RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* September 27, 2006
* CASE2709.06
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
American White Pelican
White-faced Ibis
White-tailed Kite
Osprey
Prairie Falcon
Baird's Sandpiper
Vaux's Swift
Lewis's Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
"Woodhouse" Western Scrub-Jay
Winter Wren
Townsend's Solitaire
Wood Thrush
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Black-throated Gray
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Sage Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Vesta and Steve Myers, Doug Karalun, and Tom Benson all birded the East
Mojave on September 23 and 25. Birds reported by one or more included: a
BLACKPOLL WARBLER and a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER at Zzyzx, CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW, LEAST FLYCATCHER, TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE at China Ranch date farm.
At Crystal Spring they found the continuing WOOD THRUSH (now with an
almost full length tail), TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE, and FOX SPARROW (both the
Sooty and Thick-billed races). Halfway between Crystal and Horsethief
Spring, Tom and Doug found 2 more TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE and a GOLDEN-
CROWNED SPARROW. At Horsethief Springs, both birding groups reported
seeing a “WOODHOUSE” WESTERN SCRUB JAY fly over the road. Tom and Doug
also reported two additional RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER. Vesta and Steve also
reported a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH behind Denny’s in Baker.
Mike San Miguel sent in a report from the Crystal Springs areas on Sept.
26. He confirmed many of the birds from the earlier groups and also noted
seeing and immature AMERICAN REDSTART, TENNESSEE WARBLER, WINTER WREN, and
LEWIS’S WOODPECKER. At Zzyzx he saw an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Lidia Seebeck sent in a correction to her report from last week. The
OSPREY and large group of WHITE-FACED IBIS she saw were near Norco, not
Pachappa Hill.
Dan Williams and Chadi Pfaff reported a BREWER’S SPARROW, a few SAGE
SPARROW and VESPER SPARROWS, as well as a few VAUX’S SWIFT at a ranch
along Rawson Rd. just west of the Shipley Reserve on Sept. 21. They also
noticed some CEDAR WAXWINGS returning to the Riverside area.
Roger Higson sent in a report from the Blythe area on Sept. 24, when he
saw a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, and 3 ORANGE-
CROWNED WARBLERS.
Bill Sauer visited Mystic Lake on Sept. 24 and saw 16 WHITE-TAILED KITE
perched on a fence rail early in the morning. He also saw a BAIRD’S
SANDPIPER, a PRAIRIE FALCON, and AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Chet McGaugh forwarded a report of a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER being
rescued from the Coachella Canal between siphons 14 and 15 on Sept. 26. It
is not positive that this is Imperial County rather than Riverside County.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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)
* California
* Southeastern
* September 27, 2006
* CASE2709.06
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
American White Pelican
White-faced Ibis
White-tailed Kite
Osprey
Prairie Falcon
Baird's Sandpiper
Vaux's Swift
Lewis's Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
"Woodhouse" Western Scrub-Jay
Winter Wren
Townsend's Solitaire
Wood Thrush
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Black-throated Gray
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Sage Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Vesta and Steve Myers, Doug Karalun, and Tom Benson all birded the East
Mojave on September 23 and 25. Birds reported by one or more included: a
BLACKPOLL WARBLER and a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER at Zzyzx, CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW, LEAST FLYCATCHER, TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE at China Ranch date farm.
At Crystal Spring they found the continuing WOOD THRUSH (now with an
almost full length tail), TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE, and FOX SPARROW (both the
Sooty and Thick-billed races). Halfway between Crystal and Horsethief
Spring, Tom and Doug found 2 more TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE and a GOLDEN-
CROWNED SPARROW. At Horsethief Springs, both birding groups reported
seeing a “WOODHOUSE” WESTERN SCRUB JAY fly over the road. Tom and Doug
also reported two additional RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER. Vesta and Steve also
reported a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH behind Denny’s in Baker.
Mike San Miguel sent in a report from the Crystal Springs areas on Sept.
26. He confirmed many of the birds from the earlier groups and also noted
seeing and immature AMERICAN REDSTART, TENNESSEE WARBLER, WINTER WREN, and
LEWIS’S WOODPECKER. At Zzyzx he saw an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Lidia Seebeck sent in a correction to her report from last week. The
OSPREY and large group of WHITE-FACED IBIS she saw were near Norco, not
Pachappa Hill.
Dan Williams and Chadi Pfaff reported a BREWER’S SPARROW, a few SAGE
SPARROW and VESPER SPARROWS, as well as a few VAUX’S SWIFT at a ranch
along Rawson Rd. just west of the Shipley Reserve on Sept. 21. They also
noticed some CEDAR WAXWINGS returning to the Riverside area.
Roger Higson sent in a report from the Blythe area on Sept. 24, when he
saw a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, and 3 ORANGE-
CROWNED WARBLERS.
Bill Sauer visited Mystic Lake on Sept. 24 and saw 16 WHITE-TAILED KITE
perched on a fence rail early in the morning. He also saw a BAIRD’S
SANDPIPER, a PRAIRIE FALCON, and AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Chet McGaugh forwarded a report of a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER being
rescued from the Coachella Canal between siphons 14 and 15 on Sept. 26. It
is not positive that this is Imperial County rather than Riverside County.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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)