RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* September 6, 2006
* CASE0609.06
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Baird's Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Sabine's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Heerman's Gull
Black Tern
Caspian Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Common Tern
White-winged Dove
Inca Dove
Ruddy Ground-dove
Common Ground-dove
Belted Kingfisher
Vaux's Swift
Least Flycatcher
Plumbeous Vireo
Bank Swallow
Wood Thrush
MacGillivray's Warbler
Tricolored Blackbird
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Bill Deppe and others continue to report a WOOD THRUSH at Crystal Springs.
It has been in the mesquite bushes above where the spring comes out of the
mountain. Steve Sosensky noted that Crystal Springs is mostly in Inyo
County except for the water outflow well below the main springs.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Chet McGaugh visited the south shore of Mystic Lake on Sept. 1 and
reported 2 BROWN PELICAN, 36 WHITE-TAILED KITE, 4 BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, 2
LONG-BILLED CURLEW, 40 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, and 50 CASPIAN TERN. On
Sept. 4, he reported a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the south shore of
Mystic lake. It was with a small flock of peeps on the west side of the
metal corrals, near the big, round tank. You can access the area from
Gilman Springs Rd. via a little road that parallels a fenceline about .4
mile south of the red barn. Chet also saw at least three BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
and many WHITE-TAILED KITE again on the 4th.
Many reports are still coming in of a single BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY at the
Whitewater River Delta at the north end of the Salton Sea.
Tom Benson birded the Mystic Lake area on Sept. 4 and found a juvenile
SABINE’S GULL. The bird was along the shoreline and occasionally flying
out over the lake. This part of Mystic Lake can be accessed from the east
or northeast end of the San Jacinto Wildlife Area.
CT Lee, a birder from Houston, also visited Mystic Lake from an access
road .5 miles SE of the red barn on Gilman Hot Springs Rd., and also saw
the SABINE’S GULL. She also reported 3 juvenile PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 5
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, 3 LONG-BILLED CURLEW, 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 10
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 85 LEAST SANDPIPER, and 75 WESTERN SANDPIPER.
A juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER was also see at Mystic Lake by Andrew
Howe and his parents. He also reported BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and LESSER
YELLOWLEGS along the shoreline. On Sept. 5, Andrew again visited Mystic
Lake and saw 2 BROWN PELICANS and a SANDERLING on the southern shore.
Leigh Johnson found a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER with a flock of grebes at the
Whitewater River Delta on Sept. 2.
Peyton Cook birded Desert Center on Sept. 2 and found a SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
VAUX’S SWIFT, MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, BELTED KINGFISHER, and INCA DOVE.
Roger Higson reported 9 SOLITARY SANDPIPER on the sewage ponds near Blythe
on Sept. 2.
Peyton Cook birded the Desert Center lake and golf course on Sept. 2.
Birds of note included a SPOTTED SANDPIPER, VAUX’S SWIFT, MACGILLIVRAY’S
WARBLER, BELTED KINGFISHER and INCA DOVE. Peyton also saw OSPREY, a BANK
SWALLOW, and PLUMBEOUS VIREO.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
A PIPING PLOVER continues to be reported by many birders in the Red Hill
marina area.
Up to 4 BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY continue to be seen on Mullett Island.
Guy McCaskie sent in a report from the Salton Sea on August 31. He saw
both the BLUE-FOOTED BOOBIES at Mullet Island and the PIPING PLOVER at Red
Hill. He also saw 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER at Kuhn’s Dairy, 1 BLACK TURNSTONE
at Obsidian Butte, 1 BAIRD’S SANDPIPER in an irrigated filed about 2 miles
north of Calipatria, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER in the same irrigated field, 1
PARASITIC JAEGER and 1 LONG-TAILED JAEGER off the north end of Poe Rd., 1
FRANKLIN’S GULL about a mile south of the SSNWR and another about 5 fmiles
north of Westmorland, 2 COMMON TERN AT Obsidian Butte and 6 more at the
north end of Poe, 1 RUDDY GROUND-DOVE near Calipatria, and 2 TRICOLORED
BLACKBIRD at Kuhn’s Dairy. Guy also reported on Sept.1 to pass on a report
from David Vander Pluym of a ROSEATE SPOONBILL and a TRICOLORED HERON
together on the shore north of the west end of McDonald Rd. He also passed
on a report of a REDDISH EGRET at the intersection of Lack and Lindsay
Rds. Guy sent in a report from Sept. 4 that confirmed most of the previous
birds are still being seen, and added a GREATER SCAUP at the SSNWR, a WOOD
STORK at the SSNWR, 12 BAIRD’S SANDPIPER in a field near Hoober Rd. and
HWY 11, 1 RUFF near the same intersection. He also saw 5 PARASITIC JAEGER
and 1 LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 2 FRANKLIN’S GULL near Lindsay and Gentry Rds.,
a HEERMAN’S GULL at Obsidian Butte, a GULL-BILLED TERN near Obsidian
Butte, and 10 COMMON TERN at Obsidian Butte.
Jennifer Rycenga sent in a report on Sept. 4 that echoed many of Guy’s
sightings. She also noted finding COMMON GROUND-DOVE, WHITE-WINGED DOVE,
and INCA DOVE.
Drew Smith of Minnesota sent in a late report from the Salton Sea for
Sept. 1. He saw a juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON in the scrubby trees
bordering the Alamo River along the trail heading out towards the river
mouth. He also saw 2 quail in the area which flew before he could make a
positive ID as to species.
