- RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* August 4, 2005
* CASE0508.04
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
- Birds mentioned
Painted Redstart
Plumbeous Vireo
Vermillion Flycatcher
White-Faced Ibis
Brown-Crested Flycatcher
Red Crossbill
Nashville Warbler
Orange-Crowned Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Golden-Crowned Kinglet
Dusky Flycatcher
Lawrence’s Goldfinch
Black Tern
Pygmy Owl
Hermit Warbler
Bell’s Vireo
Black Headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Glossy Ibis
Whimbrel
Black Rail
Solitary Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Franklin’s Gull
Large-Billed Savannah Sparrow
Ruff
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside, and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Thomas Benson reported a continued sighting of a PAINTED REDSTART in the
pine trees less than 100 ft. upstream from the green tank. Further up the
slope, past the fallen-trunk tree to the right was a PLUMBEOUS VIREO
calling/singing. Follow the steep paved road (Pine Kone Ln) across the
highway from the Duane Boyer Public Launch area just west of Fawnskin. As
always, care should be taken not to disturb these birds. Directions: Park
in the Duane Boyer Public Launch area just west of Fawnskin and walk up
the paved road (Pine Kone Ln.) across the highway.
Stephen Myers reported a pair of VERMILLION FLYCATCHERS with at least
three young at Mojave Narrows Regional Park in the “memorial tree grove”
near the two silos. He also reports that vermillion flycatchers have been
reported in the park for many years, but he believes this is the first
confirmed breeding in the park area. Another pair of vermilions was just
west of the park on private property. 52 WHITE-FACED IBIS were in a cow
pasture/ marsh about 200 yards north of Horseshoe Lake. A BROWN CRESTED
FLYCATCHER was calling from the forest north of Pelican Lake. Directions:
From I 15 in Victorville, exit at Bear Valley east to Ridge Crest and turn
north to the park.
Howard King reported from Bluff Lake. He saw two RED CROSSBILLS at the
Champion Lodgepole Pine. Other birds singing included NASHVILLE, WILSON’S,
and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, GOLDEN CROWNED KINGLETS, DUSKY FLYCATCHER and
LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH. At Baldwin Lake he reported a BLACK TERN and 50+
WHITE-FACED IBIS. Directions to Bluff Lake: Take Tulip Lane, about 3 mi
east of the Big Bear dam from Hwy 18. Turn right on Tulip Lane for .5 mile
to Mill Creek Rd. (Route 2N10) and turn right. Follow 2N10 through a
series of turns staying on 2N10 until reaching 2N11. Turn right and
proceed 1 mile to the parking area
Cathy McFadden reported a family of three NORTHERN PYGMY OWLS in the
eastern San Gabriels above Baldy Village. She also had what seemed like an
early HERMIT WARBLER at Icehouse Saddle.
From the Big Bear area, Howard King, led by Sandy Remley, reported killer
looks at many LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
From the north access to Hidden Valley there was a report of two juvenile
BLACK HEADED GROSBEAKS, and one female juvenile BLUE GROSBEAK. Access is
on the north side of the river where Etiwanda dead ends in 66th street.
Access Etiwanda south by taking the Limonite exit from I-15, north from
Norco, or south from the 60. There is no parking on the south side of
66th, and no parking on either side of Etiwanda and 66th at the corner.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie reports an adult GLOSSY IBIS with WHITE FACED IBIS,
WHIMBRELS, and other water birds in an irrigated field on the south side
of Hwy 86 about 1 mile west of Westmoreland. Other birds of interest
included a calling BLACK RAIL at the west end of Pound Rd., one SOLITARY
SANDPIPER at Fig Lagoon, a RUDDY TURNSTONE at Obsidian Butte, and immature
FRANKLIN’S GULL at Red Hill, and 5 LARGE-BILLED SAVANNAH SPARROWS at the
west end of Young Rd.
Robert Doster, a birder from out of state, reported seeing a Ruff on the
eastern edge of the Salton Sea. It was seen at the end of Garst Rd, east
of Red Hill Marina, near the large mudslide area. It was an adult male
with late summer plumage, molted head and neck, but definitely orange
legs. It flew towards the NWR.
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That's it for today. This summary is done weekly, usually on Thursday.
GOOD BIRDING!
Kirk and Linda Stitt
[log in to unmask]
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).
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 [log in to unmask] or call (909) 793-5599 option 3 to
leave a report on the RBA phone machine. Thanks!!!
