RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* July 5, 2006
* CASE0607.05
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Gadwall
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Redhead
Ring-necked Pheasant
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Wood Stork
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Clapper Rail
Common Moorhen
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Franklin’s Gull
Little Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Black Skimmer
Eurasian Collared Dove
Spotted Dove
White-winged Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-dove
Ruddy Ground-dove
Barn Owl
Flammulated Owl
Northern Pygmy Owl
Burrowing Owl
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
Gila Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Horned Lark
Bank Swallow
Marsh Wren
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Crissal Thrasher
Yellow-breasted Chat
Lark Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Kirk Stitt reported a number of WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKERS at the Heart Bar
Campground over the holiday weekend, particularly at the dripping faucets.
Tarik Townsend, a fourteen year old birder from Redlands called in a
report of 3 adult EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES on his property in Redlands. He
said the birds can often be seen in the top of the sweet gum trees on
Columbia near Pennsylvania in the northern part of Redlands. He has seen
them since mid April.
Joel Mundall confirmed the continuing FLAMMULATED OWLS first reported by
Dave Goodward a short distance down the Fish Creek trail. He also heard a
NORTHERN PYGMY OWL and several distant COMMON POORWILLS on June 24th,
directly adjacent to the Fish Creek Campsite.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Roger Higson sent in a report on July 3 from the Blythe area. He says
waders are arriving and changing on a daily basis. This last week he saw
WILLET, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, WESTERN SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WILSON’S
PHALAROPE, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER.
Jim Pike reported a near-adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON on July 3 in the
Prado Basin. The bird was photographed at the time, but he was unable to
locate it later in the day. He reiterates that the ponds in the basin are
closed to the public as they are in a state of disrepair.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie posted his finds from birding the Salton Sea area on July 1.
Birds seen included the following:
GADWALL
MALLARD
CINNAMON TEAL
NORTHERN SHOVELER
NORTHERN PINTAIL
REDHEAD
RING-NECKED PHEASANT
PIED-BILLED GREBE
EARED GREBE
WESTERN GREBE
CLARK’S GREBE
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
LEAST BITTERN
GREAT BLUE HERON
GREEN HERON
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
WOOD STORK
TURKEY VULTURE
WHITE-TAILED KITE
NORTHERN HARRIER
PEREGRINE FALCON
CLAPPER RAIL
COMMON MOORHEN
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
SNOWY PLOVER SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
WILLET
WHIMBREL
LONG-BILLED CURLEW
MARBLED GODWIT
WESTERN SANDPIPER
LEAST SANDPIPER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
LAUGHING GULL
FRANKLIN’S GULL
LITTLE GULL
BONAPARTE’S GULL
YELLOW-FOOTED GULL
GULL-BILLED TERN
LEAST TERN
BLACK TERN
BLACK SKIMMER
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
SPOTTED DOVE
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
INCA DOVE
COMMON GROUND-DOVE
RUDDY GROUND-DOVE
GREATER ROADRUNNER
BARN OWL
BURROWING OWL
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD
ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD
COSTA’S HUMMINGBIRD
GILA WOODPECKER
LADDER-BACKED WOODPECKER
BLACK PHOEBE
SAY’S PHOEBE
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
HORNED LARK
BANK SWALLOW
MARSH WREN
BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER
CRISSAL THRASHER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
LARK SPARROW
BLUE GROSBEAK
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
BRONZED COWBIRD
HOODED ORIOLE
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE
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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!!!
Please submit your documentation of all California Bird Records Committee
review species (as noted in the text above) to:
Guy McCaskie, Secretary, P.O. Box 275, Imperial Beach, CA 91933-0275, E-
mail: guymcc@pacbell.net
Additionally, CBRC species AND birds of local or seasonal rarity should be
reported to the "North American Birds" (formerly "Field Notes") County
Coordinators. They are:
IMPERIAL COUNTY Guy McCaskie 954 Grove Avenue, Imperial Beach, CA 91932
E: guymcc@pacbell.net
INYO COUNTY Tom & Jo Heindel, P.O. Box 400, Big Pine CA 93513 E:
tjheindel@aol.com
KERN COUNTY John Wilson 1425 Alta Vista, Bakersfield CA 93305 E:
jcwilson@lightspeed.net
RIVERSIDE COUNTY John F. Green, 3120 Mount Vernon Ave., Riverside, CA
92507 E:bewickwren@earthlink.net
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY Alexander E. Koonce, 1357 Paige Lane, Redlands, CA
92373 E: sandy_koonce@redlands.edu
************
There is an Inland Counties (San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial) bird
report & discussion group. You can view messages at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inlandcountybirds/ If you need help
subscribing to inlandcountybirds, e-mail John Green at
bewickwren@earthlink.net
IMPORTANT: Sometimes rare birds that are found in Southeastern CA are not
reported to Inlandcountybirds. Sites and phone numbers where such reports
sometimes appear are marked with *** below. If you are headed to one of
those areas, be sure to check that site or phone number first, in addition
to this RBA.
Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Barbara, and rarely San Diego County reports
are posted on BIRDWEST. To subscribe, send a message to
LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU with SUBSCRIBE BIRDWEST YOUR NAME in the
message (and your name = YOUR real name).
Orange County has an RBA update mailing list. To subscribe, write to
JWeintraub@Fullerton.edu
There is also an Orange County Listserv. Messages can be viewed there
at; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding
San Diego County has its own Listserv. You can view messages at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS ***
The San Diego phone RBA also posts reports to:
http://homepage.mac.com/aves/SanDiego.html ***
Sometimes Imperial County reports appear on these sources.Calbirds covers
all of California, but often has SoCal bird reports. To
subscribe, send a blank email to: calbirds-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ***
Sightings in Inyo County and beyond are posted at
http://www.esaudubon.org/birds/
Some Kern County reports are posted at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kerncobirding
Messages to the birding listserve for the Pasadena area can be viewed at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PasadenaAudubon
Messages to the birding listserve for Los Angeles County can be viewed
at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds
************
A schedule of San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society field trips is
available at our phone RBA and information center and at the SBVAS
website: http://www.sbvas.org
Important Southern California Bird Alert and Wildlife Phone Numbers: Los
Angeles RBA (323) 874-1318 ***
Monterey Bay RBA (831)626-6605
Morro Bay RBA (805) 528-7182
Orange County RBA (949) 487-6869
San Diego RBA (619) 688-2473 ***
Santa Barbara RBA (805) 964-8240 (report to (805)-964-1316)
Southeastern CA Bird Alert (909) 793-5599
Southern California BIRDBOX (818) 952-5502 + 5 ***
CalTip (CA Fish & Game) (800) 952-5400 (to report wildlife violations)
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* California
* Southeastern
* July 5, 2006
* CASE0607.05
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Gadwall
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Redhead
Ring-necked Pheasant
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Wood Stork
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Clapper Rail
Common Moorhen
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Franklin’s Gull
Little Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Black Skimmer
Eurasian Collared Dove
Spotted Dove
White-winged Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-dove
Ruddy Ground-dove
Barn Owl
Flammulated Owl
Northern Pygmy Owl
Burrowing Owl
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
Gila Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Horned Lark
Bank Swallow
Marsh Wren
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Crissal Thrasher
Yellow-breasted Chat
Lark Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Kirk Stitt reported a number of WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKERS at the Heart Bar
Campground over the holiday weekend, particularly at the dripping faucets.
Tarik Townsend, a fourteen year old birder from Redlands called in a
report of 3 adult EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES on his property in Redlands. He
said the birds can often be seen in the top of the sweet gum trees on
Columbia near Pennsylvania in the northern part of Redlands. He has seen
them since mid April.
Joel Mundall confirmed the continuing FLAMMULATED OWLS first reported by
Dave Goodward a short distance down the Fish Creek trail. He also heard a
NORTHERN PYGMY OWL and several distant COMMON POORWILLS on June 24th,
directly adjacent to the Fish Creek Campsite.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Roger Higson sent in a report on July 3 from the Blythe area. He says
waders are arriving and changing on a daily basis. This last week he saw
WILLET, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, WESTERN SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WILSON’S
PHALAROPE, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER.
Jim Pike reported a near-adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON on July 3 in the
Prado Basin. The bird was photographed at the time, but he was unable to
locate it later in the day. He reiterates that the ponds in the basin are
closed to the public as they are in a state of disrepair.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie posted his finds from birding the Salton Sea area on July 1.
