RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* January 11, 2007
* CASE1101.07
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Horned Grebe
Roseate Spoonbill
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross's Goose
Cackling Geese
Blue-winged Teal
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
White-tailed Kite
Ferruginous Hawk
Prairie Falcon
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-necked Pheasant
Virginia Rail
Sora
Sandhill Crane
Mountain Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Little Gull
Laughing Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Ruddy Ground-dove
Lewis' Woodpecker
Gray Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Varied Thrush
American Robin
American Redstart
Summer Tanager
Harris' Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Bullocks Oriole
Red Crossbill
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A good sized group (10-15) of RED CROSSBILLS was reported at Pebble
Beach Park in Victorville on Jan. 8. The birds have been there since the
CBC on Dec. 30.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Jan. 5, a VARIED THRUSH was heard singing along Glenwood Drive near Mt.
Rubidoux.
From the San Jacinto Wildlife Area, there were continuing reports of a
VERMILION FLYCATCHER by the first marsh and a GRAY FLYCATCHER in the
willows across the road from the south end of Pond 2. A FERRUGINOUS HAWK
and an adult PEREGRINE FALCON were also seen.
A report from Blythe on Jan. 7 included 2 WINTER WRENS and a LEWIS’S
WOODPECKER. The birds were seen near the entrance to Mayflower Park.
A report from the Salt Creek area of the Salton Sea on Jan. 7 included 9
COMMON GOLDENEYE and a possible BARROW’S GOLDENEYE. The Barrow’s needs
confirmation. All birds were seen due west of Salt Creek.
The monthly walk at the Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center in Indio had
sightings of WILSON’S SNIPE, and BULLOCK’S ORIOLE.
Jan. 10, a small flock of HOODED MERGANSER WERE SEEN ALONG Riverwalk
Parkway at the entrance road to La Sierra University. The correct pond to
check is the one in front of the university sign.
An Orange County birder has made a special request of anyone in the Desert
Center area. He would like help in identifying a bird seen weaving a nest
shaped like a large hive across from the entrance to the Cabot “museum”
facing the main street with the parking lot to the left. He thought the
bird was like a vireo, with muted colors, a grey back, and a bright eye.
Anyone visiting the area is asked to report their personal observations.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie sent in a detailed report from the Salton Sea and Imperial
Valley on Jan. 10. Many of the sightings were echoed by others. Birds of
interest included: about 30 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE in flight near the
intersection of Lack and Bowles, 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL on the ponds between
the west end of Young and Bowles, 3 HOODED MERGANSER on Fig Lagoon, 3
COMMON MERGANSER on Willey Reservoir, 1 HORNED GREBE on Willey Reservoir,
4 WHITE-TAILED KITE near Niland, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER near Seeley, 6
LAUGHING GULL along the south shore of the sea, 1 first-winter LITTLE GULL
between the west end of Young and Bowles, 1 first-winter GLAUCOUS-WINGED
GULL at Red Hill, 3 RUDDY GROUND-DOVE at Sperry and Eddins, 1 GRAY
FLYCATCHER at Cattle Call Park in Brawley, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE along McDonald
Rd. between English and Davis, 2 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET in the willow
thicket at the western edge of Finney Lake, 2 WESTERN BLUEBIRD at Cattle
Call Park, a first winter SUMMER TANAGER at Wiest Lake County Park, and 3
GOLDEN-CROPWNED SPARROW at the entrance to Ramer Lake.
Two South Dakota birders reported seeing two ROSEATE SPOONBILL at Ramer
Lake on Jan. 6.
Many reports came in for numerous MOUNTAIN PLOVER on Hwy 11 between
Peterson and Montgomery, just south of Sinclair. MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was
also reported in large numbers in several locations.
At Unit One, there are still reports of SNOW GEESE, ROSS’S GEESE, and
about 100 SANDHILL CRANE. A RING-NECKED PHEASANT was seen with the geese
from the view tower on Jan. 7.
At the Imperial site of the New River Wetlands project, reached from
Wienert Rd. by going west from Forrester Rd., several SORA and VIRGINIA
RAILS were seen.
Jan. 7, a CACKLING GOOSE was seen with the Snow Goose flock at the Vendel
Unit of the SSNWR.
Two AMERICAN REDSTART were seen at the Wister Unit of the SSNWR on Jan. 7.
A MERLIN was also seen in the trees above the nature trail.
At Ramer Lake, a HARRIS’S SPARROW was seen by the bush at the east
entrance, east of the railroad track. The bird was seen on Jan. 7.
