RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* January 3, 2007
* CASE0301.07
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Horned Grebe
Brown Pelican
Roseate Spoonbill
Tundra Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross's Goose
Aleutian Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Long-tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Rough-legged Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Bald Eagle
Solitary Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Long-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Ruddy Ground-dove
Western Screech Owl
Gila Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Yellow-breasted Sapsucker
EASTERN PHOEBE
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird
Western Bluebird
LeConte's Thrasher
Sprague's Pipit
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Summer Tanager
Fox Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A report from Parker Dam and the Colorado River was sent in on Jan. 2,
Bird sightings included BARROW’S GOLDENEYE male and female, SURF SCOTER,
and LONG-TAILED DUCK. At Quail Hollow, there were several RED-BREASTED
SAPSUCKERS, a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, and 2 GILA WOODPECKER. All the
Quail Hollow birds were in the tamarisk grove north of the day use area.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Reports from the Blythe area on Dec. 27, Dec. 31, and Jan. 1 included 2
juvenile TUNDRA SWANS, 12 CANADA GEESE, 3 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE,
WESTERN SCREECH OWL, a FOX SPARROW, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, GOLDEN EAGLE,
17 BROWN PELICAN, AND 350 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS.
On Dec. 29, and adult MEW GULL was seen at the mouth of Salt Creek.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
A number of reports were sent in from Imperial County. Jan. 2, a RUDDY
TURNSTONE was seen along Garst Road on the way to Red Hill. Also reported
that day was a male WESTERN BLUEBIRD in downtown Brawley at the corner of
Hwys 86 and 78, 2 ROSEATE SPOONBILL at the rookery on the south side of
the middle levee at Ramer Lake(this report still needs confirmation), an
EASTERN PHOEBE and a HARRIS’S SPARROW. The phoebe was at Ramer Lake, and
the sparrow was near the railroad tracks with some White-crowned Sparrows.
A SUMMER TANAGER continues at Wiest Lake, as reported on Dec. 30, and at
least one GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET is still near Weist Lake. Fig Lagoon
still has 3 HOODED MERGANSER, near the north end and visible from the
overlook on Derrick, and 2 VERMILION FLYCATCHER were seen at the golf
course on the east side of Fig. All these reports were made on Dec. 30.
On Dec. 29, and adult MEW GULL was seen at Red Hill, and a RUDDY GROUND-
DOVE was seen at the corner of Sperry and Eddins.
Some Swedish birders reported, on Dec. 30, what they believed to be a
female BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. The bird was seen about 50-100 yards
north of the Imperial Irrigation District’s All American Canal
Headquarters on S24, about 30 yards east of S24 in the southernmost part
of the bushes. Pictures of the bird were posted, but it could use visual
confirmation if it continues.
An extensive report was sent in from the dunes area of Imperial County.
Birds seen included LECONTE’S THRASHER and ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER.
Guy McCaskie sent in a detailed report from the Salton Sea on Dec. 30.
Birds of interest included: 1 adult BLUE-MORPH ROSS’S GOOSE, 1 CACKLING
GOOSE, both at unit 1, 6 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, near the west end of Young Rd.,
1 COMMON MERGANSER on Fig Lagoon and four more on Willey Reservoir, 1
continuing HORNED GREBE on Willey Reservoir, 1 continuing ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWK near Fig Lagoon, 7 RUDDY TURNSTONES at Obsidian Butte and one more at
Red Hill, about 25 LAUGHING GULLS along the shore between the west end of
Young and Obsidian Butte, 1 adult MEW GULL near Obsidian Butte, 1
continuing adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Red Hill, 1 first winter
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL near the intersection of Lack and Lindsey, and 2
continuing SPRAGUE’S PIPITS near the intersection of Sinclair Rd. and Hwy
111.
A report from Meers Lake at the north end of Martinez Lake on Jan. 2 may
be of interest to Imperial County birders. Although the site is in
Arizona, it is close to Imperial County. Birds seen included one male
EURASIAN WIGEON and 1 BROWN PELICAN.
