San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society RBA
April 3, 2008
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RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* April 03, 2008
* CASE0804.03
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 909-648-0899.
Birds mentioned:
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross's Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Surf Scoter
Common Loon
California Condor
Swainson's Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Merlin
Ruddy Turnstone
Franklin's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Vermilion Flycatcher
Hutton's Vireo
Painted Redstart
Summer Tanager
Purple Finch
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A possible juvenile CALIFORNIA CONDOR was reported from the top of a
tall cedar tree near A Lane and R Road on the southern edge of Lake
Arrowhead on March 21 (fide Sandy Koonce).
A PURPLE FINCH and a HUTTON'S VIREO were seen at Prospect Park in
Redlands on March 22 or 23 (Michael Perrone).
A MERLIN and the continuing male VERMILION FLYCATCHER were seen at Cal
State San Bernardino on March 29 (Tom Benson).
A PAINTED REDSTART was seen in Forest Falls on March 30 (fide Kirk Stitt).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A MERLIN continued along 66th Street adjacent to Goose Creek Golf Club
in Mira Loma on March 27 (Madeline Bauer).
SWAINSON'S HAWKS and a MERLIN were reported from the Blythe area on
March 29 (Roger Higson).
A female SUMMER TANAGER was heard calling at the intersection of Redwood
and Lakehill near Fairmount Park on March 29 (Bob Packard).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
A number of birds were reported from the south end of the Salton Sea on
March 30: a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and a CACKLING GOOSE at Sunbeam
Lake, a ROSS'S GOOSE at Lakewiew Golf Course, 5 BRANT, an adult COMMON
LOON, and a FERRUGINOUS HAWK at Fig Lagoon, 4 pairs of BLUE-WINGED TEAL
at the intersection Lack and Lindsey and another pair at Unit 1 of the
Salton Sea NWR, a female SURF SCOTER on the sea between Lindsey and
Young Roads, 25 SWAINSON'S HAWKS in Brawley, 11 FRANKLIN'S GULLS with
one near the intersection of Brandt and Rutherford and ten near the
intersection of English and Sinclair, 8 RUDDY TURNSTONES and a
second-summer YELLOW-FOOTED GULL at Obsidian Butte, and a first-winter
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL at Red Hill Marina (Guy McCaskie).
Several birds were seen at the south end of the Salton Sea on March 29:
65+ SWAINSON'S HAWKS in Cattle Call Park in Brawley, 2 adult HEERMANN'S
GULLS at Rock Hill Trail, and a YELLOW-FOOTED GULL, a GLAUCOUS-WINGED
GULL, and another HEERMANN'S GULL at Obsidian Butte (Bob Miller).
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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 Tom
Benson at tbenson@csusb.edu or call (909)648-0899. 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" 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
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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
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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) 648-0899
Southern California BIRDBOX (818) 952-5502 + 5 ***
CalTip (CA Fish & Game) (800) 952-5400 (to report wildlife violations)
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