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* California
* Southeastern
* April 19, 2007
* CASE0704.19
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Birds mentioned
Green Heron
Roseate Spoonbill
Brant
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Redhead
Common Goldeneye
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Golden Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Stilt Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Bonaparte's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Laughing Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black Tern
Ruddy Ground-dove
Common Nighthawk
Vaux's Swift
Calliope Hummingbird
Gilded Flicker
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Willow Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Cassin's Kingbird
"Least" Bell's Vireo
Gray Vireo
Pinyon Jay
Juniper Titmouse
Mountain Chickadee
House Wren
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Varied Thrush
Bendire's Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Phainopepla
Lucy's Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blue Grosbeak
Green-tailed Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Bullock's Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Bronzed Cowbird
Lawrence's Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Peter Robertshaw reports many CALLIPE HUMMINGBIRDS are passing through his
property in the Crestline area. He also noted a RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER was
at his feeder on April 12.
Sandy Koonce birded the nature preserve behind Cal State on April 15.
Highlights included: possibly four GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, LINCOLN’S
SPARROW, RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, CASSIN’S KINGBIRD, and
LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH.
Howard King reported from Morongo Valley on April 15. He spotted
MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER and GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE.
Steve Druce reported a continuing HAIRY WOODPECKER at his property in
Crestline. He also visited Ford Park in Redlands this week and saw a HOUSE
WREN.
Richard Carlson also birded Morongo Valley on April 16, where he found
HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER and GRAY FLYCATCHER, and MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES were
still coming to the feeders.
Francis Toldi, a group leader for Sequoia Audubon Society, birded the East
Mojave Preserve this week. Highlights included a SOLITARY SANDPIPER, a
probable GILDED FLICKER (this bird needs confirmation), HAMMOND’S
FLYCATCHER, GRAY VIREO, PINYON JAY, JUNIPER TITMOUSE seen but not heard,
BENDIRE’S THRASHER, CRISSAL THRASHER, SAGE THRASHER, a breeding male
LUCY’S WARBLER, GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE, BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW, and SCOTT’S
ORIOLE. Also seen were a GRAY FLYCATCHER, a nesting PHAINOPEPLA, and adult
male GLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER feeding fledgling below Hole in the Wall
campground, and a BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW on the nest near the start of
Teutonia Peak Trail.
James Barr also birded the Mojave Preserve on April 16. Birds seen
included a VARIED THRUSH at Horse Thief Spring. It was sighted from the
road in a bog just below the spring. A FOX SPARROW, several GOLDEN-CROWNED
SPARROW, 3 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, a GRAY FLYCATCHER, and a GREEN-TAILED
TOWHEE were also seen.
Jim Pike reported two FRANKLIN’S GULLS in a dairy pond at the corner of
Grove and Pine streets in Chino on April 17. He also noted the VERMILION
FLYCATCHER pair continues, as of April 15, at Prado Regional Park.
Andy Lazere birded the Cal State campus on April 18 and reported two
singing GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW, and BLUE GROSBEAK.
He suggests going to the east end of the soccer field and following the
dirt track at mid-field to the olive grove and up the hill. Andy also
stopped by Glen Helen where he saw a WHIMBREL on the lawn in front of the
pavilion.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Madeline Bauer reported a MERLIN at 66th and William in Mira Loma on April
13. She also reported hearing probably two “LEAST” BELL’S VIREOS in the
willows northwest of the first pond west of the horse staging area at
Hidden Valley.
Roger Higson reported a COMMON GOLDENEYE and a PEREGRINE FALCON in the
Blythe area on April 14.
Sandy Koonce reported from Hidden Valley on April 14. He saw a GRAY
FLYCATCHER, flying VAUX’S SWIFTS, BELL’S VIREO, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE
GROSBEAK, and WOOD DUCK. He noted that the surrounding hills are very dry,
but he was able to locate a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GRAY
WARBLERS, and HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER.
The Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center had a public bird walk on April 15.
Birds seen included GREEN HERON, REDHEAD, WILSON’S SNIPE, BONAPARTE’S
GULL, BULLOCK’S ORIOLE, and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH.
Howard King reported a FRANKLIN’S GULL at the east end of 81st St. and two
more at 84th. Reports were from April 18.
Richard Carlson reported many COMMON NIGHTHAWKS flying over LA Quinta on
April 18.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie sent in a report from the Salton Sea area for April 13 and
14. Birds seen included 1 Brant on Fig Lagoon, 8 BLUE-WINGED TEAL at the
intersection of Lack and Lindsay, 3 immature ROSEATE SPOONBILLS at the
intersection of Schrimpf and Garst Rds., 25 RUDDY TURNSTONE at Red Hill,
25 STILT SANDPIPERS at Red Hill, about 25 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at the
intersection of Schrimpf and Garst, 6 LAUGHING GULLS at the NWR, 175
FRANKLIN’S GULLS, near the intersection of Schrimpf and Garst, 2 THAYER’S
GULLS at the north end of Poe Rd., 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the north
end of Poe, 10 YELLOW-FOOTED GULLS, at various places along the south
shore, 2 GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS at the north end of Poe, 1 BLACK TERN near
the intersection of Schrimpf and Garst, 1 RUDDY GROUND-DOVE near El
Centro, 1 VAUX’S SWIFT near Niland, 1 CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD near El Centro,
1 DUSKY FLYCATCHER near El Centro, 1 LINCOLN’S SPARROW in Niland at the
Salton Sink, 1 DARK-EYED JUNCO near the NWR HQs, and 2 BRONZED COWBIRDS, a
female near Fig Lagoon and a male near Niland.
Terry Hunefeld forwarded a sighting from John Pushock on April 18. John
had seen an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER on Garst south of Red Hill marina. He
suggested looking for three dead snags on the west side of the road when
driving north. Terry later reported an immature GLAUCOUS GULL at Red Hill
boat ramp.
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That's it for today. This summary is done weekly, usually on Thursday.
GOOD BIRDING!
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.
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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).
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Linda Stitt at secalrba@earthlink.net or call (909) 793-5599 option 3 to
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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
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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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available at our phone RBA and information center and at the SBVAS
website: http://www.sbvas.org
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Monterey Bay RBA (831)626-6605
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Southeastern CA Bird Alert (909) 793-5599
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