RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* May 10, 2007
* CASE0705.10
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:
Common Loon
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
American Bittern
Great Egret
TRICOLORED HERON
Green Heron
ROSEATE SPOONBILL
Snow Goose
Brant
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Zone-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-necked Pheasant
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Snowy Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Heermann's Gull
Least Tern
Black Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Inca Dove
Ruddy Ground-dove
Black Swift
Vaux's Swift
Costa's Hummingbird
Red-naped Sapsucker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Bell's Vireo
Gray Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Woodhouse Western Scrub Jay
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Juniper Titmouse
Mountain Chickadee
Canyon Wren
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Townsend's Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Crissal Thrasher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Green-tailed Towhee
Gray-headed Dark-eyed Junco
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Bullock's Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Lawrence's Goldfinch
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Kyri Freeman continued to bird through her office window at Barstow
College where she saw a female BULLOCK’S ORIOLE and a large flock of both
male and female MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLERS.
Jeff Webster reported the continuing BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER at Covington
Park in Morongo Valley on May 5. He also found a male VERMILION
FLYCATCHER, GRAY FLYCATCHER, HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER, a male SUMMER TANAGER,
and a male and female LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH. He spotted a PRAIRIE FALCON
driving back to the I-10 Freeway from the park.
Chet McGaugh reported on the San Bernardino Valley Audubon trip to Morongo
on May 5 where they met up with the Mojave Desert Bird Club. Birds seen
included WILLOW FLYCATCHER, DUSKY FLYCATCHER, HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER, GRAY
FLYCATCHER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BROWN-CRESTED
FLYCATCHER, LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH, SOCTT’S ORIOLE, VAUX’S SWIFT, GREAT
EGRET, BLUE GROSBEAK, and MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE. The group also saw two
flying Gavia species that appeared to be COMMON LOONS, and helped rescue a
CLARK’S GREBE that crash landed on Whitewater Canyon Rd.
Dave Furseth reported an adult male PALM WARBLER at Covington Park on May
6.
Sandy Koonce forwarded a report of a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER first seen
on Sunday, May 6 at Luckie Park in 29 Palms. He noted that the birder had
seen two BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS in Covington Park that day. On May 8
Sandy reported on his own sighting of the SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER. He
saw the bird around the ballfields on the north end of Luckie Park in 29
Palms, sometimes on the light poles. He also found an EASTERN PHOEBE in
the same general area, and a pair of VERMILION FLYCATCHERS and two BLACK-
AND-WHITE WARBLERS in the trees east of the tennis courts in Covington
Park.
Lance Benner reported on a trip to Keystone Canyon in the New York
Mountains in the eastern part of the county. He noted there was still
water in Keystone spring which attracted the birds. Highlights included:
RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER, TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE, GRAY FLYCATCHER, SPOTTED
TOWHEE, CANYON WREN, HERMIT WARBLER, MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE, WOODHOUSE WESTERN
SCRUB JAY, GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE, and GRAY-HEADED DARK-EYED JUNCO. At other
campsites in the area he saw GRAY VIREO, CRISSAL THRASHER, SCOTT’S ORIOLE,
JUNIPER TITMOUSE, and TOWNSEND’S WARBLER.
Bill Truesdell reported the continuing SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER on May 8.
May 7, Sandy Koonce reported a male ROSE-BREASTEED GROSBEAK has been
coming to feeders at a private residence in Wildwood Canyon.
Gene Cardiff and Chet McGaugh birded Morongo and 29 Palms on May 9, where
they had SUMMER TANAGER, BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT,
BELL-S VIREO, CASSIN’S VIREO, and SWAINSON’S HAWK. At 29 Palms, they also
spotted the SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER and the EASTERN PHOEBE. At Knott Sky
Park, they found two male INDIGO BUNTINGS, and at Covington Park, they saw
VERMILION FLYCATCHER.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Jim Pike reported seeing a hybrid INDIGO X LAZULI BUNTING male between
Prado dam and the San Bernardino county line.
Sandy Swan, with the Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center, reported on the
last bird walk of the season on May 5. Participants saw CLARK’S GREBE,
WESTERN GREBE, WILSON’S SNIPE, BLACK TERN, TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, BLUE
GROSBEAK, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD.
Roger Higson reported searching for VERMILION FLYCATCHER on May 6. He
found at least 5 pairs and 10 young in the Blythe area. He also had LONG-
BILLED CURLEW, a probably COMMON LOON flying up river, an AMERICAN BITTERN
on the golf course, COMMON GOLDENEYE, RING-NECKED PHEASANT, WILLET, VAUX’S
SWIFT, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, INDIGO
BUNTING, GRENN-TAILED TOWHEE, SUMMER TANAGER, and 2 BROWN-CRESTED
FLYCATCHERS.
