RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* December 21, 2006
* CASE2112.06
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Cackling Geese
Wood Duck
Surf Scoter
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
White-tailed Kite
Swainson's Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Prairie Falcon
Merlin
Sandhill Crane
Solitary Sandpiper
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Golden-crowned Kinglet
California Gnatcatcher
Mountain Bluebird
Crissal Thrasher
LeConte's Thrasher
Summer Tanager
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Dark-eyed Junco
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Dec. 16, four BALD EAGLES (3 adult and 1 immature) were seen in the Big
Bear Basin during the first Bald Eagle count of the winter.
Earlier in the week, on Dec. 14, Sandra Remley reported seeing a juvenile
BALD EAGLE hunting in the area of the north side of Baldwin Lake, directly
across from the sewage plant at North Shore Boat Landing. A flock of
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was seen in the grassy area of dry Baldwin Lake, and two
WHITE-TAILED KITE were seen in Stanfield Marsh from the northeast corner
at Division and North Shore Drive.
Chet McGaugh reported an adult BALD EAGLE at Yucaipa Regional Park. He
believes this bird was here last winter as well.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Madeline Bauer updated her continuing report of two MERLIN perched in the
same tree at 66th and William in Mira Loma near the Goose Creek Golf
Course.
John Green continued to share a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at the feeding
stations in his yard. The bird was first seen Dec. 9, and often disappears
for long periods of time.
A late post came in for a CALIFORNIA GNATCATCHER at Harford Springs. The
bird was seen on Dec. 10 in the few trees among the coastal scrub. To
reach Harford Springs, take Cajalco Rd. east from I-15 to Gavilan Springs
Rd., south to the preserve on your left.
Madeline Bauer and Barbara Iyer reported a PRAIRIE FALCON at Hidden
Valley. The bird was on top of a power pole just east of the bluffs
parking area on Dec. 20.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Henry Detwiler sent in a report from Yuma, Az. And Imperial County, Ca. on
Dec. 15. The best bird for him in Imperial County was a RED-NECKED GREBE
at Senator Wash, not far from the dam.
Guy McCaskie reported from the Salton Sea and Imperial Valley on Dec. 13.
He found 2 SURF SCOTER at the west end of Young Rd., a female COMMON
MERGANSER on Sheldon Reservoir, the continuing ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
immediately south of Fig Lagoon, two SOLITARY SANDPIPER at the Kuhn’s
Dairy west of Seeley, one first-winter THAYER’S GULL and three first
winter GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS along the shore between the intersection of
Lack and Lindsey and Obsidian Butte, a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET in a willow
thicket on the west side of Finney Lake, and the continuing male SUMMER
TANAGER at Wiest Lake.
Drew Pallette, using Guy’s report as a guide, also saw many of the same
birds on Dec. 15. He also reported two HOODED MERGANSER at Fig Lagoon, and
two female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS at the corner of Evan Hewes and
Westside, about a half mile east of Kuhn’s Dairy.
Bob Miller has been doing a number of bird surveys in the Algodones Dunes
area. He reports many sightings of LECONTE’S THRASHER and CRISSAL
THRASHER. There were also reports of CRISSAL THRASHER just over the
Imperial County line and into San Diego County at the Borrego settling
ponds.
Another birder sent in a report from the far east edge of Imperial County
on Dec. 21. He saw a DARK-EYED JUNCO with an all white tail in front of a
vacant trailer at 120 Clark Way in Paloverde. He also saw a female COMMON
MERGANSERin Oxbow Lake in the same area with an OSPREY and SANDHILL
CRANES. Nine WOOD DUCKS were seen in a man-made pond off the north side of
Baseline Rd. in Paloverde. The pond is in front of a trailer park about
three fourths of a mile west of the intersection of Baseline Rd. and the
road to Cibola.
Ryan Terrill and Matt Brady were birding their way to San Diego through
the Imperial Valley on Dec. 21. They spotted a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at
the “mean woman’s house” on the county line. They said the bird was in San
Diego County, but within twenty feet of the Imperial County line. They
also saw a SWAINSON’S HAWK in this same area. They echoed the report of
two HOODED MERGANSER and several CACKLING GEESE at Fig Lagoon.
Chet McGaugh spotted an immature BALD EAGLE BETWEEN Siphons 11 and 12 at
the Coachella Canal on Dec. 20. Apparently, the eagle has been there
awhile.
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That's it for today. This summary is done weekly, usually on Thursday.
