RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* January 17, 2007
* CASE1701.07
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
ROSEATE SPONBILL
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Wood Duck
Redhead
Canvasback
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
White-tailed Kite
Rough-legged Hawk
Bald Eagle
Sandhill Crane
Solitary Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Stilt Sandpiper
Little Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Mew Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Gray Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Tropical Kingbird
Violet-green Swallow
Brown Creeper
Mountain Bluebird
American Robin
SPRAGUE’S PIPIT
American Redstart
Large-billed Savannah Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
"Sooty" Fox Sparrow
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Jan. 15, a group of 5 WOOD DUCK, 3 male and 2 female, were seen at the
ponds around the VA Hospital in Loma Linda. The previous week a HOODED
MERGANSER had been seen,
but was not refound this week. The hospital is on Barton Road between
Mountain View and Anderson. The ponds almost surround the building, but
the ducks are on the south side of the hospital.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Jan. 15, from Lake Tamarisk at Desert Center, there were 14 COMMON
MERGANSER, 1 female HOODED MERGANSER, 1 REDHEAD, and 6 CANVASBACKS.
Jan. 16, from the San Jacinto Wildlife Area, there was a report of
numerous MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD all along Davis Rd. An EASTERN PHOEBE was also
seen at the cluster of mobile home and trailers approximately ½ mile north
of the wildlife refuge.
The following reports were posted from Blythe: Jan. 16—WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW. Jan. 15, there was a report of AMERICAN ROBIN, YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER (2, at Mayflower Park), VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW (at the fish farm)
and 3 STILT SANDPIPER.
The ag ponds at UCR had 1 female HOODED MERGANSER and 30 CANADA GEESE on
Jan. 12.
About 16 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS were seen on Jan. 15 on the asphalt and wires
at the end of Tesquesquite Ave. in Riverside. There birds were where a
gate blocks the road and the bike trail starts.
Guy McCaskie reported a BLACK-HEADED GULL at the mouth of the Whitewater
River on Jan. 16. The bird had been seen the previous day at the Kent
Seatech Fish Farm. Access to the river mouth is from the east dike, but is
difficult because of trespassing issues. If you are checking at the fish
farm, it is a few miles south of the Mecca Travel Center and immediately
east of the 86S Expressway. Ask for permission to enter via the intercom
at the gate. The staff has been friendly to birders in the past. Guy also
located a THAYER’S GULL at the mouth of the Whitewater River, and an adult
BALD EAGLE. All in all, Guy saw 13 species of gulls on the 16th.
There is a correction to the post asking for information about the mystery
weaver bird that resembles a vireo. The nest was seen outside the entrance
to the Cabot museum, which faces the main street with the parking lot on
the right, not the left. Birders who visit the area and see the nest are
asked to post personal observations.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie reported a LITTLE GULL between the west ends of Bowles and
Young on Jan. 16. He also saw a MEW GULL at the southwest corner of
Obsidian Butte, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 1 adult at Red Hill and 1
second winter bird at Obsidian Butte, a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL a first
winter bird at Red Hill, and a GLAUCOUS GULL adult at Red Hill. Outside
the gull category, he saw the continuing ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at Fig Lagoon,
and EASTERN PHOEBE along McDonald Rd. between English and Davis, a
TROPICAL KINGBIRD at Fig Lagoon, and an adult AMERICAN REDSTART at the
Wister Unit HQs.
A WINGS group saw a LITTLE GULL on the pond next to the shore in the area
on the west sides of Kornbloom Rd. halfway between Bowles and Young.
Driving from there north to Obsidian Butte, they saw a MEW GULL and a
first winter THAYER’S GULL. 2 SPRAGUE’S PIPIT were seen in the grass at
the southwest corner of Hwy 111 and Sinclair. A GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW was
a Raimer Lake, a “SOOTY” FOX SPARROW was at the Refuge HQs, a female RUDDY
GROUND-DOVE was on the west side of Calipatria, a CACKLING GOOSE was at
Unit 1, and the continuing GRAY FLYCATCHER was seen at Cattle Call Park in
Brawley. All sightings were on Jan. 15.
