported seeing the DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER and one AMERICAN
REDSTART at the Wister Unit of the Salton Sea. He also saw two INCA DOVES
there. He noted there were hundreds of LONG-BILLED CURLEW along English at
dusk, and 80+ GREATER YELLOWLEGS in a field north of Sinclair. On
Wednesday, March 8, John Green reported a continuing PALM WARBLER at Wister
Unit HQ seen from the road, on the nature trail side, south of the
residential area entrance. He also reported a female AMERICAN REDSTART in
the same general area.
Saturday, Mar. 4, John Kellam found the continuing LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
on the northwest side of Red Hill Marina point near the campground on a muck
flat surrounded by other gulls. He also got good looks at three FLAMINGOS
after hiking about a mile or so out the road/trail at the end of Garst Road.
The birds were visible foraging along the northern horizon past the western
duck blinds. A FRANKLIN?S GULL was also seen from this trail.
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That's it for today. This summary is done weekly, usually on Thursday.
We?re sending this report from on the road on the Big Sur coast after
watching Condor #3 putting on a great show!
GOOD BIRDING!
Kirk and Linda Stitt
secalrba@earthlink.net
San Bernardino, CA
RBA phone (909)793-5599
For more frequent updates, see the note below. If you have information on
any new rare birds or updates on any of the birds in this report, PLEASE LET
US KNOW. We can't update reports if we don't hear from you.
* California
* Southeastern
* March 9, 2006
* CASE0603.09
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Flamingo
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Osprey
Harris?s Hawk
Greater Yellowlegs
Long-billed Curlew
Bonaparte?s Gull
Little Gull
Franklin?s Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Inca Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall?s Woodpecker
DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER
Crissal Thrasher
Palm Warbler
American Redstart
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and Imperial
Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A BELTED KINGFISHER was easily seen going between the small island and the
trees on the northeast side of Seccombe Lake. An OSPREY was also easy to
spot on his perch in the eucalyptus tree on the west side of the lake. Big
Morongo provided good sightings of several HERMIT THRUSH and NUTTALL?S
WOODPECKER.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Barbara Carlson reported seeing the LITTLE GULL on Mar. 5 at 9a.m. The bird
was seen floating on Lake Perris with the BONAPARTE?S GULLS off the
northeast side of the island from parking lot 12.
Chet McGaugh reported the two continuing female WHITE-WINGED SCOTER at Salt
Creek. He noted that there are still several RED-BREASTED MERGANSER and
COMMON GOLDENEYE there, too.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Kendric Smith reported a CRISSAL THRASHER along the highway at the entrance
to Ramer Lake.
Kimball Garrett reported a HARRIS?S HAWK in flight near Poe Road just north
of Hwy 86 the morning of Sunday, March 5. The bird was flying high and
continued far to the northwest.
Chet McGaugh reported seeing the DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER and one AMERICAN
REDSTART at the Wister Unit of the Salton Sea. He also saw two INCA DOVES
there. He noted there were hundreds of LONG-BILLED CURLEW along English at
dusk, and 80+ GREATER YELLOWLEGS in a field north of Sinclair. On
Wednesday, March 8, John Green reported a continuing PALM WARBLER at Wister
Unit HQ seen from the road, on the nature trail side, south of the
residential area entrance. He also reported a female AMERICAN REDSTART in
the same general area.
Saturday, Mar. 4, John Kellam found the continuing LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
on the northwest side of Red Hill Marina point near the campground on a muck
flat surrounded by other gulls. He also got good looks at three FLAMINGOS
after hiking about a mile or so out the road/trail at the end of Garst Road.
The birds were visible foraging along the northern horizon past the western
duck blinds. A FRANKLIN?S GULL was also seen from this trail.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's it for today. This summary is done weekly, usually on Thursday.
We?re sending this report from on the road on the Big Sur coast after
watching Condor #3 putting on a great show!
GOOD BIRDING!
Kirk and Linda Stitt
secalrba@earthlink.net
San Bernardino, CA
RBA phone (909)793-5599
For more frequent updates, see the note below. If you have information on
any new rare birds or updates on any of the birds in this report, PLEASE LET
US KNOW. We can't update reports if we don't hear from you.