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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
* September 6, 2006
* CASE0609.06
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Baird's Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Sabine's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Heerman's Gull
Black Tern
Caspian Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Common Tern
White-winged Dove
Inca Dove
Ruddy Ground-dove
Common Ground-dove
Belted Kingfisher
Vaux's Swift
Least Flycatcher
Plumbeous Vireo
Bank Swallow
Wood Thrush
MacGillivray's Warbler
Tricolored Blackbird
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Bill Deppe and others continue to report a WOOD THRUSH at Crystal Springs.
It has been in the mesquite bushes above where the spring comes out of the
mountain. Steve Sosensky noted that Crystal Springs is mostly in Inyo
County except for the water outflow well below the main springs.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Chet McGaugh visited the south shore of Mystic Lake on Sept. 1 and
reported 2 BROWN PELICAN, 36 WHITE-TAILED KITE, 4 BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, 2
LONG-BILLED CURLEW, 40 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, and 50 CASPIAN TERN. On
Sept. 4, he reported a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the south shore of
Mystic lake. It was with a small flock of peeps on the west side of the
metal corrals, near the big, round tank. You can access the area from
Gilman Springs Rd. via a little road that parallels a fenceline about .4
mile south of the red barn. Chet also saw at least three BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
and many WHITE-TAILED KITE again on the 4th.
Many reports are still coming in of a single BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY at the
Whitewater River Delta at the north end of the Salton Sea.
Tom Benson birded the Mystic Lake area on Sept. 4 and found a juvenile
SABINE’S GULL. The bird was along the shoreline and occasionally flying
out over the lake. This part of Mystic Lake can be accessed from the east
or northeast end of the San Jacinto Wildlife Area.
CT Lee, a birder from Houston, also visited Mystic Lake from an access
road .5 miles SE of the red barn on Gilman Hot Springs Rd., and also saw
the SABINE’S GULL. She also reported 3 juvenile PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 5
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, 3 LONG-BILLED CURLEW, 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 10
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 85 LEAST SANDPIPER, and 75 WESTERN SANDPIPER.
A juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER was also see at Mystic Lake by Andrew
Howe and his parents. He also reported BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and LESSER
YELLOWLEGS along the shoreline. On Sept. 5, Andrew again visited Mystic
Lake and saw 2 BROWN PELICANS and a SANDERLING on the southern shore.
Leigh Johnson found a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER with a flock of grebes at the
Whitewater River Delta on Sept. 2.
Peyton Cook birded Desert Center on Sept. 2 and found a SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
VAUX’S SWIFT, MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, BELTED KINGFISHER, and INCA DOVE.
Roger Higson reported 9 SOLITARY SANDPIPER on the sewage ponds near Blythe
on Sept. 2.
Peyton Cook birded the Desert Center lake and golf course on Sept. 2.
Birds of note included a SPOTTED SANDPIPER, VAUX’S SWIFT, MACGILLIVRAY’S
WARBLER, BELTED KINGFISHER and INCA DOVE. Peyton also saw OSPREY, a BANK
SWALLOW, and PLUMBEOUS VIREO.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
A PIPING PLOVER continues to be reported by many birders in the Red Hill
marina area.
Up to 4 BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY continue to be seen on Mullett Island.
Guy McCaskie sent in a report from the Salton Sea on August 31. He saw
both the BLUE-FOOTED BOOBIES at Mullet Island and the PIPING PLOVER at Red
Hill. He also saw 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER at Kuhn’s Dairy, 1 BLACK TURNSTONE
at Obsidian Butte, 1 BAIRD’S SANDPIPER in an irrigated filed about 2 miles
north of Calipatria, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER in the same irrigated field, 1
PARASITIC JAEGER and 1 LONG-TAILED JAEGER off the north end of Poe Rd., 1
FRANKLIN’S GULL about a mile south of the SSNWR and another about 5 fmiles
north of Westmorland, 2 COMMON TERN AT Obsidian Butte and 6 more at the
north end of Poe, 1 RUDDY GROUND-DOVE near Calipatria, and 2 TRICOLORED
BLACKBIRD at Kuhn’s Dairy. Guy also reported on Sept.1 to pass on a report
from David Vander Pluym of a ROSEATE SPOONBILL and a TRICOLORED HERON
together on the shore north of the west end of McDonald Rd. He also passed
on a report of a REDDISH EGRET at the intersection of Lack and Lindsay
Rds. Guy sent in a report from Sept. 4 that confirmed most of the previous
birds are still being seen, and added a GREATER SCAUP at the SSNWR, a WOOD
STORK at the SSNWR, 12 BAIRD’S SANDPIPER in a field near Hoober Rd. and
HWY 11, 1 RUFF near the same intersection. He also saw 5 PARASITIC JAEGER
and 1 LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 2 FRANKLIN’S GULL near Lindsay and Gentry Rds.,
a HEERMAN’S GULL at Obsidian Butte, a GULL-BILLED TERN near Obsidian
Butte, and 10 COMMON TERN at Obsidian Butte.
Jennifer Rycenga sent in a report on Sept. 4 that echoed many of Guy’s
sightings. She also noted finding COMMON GROUND-DOVE, WHITE-WINGED DOVE,
and INCA DOVE.
Drew Smith of Minnesota sent in a late report from the Salton Sea for
Sept. 1. He saw a juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON in the scrubby trees
bordering the Alamo River along the trail heading out towards the river
mouth. He also saw 2 quail in the area which flew before he could make a
positive ID as to species.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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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