RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* May 17, 2006
* CASE0605.17
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Surf Scoter
Wood Duck
Brant
Brown Pelican
Yellow-footed Gull
Laughing Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Least Tern
Reddish Egret
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Common Poorwill
White-headed Woodpecker
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Summer Tanager
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Sandy Remley reported many of the expected seasonal birds in the San
Bernardino Mountains as well as the opening of certain forest roads. She
reported COMMON PORWILL from N2O2 about a mile in from Vale. She also
reported ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER from 2N93 near the Green Spot group
campground. From 1N45 off Highway 38 she reported WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER
east of Camp Metoche.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
On Thursday, May 11, Madeline Bauer reported a female WOOD DUCK with two
ducklings and a male MANDARIN DUCK in a pond at Goose Creek Golf Course in
Mira Loma. On Friday morning she saw at least four pair of WOOD DUCKS on
the educational pond at Hidden Valley. One pair had 11 ducklings.
On Friday, May 12 Madeline Bauer and Barbara Iyer reported several
migrants from the Box Springs area of Riverside including a RUFOUS-CROWNED
SPARROW.
Roger Higson made several reports from the Blythe area. On Sunday May 14,
he reported an adult dark REDDISH-EGRET in an irrigation canal in the
Blythe area. On Sunday he passed along the sighting of a ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK near trailer space 11 at Mayflower Park in Blythe.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Chet McGaugh visited the Salton Sea on May 13 and reported a male SUMMER
TANAGER near Bashford’s Hot Mineral Spa in an area with cottonwoods. The
last spring sighting recorded for this bird north-northeast of Calipatria,
was in 1996 by Gene Cardiff. Chet also saw a number of birds at the end of
Johnson Street including: several conspicuous GULL-BILLED TERN, 2 BRANT,
and hundreds of BLACK TERNS.
Guy McCaskie also birded the Salton Sea area. Highlights included: SURF
SCOTER (1 female at the intersection of Lack and Lindsey Roads),
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (1 in alternate plumage at Unit 1), BAIRD’S
SANDPIPER (2 in alternate plumage at Unit 1), and LEAST TERN (3 adults on
Morton Bay at the west end of Hazard Road). Also present were 6 BROWN
PELICANS and 1 YELLOW-FOOTED GULL, and 8 LAUGHING GULLS. Guy felt the
presence of these birds indicates some sea birds have moved north from the
Gulf.
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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.
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* California
* Southeastern
* May 17, 2006
* CASE0605.17
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Surf Scoter
Wood Duck
Brant
Brown Pelican
Yellow-footed Gull
Laughing Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Least Tern
Reddish Egret
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Common Poorwill
White-headed Woodpecker
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Summer Tanager
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Sandy Remley reported many of the expected seasonal birds in the San
Bernardino Mountains as well as the opening of certain forest roads. She
reported COMMON PORWILL from N2O2 about a mile in from Vale. She also
reported ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER from 2N93 near the Green Spot group
campground. From 1N45 off Highway 38 she reported WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER
east of Camp Metoche.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
On Thursday, May 11, Madeline Bauer reported a female WOOD DUCK with two
ducklings and a male MANDARIN DUCK in a pond at Goose Creek Golf Course in
Mira Loma. On Friday morning she saw at least four pair of WOOD DUCKS on
the educational pond at Hidden Valley. One pair had 11 ducklings.
On Friday, May 12 Madeline Bauer and Barbara Iyer reported several
migrants from the Box Springs area of Riverside including a RUFOUS-CROWNED
SPARROW.
Roger Higson made several reports from the Blythe area. On Sunday May 14,
he reported an adult dark REDDISH-EGRET in an irrigation canal in the
Blythe area. On Sunday he passed along the sighting of a ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK near trailer space 11 at Mayflower Park in Blythe.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Chet McGaugh visited the Salton Sea on May 13 and reported a male SUMMER
TANAGER near Bashford’s Hot Mineral Spa in an area with cottonwoods. The
last spring sighting recorded for this bird north-northeast of Calipatria,
was in 1996 by Gene Cardiff. Chet also saw a number of birds at the end of
Johnson Street including: several conspicuous GULL-BILLED TERN, 2 BRANT,
and hundreds of BLACK TERNS.
Guy McCaskie also birded the Salton Sea area. Highlights included: SURF
SCOTER (1 female at the intersection of Lack and Lindsey Roads),
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (1 in alternate plumage at Unit 1), BAIRD’S
SANDPIPER (2 in alternate plumage at Unit 1), and LEAST TERN (3 adults on
Morton Bay at the west end of Hazard Road). Also present were 6 BROWN
PELICANS and 1 YELLOW-FOOTED GULL, and 8 LAUGHING GULLS. Guy felt the
presence of these birds indicates some sea birds have moved north from the
Gulf.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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.
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