RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* October 18, 2006
* CASE1810.06
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
White-faced Ibis
Greater White-fronted Goose
"Aleutian" Cackling Goose
Wood Duck
Swainson's Hawk
Prairie Falcon
Merlin
Solitary Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Sabine’s Gull
Heermann’s Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Arctic Tern
Red-naped Sapsucker
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Tennessee Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Palm Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Indigo Bunting
Clay-colored Sparrow
Sooty Fox Sparrow
STREAKED-BACK ORIOLE
Bobolink
Bronzed Cowbird
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Many reports continue to come in for the STREAK-BACKED ORIOLE at the
Desert Studies Center in Zzyzx. The last posted report was Oct. 16. A
male and female PROTHONOTARY WARBLER also continue to be seen in that
location, as well as a TENNESSEE WARBLER. Two Redlands birders also
reported a PALM WARBLER and a SOOTY FOX SPARROW near the bath house in
Zzyzx, and a juvenile RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER along Zzyzx Rd.
From behind the Denny’s in Baker, Sandy Koonce wpotted a MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
a BOBOLINK, and 10 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE. The NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH
also continues at that location.
Todd McGrath spotted the continuing CAPE MAY WARBLER at Horsethief Spring
on Mon., Oct. 16.
Dave Goodward reported on a birdy day at Glen Helen Regional Park on Oct.
16, when he was a female-plumaged INDIGO BUNTING by the bridge to the
island, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at the back end of the oak/sweet gum grove,
and a juvenile GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE.
Howard King visited the Tees and Trees Golf Course in Barstow on Oct. 14,
where he saw a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET and a VERMILION FLYCATCHER, as well
as two WOOD DUCKS at the sewage ponds. At the San Jacinto Wildlife area he
saw an EASTERN PHOEBE at Pond B west of the parking lot.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Roger Higson sent in a moving report of a group of 277 SWAINSON’S HAWKS
above a field being mowed in Blythe on Oct. 16.
Chet McGaugh found an ‘ALEUTIAN” CACKLING GOOSE at Desert Center on Oct.
14, and a possibly continuing CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at the Cactus City
south rest stop.
Madeline Bauer reported a MERLIN at the top of the tallest tree at 66th
and William in Mira Loma. She noted this was about a week earlier than her
first sightings of this bird in previous years. She said that more than
300 WHITE-FACED IBIS continue to head west around 7:15 and east around
5:30 over the river. She also forwarded a late report from Barbara Iyer
who saw a PRAIRIE FALCON on the telephone poles near the bluff overlooking
the ponds at Hidden Valley Wildlife Area.
A couple of birders have reported what appears to be a BRONZED COWBIRD at
Kelso Depot. Both of the reports were posted on Oct. 14. This bird could
use some confirmation.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie sent in a report from Imperial Valley and the South shore of
the Salton Sea. Birds sighted included one SOLITARY SANDPIPER at Kuhn’s
Dairy, 3 distant jaegers believed to probably be PARASITIC JAEGERS along
the south shore between the north end of Garst and the west end of Lindsey
Rd, one second-winter HEERMANN‘S GULL at the mouth of the Alamo River,
three adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS at Red Hill, one juvenile SABINE’S
GULL off the west end of Young Road, one hatch year ARCTIC TERN at Fig
Lagoon, the continuing TROPICAL KINGBIRD at Lakeview Golf Course, and one
SOOTY FOX SPARROW at the Wister Unit HQs.
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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
* October 18, 2006
* CASE1810.06
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
White-faced Ibis
Greater White-fronted Goose
"Aleutian" Cackling Goose
Wood Duck
Swainson's Hawk
Prairie Falcon
Merlin
Solitary Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Sabine’s Gull
Heermann’s Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Arctic Tern
Red-naped Sapsucker
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Tennessee Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Palm Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Indigo Bunting
Clay-colored Sparrow
Sooty Fox Sparrow
STREAKED-BACK ORIOLE
Bobolink
Bronzed Cowbird
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Many reports continue to come in for the STREAK-BACKED ORIOLE at the
Desert Studies Center in Zzyzx. The last posted report was Oct. 16. A
male and female PROTHONOTARY WARBLER also continue to be seen in that
location, as well as a TENNESSEE WARBLER. Two Redlands birders also
reported a PALM WARBLER and a SOOTY FOX SPARROW near the bath house in
Zzyzx, and a juvenile RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER along Zzyzx Rd.
From behind the Denny’s in Baker, Sandy Koonce wpotted a MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
a BOBOLINK, and 10 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE. The NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH
also continues at that location.
Todd McGrath spotted the continuing CAPE MAY WARBLER at Horsethief Spring
on Mon., Oct. 16.
Dave Goodward reported on a birdy day at Glen Helen Regional Park on Oct.
16, when he was a female-plumaged INDIGO BUNTING by the bridge to the
island, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at the back end of the oak/sweet gum grove,
and a juvenile GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE.
Howard King visited the Tees and Trees Golf Course in Barstow on Oct. 14,
where he saw a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET and a VERMILION FLYCATCHER, as well
as two WOOD DUCKS at the sewage ponds. At the San Jacinto Wildlife area he
saw an EASTERN PHOEBE at Pond B west of the parking lot.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Roger Higson sent in a moving report of a group of 277 SWAINSON’S HAWKS
above a field being mowed in Blythe on Oct. 16.
Chet McGaugh found an ‘ALEUTIAN” CACKLING GOOSE at Desert Center on Oct.
14, and a possibly continuing CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at the Cactus City
south rest stop.
Madeline Bauer reported a MERLIN at the top of the tallest tree at 66th
and William in Mira Loma. She noted this was about a week earlier than her
first sightings of this bird in previous years. She said that more than
300 WHITE-FACED IBIS continue to head west around 7:15 and east around
5:30 over the river. She also forwarded a late report from Barbara Iyer
who saw a PRAIRIE FALCON on the telephone poles near the bluff overlooking
the ponds at Hidden Valley Wildlife Area.
A couple of birders have reported what appears to be a BRONZED COWBIRD at
Kelso Depot. Both of the reports were posted on Oct. 14. This bird could
use some confirmation.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie sent in a report from Imperial Valley and the South shore of
the Salton Sea. Birds sighted included one SOLITARY SANDPIPER at Kuhn’s
Dairy, 3 distant jaegers believed to probably be PARASITIC JAEGERS along
the south shore between the north end of Garst and the west end of Lindsey
Rd, one second-winter HEERMANN‘S GULL at the mouth of the Alamo River,
three adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS at Red Hill, one juvenile SABINE’S
GULL off the west end of Young Road, one hatch year ARCTIC TERN at Fig
Lagoon, the continuing TROPICAL KINGBIRD at Lakeview Golf Course, and one
SOOTY FOX SPARROW at the Wister Unit HQs.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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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