RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* April 4, 2007
* CASE0704.04
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
American White Pelican
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross's Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red Shouldered Hawk
Bald Eagle
Prairie Falcon
Lesser Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Stilt Sandpiper
Franklin's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Ringed Turtle-Dove
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Rufous Hummingbird
Lewis's Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Hammond's Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Bell's Vireo
Pinyon Jay
Horned Lark
Juniper Titmouse
Mountain Bluebird
Varied Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Bendire's Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Le Conte's Thrahser
Sage Thrasher
Nashville Warbler
Black-Throated Gray Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Black-Throated Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Scott's Oriole
Lawrence's Goldfinch
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Madeline Bauer phoned in a report of a VARIED THRUSH at Cottonwood Springs
in Joshua Tree National Park. The thrush was in the rock grotto at the
base of the ponds on Mar. 31.
Tom Benson sent in a report from Cal State San Bernardino on Mar. 31. He
reported the continuing pair of VERMILION FLYCATCHER on the athletic
fields near the tennis courts and a variety of sparrows including RUFOUS-
CROWNED SPARROW, SAGE SPARROW, LINCOLN’S SPARROW, CHIPPING SPARROW, and
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. The sparrows were mostly in the preserve area.
Kyri Freeman reported two SELASPHOROUS HUMMINGVIRDS outside the
administration building at Barstow College. Later he reported SCOTT’S
ORIOLE, MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, PINYON JAYS and a PRAIRIE FALCON. The
later reports were from Barker Dam.
Steven Tucker sent in an extensive report for 3/31 to 4/2. At Cottonwood
Spring and Lost Palms Oasis he had RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER, HAMMOND’S
FLYCATCHER, and a BLACK-THROATED SPARROW unfortunately becoming the dinner
of a Loggerhead Shrike. He also confirmed the VARIED THRUSH found earlier.
At Keys Point he found 20 PINYON JAYS and a SCOTT’S ORIOLE.
Robert Packard birded the area along Potrero Creek south of Beaumont, off
Highland Springs Ave. He indicated the area is state owned, but not open
to the public. Sightings included 2 COMMON POORWILL, 2 LEWIS’S WOODPECKER,
a HERMIT THRUSH, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, and a LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH. Later,
in the Mojave National Preserve, he found a PRAIRIE FALCON at Hole in the
Wall, a RINGED TURTLE-DOVE, MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, 2 SAGE THRASHER, CRISSAL
THRASHER, LECONTE’S THRASHER, BENDIRE’S THRASHER, a HORNED LARK, JUNIPER
TITMOUSE at Mid Hills Campground, and BLACK-THROATED SPARROW.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Jim Pike reported a male and second year female VERMILION FLYCATCHER at
Prado Regional Park on Mar. 29.
Chet McGaugh reported a color-banded WHIMBREL at Mytsic Lake on mar. 29.
He also found 20 LONG-BILLED CURLEW, 10 WHIMBREL, 2 MARBLED GODWIT, 2
alternate plumage FRANKLIN’S GULLS, and 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE.
Lidia Seebeck reported what appears, after some discussion, to be an adult
RED SHOULDERED HAWK soaring above the Pachappa Hill area.
Larry LaPre reported at least two BELL’S VIREO and a LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH
at Hidden Valley Wildlife Area off Arlington Ave. in Riverside near the
Norco border.
Roger Higson sent in reports from the Blythe area including LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 2 STILT SANDPIPERS, a ZONE-TAILED HAWK, 2 LESSER NIGHTHAWKS, a
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, and a female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. Sightings
occurred on Mar. 31 and April 1.
Bill Moramarco reported several good sightings from the Mystic Lake. San
Jacinto Wildlife Area. Highlights included a pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL on
pond 3, and adult BALD EAGLE over the south end of Mystic, a HAIRY
WOODPECKER where the river originally crossed Davis Rd., 64 AMERICAN WHITE
PELICAN, 27 LONG-BILLED CURLEW, 2 WHIMBREL, and 1 MARBLED GODWIT. All
reports were from April 2.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Steve Tucker reported the following birds from the Salton Sea area: on
March 31, 21 BLUE-WINGED TEAL at Lack and Lindsay, and 18 RUDDY TURNSTONE
and 23 GULL-BILLED TERN at Obsidian Butte; on Apr. 2, 2 SAGE THRASHER at
the south end of the sea on private property.
