San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society RBA
April 24, 2008
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RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* April 24, 2008
* CASE0804.24
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. California Bird Records
Committee review species are denoted by asterisks. 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:
Brant
Blue-winged Teal
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Swainson's Hawk
Baird's Sandpiper
Franklin's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Dusky Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Purple Martin
Bank Swallow
Black-throated Green Warbler
Tricolored Blackbird
Evening Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Up to 3 female and 1 male VERMILION FLYCATCHERS continued at Cal State
San Bernardino on the athletic fields on April 17, 19 and 23, and 2
males and 1 female RED CROSSBILL were seen in pine trees between the
dorms and the Commons on April 19 and 23 (Tom Benson).
Seven EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at Arrastre Creek upstream from the
2N02 crossing on April 19 (Tom Benson).
A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was at the Daggett Ponds on April 20 (Tom Benson).
Four male and 3 female RED CROSSBILLS were reported from Covinton Park
on April 23 (Sandy Koonce).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A FRANKLIN'S GULL was at the south end of Mystic Lake on April 17
(Howard King).
A flock of about 70 FRANKLIN'S GULLS flew by the Coachella Valley Wild
Bird Center on April 15 (Sandy Swan).
The San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society led a field trip to the
Torrez-Martinez ponds and Whitewater River delta on April 19. Highlights
included 2 COMMON GOLDENEYE, 1 SURF SCOTER, 1 BRANT, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL,
and a FRANKLIN'S GULL (Dave Goodward).
A DUSKY FLYCATCHER was reported from the edge of Goose Creek Golf Club
on 66th Street just east of Williams Avenue in Mira Loma on April 19
(Madeline Bauer).
Approximately 100 TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS were seen at Fisherman's Retreat
near El Casco on April 19 (Matt Baker).
A female PURPLE MARTIN was seen at Hidden Valley Wildlife Area in the
western ponds on April 21 (Madeline Bauer).
A SWAINSON'S HAWK was seen at Sycamore Canyon Park in Riverside on April
22 (Mike Gurbada).
Four nestling NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS were found in a Wood Duck box in
Prado Basin on April 23 (Jim Pike).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
A YELLOW-FOOTED GULL and an adult HEERMANN'S GULL were seen at Obsidian
Butte on April 19. On the same date a first Imperial County record
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER was found on private property (Paul Lehman).
A number of birds were reported from the south end of the Salton Sean on
April 20: 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL north of Garst Road, 1 SURF SCOTER south of
Lack and Lindsey and another at Obsidian Butte, 2 HEERMANN'S GULLS and 2
YELLOW-FOOTED GULLS at Obsidian Butte, and several BANK SWALLOWS along
Schrimpf and Davis Roads (Steve Tucker).
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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 (denoted by asterisks) 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
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message (and your name = YOUR real name).
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There is also an Orange County Listserv. Messages can be viewed there
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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
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Sightings in Inyo County and beyond are posted at
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Some Kern County reports are posted at:
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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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