RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* August 2, 2006
* CASE0608.02
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Wood Stork
White-tailed Kite
Red-shouldered Hawk
Snowy Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Red Knot
Baird’s Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Red Phalarope
Little Gull
Franklin’s Gull
Heerman’s Gull
Black Tern
White-winged Dove
Ruddy Ground-dove
Burrowing Owl
Common Nighthawk
Anna’s Hummingbird
Gila Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
California Thrasher
Lucy’s Warbler
Western Tanager
White-crowned Sparrow
Tricolored Blackbird
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Sandra Remley reported on birding at Erwin Lake on July 28. She noted
there was not much water left in the lake, but still saw a good number of
WHITE-FACED IBIS, many WESTERN SANDPIPERS, CASSIN’S KINGBIRDS, SAY’S
PHOEBES, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and COMMON
NIGHTHAWK.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Madeline Bauer reported on birds seen along the edges of the Goose Creek
Golf Course in Mira Loma on July 27 and 28. Interesting birds included
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, WHITE-TAILED KITE,
CASSIN’S KINGBIRD, and WESTERN BLUEBIRDS.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie sent in a report from the Salton Sea on July 29. He was 1
LITTLE BLUE HERON, in an irrigated field about 1.5 miles north of
Calipatria, 1 GLOSSY IBIS in about the same area, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPER,
one adult about 3.5 miles west of Seeley and another in an irrigated field
at the intersection of English and Eddins Roads, an adult RED KNOT at
Obsidian Butte, 2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPER in an irrigated filed about 1.5 miles
north of Calipatria, 2 WILSON’S SNIPE, one in a filed at the intersection
of English and Eddins and another at Unit 1 of the SSNWR, 1 FRANKLIN’S
GULL in a field north of Calipatria, 2 RUDDY GROUND-DOVE at the
intersection of Sperry and Eddins, 4 LUCY’S WARBLER near the intersection
of Fites and Carter Roads southwest of Brawley, and 6 TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD
adult males about 3.5 miles west of Seeley.
Daniel Edelstein posted a report from the Salton Sea to the Calbirds
websiste on July 31. Noteworthy birds included a BURROWING OWL near Sentry
Road north of Westmoreland, CALIFORNIA THRASHER and BLACK PHOEBE at the
Sonny Bono Visitor Center, 5 WOOD STORK in a large pond on Lindsay Road, 2
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER on a sand flat along the water near Obsidian Butte,
3 SNOWY PLOVER in the same area, 1 RED PHALAROPE on Grubel in a small
pond, and 12 BLACK TERN on Hill Rd. At Cattle Call Park, he saw WHITE-
WINGED DOVE, GILA WOODPECKER, and ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD.
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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
* August 2, 2006
* CASE0608.02
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Wood Stork
White-tailed Kite
Red-shouldered Hawk
Snowy Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Red Knot
Baird’s Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Red Phalarope
Little Gull
Franklin’s Gull
Heerman’s Gull
Black Tern
White-winged Dove
Ruddy Ground-dove
Burrowing Owl
Common Nighthawk
Anna’s Hummingbird
Gila Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
California Thrasher
Lucy’s Warbler
Western Tanager
White-crowned Sparrow
Tricolored Blackbird
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Sandra Remley reported on birding at Erwin Lake on July 28. She noted
there was not much water left in the lake, but still saw a good number of
WHITE-FACED IBIS, many WESTERN SANDPIPERS, CASSIN’S KINGBIRDS, SAY’S
PHOEBES, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and COMMON
NIGHTHAWK.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Madeline Bauer reported on birds seen along the edges of the Goose Creek
Golf Course in Mira Loma on July 27 and 28. Interesting birds included
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, WHITE-TAILED KITE,
CASSIN’S KINGBIRD, and WESTERN BLUEBIRDS.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie sent in a report from the Salton Sea on July 29. He was 1
LITTLE BLUE HERON, in an irrigated field about 1.5 miles north of
Calipatria, 1 GLOSSY IBIS in about the same area, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPER,
one adult about 3.5 miles west of Seeley and another in an irrigated field
at the intersection of English and Eddins Roads, an adult RED KNOT at
Obsidian Butte, 2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPER in an irrigated filed about 1.5 miles
north of Calipatria, 2 WILSON’S SNIPE, one in a filed at the intersection
of English and Eddins and another at Unit 1 of the SSNWR, 1 FRANKLIN’S
GULL in a field north of Calipatria, 2 RUDDY GROUND-DOVE at the
intersection of Sperry and Eddins, 4 LUCY’S WARBLER near the intersection
of Fites and Carter Roads southwest of Brawley, and 6 TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD
adult males about 3.5 miles west of Seeley.
Daniel Edelstein posted a report from the Salton Sea to the Calbirds
websiste on July 31. Noteworthy birds included a BURROWING OWL near Sentry
Road north of Westmoreland, CALIFORNIA THRASHER and BLACK PHOEBE at the
Sonny Bono Visitor Center, 5 WOOD STORK in a large pond on Lindsay Road, 2
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER on a sand flat along the water near Obsidian Butte,
3 SNOWY PLOVER in the same area, 1 RED PHALAROPE on Grubel in a small
pond, and 12 BLACK TERN on Hill Rd. At Cattle Call Park, he saw WHITE-
WINGED DOVE, GILA WOODPECKER, and ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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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