RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* August 30, 2006
* CASE0608.30
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Eared Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican
BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY
Black-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
Wood Stork
Flamingo
Gadwall
Redhead
White-tailed Kite
Cooper’s Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Harrier
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
PIPING PLOVER
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Red Knot
Pectoral Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Black Turnstone
Ruddy Turnstone
Stilt Sandpiper
Franklin’s Gull
Heerman’s Gull
Caspian Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Least Tern
White-throated Swift
Gray Flycatcher
Wood Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lucy’s Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Hooded Warbler
Black-chinned Sparrow
Tricolored Blackbird
Nutmeg Mannikin
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Bill Deppe reported seeing a WOOD THRUSH at Crystal Springs on Aug. 26. He
checked his GPS and feels that the bird was in Inyo County, but within 200
meters of the San Bernardino County line. A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was also
in the area, along with six species of warblerand an unusually high number
of NASHVILLE WARBLER.
Sandy Remley reported from Baldwin Lake on Aug. 25. She spotted many
GADWALL, EARED GREBE, PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 REDHEAD, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 1
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, many LEAST SANDPIPER, and 2 CASPIAN TERN. In the
Stanfield Marsh area, she also saw an OSPREY.
An unconfirmed report of a female HOODED WARBLER was sent in by John
Sterling from a birding stop at Morongo Valley. The bird was seen about 10
a.m. and was calling a lot, but was not refound or reported by other
birders.
Kyri Freeman reported from Barstow on Aug. 30. She found 3 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER outside her office, and a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER foraging in
the rosemary bushes outside the LRC at Barstow College.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Ed Elmendorf reported seeing 50 or more WHITE-TAILED KITE in the back
ponds at San Jacinto Wildlife Refuge on Aug. 26.
A BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY continues to be seen at the north end of the Salton
Sea, and was most recently reported by John Green on Aug. 27. John had
excellent views of the bird from the Whitewater River mouth.
Roger Higson has reported a number—sometimes 14 at once--of SOLITARY
SANDPIPER in the Blythe area—some at the sewage farm and some in ditch
banks. He also saw an early SHARP-SHINNED HAWK.
Chet McGaugh birded Mystic Lake on Aug. 26. He found a RED KNOT, 3 LONG-
BILLED CURLEW, 50+ AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, a PEREGRINE FALCON, an OSPREY,
and 10 WHITE-TAILED KITE. Chet also reported a LEAST TERN, seen Aug. 28,
at the end of Johnson St. at the north end of the Salton Sea.
Lidia Seebeck sent in a report of a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON at the
confluence of Temescal Wash and Riverside Canal on Aug. 27.
Madeline Bauer reported from the Goose Creek Golf Course in Mira Loma on
Aug. 25. She had repeated sightings of a NUTMEG MANNIKIN. She also saw 2
WHITE-TAILED KITE and a COOPER’S HAWK near the golf course.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
A PIPING PLOVER continues to be reported by many people at Red Hill
marina, including the SBVAS field trip group on Aug. 27. The bird is being
seen near one of the blinds. The field trip group also saw a RUDDY
TURNSTONE at Red Hill, a STILT SANDPIPER at the end of Hazard Rd., 3
FLAMINGO near Mullet Island, WOOD STORK on the shoreline of Lack and
Lindsay and along the sea wall at the south end of the lagoon west of
Garst and south of the Red Hill road, 2 GULL-BILLED TERN near Lack and
Lindsay, HEERMAN’S GULL near Lack and Lindsay, WHITE-THROATED SWIFT near
the SBNWR HQ, and GRAY FLYCATCHER at Cattle Call Park picnic area. John
Green, field trip leader, found a PEREGRINE FALCON near the old adobes on
Davis Rd., and WHITE-TAILED KITE on Davis and 26th while scouting the area
on Aug. 26.
Howard King reported on Aug. 27. He reported finding 5 BLACK TURNSTONE, 3
at Obsidian Butte and 2 at Red Hill. He also found a LUCY’S WARBLER and
BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW in the mesquites at Carter and Fites. He notes that,
if you are searching to find the Boobies on Mullet Island, be very careful
driving out to the mouth of the Alamo River, as many cars required towing
from there this weekend.
Guy McCaskie reported on Aug. 26. He found 5 BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY on Mullet
Island, an adult GLOSSY IBIS in a field near English Road north of
Calipatria, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER at Kuhn’s Dairy, 8 BAIRD’S SANDPIPER in
fields north of Calipatria, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER in a field near Hwy 111
north of Calipatria, 3 FRANKLIN’S GULLS in a field along English Road, a
SWAINSON’S THRUSH near El Centro, and one TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD at the
Kuhn’s Dairy.