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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
* January 3, 2007
* CASE0301.07
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Horned Grebe
Brown Pelican
Roseate Spoonbill
Tundra Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross's Goose
Aleutian Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Long-tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Rough-legged Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Bald Eagle
Solitary Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Long-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Ruddy Ground-dove
Western Screech Owl
Gila Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Yellow-breasted Sapsucker
EASTERN PHOEBE
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird
Western Bluebird
LeConte's Thrasher
Sprague's Pipit
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Summer Tanager
Fox Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A report from Parker Dam and the Colorado River was sent in on Jan. 2,
Bird sightings included BARROW’S GOLDENEYE male and female, SURF SCOTER,
and LONG-TAILED DUCK. At Quail Hollow, there were several RED-BREASTED
SAPSUCKERS, a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, and 2 GILA WOODPECKER. All the
Quail Hollow birds were in the tamarisk grove north of the day use area.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Reports from the Blythe area on Dec. 27, Dec. 31, and Jan. 1 included 2
juvenile TUNDRA SWANS, 12 CANADA GEESE, 3 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE,
WESTERN SCREECH OWL, a FOX SPARROW, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, GOLDEN EAGLE,
17 BROWN PELICAN, AND 350 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS.
On Dec. 29, and adult MEW GULL was seen at the mouth of Salt Creek.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
A number of reports were sent in from Imperial County. Jan. 2, a RUDDY
TURNSTONE was seen along Garst Road on the way to Red Hill. Also reported
that day was a male WESTERN BLUEBIRD in downtown Brawley at the corner of
Hwys 86 and 78, 2 ROSEATE SPOONBILL at the rookery on the south side of
the middle levee at Ramer Lake(this report still needs confirmation), an
EASTERN PHOEBE and a HARRIS’S SPARROW. The phoebe was at Ramer Lake, and
the sparrow was near the railroad tracks with some White-crowned Sparrows.
A SUMMER TANAGER continues at Wiest Lake, as reported on Dec. 30, and at
least one GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET is still near Weist Lake. Fig Lagoon
still has 3 HOODED MERGANSER, near the north end and visible from the
overlook on Derrick, and 2 VERMILION FLYCATCHER were seen at the golf
course on the east side of Fig. All these reports were made on Dec. 30.
On Dec. 29, and adult MEW GULL was seen at Red Hill, and a RUDDY GROUND-
DOVE was seen at the corner of Sperry and Eddins.
Some Swedish birders reported, on Dec. 30, what they believed to be a
female BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. The bird was seen about 50-100 yards
north of the Imperial Irrigation District’s All American Canal
Headquarters on S24, about 30 yards east of S24 in the southernmost part
of the bushes. Pictures of the bird were posted, but it could use visual
confirmation if it continues.
An extensive report was sent in from the dunes area of Imperial County.
Birds seen included LECONTE’S THRASHER and ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER.
Guy McCaskie sent in a detailed report from the Salton Sea on Dec. 30.
Birds of interest included: 1 adult BLUE-MORPH ROSS’S GOOSE, 1 CACKLING
GOOSE, both at unit 1, 6 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, near the west end of Young Rd.,
1 COMMON MERGANSER on Fig Lagoon and four more on Willey Reservoir, 1
continuing HORNED GREBE on Willey Reservoir, 1 continuing ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWK near Fig Lagoon, 7 RUDDY TURNSTONES at Obsidian Butte and one more at
Red Hill, about 25 LAUGHING GULLS along the shore between the west end of
Young and Obsidian Butte, 1 adult MEW GULL near Obsidian Butte, 1
continuing adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Red Hill, 1 first winter
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL near the intersection of Lack and Lindsey, and 2
continuing SPRAGUE’S PIPITS near the intersection of Sinclair Rd. and Hwy
111.
A report from Meers Lake at the north end of Martinez Lake on Jan. 2 may
be of interest to Imperial County birders. Although the site is in
Arizona, it is close to Imperial County. Birds seen included one male
EURASIAN WIGEON and 1 BROWN PELICAN.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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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