- RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* March 29, 2006
* CASE0603.29
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Horned Grebe
Swainson’s Hawk
Black Rail
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Little Gull
Lesser Nighthawk
Bullock’s Oriole
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
There were no reports from San Bernardino County this week.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Howard King reported on March 28 that the LITTLE GULL is still at Lake
Perris and can usually be seen from the east end of parking lot 12. He
also saw six HORNED GREBES on Lake Perris.
Roger Higson was excited about a real migration happening in Blythe. He
reported four SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, and 3 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS. He heard one BLACK RAIL and LESSER NIGHTHAWKS.
John Green reported on traveling south on I-215 towards French Valley from
Riverside, where he saw a small flock of probable SWAINSON’S HAWKS. He
definitely reported seeing three SWAINSON’S HAWKS and a BULLOCK’S ORIOLE
in the French Valley area.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
There were no reports this week from Imperial County, but for those
willing to venture a little further, Henry Detwiler reported three BLACK
RAILS calling on the north side of West Pond, as well as Clapper and
Virginia Rails. He also heard a number of LEAST BITTERN along Mittry Lake.
Mittry Lake and West Pond are in the Yuma, Arizona area.
Also out of the area, but of interest to birders, was a report of several
LONG-EARED OWLS and a female BARN OWL in the Anza Borrego area.
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That's it for today. This summary is done weekly, usually on Thursday.
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.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
In general, birds that are on this weekly summary are those that are
classified as at least rare in “Birds of Southern California” by Garrett
and Dunn, “Birds of the Salton Sea” by Patten, McCaskie, and Unitt, or
in “Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley” by Rosenberg, Ohmart,
Hunter, and Anderson. Rarity can be regional or seasonal. For example, a
nuthatch reported at the Salton Sea, where it is rare, may be on the
summary. That same bird reported from the San Bernardino Mountains, where
it is common, would not be. A sparrow reported as a rarity in Riverside
in July, may be common there in December.
If you are only getting this report through Birdwest, you can get MORE
FREQUENT AND COMPREHENSIVE UPDATES by subscribing to inlandcountybirds
(see below).
To report a bird POST TO INLANDCOUNTYBIRDS (see below)!!! If there is
some reason that you cannot post there, or do not want to, e-mail Kirk and
Linda Stitt at secalrba@earthlink.net or call (909) 793-5599 option 3 to
leave a report on the RBA phone machine. Thanks!!!
* California
* Southeastern
* March 29, 2006
* CASE0603.29
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Horned Grebe
Swainson’s Hawk
Black Rail
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Little Gull
Lesser Nighthawk
Bullock’s Oriole
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
There were no reports from San Bernardino County this week.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Howard King reported on March 28 that the LITTLE GULL is still at Lake
Perris and can usually be seen from the east end of parking lot 12. He
also saw six HORNED GREBES on Lake Perris.
Roger Higson was excited about a real migration happening in Blythe. He
reported four SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, and 3 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS. He heard one BLACK RAIL and LESSER NIGHTHAWKS.
John Green reported on traveling south on I-215 towards French Valley from
Riverside, where he saw a small flock of probable SWAINSON’S HAWKS. He
definitely reported seeing three SWAINSON’S HAWKS and a BULLOCK’S ORIOLE
in the French Valley area.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
There were no reports this week from Imperial County, but for those
willing to venture a little further, Henry Detwiler reported three BLACK
RAILS calling on the north side of West Pond, as well as Clapper and
Virginia Rails. He also heard a number of LEAST BITTERN along Mittry Lake.
Mittry Lake and West Pond are in the Yuma, Arizona area.
Also out of the area, but of interest to birders, was a report of several
LONG-EARED OWLS and a female BARN OWL in the Anza Borrego area.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's it for today. This summary is done weekly, usually on Thursday.
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.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
In general, birds that are on this weekly summary are those that are
classified as at least rare in “Birds of Southern California” by Garrett
and Dunn, “Birds of the Salton Sea” by Patten, McCaskie, and Unitt, or
in “Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley” by Rosenberg, Ohmart,
Hunter, and Anderson. Rarity can be regional or seasonal. For example, a
nuthatch reported at the Salton Sea, where it is rare, may be on the
summary. That same bird reported from the San Bernardino Mountains, where
it is common, would not be. A sparrow reported as a rarity in Riverside
in July, may be common there in December.
If you are only getting this report through Birdwest, you can get MORE
FREQUENT AND COMPREHENSIVE UPDATES by subscribing to inlandcountybirds
(see below).
To report a bird POST TO INLANDCOUNTYBIRDS (see below)!!! If there is
some reason that you cannot post there, or do not want to, e-mail Kirk and
Linda Stitt at secalrba@earthlink.net or call (909) 793-5599 option 3 to
leave a report on the RBA phone machine. Thanks!!!