RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* June 13, 2007
* CASE0706.13
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.
The bird alert phone line housed at the San Bernardino County Museum is no
longer in service. If you have a rare bird to report and must use a phone
line, please call 909-800-5177.
Birds mentioned:
Red-throated Loon
Brant
Blue-winged Teal
Long-tailed Duck
Cooper's Hawk
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
Prairie Falcon
Mountain Quail
Franklin's Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Heerman's Gull
Least Tern
Black Tern
Caspian Tern
Williamson's Sapsucker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Townsend's Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Le Conte's Thrasher
Phainopepla
Chestnut-sided Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Sage Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Scott's Oriole
Tricolored Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Lawrence's Goldfinch
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
On June 5, Sandy Koonce reported a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at Zzyzx, a
male LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH and a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER behind Denny’s in
Baker, and WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, SWAINSON’S THRUSH, and one OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER at Zzyzx.
Sandy Remley reported from the San Bernardino mountains on June 6.
Sightings included a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET at yellow-stake campsite 25,
2/10 of a mile from the 2N17 turn off,RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH at Siberia
Creek, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER at Bluff Lake, a male and female PHAINOPEPLA
on 1N04, a WILLOW FLYCATCHER and MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER at Arrastre Creek,
and two SCOTT’S ORIOLES near the old burn area on 3NO3.
Tom Benson and Doug Karalun both reported the continuing SCISSOR-TAILED
FLYCATCHER at Luckie Park in 29 Palms. Tom saw the bird on June 9, and
Doug saw it on June 12. The bird was seen near the northeastern baseball
field. Tom also reported finding a MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE AT THE FEEDERS AT
Morongo.
Howard King saw a single female PURPLE MARTIN at Lost Lake in the Cajon
Pass on June 9.
Catherine McFadden found 2 SAGE SPARROWS on the Chapman trail to Icehouse
Saddle on June 10. She also reported finding WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKER at
Icehouse Saddle and Kelly Camp, a covey of MOUNTAIN QUAIL below Cedar
Glen, and several TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRES along the trail to Kelly Camp.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Paul Boudreau reported some backyard birds from his home in Desert Hot
Springs on June 9. Sightings included OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, COOPER’S
HAWK, and a male PHAINOPEPLA.
Roger Higson reported on June 10 from the Blythe area where he took a boat
trip downriver. He saw a CASPIAN TERN, 2 RING-BILLED GULLS, 2 BLACK TERNS
and a LEAST TERN. Later, on June 11, he saw a LE CONTE’S THRASHER on the
tracks as he was driving to Rice Valley. He also saw a GOLDEN EAGLE, and a
pair of PRAIRIE FALCONS in the area.
Howard King found 2 resident BALD EAGLES on the south shore of Lake Hemet
on June 10, and a group of 100-150 TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS in a small wet
spot just past the Lake Hemet store.
Jim Pike reported what he believes is a nesting CHIPPING SPARROW in the
Prado Basin on June 11, and noted the VERMILION FLYCATCHERS he reported
earlier are feeding nestlings in the basin.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie reported from the south end of the Salton Sea on June 8.
Highlights included: a continuing BRANT at the intersection of Hazard and
Davis Rds., 2 male BLUE-WINGED TEAL at the north end of Poe Rd., the
continuing female LONG-TAILED DUCK at the SSNWR HQs, a basic-plumage RED-
THROATED LOON on the sea off the north end of Garst Rd., a second-summer
FRANKLIN’S GULL at the west end of Hazard and two more along Garst north
of Sinclair, the continuing adult HEERMANN’S GULL at the SSNWR HQs and
another in alternate plumagte at Obsidian Butte, and 5 LEAST TERN near the
SW corner of the Wister Unit. He also noted seeing 18 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS
and 15 YELLOW-FOOTED GULLS.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's it for today. This summary is done weekly, usually on Thursday.
Kirk and Linda Stitt
secalrba@earthlink.net
San Bernardino, CA
To report sightings phone (909)800-5177
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)800-9898 (Linda’s
cell). Note that the phone hotline is no longer available.
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/
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 on 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 report to (909) 800-5177
Southern California BIRDBOX (818) 952-5502 + 5 ***
CalTip (CA Fish & Game) (800) 952-5400 (to report wildlife violations)
* California
* Southeastern
* June 13, 2007
* CASE0706.13
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.