A San Bernardino Valley Audubon trip spotted a ROSEATE SPOONBILL along the
road in a ditch alongside Schrimpf Rd. between Davis and English. The bird
flew to the southwest. A BALD EAGLE was also seen along Pound between
Davis and English. At Red Hill, the group saw a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
to the south of the boat launch, LARGE-BILLED SAVANAH SPARROW, and at
least 6 RUDDY TURNSTONE. A BROWN CREEPER was at the refuge HQs, as was a
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW. 30 SANDHILL CRANE were at Unit 1, 2 AMERICAN
REDSTART were at the Wister Unit, and a WHITE-TAILED KITE was along Lack
just north of Bannister. All sightings were on Jan. 13
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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 17, 2007
* CASE1701.07
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
ROSEATE SPONBILL
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Wood Duck
Redhead
Canvasback
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
White-tailed Kite
Rough-legged Hawk
Bald Eagle
Sandhill Crane
Solitary Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Stilt Sandpiper
Little Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Mew Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Gray Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Tropical Kingbird
Violet-green Swallow
Brown Creeper
Mountain Bluebird
American Robin
SPRAGUE’S PIPIT
American Redstart
Large-billed Savannah Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
"Sooty" Fox Sparrow
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Jan. 15, a group of 5 WOOD DUCK, 3 male and 2 female, were seen at the
ponds around the VA Hospital in Loma Linda. The previous week a HOODED
MERGANSER had been seen,
but was not refound this week. The hospital is on Barton Road between
Mountain View and Anderson. The ponds almost surround the building, but
the ducks are on the south side of the hospital.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Jan. 15, from Lake Tamarisk at Desert Center, there were 14 COMMON
MERGANSER, 1 female HOODED MERGANSER, 1 REDHEAD, and 6 CANVASBACKS.
Jan. 16, from the San Jacinto Wildlife Area, there was a report of
numerous MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD all along Davis Rd. An EASTERN PHOEBE was also
seen at the cluster of mobile home and trailers approximately ½ mile north
of the wildlife refuge.
The following reports were posted from Blythe: Jan. 16—WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW. Jan. 15, there was a report of AMERICAN ROBIN, YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER (2, at Mayflower Park), VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW (at the fish farm)
and 3 STILT SANDPIPER.
The ag ponds at UCR had 1 female HOODED MERGANSER and 30 CANADA GEESE on
Jan. 12.
About 16 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS were seen on Jan. 15 on the asphalt and wires
at the end of Tesquesquite Ave. in Riverside. There birds were where a
gate blocks the road and the bike trail starts.
Guy McCaskie reported a BLACK-HEADED GULL at the mouth of the Whitewater
River on Jan. 16. The bird had been seen the previous day at the Kent
Seatech Fish Farm. Access to the river mouth is from the east dike, but is
difficult because of trespassing issues. If you are checking at the fish
farm, it is a few miles south of the Mecca Travel Center and immediately
east of the 86S Expressway. Ask for permission to enter via the intercom
at the gate. The staff has been friendly to birders in the past. Guy also
located a THAYER’S GULL at the mouth of the Whitewater River, and an adult
BALD EAGLE. All in all, Guy saw 13 species of gulls on the 16th.
There is a correction to the post asking for information about the mystery
weaver bird that resembles a vireo. The nest was seen outside the entrance
to the Cabot museum, which faces the main street with the parking lot on
the right, not the left. Birders who visit the area and see the nest are
asked to post personal observations.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie reported a LITTLE GULL between the west ends of Bowles and
Young on Jan. 16. He also saw a MEW GULL at the southwest corner of
Obsidian Butte, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 1 adult at Red Hill and 1
second winter bird at Obsidian Butte, a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL a first
winter bird at Red Hill, and a GLAUCOUS GULL adult at Red Hill. Outside
the gull category, he saw the continuing ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at Fig Lagoon,
and EASTERN PHOEBE along McDonald Rd. between English and Davis, a
TROPICAL KINGBIRD at Fig Lagoon, and an adult AMERICAN REDSTART at the
Wister Unit HQs.
A WINGS group saw a LITTLE GULL on the pond next to the shore in the area
on the west sides of Kornbloom Rd. halfway between Bowles and Young.
Driving from there north to Obsidian Butte, they saw a MEW GULL and a
first winter THAYER’S GULL. 2 SPRAGUE’S PIPIT were seen in the grass at
the southwest corner of Hwy 111 and Sinclair. A GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW was
a Raimer Lake, a “SOOTY” FOX SPARROW was at the Refuge HQs, a female RUDDY
GROUND-DOVE was on the west side of Calipatria, a CACKLING GOOSE was at
Unit 1, and the continuing GRAY FLYCATCHER was seen at Cattle Call Park in
Brawley. All sightings were on Jan. 15.
A San Bernardino Valley Audubon trip spotted a ROSEATE SPOONBILL along the
road in a ditch alongside Schrimpf Rd. between Davis and English. The bird
flew to the southwest. A BALD EAGLE was also seen along Pound between
Davis and English. At Red Hill, the group saw a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
to the south of the boat launch, LARGE-BILLED SAVANAH SPARROW, and at
least 6 RUDDY TURNSTONE. A BROWN CREEPER was at the refuge HQs, as was a
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW. 30 SANDHILL CRANE were at Unit 1, 2 AMERICAN
REDSTART were at the Wister Unit, and a WHITE-TAILED KITE was along Lack
just north of Bannister. All sightings were on Jan. 13
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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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