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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 11, 2007
* CASE1101.07
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Horned Grebe
Roseate Spoonbill
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross's Goose
Cackling Geese
Blue-winged Teal
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
White-tailed Kite
Ferruginous Hawk
Prairie Falcon
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-necked Pheasant
Virginia Rail
Sora
Sandhill Crane
Mountain Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Little Gull
Laughing Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Ruddy Ground-dove
Lewis' Woodpecker
Gray Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Varied Thrush
American Robin
American Redstart
Summer Tanager
Harris' Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Bullocks Oriole
Red Crossbill
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A good sized group (10-15) of RED CROSSBILLS was reported at Pebble
Beach Park in Victorville on Jan. 8. The birds have been there since the
CBC on Dec. 30.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Jan. 5, a VARIED THRUSH was heard singing along Glenwood Drive near Mt.
Rubidoux.
From the San Jacinto Wildlife Area, there were continuing reports of a
VERMILION FLYCATCHER by the first marsh and a GRAY FLYCATCHER in the
willows across the road from the south end of Pond 2. A FERRUGINOUS HAWK
and an adult PEREGRINE FALCON were also seen.
A report from Blythe on Jan. 7 included 2 WINTER WRENS and a LEWIS’S
WOODPECKER. The birds were seen near the entrance to Mayflower Park.
A report from the Salt Creek area of the Salton Sea on Jan. 7 included 9
COMMON GOLDENEYE and a possible BARROW’S GOLDENEYE. The Barrow’s needs
confirmation. All birds were seen due west of Salt Creek.
The monthly walk at the Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center in Indio had
sightings of WILSON’S SNIPE, and BULLOCK’S ORIOLE.
Jan. 10, a small flock of HOODED MERGANSER WERE SEEN ALONG Riverwalk
Parkway at the entrance road to La Sierra University. The correct pond to
check is the one in front of the university sign.
An Orange County birder has made a special request of anyone in the Desert
Center area. He would like help in identifying a bird seen weaving a nest
shaped like a large hive across from the entrance to the Cabot “museum”
facing the main street with the parking lot to the left. He thought the
bird was like a vireo, with muted colors, a grey back, and a bright eye.
Anyone visiting the area is asked to report their personal observations.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie sent in a detailed report from the Salton Sea and Imperial
Valley on Jan. 10. Many of the sightings were echoed by others. Birds of
interest included: about 30 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE in flight near the
intersection of Lack and Bowles, 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL on the ponds between
the west end of Young and Bowles, 3 HOODED MERGANSER on Fig Lagoon, 3
COMMON MERGANSER on Willey Reservoir, 1 HORNED GREBE on Willey Reservoir,
4 WHITE-TAILED KITE near Niland, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER near Seeley, 6
LAUGHING GULL along the south shore of the sea, 1 first-winter LITTLE GULL
between the west end of Young and Bowles, 1 first-winter GLAUCOUS-WINGED
GULL at Red Hill, 3 RUDDY GROUND-DOVE at Sperry and Eddins, 1 GRAY
FLYCATCHER at Cattle Call Park in Brawley, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE along McDonald
Rd. between English and Davis, 2 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET in the willow
thicket at the western edge of Finney Lake, 2 WESTERN BLUEBIRD at Cattle
Call Park, a first winter SUMMER TANAGER at Wiest Lake County Park, and 3
GOLDEN-CROPWNED SPARROW at the entrance to Ramer Lake.
Two South Dakota birders reported seeing two ROSEATE SPOONBILL at Ramer
Lake on Jan. 6.
Many reports came in for numerous MOUNTAIN PLOVER on Hwy 11 between
Peterson and Montgomery, just south of Sinclair. MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was
also reported in large numbers in several locations.
At Unit One, there are still reports of SNOW GEESE, ROSS’S GEESE, and
about 100 SANDHILL CRANE. A RING-NECKED PHEASANT was seen with the geese
from the view tower on Jan. 7.
At the Imperial site of the New River Wetlands project, reached from
Wienert Rd. by going west from Forrester Rd., several SORA and VIRGINIA
RAILS were seen.
Jan. 7, a CACKLING GOOSE was seen with the Snow Goose flock at the Vendel
Unit of the SSNWR.
Two AMERICAN REDSTART were seen at the Wister Unit of the SSNWR on Jan. 7.
A MERLIN was also seen in the trees above the nature trail.
At Ramer Lake, a HARRIS’S SPARROW was seen by the bush at the east
entrance, east of the railroad track. The bird was seen on Jan. 7.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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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