The bird alert phone line housed at the San Bernardino County Museum is no
longer in service. If you have a rare bird to report and must use a phone
line, please call 909-800-5177.
Birds mentioned:
Red-throated Loon
Brant
Blue-winged Teal
Long-tailed Duck
Cooper's Hawk
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
Prairie Falcon
Mountain Quail
Franklin's Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Heerman's Gull
Least Tern
Black Tern
Caspian Tern
Williamson's Sapsucker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Townsend's Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Le Conte's Thrasher
Phainopepla
Chestnut-sided Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Sage Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Scott's Oriole
Tricolored Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Lawrence's Goldfinch
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
On June 5, Sandy Koonce reported a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at Zzyzx, a
male LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH and a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER behind Denny’s in
Baker, and WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, SWAINSON’S THRUSH, and one OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER at Zzyzx.
Sandy Remley reported from the San Bernardino mountains on June 6.
Sightings included a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET at yellow-stake campsite 25,
2/10 of a mile from the 2N17 turn off,RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH at Siberia
Creek, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER at Bluff Lake, a male and female PHAINOPEPLA
on 1N04, a WILLOW FLYCATCHER and MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER at Arrastre Creek,
and two SCOTT’S ORIOLES near the old burn area on 3NO3.
Tom Benson and Doug Karalun both reported the continuing SCISSOR-TAILED
FLYCATCHER at Luckie Park in 29 Palms. Tom saw the bird on June 9, and
Doug saw it on June 12. The bird was seen near the northeastern baseball
field. Tom also reported finding a MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE AT THE FEEDERS AT
Morongo.
Howard King saw a single female PURPLE MARTIN at Lost Lake in the Cajon
Pass on June 9.
Catherine McFadden found 2 SAGE SPARROWS on the Chapman trail to Icehouse
Saddle on June 10. She also reported finding WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKER at
Icehouse Saddle and Kelly Camp, a covey of MOUNTAIN QUAIL below Cedar
Glen, and several TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRES along the trail to Kelly Camp.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Paul Boudreau reported some backyard birds from his home in Desert Hot
Springs on June 9. Sightings included OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, COOPER’S
HAWK, and a male PHAINOPEPLA.
Roger Higson reported on June 10 from the Blythe area where he took a boat
trip downriver. He saw a CASPIAN TERN, 2 RING-BILLED GULLS, 2 BLACK TERNS
and a LEAST TERN. Later, on June 11, he saw a LE CONTE’S THRASHER on the
tracks as he was driving to Rice Valley. He also saw a GOLDEN EAGLE, and a
pair of PRAIRIE FALCONS in the area.
Howard King found 2 resident BALD EAGLES on the south shore of Lake Hemet
on June 10, and a group of 100-150 TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS in a small wet
spot just past the Lake Hemet store.
Jim Pike reported what he believes is a nesting CHIPPING SPARROW in the
Prado Basin on June 11, and noted the VERMILION FLYCATCHERS he reported
earlier are feeding nestlings in the basin.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie reported from the south end of the Salton Sea on June 8.
Highlights included: a continuing BRANT at the intersection of Hazard and
Davis Rds., 2 male BLUE-WINGED TEAL at the north end of Poe Rd., the
continuing female LONG-TAILED DUCK at the SSNWR HQs, a basic-plumage RED-
THROATED LOON on the sea off the north end of Garst Rd., a second-summer
FRANKLIN’S GULL at the west end of Hazard and two more along Garst north
of Sinclair, the continuing adult HEERMANN’S GULL at the SSNWR HQs and
another in alternate plumagte at Obsidian Butte, and 5 LEAST TERN near the
SW corner of the Wister Unit. He also noted seeing 18 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS
and 15 YELLOW-FOOTED GULLS.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's it for today. This summary is done weekly, usually on Thursday.
Kirk and Linda Stitt
secalrba@earthlink.net
San Bernardino, CA
To report sightings phone (909)800-5177
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)800-9898 (Linda’s
cell). Note that the phone hotline is no longer available.
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/
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 on 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 report to (909) 800-5177
Southern California BIRDBOX (818) 952-5502 + 5 ***
CalTip (CA Fish & Game) (800) 952-5400 (to report wildlife violations)