Birds seen included the following:
GADWALL
MALLARD
CINNAMON TEAL
NORTHERN SHOVELER
NORTHERN PINTAIL
REDHEAD
RING-NECKED PHEASANT
PIED-BILLED GREBE
EARED GREBE
WESTERN GREBE
CLARK’S GREBE
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
LEAST BITTERN
GREAT BLUE HERON
GREEN HERON
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
WOOD STORK
TURKEY VULTURE
WHITE-TAILED KITE
NORTHERN HARRIER
PEREGRINE FALCON
CLAPPER RAIL
COMMON MOORHEN
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
SNOWY PLOVER SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
WILLET
WHIMBREL
LONG-BILLED CURLEW
MARBLED GODWIT
WESTERN SANDPIPER
LEAST SANDPIPER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
LAUGHING GULL
FRANKLIN’S GULL
LITTLE GULL
BONAPARTE’S GULL
YELLOW-FOOTED GULL
GULL-BILLED TERN
LEAST TERN
BLACK TERN
BLACK SKIMMER
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
SPOTTED DOVE
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
INCA DOVE
COMMON GROUND-DOVE
RUDDY GROUND-DOVE
GREATER ROADRUNNER
BARN OWL
BURROWING OWL
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD
ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD
COSTA’S HUMMINGBIRD
GILA WOODPECKER
LADDER-BACKED WOODPECKER
BLACK PHOEBE
SAY’S PHOEBE
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
HORNED LARK
BANK SWALLOW
MARSH WREN
BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER
CRISSAL THRASHER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
LARK SPARROW
BLUE GROSBEAK
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
BRONZED COWBIRD
HOODED ORIOLE
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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!!!
Please submit your documentation of all California Bird Records Committee
review species (as noted in the text above) to:
Guy McCaskie, Secretary, P.O. Box 275, Imperial Beach, CA 91933-0275, E-
mail: guymcc@pacbell.net
Additionally, CBRC species AND birds of local or seasonal rarity should be
reported to the "North American Birds" (formerly "Field Notes") County
Coordinators. They are:
IMPERIAL COUNTY Guy McCaskie 954 Grove Avenue, Imperial Beach, CA 91932
E: guymcc@pacbell.net
INYO COUNTY Tom & Jo Heindel, P.O. Box 400, Big Pine CA 93513 E:
tjheindel@aol.com
KERN COUNTY John Wilson 1425 Alta Vista, Bakersfield CA 93305 E:
jcwilson@lightspeed.net
RIVERSIDE COUNTY John F. Green, 3120 Mount Vernon Ave., Riverside, CA
92507 E:bewickwren@earthlink.net
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY Alexander E. Koonce, 1357 Paige Lane, Redlands, CA
92373 E: sandy_koonce@redlands.edu
************
There is an Inland Counties (San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial) bird
report & discussion group. You can view messages at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inlandcountybirds/ If you need help
subscribing to inlandcountybirds, e-mail John Green at
bewickwren@earthlink.net
IMPORTANT: Sometimes rare birds that are found in Southeastern CA are not
reported to Inlandcountybirds. Sites and phone numbers where such reports
sometimes appear are marked with *** below. If you are headed to one of
those areas, be sure to check that site or phone number first, in addition
to this RBA.
Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Barbara, and rarely San Diego County reports
are posted on BIRDWEST. To subscribe, send a message to
LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU with SUBSCRIBE BIRDWEST YOUR NAME in the
message (and your name = YOUR real name).
Orange County has an RBA update mailing list. To subscribe, write to
JWeintraub@Fullerton.edu
There is also an Orange County Listserv. Messages can be viewed there
at; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding
San Diego County has its own Listserv. You can view messages at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS ***
The San Diego phone RBA also posts reports to:
http://homepage.mac.com/aves/SanDiego.html ***
Sometimes Imperial County reports appear on these sources.Calbirds covers
all of California, but often has SoCal bird reports. To
subscribe, send a blank email to: calbirds-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ***
Sightings in Inyo County and beyond are posted at
http://www.esaudubon.org/birds/
Some Kern County reports are posted at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kerncobirding
Messages to the birding listserve for the Pasadena area can be viewed at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PasadenaAudubon
Messages to the birding listserve for Los Angeles County can be viewed
at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds
************
A schedule of San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society field trips is
available at our phone RBA and information center and at the SBVAS
website: http://www.sbvas.org
Important Southern California Bird Alert and Wildlife Phone Numbers: Los
Angeles RBA (323) 874-1318 ***
Monterey Bay RBA (831)626-6605
Morro Bay RBA (805) 528-7182
Orange County RBA (949) 487-6869
San Diego RBA (619) 688-2473 ***
Santa Barbara RBA (805) 964-8240 (report to (805)-964-1316)
Southeastern CA Bird Alert (909) 793-5599
Southern California BIRDBOX (818) 952-5502 + 5 ***
CalTip (CA Fish & Game) (800) 952-5400 (to report wildlife violations)
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