RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* March 7, 2007
* CASE0703.07
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. Names in the report are generally
those of the reporting party and not necessarily the person claiming the
first sighting.
Birds mentioned
Tricolored Heron
Roseate Spoonbill
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
White-winged Scoter
Hooded Merganser
White-tailed Kite
Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Prairie Falcon
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Laughing Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
White-winged Dove
Great-horned Owl
Allen's Hummingbird
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Vermilion Flycatcher
Violet-Green Swallow
Mountain Bluebird
American Robin
Painted Redstart
Green-tailed Towhee
Slate-Colored Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Lawrence's Goldfinch
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Bill Deppe and others reported the continuing PAINTED REDSTART at Yucaipa
Regional Park. The bird has usually been seen at the east end of the lower
lake by the 14th hole of the Frisbee golf course, and was last reported on
Mar. 4. Andy Lazere also noted that 10-20 LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH were seen
about thirty yards up the hill from the redstart, near the rest room, on
March 4.
The last bald eagle count for this winter is scheduled for Saturday
morning, March 10. Volunteers are asked to arrive at the Big Bear
Discovery Center on North Shore Drive by 8:00 for instructions. Volunteers
for Arrowhead should go to the Sky Forest Ranger Station at 8:00a.m..
Volunteers for Silverwood Lake should contact Rick Reisenhofer for
information at 760-389-2281, but plan to meet at the Visitor Center at
8:00a.m.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
March 1, a report from Blythe noted a FERRUGINOUS HAWK on Hwy. 78 between
Ripley and Paloverde, a PRAIRIE FALCON on Buck Rd., a HARLAN’S RED-TAILED
HAWK on the powerline between Buck Rd. and the junior college, 2 pairs of
VERMILION FLYCATCHERS in Mayflower County Park, a SLATE-COLOURED DARK-EYED
JUNCO among others in Mayflower Park, and an AMERICAN ROBIN in Mayflower
Park. A GREAT-HORNED OWL is also again nesting in the sawed-off tree near
the horseshoe pits in Mayflower Park.
John Green confirmed a report from the Temecula Duck Pond of a hybrid male
AMERICAN x EURASIAN WIGEON last reported on Dec. 7. There is also a
possible female rufous morph EURASIAN WIGEON at the same pond. Birders are
asked to report this bird if seen, or to submit photos if possible.
Larry LaPre reported seeing a PEREGRINE FALCON over the ponds at Hidden
Valley Wildlife Area in Riverside on Mar. 4. The bird was seen from the
bluff. To reach the area, use the entrance on Arlington Ave. and continue
all the way to the end of the dirt entrance road, which leads to a bluff
lookout.
Oscar Johnson forwarded a report of a third cycle THAYER’S GULL at the
Whitewater River Mouth on Mar. 5. Birders are reminded that currently the
only access here is by walking, and no cars are allowed beyond the gates.
Daniel Williams reported an adult male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER along San
Andreas Ave. at Glenwood in northwestern Riverside. He also saw a GREEN-
TAILED TOWHEE among a flock of sparrows on the wooden fence under the big
feeder above the bike trail between Tequesquite Park and Mt. Rubidoux. He
had a MERLIN along the trail near Carlson Park, an noted that a few
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS continue at Tequesquite as well as a WHITE-TAILED KITE.
The last bald eagle count for this winter is scheduled for this Saturday,
March 10. Volunteers for the Lake Hemet count should contact Heidi Sellers
at 909 382-2945 and plan on meeting at the Lake Hemet Grocery Store at
8:30 for instructions.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie sent in a report from the Imperial Valley on March 4. Birds
of note included: ROSS’S GOOSE (1 adult blue-morph with others at Salton
Sea NWR HQs), CACKLING GOOSE ( 1 at the NWR HQs), 1 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER,
an adult male seen on Willey Reservoir, 8 HOODED MERGANSER on Fig Lagoon,
1 TRICOLORED HERON, an immature at Fig Lagoon, 2 ROSEATE SPOONBILL on the
east side of Garst Rd. north of Sinclair, 1 adult LAUGHING GULL at
Obsidian Butte, 2 THAYER’S GULL, both first-winter birds seen at Red Hill,
1 GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL a first-winter bird at Red Hill, 1 WHITE-WINGED
DOVE at Lakeview Golfcourse, 1 ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD near El Centro, 1 GRAY
FLYCATCHER continuing at Cattle Call Park in Brawley, 1 VIOLET-GREEN
SWALLOW at Willey Reservoir, and 1 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW near El Centro.