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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 30, 2006
* CASE0608.30
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Eared Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican
BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY
Black-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
Wood Stork
Flamingo
Gadwall
Redhead
White-tailed Kite
Cooper’s Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Harrier
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
PIPING PLOVER
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Red Knot
Pectoral Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Black Turnstone
Ruddy Turnstone
Stilt Sandpiper
Franklin’s Gull
Heerman’s Gull
Caspian Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Least Tern
White-throated Swift
Gray Flycatcher
Wood Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lucy’s Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Hooded Warbler
Black-chinned Sparrow
Tricolored Blackbird
Nutmeg Mannikin
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Bill Deppe reported seeing a WOOD THRUSH at Crystal Springs on Aug. 26. He
checked his GPS and feels that the bird was in Inyo County, but within 200
meters of the San Bernardino County line. A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was also
in the area, along with six species of warblerand an unusually high number
of NASHVILLE WARBLER.
Sandy Remley reported from Baldwin Lake on Aug. 25. She spotted many
GADWALL, EARED GREBE, PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 REDHEAD, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 1
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, many LEAST SANDPIPER, and 2 CASPIAN TERN. In the
Stanfield Marsh area, she also saw an OSPREY.
An unconfirmed report of a female HOODED WARBLER was sent in by John
Sterling from a birding stop at Morongo Valley. The bird was seen about 10
a.m. and was calling a lot, but was not refound or reported by other
birders.
Kyri Freeman reported from Barstow on Aug. 30. She found 3 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER outside her office, and a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER foraging in
the rosemary bushes outside the LRC at Barstow College.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Ed Elmendorf reported seeing 50 or more WHITE-TAILED KITE in the back
ponds at San Jacinto Wildlife Refuge on Aug. 26.
A BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY continues to be seen at the north end of the Salton
Sea, and was most recently reported by John Green on Aug. 27. John had
excellent views of the bird from the Whitewater River mouth.
Roger Higson has reported a number—sometimes 14 at once--of SOLITARY
SANDPIPER in the Blythe area—some at the sewage farm and some in ditch
banks. He also saw an early SHARP-SHINNED HAWK.
Chet McGaugh birded Mystic Lake on Aug. 26. He found a RED KNOT, 3 LONG-
BILLED CURLEW, 50+ AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, a PEREGRINE FALCON, an OSPREY,
and 10 WHITE-TAILED KITE. Chet also reported a LEAST TERN, seen Aug. 28,
at the end of Johnson St. at the north end of the Salton Sea.
Lidia Seebeck sent in a report of a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON at the
confluence of Temescal Wash and Riverside Canal on Aug. 27.
Madeline Bauer reported from the Goose Creek Golf Course in Mira Loma on
Aug. 25. She had repeated sightings of a NUTMEG MANNIKIN. She also saw 2
WHITE-TAILED KITE and a COOPER’S HAWK near the golf course.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
A PIPING PLOVER continues to be reported by many people at Red Hill
marina, including the SBVAS field trip group on Aug. 27. The bird is being
seen near one of the blinds. The field trip group also saw a RUDDY
TURNSTONE at Red Hill, a STILT SANDPIPER at the end of Hazard Rd., 3
FLAMINGO near Mullet Island, WOOD STORK on the shoreline of Lack and
Lindsay and along the sea wall at the south end of the lagoon west of
Garst and south of the Red Hill road, 2 GULL-BILLED TERN near Lack and
Lindsay, HEERMAN’S GULL near Lack and Lindsay, WHITE-THROATED SWIFT near
the SBNWR HQ, and GRAY FLYCATCHER at Cattle Call Park picnic area. John
Green, field trip leader, found a PEREGRINE FALCON near the old adobes on
Davis Rd., and WHITE-TAILED KITE on Davis and 26th while scouting the area
on Aug. 26.
Howard King reported on Aug. 27. He reported finding 5 BLACK TURNSTONE, 3
at Obsidian Butte and 2 at Red Hill. He also found a LUCY’S WARBLER and
BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW in the mesquites at Carter and Fites. He notes that,
if you are searching to find the Boobies on Mullet Island, be very careful
driving out to the mouth of the Alamo River, as many cars required towing
from there this weekend.
Guy McCaskie reported on Aug. 26. He found 5 BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY on Mullet
Island, an adult GLOSSY IBIS in a field near English Road north of
Calipatria, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER at Kuhn’s Dairy, 8 BAIRD’S SANDPIPER in
fields north of Calipatria, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER in a field near Hwy 111
north of Calipatria, 3 FRANKLIN’S GULLS in a field along English Road, a
SWAINSON’S THRUSH near El Centro, and one TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD at the
Kuhn’s Dairy.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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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