RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* February 22, 2007
* CASE2202.07
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Horned Grebe
American Bittern
Greater White-Fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Merganser
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
Laughing Gull
Mew Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Northern Saw-whet Owl
"Yellow-shafted" Flicker
Lewis's Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Eastern Phoebe
Barn Swallow
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Mountain Bluebird
Sage Thrasher
Sage Sparrow
Oregon Junco
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Tricolored Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Feb. 17, a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH was heard less than one mile up the San
Bernardino Mountain trail from Angeles Oaks. A possible ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
was also seen flying within a half mile of the wilderness boundary.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Feb. 19. a male SURF SCOTER was spotted on a pond at the Sun Lakes Golf
Course. To reach the pond, take I-10 east to the Highland Springs off
ramp. Go south on Highland Springs about ¼ mile to Sun Lakes Boulevard.
Turn left on Sun Lakes Blvd. and travel about ½ mile to the pond on your
left. Sun Lakes Blvd. is a public road and is not part of the gated
community. Also seen in the area in the last month was a GOLDEN EAGLE,
FERRUGINOUS HAWK, and MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD.
A LEWIS’S WOODPECKER was reported flying around the Keys Ranch, also know
as the Lost Queen Ranch are of Joshua Tree National Park on Feb. 18.
An immature BALD EAGLE was again sighted above Pond 4 at the San Jacinto
Wildlife Area on Feb. 18. An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen in Pond E. The
report from Mystic Lake included a large flock of CANADA GEESE, 40 GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, and 3 SNOW GEESE. A FERRUGINOUS HAWK was seen on a
power pole just east of the dairy farm on Bridge St., and the continuing
EASTERN PHOEBE was reported across for Marsh A.
On Feb. 22, a SAW-WHET OWL was again reported at the Living Desert in Palm
Desert. It was seen about ten feet up in the acacias to the right of the
entrance to Village Watutu.
Feb. 16. a Yellow Shafted Flicker was seen on a eucalyptus snag in the
Rancho Vista/Margarita/Temecula Valley High area of Temecula. A MOUNTAIN
CHICKADEE was heard in the same area.
A report from Blythe on Feb. 19 noted a steady trickle of SAGE THRASHERS,
a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, BARN SWALLOWS, as well as 3 BRONZED COWBIRDS.
Feb. 18 and 19, a report from the Whitewater River mouth included a single
adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, a first cycle THAYER’S GULL, and an adult
MEW GULL. At Kent Seatech, there was a male TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD. On the
west side of the whitewater, there were 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and two SURF
SCOTER on some ponds just before the shore of the sea. A single SNOW GOOSE
was along the shore of the sea, and 30+ SAGE SPARROWS were in the brush in
the area.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Feb. 18 at the Wister Unit headquarters, there were two OREGON JUNCOS. At
Red Hill, there were 2 YELLOW-FOOTED GULLS, one GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL. At
the refuge Headquarters in the goose glock, there were 19 blue SNOW GEESE,
and a “minima” CACKLING GOOSE, and a second year male VERMILION FLYCATCHER
near the buildings. The GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW continued around the
feeders. At Obsidian Butte, there were two THAYER’S GULLS (one first and
one second cycle), and a third cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. 16 LAUGHING
GULL were in a pond near Obsidian Butte, and Willey Reservoir had the
continuing WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, HORNED GREBE, and COMMON MERGANSER.
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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
* February 22, 2007
* CASE2202.07
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Horned Grebe
American Bittern
Greater White-Fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Merganser
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
Laughing Gull
Mew Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Northern Saw-whet Owl
"Yellow-shafted" Flicker
Lewis's Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Eastern Phoebe
Barn Swallow
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Mountain Bluebird
Sage Thrasher
Sage Sparrow
Oregon Junco
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Tricolored Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
- Transcript
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Feb. 17, a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH was heard less than one mile up the San
Bernardino Mountain trail from Angeles Oaks. A possible ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
was also seen flying within a half mile of the wilderness boundary.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Feb. 19. a male SURF SCOTER was spotted on a pond at the Sun Lakes Golf
Course. To reach the pond, take I-10 east to the Highland Springs off
ramp. Go south on Highland Springs about ¼ mile to Sun Lakes Boulevard.
Turn left on Sun Lakes Blvd. and travel about ½ mile to the pond on your
left. Sun Lakes Blvd. is a public road and is not part of the gated
community. Also seen in the area in the last month was a GOLDEN EAGLE,
FERRUGINOUS HAWK, and MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD.
A LEWIS’S WOODPECKER was reported flying around the Keys Ranch, also know
as the Lost Queen Ranch are of Joshua Tree National Park on Feb. 18.
An immature BALD EAGLE was again sighted above Pond 4 at the San Jacinto
Wildlife Area on Feb. 18. An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen in Pond E. The
report from Mystic Lake included a large flock of CANADA GEESE, 40 GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, and 3 SNOW GEESE. A FERRUGINOUS HAWK was seen on a
power pole just east of the dairy farm on Bridge St., and the continuing
EASTERN PHOEBE was reported across for Marsh A.
On Feb. 22, a SAW-WHET OWL was again reported at the Living Desert in Palm
Desert. It was seen about ten feet up in the acacias to the right of the
entrance to Village Watutu.
Feb. 16. a Yellow Shafted Flicker was seen on a eucalyptus snag in the
Rancho Vista/Margarita/Temecula Valley High area of Temecula. A MOUNTAIN
CHICKADEE was heard in the same area.
A report from Blythe on Feb. 19 noted a steady trickle of SAGE THRASHERS,
a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, BARN SWALLOWS, as well as 3 BRONZED COWBIRDS.
Feb. 18 and 19, a report from the Whitewater River mouth included a single
adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, a first cycle THAYER’S GULL, and an adult
MEW GULL. At Kent Seatech, there was a male TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD. On the
west side of the whitewater, there were 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and two SURF
SCOTER on some ponds just before the shore of the sea. A single SNOW GOOSE
was along the shore of the sea, and 30+ SAGE SPARROWS were in the brush in
the area.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Feb. 18 at the Wister Unit headquarters, there were two OREGON JUNCOS. At
Red Hill, there were 2 YELLOW-FOOTED GULLS, one GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL. At
the refuge Headquarters in the goose glock, there were 19 blue SNOW GEESE,
and a “minima” CACKLING GOOSE, and a second year male VERMILION FLYCATCHER
near the buildings. The GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW continued around the
feeders. At Obsidian Butte, there were two THAYER’S GULLS (one first and
one second cycle), and a third cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. 16 LAUGHING
GULL were in a pond near Obsidian Butte, and Willey Reservoir had the
continuing WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, HORNED GREBE, and COMMON MERGANSER.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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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