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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
* March 7, 2007
* CASE0703.07
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. Names in the report are generally
those of the reporting party and not necessarily the person claiming the
first sighting.
Birds mentioned
Tricolored Heron
Roseate Spoonbill
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
White-winged Scoter
Hooded Merganser
White-tailed Kite
Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Prairie Falcon
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Laughing Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
White-winged Dove
Great-horned Owl
Allen's Hummingbird
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Vermilion Flycatcher
Violet-Green Swallow
Mountain Bluebird
American Robin
Painted Redstart
Green-tailed Towhee
Slate-Colored Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Lawrence's Goldfinch
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Bill Deppe and others reported the continuing PAINTED REDSTART at Yucaipa
Regional Park. The bird has usually been seen at the east end of the lower
lake by the 14th hole of the Frisbee golf course, and was last reported on
Mar. 4. Andy Lazere also noted that 10-20 LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH were seen
about thirty yards up the hill from the redstart, near the rest room, on
March 4.
The last bald eagle count for this winter is scheduled for Saturday
morning, March 10. Volunteers are asked to arrive at the Big Bear
Discovery Center on North Shore Drive by 8:00 for instructions. Volunteers
for Arrowhead should go to the Sky Forest Ranger Station at 8:00a.m..
Volunteers for Silverwood Lake should contact Rick Reisenhofer for
information at 760-389-2281, but plan to meet at the Visitor Center at
8:00a.m.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
March 1, a report from Blythe noted a FERRUGINOUS HAWK on Hwy. 78 between
Ripley and Paloverde, a PRAIRIE FALCON on Buck Rd., a HARLAN’S RED-TAILED
HAWK on the powerline between Buck Rd. and the junior college, 2 pairs of
VERMILION FLYCATCHERS in Mayflower County Park, a SLATE-COLOURED DARK-EYED
JUNCO among others in Mayflower Park, and an AMERICAN ROBIN in Mayflower
Park. A GREAT-HORNED OWL is also again nesting in the sawed-off tree near
the horseshoe pits in Mayflower Park.
John Green confirmed a report from the Temecula Duck Pond of a hybrid male
AMERICAN x EURASIAN WIGEON last reported on Dec. 7. There is also a
possible female rufous morph EURASIAN WIGEON at the same pond. Birders are
asked to report this bird if seen, or to submit photos if possible.
Larry LaPre reported seeing a PEREGRINE FALCON over the ponds at Hidden
Valley Wildlife Area in Riverside on Mar. 4. The bird was seen from the
bluff. To reach the area, use the entrance on Arlington Ave. and continue
all the way to the end of the dirt entrance road, which leads to a bluff
lookout.
Oscar Johnson forwarded a report of a third cycle THAYER’S GULL at the
Whitewater River Mouth on Mar. 5. Birders are reminded that currently the
only access here is by walking, and no cars are allowed beyond the gates.
Daniel Williams reported an adult male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER along San
Andreas Ave. at Glenwood in northwestern Riverside. He also saw a GREEN-
TAILED TOWHEE among a flock of sparrows on the wooden fence under the big
feeder above the bike trail between Tequesquite Park and Mt. Rubidoux. He
had a MERLIN along the trail near Carlson Park, an noted that a few
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS continue at Tequesquite as well as a WHITE-TAILED KITE.
The last bald eagle count for this winter is scheduled for this Saturday,
March 10. Volunteers for the Lake Hemet count should contact Heidi Sellers
at 909 382-2945 and plan on meeting at the Lake Hemet Grocery Store at
8:30 for instructions.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie sent in a report from the Imperial Valley on March 4. Birds
of note included: ROSS’S GOOSE (1 adult blue-morph with others at Salton
Sea NWR HQs), CACKLING GOOSE ( 1 at the NWR HQs), 1 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER,
an adult male seen on Willey Reservoir, 8 HOODED MERGANSER on Fig Lagoon,
1 TRICOLORED HERON, an immature at Fig Lagoon, 2 ROSEATE SPOONBILL on the
east side of Garst Rd. north of Sinclair, 1 adult LAUGHING GULL at
Obsidian Butte, 2 THAYER’S GULL, both first-winter birds seen at Red Hill,
1 GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL a first-winter bird at Red Hill, 1 WHITE-WINGED
DOVE at Lakeview Golfcourse, 1 ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD near El Centro, 1 GRAY
FLYCATCHER continuing at Cattle Call Park in Brawley, 1 VIOLET-GREEN
SWALLOW at Willey Reservoir, and 1 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW near El Centro.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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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