Please submit your documention 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: [log in to unmask]
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: [log in to unmask]
INYO COUNTY Tom & Jo Heindel, P.O. Box 400, Big Pine CA 93513 E:
[log in to unmask]
KERN COUNTY John Wilson 1425 Alta Vista, Bakersfield CA 93305 E:
[log in to unmask]
RIVERSIDE COUNTY John F. Green, 3120 Mount Vernon Ave., Riverside, CA
92507 E:[log in to unmask]
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY Alexander E. Koonce, 1357 Paige Lane, Redlands, CA
92373 E: [log in to unmask]
************
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
[log in to unmask]
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
[log in to unmask] 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
[log in to unmask]
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: [log in to unmask] ***
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
* August 4, 2005
* CASE0508.04
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
- Birds mentioned
Painted Redstart
Plumbeous Vireo
Vermillion Flycatcher
White-Faced Ibis
Brown-Crested Flycatcher
Red Crossbill
Nashville Warbler
Orange-Crowned Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Golden-Crowned Kinglet
Dusky Flycatcher
Lawrence’s Goldfinch
Black Tern
Pygmy Owl
Hermit Warbler
Bell’s Vireo
Black Headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Glossy Ibis
Whimbrel
Black Rail
Solitary Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Franklin’s Gull
Large-Billed Savannah Sparrow
Ruff
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside, and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Thomas Benson reported a continued sighting of a PAINTED REDSTART in the
pine trees less than 100 ft. upstream from the green tank. Further up the
slope, past the fallen-trunk tree to the right was a PLUMBEOUS VIREO
calling/singing. Follow the steep paved road (Pine Kone Ln) across the
highway from the Duane Boyer Public Launch area just west of Fawnskin. As
always, care should be taken not to disturb these birds. Directions: Park
in the Duane Boyer Public Launch area just west of Fawnskin and walk up
the paved road (Pine Kone Ln.) across the highway.
Stephen Myers reported a pair of VERMILLION FLYCATCHERS with at least
three young at Mojave Narrows Regional Park in the “memorial tree grove”
near the two silos. He also reports that vermillion flycatchers have been
reported in the park for many years, but he believes this is the first
confirmed breeding in the park area. Another pair of vermilions was just
west of the park on private property. 52 WHITE-FACED IBIS were in a cow
pasture/ marsh about 200 yards north of Horseshoe Lake. A BROWN CRESTED
FLYCATCHER was calling from the forest north of Pelican Lake. Directions:
From I 15 in Victorville, exit at Bear Valley east to Ridge Crest and turn
north to the park.
Howard King reported from Bluff Lake. He saw two RED CROSSBILLS at the
Champion Lodgepole Pine. Other birds singing included NASHVILLE, WILSON’S,
and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, GOLDEN CROWNED KINGLETS, DUSKY FLYCATCHER and
LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH. At Baldwin Lake he reported a BLACK TERN and 50+
WHITE-FACED IBIS. Directions to Bluff Lake: Take Tulip Lane, about 3 mi
east of the Big Bear dam from Hwy 18. Turn right on Tulip Lane for .5 mile
to Mill Creek Rd. (Route 2N10) and turn right. Follow 2N10 through a
series of turns staying on 2N10 until reaching 2N11. Turn right and
proceed 1 mile to the parking area
Cathy McFadden reported a family of three NORTHERN PYGMY OWLS in the
eastern San Gabriels above Baldy Village. She also had what seemed like an
early HERMIT WARBLER at Icehouse Saddle.
From the Big Bear area, Howard King, led by Sandy Remley, reported killer
looks at many LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
From the north access to Hidden Valley there was a report of two juvenile
BLACK HEADED GROSBEAKS, and one female juvenile BLUE GROSBEAK. Access is
on the north side of the river where Etiwanda dead ends in 66th street.
Access Etiwanda south by taking the Limonite exit from I-15, north from
Norco, or south from the 60. There is no parking on the south side of
66th, and no parking on either side of Etiwanda and 66th at the corner.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie reports an adult GLOSSY IBIS with WHITE FACED IBIS,
WHIMBRELS, and other water birds in an irrigated field on the south side
of Hwy 86 about 1 mile west of Westmoreland. Other birds of interest
included a calling BLACK RAIL at the west end of Pound Rd., one SOLITARY
SANDPIPER at Fig Lagoon, a RUDDY TURNSTONE at Obsidian Butte, and immature
FRANKLIN’S GULL at Red Hill, and 5 LARGE-BILLED SAVANNAH SPARROWS at the
west end of Young Rd.
Robert Doster, a birder from out of state, reported seeing a Ruff on the
eastern edge of the Salton Sea. It was seen at the end of Garst Rd, east
of Red Hill Marina, near the large mudslide area. It was an adult male
with late summer plumage, molted head and neck, but definitely orange
legs. It flew towards the NWR.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's it for today. This summary is done weekly, usually on Thursday.
GOOD BIRDING!
Kirk and Linda Stitt
[log in to unmask]
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 [log in to unmask] or call (909) 793-5599 option 3 to
leave a report on the RBA phone machine. Thanks!!!
Please submit your documention 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: [log in to unmask]
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: [log in to unmask]
INYO COUNTY Tom & Jo Heindel, P.O. Box 400, Big Pine CA 93513 E:
[log in to unmask]
KERN COUNTY John Wilson 1425 Alta Vista, Bakersfield CA 93305 E:
[log in to unmask]
RIVERSIDE COUNTY John F. Green, 3120 Mount Vernon Ave., Riverside, CA
92507 E:[log in to unmask]
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY Alexander E. Koonce, 1357 Paige Lane, Redlands, CA
92373 E: [log in to unmask]
************
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
[log in to unmask]
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
[log in to unmask] 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
[log in to unmask]
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: [log in to unmask] ***
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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