Bill Moramarco birded the San Jacinto Wildlife Area on May 7 and found a
BLACK SWIFT with about 17 VAUX’S SWIFT.
John Green spotted an adult ZONE-TAILED HAWK flying over the Santa Ana
River on May 7 near the intersection of River Road and Archibald, north of
Norco.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Elizabeth Morgan saw a TRICOLORED HERON on the canal road across from
Davis and Alcott.
Guy McCaskie reported on a day spent birding the Salton Sea. Highlights
included: 3 SNOW GEESE at Unit 1, , 1 HEERMANN’S GULL, 3 HERRING GULL, 8
YELLOW-FOOTED GULL, 50 GULL-BILLED TERN, 4 LEAST TERN at the Wister Unit
and near the intersection of Nofsinger and Davis,12 BRANT near Pound and
Davis and Fig Lagoon, 5 AMERICAN WIGEON, 10 LESSER SCAUP, 3 COMMON LOONS
one at Red Hill and 2 more on Fig Lagoon, 2 WESTERN GREBE, 3 ROSEATE
SPOONBILL off the west end of Hazard Rd., 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 3 CLAPPER
RAIL, 1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER at the north end of Poe,10
SNOWY PLOVER, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 6 RUDDY TURNSTONE
at the north end of Poe, 40 RED KNOT, ten at Red Hill and 30 more at the
north end of Poe, 16 STILT SANDPIPER near the west end of McDonald, 2
LAUGHING GULL,1 HEERMANN’S GULL, 3 HERRING GULL, 8 YELLOW-FOOTED GULL, 50
GULL-BILLED TERN, 4 LEAST TERN, 750 BLACK TERN, 20 INCA DOVE, 1 RUDDY
GROUND-DOVE, 1 COSTA’S HUMMINGBIRD, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, 1 HAMMOND’S
FLYCATCHER, 1 CASSIN’S VIREO, 5 HORNED LARK, 30 TREE SWALLOW, 200 BARN
SWALLOW, 1 BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER, 2 SWAINSON’S THRUSH, 10 ORANGE-
CROWNED WARBLER, 1 HERMIT WARBLER, 5 BLUE GROSBEAK, 5 YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD, and 3 BRONZED COWBIRD. All reports were from Friday, May 4.
Elizabeth Morgan reported an adult winter female LONG-TAILED DUCK at the
Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR on May 8. It was resting on the NE island of the
refuge pond off of Rock Hill trail.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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)
--
* California
* Southeastern
* May 10, 2007
* CASE0705.10
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:
Common Loon
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
American Bittern
Great Egret
TRICOLORED HERON
Green Heron
ROSEATE SPOONBILL
Snow Goose
Brant
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Zone-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-necked Pheasant
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Snowy Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Heermann's Gull
Least Tern
Black Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Inca Dove
Ruddy Ground-dove
Black Swift
Vaux's Swift
Costa's Hummingbird
Red-naped Sapsucker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Bell's Vireo
Gray Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Woodhouse Western Scrub Jay
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Juniper Titmouse
Mountain Chickadee
Canyon Wren
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Townsend's Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Crissal Thrasher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Green-tailed Towhee
Gray-headed Dark-eyed Junco
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Bullock's Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Lawrence's Goldfinch
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Kyri Freeman continued to bird through her office window at Barstow
College where she saw a female BULLOCK’S ORIOLE and a large flock of both
male and female MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLERS.
Jeff Webster reported the continuing BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER at Covington
Park in Morongo Valley on May 5. He also found a male VERMILION
FLYCATCHER, GRAY FLYCATCHER, HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER, a male SUMMER TANAGER,
and a male and female LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH. He spotted a PRAIRIE FALCON
driving back to the I-10 Freeway from the park.
Chet McGaugh reported on the San Bernardino Valley Audubon trip to Morongo
on May 5 where they met up with the Mojave Desert Bird Club. Birds seen
included WILLOW FLYCATCHER, DUSKY FLYCATCHER, HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER, GRAY
FLYCATCHER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BROWN-CRESTED
FLYCATCHER, LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH, SOCTT’S ORIOLE, VAUX’S SWIFT, GREAT
EGRET, BLUE GROSBEAK, and MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE. The group also saw two
flying Gavia species that appeared to be COMMON LOONS, and helped rescue a
CLARK’S GREBE that crash landed on Whitewater Canyon Rd.
Dave Furseth reported an adult male PALM WARBLER at Covington Park on May
6.
Sandy Koonce forwarded a report of a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER first seen
on Sunday, May 6 at Luckie Park in 29 Palms. He noted that the birder had
seen two BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS in Covington Park that day. On May 8
Sandy reported on his own sighting of the SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER. He
saw the bird around the ballfields on the north end of Luckie Park in 29
Palms, sometimes on the light poles. He also found an EASTERN PHOEBE in
the same general area, and a pair of VERMILION FLYCATCHERS and two BLACK-
AND-WHITE WARBLERS in the trees east of the tennis courts in Covington
Park.
