- RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* August 8, 2005
* CASE0508.08
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
- Birds mentioned
Lawrence’s Goldfinch
Mountain Quail
Lazuli Bunting
Red Breasted Sapsucker
American Dipper
Solitary Sandpiper
Bell’s Vireo
Long-billed Curlew
White-Faced Ibis
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Black Skimmers
Yellow-footed Gulls
Laughing Gulls
Gull-billed Tern
Ruddy Turnstone
Wood Stork
Prairie Falcon
Western Screech Owl
Ruff
Semi-palmated Sandpiper
Black Turnstone
Stilt Sandpiper
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside, and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Sandy Remley reported an abundance of LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH. The best
location is an easy drive up Hwy. 38 from Redlands. They are under the
bridge located at South Fork Campground in the Barton Flats area. Fire
Road 1N04 (Frontline Rd. at this location) will give you additional
sightings, as well as looks at MOUNTAIN QUAIL, spotted LAZULI BUNTING, and
RED BREASTED SAPSUCKER. Also look for AMERICAN DIPPER along the Santa Ana
River in the area of South Fork campground. It has been reported by a
local fisherman.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Jennifer and Michelle Tobin reported a SOLITARY SANDPIPER at the San
Jacinto Wildlife Area. It was near the first Cowbird trap across from the
headquarters.
Madeline reported BELL’S VIREO and BLUE GROSBEAK at the 66th st. entrance
to the north side of Hidden Valley Wildlife Area. Also seen were two LONG
BILLED CURLEWS and then WHITE FACED IBIS flying west over the Santa Ana
River. 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
John Green birded the Salton Sea from Noffisinger south to Lack and
Lindsay. He found lots of WILSON’S and RED NECKED PHALAROPES, BLACK
SKIMMERS, YELLOW-FOOTED GULLS, a few LAUGHING GULLS and a few GULL-BILLED
TERNS. He found at least four RUDDY TURNSTONES on the west side of
Obsidian Butte. Four WOOD STORKS were in the pond at Lack and Lindsay, ten
more were west of there. A PRAIRE FALCON was sighted east of Nyland.
Bob Miller also birded the Salton Sea and heard all the rails except
Black. His favorite bird was the WESTERN SCREECH OWL calling from his
front yard in Brawley.
Guy McCaskie recorded 122 species, including all of the expected
specialties along with a few fall migrant land birds. The only bird of
note was a female RUFF at the Gun Club ponds along Dogwood Rd. between
Keystone and Harris Roads.
Howard King, birding the sea with Ed Thomas, found 24 species of
shorebirds, including SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER on the east side of Garst
Rd. in the first pond south of Sinclair. On Saturday, August 6, they
observed two BLACK TURNSTONES at Obsidian Butte, four RUDDY TURNSTONES at
the west end of Obsidian Butte, and another at the pond on McKendry, and
another at the north end of Garst. Two STILT SANDPIPERS were at the west
end of Pound Rd. There seemed to be more gulls present than the last few
summers, with 120+ YELLOW-FOOTED GULLS at Poe Rd. and 60+ LAUGHING GULLS
on Garst Rd. Eight WOOD STORKS were west of Lindsay and Lack.
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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.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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 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: 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
* August 8, 2005
* CASE0508.08
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
- Birds mentioned
Lawrence’s Goldfinch
Mountain Quail
Lazuli Bunting
Red Breasted Sapsucker
American Dipper
Solitary Sandpiper
Bell’s Vireo
Long-billed Curlew
White-Faced Ibis
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Black Skimmers
Yellow-footed Gulls
Laughing Gulls
Gull-billed Tern
Ruddy Turnstone
Wood Stork
Prairie Falcon
Western Screech Owl
Ruff
Semi-palmated Sandpiper
Black Turnstone
Stilt Sandpiper
Reports summarized this week are from San Bernardino, Riverside, and
Imperial Counties.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Sandy Remley reported an abundance of LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH. The best
location is an easy drive up Hwy. 38 from Redlands. They are under the
bridge located at South Fork Campground in the Barton Flats area. Fire
Road 1N04 (Frontline Rd. at this location) will give you additional
sightings, as well as looks at MOUNTAIN QUAIL, spotted LAZULI BUNTING, and
RED BREASTED SAPSUCKER. Also look for AMERICAN DIPPER along the Santa Ana
River in the area of South Fork campground. It has been reported by a
local fisherman.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Jennifer and Michelle Tobin reported a SOLITARY SANDPIPER at the San
Jacinto Wildlife Area. It was near the first Cowbird trap across from the
headquarters.
Madeline reported BELL’S VIREO and BLUE GROSBEAK at the 66th st. entrance
to the north side of Hidden Valley Wildlife Area. Also seen were two LONG
BILLED CURLEWS and then WHITE FACED IBIS flying west over the Santa Ana
River. 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
John Green birded the Salton Sea from Noffisinger south to Lack and
Lindsay. He found lots of WILSON’S and RED NECKED PHALAROPES, BLACK
SKIMMERS, YELLOW-FOOTED GULLS, a few LAUGHING GULLS and a few GULL-BILLED
TERNS. He found at least four RUDDY TURNSTONES on the west side of
Obsidian Butte. Four WOOD STORKS were in the pond at Lack and Lindsay, ten
more were west of there. A PRAIRE FALCON was sighted east of Nyland.
Bob Miller also birded the Salton Sea and heard all the rails except
Black. His favorite bird was the WESTERN SCREECH OWL calling from his
front yard in Brawley.
Guy McCaskie recorded 122 species, including all of the expected
specialties along with a few fall migrant land birds. The only bird of
note was a female RUFF at the Gun Club ponds along Dogwood Rd. between
Keystone and Harris Roads.
Howard King, birding the sea with Ed Thomas, found 24 species of
shorebirds, including SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER on the east side of Garst
Rd. in the first pond south of Sinclair. On Saturday, August 6, they
observed two BLACK TURNSTONES at Obsidian Butte, four RUDDY TURNSTONES at
the west end of Obsidian Butte, and another at the pond on McKendry, and
another at the north end of Garst. Two STILT SANDPIPERS were at the west
end of Pound Rd. There seemed to be more gulls present than the last few
summers, with 120+ YELLOW-FOOTED GULLS at Poe Rd. and 60+ LAUGHING GULLS
on Garst Rd. Eight WOOD STORKS were west of Lindsay and Lack.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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 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: 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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