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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
* April 4, 2007
* CASE0704.04
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
American White Pelican
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross's Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red Shouldered Hawk
Bald Eagle
Prairie Falcon
Lesser Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Stilt Sandpiper
Franklin's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Ringed Turtle-Dove
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Rufous Hummingbird
Lewis's Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Hammond's Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Bell's Vireo
Pinyon Jay
Horned Lark
Juniper Titmouse
Mountain Bluebird
Varied Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Bendire's Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Le Conte's Thrahser
Sage Thrasher
Nashville Warbler
Black-Throated Gray Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Black-Throated Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Scott's Oriole
Lawrence's Goldfinch
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Madeline Bauer phoned in a report of a VARIED THRUSH at Cottonwood Springs
in Joshua Tree National Park. The thrush was in the rock grotto at the
base of the ponds on Mar. 31.
Tom Benson sent in a report from Cal State San Bernardino on Mar. 31. He
reported the continuing pair of VERMILION FLYCATCHER on the athletic
fields near the tennis courts and a variety of sparrows including RUFOUS-
CROWNED SPARROW, SAGE SPARROW, LINCOLN’S SPARROW, CHIPPING SPARROW, and
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. The sparrows were mostly in the preserve area.
Kyri Freeman reported two SELASPHOROUS HUMMINGVIRDS outside the
administration building at Barstow College. Later he reported SCOTT’S
ORIOLE, MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, PINYON JAYS and a PRAIRIE FALCON. The
later reports were from Barker Dam.
Steven Tucker sent in an extensive report for 3/31 to 4/2. At Cottonwood
Spring and Lost Palms Oasis he had RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER, HAMMOND’S
FLYCATCHER, and a BLACK-THROATED SPARROW unfortunately becoming the dinner
of a Loggerhead Shrike. He also confirmed the VARIED THRUSH found earlier.
At Keys Point he found 20 PINYON JAYS and a SCOTT’S ORIOLE.
Robert Packard birded the area along Potrero Creek south of Beaumont, off
Highland Springs Ave. He indicated the area is state owned, but not open
to the public. Sightings included 2 COMMON POORWILL, 2 LEWIS’S WOODPECKER,
a HERMIT THRUSH, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, and a LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH. Later,
in the Mojave National Preserve, he found a PRAIRIE FALCON at Hole in the
Wall, a RINGED TURTLE-DOVE, MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, 2 SAGE THRASHER, CRISSAL
THRASHER, LECONTE’S THRASHER, BENDIRE’S THRASHER, a HORNED LARK, JUNIPER
TITMOUSE at Mid Hills Campground, and BLACK-THROATED SPARROW.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Jim Pike reported a male and second year female VERMILION FLYCATCHER at
Prado Regional Park on Mar. 29.
Chet McGaugh reported a color-banded WHIMBREL at Mytsic Lake on mar. 29.
He also found 20 LONG-BILLED CURLEW, 10 WHIMBREL, 2 MARBLED GODWIT, 2
alternate plumage FRANKLIN’S GULLS, and 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE.
Lidia Seebeck reported what appears, after some discussion, to be an adult
RED SHOULDERED HAWK soaring above the Pachappa Hill area.
Larry LaPre reported at least two BELL’S VIREO and a LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH
at Hidden Valley Wildlife Area off Arlington Ave. in Riverside near the
Norco border.
Roger Higson sent in reports from the Blythe area including LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 2 STILT SANDPIPERS, a ZONE-TAILED HAWK, 2 LESSER NIGHTHAWKS, a
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, and a female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. Sightings
occurred on Mar. 31 and April 1.
Bill Moramarco reported several good sightings from the Mystic Lake. San
Jacinto Wildlife Area. Highlights included a pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL on
pond 3, and adult BALD EAGLE over the south end of Mystic, a HAIRY
WOODPECKER where the river originally crossed Davis Rd., 64 AMERICAN WHITE
PELICAN, 27 LONG-BILLED CURLEW, 2 WHIMBREL, and 1 MARBLED GODWIT. All
reports were from April 2.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Steve Tucker reported the following birds from the Salton Sea area: on
March 31, 21 BLUE-WINGED TEAL at Lack and Lindsay, and 18 RUDDY TURNSTONE
and 23 GULL-BILLED TERN at Obsidian Butte; on Apr. 2, 2 SAGE THRASHER at
the south end of the sea on private property.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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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