RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* January 31, 2007
* CASE3101.07
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Ross's Goose
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Common Goldeneye
Bald Eagle
Prairie Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Laughing Gull
Mew Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Red-naped Sapsucker
Mountain Bluebird
Sprague's Pipit
Townsend's Warbler
Green-tailed Towhee
Slate-colored Junco
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A phone report came in on Jan. 26 of a PRAIRIE FALCON seen on Arrowhead
Ave. in San Bernardino in the tallest palm.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Reports continue to come in of a BLACK-HEADED GULL AT THE Sea Tek Fish
Farm near Mecca. The latest report was Monday, Jan. 29.
The Blythe area and river had reports of several good sized flocks of
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, many LEAST SANDPIPERS at the sewage farm, and a
variety of ducks including COMMON GOLDENEYE, AMERICAN WIGEON, and
CANVASBACK.
From Mystic Lake there was a report of a BALD EAGLE which raised many
geese. Three white geese were significantly smaller than the others, and
it is believed they were ROSS’S GEESE. A second year GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL
was also seen in this area on Jan. 26. It was with a flock along the
Ramona Expressway just east of Davis Road.
A GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE was seen on Jan. 30 in the Tequesquite Park area
along the Santa Ana River trail. The bird was in a tree tobacco on the
brushy slope just past a huge patch of arunda about 100 meters up the bike
trail from Tequesquite. A TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was upslope from the towhee,
a ‘Slate-colored” Junco was across the path, and a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER was
in the line of oaks up San Andreas Ave. There are still many MOUNTAIN
BLUEBIRDS in the park.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Jan. 28, an adult MEW GULL and a firs year THAYER’S GULL were seen at Red
Hill Marina. A LAUGHING GULL was seen at Lack and Lindsey, and further
south along the sea wall there was a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL.
Jan. 23, over 400 SANDHILL CRANE were seen in the area of the Barkley Seed
Co. south of Brawley.
Two SPRAGUE’S PIPITS were seen at the southwest corner of the southwest
field at the corner of Sinclair and Hwy 111 on Jan. 29.
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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
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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 31, 2007
* CASE3101.07
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Ross's Goose
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Common Goldeneye
Bald Eagle
Prairie Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Laughing Gull
Mew Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Red-naped Sapsucker
Mountain Bluebird
Sprague's Pipit
Townsend's Warbler
Green-tailed Towhee
Slate-colored Junco
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A phone report came in on Jan. 26 of a PRAIRIE FALCON seen on Arrowhead
Ave. in San Bernardino in the tallest palm.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Reports continue to come in of a BLACK-HEADED GULL AT THE Sea Tek Fish
Farm near Mecca. The latest report was Monday, Jan. 29.
The Blythe area and river had reports of several good sized flocks of
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, many LEAST SANDPIPERS at the sewage farm, and a
variety of ducks including COMMON GOLDENEYE, AMERICAN WIGEON, and
CANVASBACK.
From Mystic Lake there was a report of a BALD EAGLE which raised many
geese. Three white geese were significantly smaller than the others, and
it is believed they were ROSS’S GEESE. A second year GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL
was also seen in this area on Jan. 26. It was with a flock along the
Ramona Expressway just east of Davis Road.
A GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE was seen on Jan. 30 in the Tequesquite Park area
along the Santa Ana River trail. The bird was in a tree tobacco on the
brushy slope just past a huge patch of arunda about 100 meters up the bike
trail from Tequesquite. A TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was upslope from the towhee,
a ‘Slate-colored” Junco was across the path, and a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER was
in the line of oaks up San Andreas Ave. There are still many MOUNTAIN
BLUEBIRDS in the park.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Jan. 28, an adult MEW GULL and a firs year THAYER’S GULL were seen at Red
Hill Marina. A LAUGHING GULL was seen at Lack and Lindsey, and further
south along the sea wall there was a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL.
Jan. 23, over 400 SANDHILL CRANE were seen in the area of the Barkley Seed
Co. south of Brawley.
Two SPRAGUE’S PIPITS were seen at the southwest corner of the southwest
field at the corner of Sinclair and Hwy 111 on Jan. 29.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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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