RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* September 13, 2006
* CASE1309.06
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Blue-footed Booby
Redish Egret
Wood Stork
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Chukar
Sora
Solitary Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Sanderling
Baird's Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
Pomerine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Franklin's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Heerman's Gull
Common Tern
Ruddy Ground Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Vaux's Swift
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Plumbeous Vireo
Wood Thrush
Crissal Thrasher
Nashville Warbler
Virginia Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Peter Robertshaw reported an adult BALD EAGLE at Lake Gregory on Sept. 7.
Lori Conrad reported on a trip to Crystal Springs on Sept. 10 where she
saw the continuing WOOD THRUSH,as well as CHUKAR, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER,
NASHVILLE WARBLER, and BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER. Lori was also treated
to a great view of some Big Horn Sheep and a bat believed to be a Western
Pipistrelle.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Todd and Tanner Easterla reported from the north end of the Salton Sea on
Sept. 9, where they saw a BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL,
and one each of PARASITIC JAEGER, LONG-TAILED JAEGER, and POMERINE JAEGER.
Dave Goodward reported on a trip to Mystic Lake on Sept. 10. Highlights
included a PEREGRINE FALCON, 9 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, 60 LEAST SANDPIPER and
WESTERN SANDPIPER,and 4 LONG-BILLED CURLEW.
Dan Williams birded the base of Mount Rubidous from it paved trail between
9th and Glenwood Drive. He saw a first fall VIRGINIA’S WARBLER, along the
habitat trail near the Fish and Game building on Glenwood, a BLACK-
THROATED GRAY WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, a BELTED KINGFISHER, and 3
VAUX’S SWIFT.
Paul Rosto phoned in a report of a REDDISH EGRET he saw on Sept. 9 at 84th
and Gander at the north end of the Salton Sea.
Roger Higson reported from Blythe on Sept. 10, where he saw BLACK-THROATED
GRAY WARBLER, CRISSAL THRASHER at the sewage farm, and an unidentified
JAEGER near the sewage pond.
Dan Williams posted a report after birding Box Springs Mountain where he
saw PLUMBEOUS VIREO in the sycamores south of the trailhead, and a WILLOW
FLYCATCHER about 100 meters up the trail by the footbridge.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Gjon Hazard posted a belated report from Sept. 4 from the Salton Sea.
Highlights included 4 BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY on Mullet Island, an adult male
RUFF in a flooded field north of Claipatria, about 10 BAIRD’S SANDPIPER in
the same field as the ruff, at least 5 PARASITIC JAEGER, around Obsidian
Butte, a LONG-TAILED JAEGER over the sea seen from the dike road SW of
Lack and Lindsay, 2 FRANKLIN’S GULL with many Laughing Gull east of Lack
and Lindsay, 1 hatch year HEERMAN’S GULL at Obsidian Butte, 10 COMMON TERN
at Obsidian Butte, and 1 female RUDDY GROUND-DOVE near Calipatria.
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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
* September 13, 2006
* CASE1309.06
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Blue-footed Booby
Redish Egret
Wood Stork
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Chukar
Sora
Solitary Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Sanderling
Baird's Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
Pomerine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Franklin's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Heerman's Gull
Common Tern
Ruddy Ground Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Vaux's Swift
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Plumbeous Vireo
Wood Thrush
Crissal Thrasher
Nashville Warbler
Virginia Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Peter Robertshaw reported an adult BALD EAGLE at Lake Gregory on Sept. 7.
Lori Conrad reported on a trip to Crystal Springs on Sept. 10 where she
saw the continuing WOOD THRUSH,as well as CHUKAR, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER,
NASHVILLE WARBLER, and BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER. Lori was also treated
to a great view of some Big Horn Sheep and a bat believed to be a Western
Pipistrelle.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Todd and Tanner Easterla reported from the north end of the Salton Sea on
Sept. 9, where they saw a BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL,
and one each of PARASITIC JAEGER, LONG-TAILED JAEGER, and POMERINE JAEGER.
Dave Goodward reported on a trip to Mystic Lake on Sept. 10. Highlights
included a PEREGRINE FALCON, 9 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, 60 LEAST SANDPIPER and
WESTERN SANDPIPER,and 4 LONG-BILLED CURLEW.
Dan Williams birded the base of Mount Rubidous from it paved trail between
9th and Glenwood Drive. He saw a first fall VIRGINIA’S WARBLER, along the
habitat trail near the Fish and Game building on Glenwood, a BLACK-
THROATED GRAY WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, a BELTED KINGFISHER, and 3
VAUX’S SWIFT.
Paul Rosto phoned in a report of a REDDISH EGRET he saw on Sept. 9 at 84th
and Gander at the north end of the Salton Sea.
Roger Higson reported from Blythe on Sept. 10, where he saw BLACK-THROATED
GRAY WARBLER, CRISSAL THRASHER at the sewage farm, and an unidentified
JAEGER near the sewage pond.
Dan Williams posted a report after birding Box Springs Mountain where he
saw PLUMBEOUS VIREO in the sycamores south of the trailhead, and a WILLOW
FLYCATCHER about 100 meters up the trail by the footbridge.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Gjon Hazard posted a belated report from Sept. 4 from the Salton Sea.
Highlights included 4 BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY on Mullet Island, an adult male
RUFF in a flooded field north of Claipatria, about 10 BAIRD’S SANDPIPER in
the same field as the ruff, at least 5 PARASITIC JAEGER, around Obsidian
Butte, a LONG-TAILED JAEGER over the sea seen from the dike road SW of
Lack and Lindsay, 2 FRANKLIN’S GULL with many Laughing Gull east of Lack
and Lindsay, 1 hatch year HEERMAN’S GULL at Obsidian Butte, 10 COMMON TERN
at Obsidian Butte, and 1 female RUDDY GROUND-DOVE near Calipatria.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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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