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
* December 21, 2006
* CASE2112.06
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Cackling Geese
Wood Duck
Surf Scoter
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
White-tailed Kite
Swainson's Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Prairie Falcon
Merlin
Sandhill Crane
Solitary Sandpiper
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Golden-crowned Kinglet
California Gnatcatcher
Mountain Bluebird
Crissal Thrasher
LeConte's Thrasher
Summer Tanager
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Dark-eyed Junco
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Dec. 16, four BALD EAGLES (3 adult and 1 immature) were seen in the Big
Bear Basin during the first Bald Eagle count of the winter.
Earlier in the week, on Dec. 14, Sandra Remley reported seeing a juvenile
BALD EAGLE hunting in the area of the north side of Baldwin Lake, directly
across from the sewage plant at North Shore Boat Landing. A flock of
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was seen in the grassy area of dry Baldwin Lake, and two
WHITE-TAILED KITE were seen in Stanfield Marsh from the northeast corner
at Division and North Shore Drive.
Chet McGaugh reported an adult BALD EAGLE at Yucaipa Regional Park. He
believes this bird was here last winter as well.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Madeline Bauer updated her continuing report of two MERLIN perched in the
same tree at 66th and William in Mira Loma near the Goose Creek Golf
Course.
John Green continued to share a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at the feeding
stations in his yard. The bird was first seen Dec. 9, and often disappears
for long periods of time.
A late post came in for a CALIFORNIA GNATCATCHER at Harford Springs. The
bird was seen on Dec. 10 in the few trees among the coastal scrub. To
reach Harford Springs, take Cajalco Rd. east from I-15 to Gavilan Springs
Rd., south to the preserve on your left.
Madeline Bauer and Barbara Iyer reported a PRAIRIE FALCON at Hidden
Valley. The bird was on top of a power pole just east of the bluffs
parking area on Dec. 20.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Henry Detwiler sent in a report from Yuma, Az. And Imperial County, Ca. on
Dec. 15. The best bird for him in Imperial County was a RED-NECKED GREBE
at Senator Wash, not far from the dam.
Guy McCaskie reported from the Salton Sea and Imperial Valley on Dec. 13.
He found 2 SURF SCOTER at the west end of Young Rd., a female COMMON
MERGANSER on Sheldon Reservoir, the continuing ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
immediately south of Fig Lagoon, two SOLITARY SANDPIPER at the Kuhn’s
Dairy west of Seeley, one first-winter THAYER’S GULL and three first
winter GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS along the shore between the intersection of
Lack and Lindsey and Obsidian Butte, a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET in a willow
thicket on the west side of Finney Lake, and the continuing male SUMMER
TANAGER at Wiest Lake.
Drew Pallette, using Guy’s report as a guide, also saw many of the same
birds on Dec. 15. He also reported two HOODED MERGANSER at Fig Lagoon, and
two female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS at the corner of Evan Hewes and
Westside, about a half mile east of Kuhn’s Dairy.
Bob Miller has been doing a number of bird surveys in the Algodones Dunes
area. He reports many sightings of LECONTE’S THRASHER and CRISSAL
THRASHER. There were also reports of CRISSAL THRASHER just over the
Imperial County line and into San Diego County at the Borrego settling
ponds.
Another birder sent in a report from the far east edge of Imperial County
on Dec. 21. He saw a DARK-EYED JUNCO with an all white tail in front of a
vacant trailer at 120 Clark Way in Paloverde. He also saw a female COMMON
MERGANSERin Oxbow Lake in the same area with an OSPREY and SANDHILL
CRANES. Nine WOOD DUCKS were seen in a man-made pond off the north side of
Baseline Rd. in Paloverde. The pond is in front of a trailer park about
three fourths of a mile west of the intersection of Baseline Rd. and the
road to Cibola.
Ryan Terrill and Matt Brady were birding their way to San Diego through
the Imperial Valley on Dec. 21. They spotted a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at
the “mean woman’s house” on the county line. They said the bird was in San
Diego County, but within twenty feet of the Imperial County line. They
also saw a SWAINSON’S HAWK in this same area. They echoed the report of
two HOODED MERGANSER and several CACKLING GEESE at Fig Lagoon.
Chet McGaugh spotted an immature BALD EAGLE BETWEEN Siphons 11 and 12 at
the Coachella Canal on Dec. 20. Apparently, the eagle has been there
awhile.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's it for today. This summary is done weekly, usually on Thursday.
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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