- RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* December 27, 2006
* CASE0612.27
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
- Birds mentioned
TRICOLORED HERON
Tundra Swan
Canada Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow Goose
Surf Scoter
Common Merganser
Greater Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Barrow's Golden-eye
Merlin
Sandhill Crane
Eastern Phoebe
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Mountain Bluebird
Plumbeous Vireo
White-breasted Nuthatch
Townsend's Solitaire
Tri-colored Blackbird
Grasshopper Sparrow
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
The valley bird count was held on Dec. 23. The reports are still being
compiled, but four FERRUGINOUS HAWKS were seen, one above the flood ponds
above 4oth street in San Bernardino, and 3 more feeding in the open fields
at the old Norton Air Force base.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Gjon Hazard sent in a report that was posted late for Dec. 17. At Desert
Center, he saw HOODED MERGANSER, 1 SNOW GOOSE, 1 ROSS’S GOOSE, a few
CANADA GEESE, and a TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE. At Ford Dry Lake, he spotted a
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW in the grasslands with Tamarisk trees north of the
dirt pipeline road, west of the freeway exit, and a little past the pump
house on the dirt road. In the fields to the north of Blythe, he had good
numbers of MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS. He also saw a number of SNOW GEESE at the
Palo Verde drop, and at Quail Hollow along the Parker strip, he had two
RED-NAPED SAPSUCKERS, and a SURF SOCTER and one male BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
below the Parker Dam.
Larry LaPre reported seeing a MERLIN perched on a Eucalyptus snag above a
cactus patch at Mount Rubidoux on Dec. 24.
Cin-ty Lee reported from Fairmount Park on Dec. 24. She had 2 PLUMBEOUS
VIREOS (1 near the rose garden and 1 near the lawn bowling area), 1 RED-
BREASTED SAPSUCKER in the lawn bowling area, 1 female GREATER SCAUP in the
main lake, and 1 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH in the rose garden.
Cathy McFadden and Paul Clarke visited the San Jacinto Wildlife Area on
Dec. 27. They were able to spot the continuing EASTERN PHOEBE at Marsh A
and a female COMMON GOLDENEYE in Pond C. Mystic Lake had 3 HOODED
MERGANSER 5 COMMON MERGANSER, and about 35 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE.
They also saw a number of TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS at the dairy on the corner
of Bridge and the Ramona Expressway.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
There was a telephone message report of a TRICOLORED HERON flying over the
Wister Unit near Ruddy Duck Road at the Salton Sea on Christmas day.
Jim Johnson reported about 50 SANDHILL CRANES feeding in a harvested corn
field on December 24. The field is in the area of Butters Road/Taecker
Road/O’Brien Road which is north of Highway 78 and east of Highway 115
east of Brawley.
Paul Jorgenson reported a first record for Borrego Springs of 5 juvenile
TUNDRA SWANS at Borrego Springs Country Club (no public access) on the
morning of December 20. They have not been seen there since. Anyone
birding the region including the Salton Sea might want to keep an eye out.
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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
* December 27, 2006
* CASE0612.27
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
- Birds mentioned
TRICOLORED HERON
Tundra Swan
Canada Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow Goose
Surf Scoter
Common Merganser
Greater Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Barrow's Golden-eye
Merlin
Sandhill Crane
Eastern Phoebe
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Mountain Bluebird
Plumbeous Vireo
White-breasted Nuthatch
Townsend's Solitaire
Tri-colored Blackbird
Grasshopper Sparrow
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
The valley bird count was held on Dec. 23. The reports are still being
compiled, but four FERRUGINOUS HAWKS were seen, one above the flood ponds
above 4oth street in San Bernardino, and 3 more feeding in the open fields
at the old Norton Air Force base.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Gjon Hazard sent in a report that was posted late for Dec. 17. At Desert
Center, he saw HOODED MERGANSER, 1 SNOW GOOSE, 1 ROSS’S GOOSE, a few
CANADA GEESE, and a TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE. At Ford Dry Lake, he spotted a
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW in the grasslands with Tamarisk trees north of the
dirt pipeline road, west of the freeway exit, and a little past the pump
house on the dirt road. In the fields to the north of Blythe, he had good
numbers of MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS. He also saw a number of SNOW GEESE at the
Palo Verde drop, and at Quail Hollow along the Parker strip, he had two
RED-NAPED SAPSUCKERS, and a SURF SOCTER and one male BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
below the Parker Dam.
Larry LaPre reported seeing a MERLIN perched on a Eucalyptus snag above a
cactus patch at Mount Rubidoux on Dec. 24.
Cin-ty Lee reported from Fairmount Park on Dec. 24. She had 2 PLUMBEOUS
VIREOS (1 near the rose garden and 1 near the lawn bowling area), 1 RED-
BREASTED SAPSUCKER in the lawn bowling area, 1 female GREATER SCAUP in the
main lake, and 1 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH in the rose garden.
Cathy McFadden and Paul Clarke visited the San Jacinto Wildlife Area on
Dec. 27. They were able to spot the continuing EASTERN PHOEBE at Marsh A
and a female COMMON GOLDENEYE in Pond C. Mystic Lake had 3 HOODED
MERGANSER 5 COMMON MERGANSER, and about 35 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE.
They also saw a number of TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS at the dairy on the corner
of Bridge and the Ramona Expressway.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
There was a telephone message report of a TRICOLORED HERON flying over the
Wister Unit near Ruddy Duck Road at the Salton Sea on Christmas day.
Jim Johnson reported about 50 SANDHILL CRANES feeding in a harvested corn
field on December 24. The field is in the area of Butters Road/Taecker
Road/O’Brien Road which is north of Highway 78 and east of Highway 115
east of Brawley.
Paul Jorgenson reported a first record for Borrego Springs of 5 juvenile
TUNDRA SWANS at Borrego Springs Country Club (no public access) on the
morning of December 20. They have not been seen there since. Anyone
birding the region including the Salton Sea might want to keep an eye out.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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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