- RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* July 12, 2006
* CASE0607.12
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
White-tailed Kite
Peregrine Falcon
Solitary Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Caspian Tern
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Williamson’s Sapsucker
“Western” Flycatcher
Townsend’s Solitaire
Hermit Thrush
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Red Crossbill
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
On Saturday, July 8, Jim Pike reported the continuing BROAD-TAILED
HUMMINGBIRD 200 yards downstream from the creek crossing at Aspen Grove in
the San Bernardino Mountains. He also reported a PEREGRINE FALCON in the
Fish Creek area. He belatedly reported a NUTTALL’S WOODPECKER two weeks
earlier from the Aspen Grove trailhead, just over 7,000’ elevation.
On Sunday, July 9, Howard King reported 10 RED CROSSBILLS including
begging juveniles at Bluff Lake. AT the sewage treatment plant at Baldwin
Lake he reported an over-summering RING-NECKED DUCK. BLACK SWIFTS were
seen in the Monkey Face Falls area in Mill Creek Canyon.
On Monday, July 10, Dave Goodward reported from the Green Canyon area in
the San Bernardinos. He reported typical species plus a “WESTERN”
FLYCATCHER at lower Green Canyon, either a local breeder or an early
migrant. Birds of note reported on the first two miles of the trail were
RED CROSSBILLS, TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE, MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, as well as
more common flycatchers. At the 3 mile mark he heard HERMIT THRUSH and
saw a family of WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKERS.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
On July 6, Chet McGaugh reported from San Jacinto Wildlife Area. A female
NORTHERN SHOVELER was a seasonal rarity. His highlight was twenty WHITE-
TAILED KITES, with twelve in the same tree including juveniles. He
reported that flock mingling aerially with a flock of CASPIAN TERNS.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie reported from the south end of the Salton Sea on Friday, July
7. He reported impressive numbers of expected shorebirds. Birds of
particular interest are: SOLITARY SANDPIPER (1 - establishing the
earliest date for a fall migrant at the Salton Sea), SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER (1 – a worn alternate-plumage adult), and the summering LITTLE
GULL was still present.
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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
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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 12, 2006
* CASE0607.12
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
White-tailed Kite
Peregrine Falcon
Solitary Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Caspian Tern
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Williamson’s Sapsucker
“Western” Flycatcher
Townsend’s Solitaire
Hermit Thrush
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Red Crossbill
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
On Saturday, July 8, Jim Pike reported the continuing BROAD-TAILED
HUMMINGBIRD 200 yards downstream from the creek crossing at Aspen Grove in
the San Bernardino Mountains. He also reported a PEREGRINE FALCON in the
Fish Creek area. He belatedly reported a NUTTALL’S WOODPECKER two weeks
earlier from the Aspen Grove trailhead, just over 7,000’ elevation.
On Sunday, July 9, Howard King reported 10 RED CROSSBILLS including
begging juveniles at Bluff Lake. AT the sewage treatment plant at Baldwin
Lake he reported an over-summering RING-NECKED DUCK. BLACK SWIFTS were
seen in the Monkey Face Falls area in Mill Creek Canyon.
On Monday, July 10, Dave Goodward reported from the Green Canyon area in
the San Bernardinos. He reported typical species plus a “WESTERN”
FLYCATCHER at lower Green Canyon, either a local breeder or an early
migrant. Birds of note reported on the first two miles of the trail were
RED CROSSBILLS, TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE, MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, as well as
more common flycatchers. At the 3 mile mark he heard HERMIT THRUSH and
saw a family of WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKERS.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
On July 6, Chet McGaugh reported from San Jacinto Wildlife Area. A female
NORTHERN SHOVELER was a seasonal rarity. His highlight was twenty WHITE-
TAILED KITES, with twelve in the same tree including juveniles. He
reported that flock mingling aerially with a flock of CASPIAN TERNS.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie reported from the south end of the Salton Sea on Friday, July
7. He reported impressive numbers of expected shorebirds. Birds of
particular interest are: SOLITARY SANDPIPER (1 - establishing the
earliest date for a fall migrant at the Salton Sea), SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER (1 – a worn alternate-plumage adult), and the summering LITTLE
GULL was still present.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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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