Lance Benner reported on a trip to Keystone Canyon in the New York
Mountains in the eastern part of the county. He noted there was still
water in Keystone spring which attracted the birds. Highlights included:
RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER, TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE, GRAY FLYCATCHER, SPOTTED
TOWHEE, CANYON WREN, HERMIT WARBLER, MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE, WOODHOUSE WESTERN
SCRUB JAY, GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE, and GRAY-HEADED DARK-EYED JUNCO. At other
campsites in the area he saw GRAY VIREO, CRISSAL THRASHER, SCOTT’S ORIOLE,
JUNIPER TITMOUSE, and TOWNSEND’S WARBLER.
Bill Truesdell reported the continuing SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER on May 8.
May 7, Sandy Koonce reported a male ROSE-BREASTEED GROSBEAK has been
coming to feeders at a private residence in Wildwood Canyon.
Gene Cardiff and Chet McGaugh birded Morongo and 29 Palms on May 9, where
they had SUMMER TANAGER, BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT,
BELL-S VIREO, CASSIN’S VIREO, and SWAINSON’S HAWK. At 29 Palms, they also
spotted the SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER and the EASTERN PHOEBE. At Knott Sky
Park, they found two male INDIGO BUNTINGS, and at Covington Park, they saw
VERMILION FLYCATCHER.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Jim Pike reported seeing a hybrid INDIGO X LAZULI BUNTING male between
Prado dam and the San Bernardino county line.
Sandy Swan, with the Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center, reported on the
last bird walk of the season on May 5. Participants saw CLARK’S GREBE,
WESTERN GREBE, WILSON’S SNIPE, BLACK TERN, TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, BLUE
GROSBEAK, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD.
Roger Higson reported searching for VERMILION FLYCATCHER on May 6. He
found at least 5 pairs and 10 young in the Blythe area. He also had LONG-
BILLED CURLEW, a probably COMMON LOON flying up river, an AMERICAN BITTERN
on the golf course, COMMON GOLDENEYE, RING-NECKED PHEASANT, WILLET, VAUX’S
SWIFT, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, INDIGO
BUNTING, GRENN-TAILED TOWHEE, SUMMER TANAGER, and 2 BROWN-CRESTED
FLYCATCHERS.
Bill Moramarco birded the San Jacinto Wildlife Area on May 7 and found a
BLACK SWIFT with about 17 VAUX’S SWIFT.
John Green spotted an adult ZONE-TAILED HAWK flying over the Santa Ana
River on May 7 near the intersection of River Road and Archibald, north of
Norco.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Elizabeth Morgan saw a TRICOLORED HERON on the canal road across from
Davis and Alcott.
Guy McCaskie reported on a day spent birding the Salton Sea. Highlights
included: 3 SNOW GEESE at Unit 1, , 1 HEERMANN’S GULL, 3 HERRING GULL, 8
YELLOW-FOOTED GULL, 50 GULL-BILLED TERN, 4 LEAST TERN at the Wister Unit
and near the intersection of Nofsinger and Davis,12 BRANT near Pound and
Davis and Fig Lagoon, 5 AMERICAN WIGEON, 10 LESSER SCAUP, 3 COMMON LOONS
one at Red Hill and 2 more on Fig Lagoon, 2 WESTERN GREBE, 3 ROSEATE
SPOONBILL off the west end of Hazard Rd., 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 3 CLAPPER
RAIL, 1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER at the north end of Poe,10
SNOWY PLOVER, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 6 RUDDY TURNSTONE
at the north end of Poe, 40 RED KNOT, ten at Red Hill and 30 more at the
north end of Poe, 16 STILT SANDPIPER near the west end of McDonald, 2
LAUGHING GULL,1 HEERMANN’S GULL, 3 HERRING GULL, 8 YELLOW-FOOTED GULL, 50
GULL-BILLED TERN, 4 LEAST TERN, 750 BLACK TERN, 20 INCA DOVE, 1 RUDDY
GROUND-DOVE, 1 COSTA’S HUMMINGBIRD, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, 1 HAMMOND’S
FLYCATCHER, 1 CASSIN’S VIREO, 5 HORNED LARK, 30 TREE SWALLOW, 200 BARN
SWALLOW, 1 BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER, 2 SWAINSON’S THRUSH, 10 ORANGE-
CROWNED WARBLER, 1 HERMIT WARBLER, 5 BLUE GROSBEAK, 5 YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD, and 3 BRONZED COWBIRD. All reports were from Friday, May 4.
Elizabeth Morgan reported an adult winter female LONG-TAILED DUCK at the
Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR on May 8. It was resting on the NE island of the
refuge pond off of Rock Hill trail.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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
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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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