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February 21, 2008
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RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* February 21, 2008
* CASE0802.21
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:
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Neotropic Cormorant
Tundra Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
White-tailed Kite
Harlan's Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Osprey
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Mountain Plover
Ruff
Stilt Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Heermann's Gull
White-winged Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Allen's Hummingbird
Gila Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Gray Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Cliff Swallow
Oak Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Crissal Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Summer Tanager
Black-chinned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lawrence's Goldfinch
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
B. Singer reported a mix of ducks, including HOODED MERGANSER, on the
small pond at the Grass Valley Lake golf course in Lake Arrowhead on Feb.
13.
Drew Pallette birded the eastern Mojave on President’s Weekend. On Feb. 16
he saw a male COMMON MERGANSER at Rock-A-Holla Water Park north of
Barstow. At Zzyzx he had a GRAY FLYCATCHER on the north side of the main
pond in the mesquite and RING-NECKED DUCKS at the Baker Sewage ponds. On
Feb. 17 he spotted a COMMON GOLDENEYE at Tecopa Hot Springs on Grimshaw
Lake. On Feb. 18 he birded the Lake Havasu/Parker Dam area. Highlights
there included the continuing PACIFIC LOON and COMMON LOON, a COMMON
MERGANSER, 2 LESSER SCAUP, the continuing male and female LONG-TAILED
DUCK, 2 BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, more COMMON MERGANSER and many COMMON
GOLDENEYE. Not all of the birds were on the California side.
Bill Bousman also birded the Havasu/Parker Dam area on Feb. 20. He saw the
2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS and 2 BARROW’S GOLDENEYE below the dam, and a possible
YELLOW-BILLED LOON and the PACIFIC LOON west of Site 6 in Lake Havasu
City.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Larry LaPre reported seeing the continuing TUNDRA SWAN at San Jacinto
Wildlife Area at the back of Pond 2 on Feb. 16.
Roger Higson posted a couple of reports this week including a TUNDRA SWAN
on the river on Feb. 16, a BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW on McCoy Mountain and a
FERRUGINOUS HAWK flying in the Blythe area on Feb. 18.
Madeline Bauer reported a semi-continuing MERLIN in the eucalyptus along
66th near William (last seen on Feb. 17), a continuing GRAY FLYCATCHER
last reportedly seen on Feb. 16, a WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH in the
tamarisks at 66th and Lorena, and a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER in the low trees
at 66th and William.
Brooks Hart reported a flock of about 20 LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH north of
Seeley Ave. in Blythe on Feb. 13.
John Green reiterated the importance of the nesting ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD on
private property in Corona. The next is the first one recorded in
Riverside County.
Matthew Baker reported at least WOOD DUCKS on the Riverside Sewage ponds ¼
east of Van Buren and visible from the Santa Ana River Bike Trail on Feb.
19.
Drew Pallette birded the Blythe area on Feb. 19 and saw 3 COMMON
GOLDENEYE, and an OSPREY at Goose Flats, and about 1600 SANDHILL CRANES, a
CACKLING GOOSE, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, and 3 ROSS’S GEESE at
Cibola NWR. Birds seen here may not have all been in California.
Chet McGaugh birded the north end of the Salton Sea on Feb. 20. He found 2
SURF SCOTERS at 84th, a second cycle YELLOW-FOOTED GULL at 84th, a second
cycle GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL at North Shore, and a FOX SPARROW in the
saltbush scrub at 84th.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Justyn Stahl birded the Imperial Valley area on Feb. 16. Highlights
included a GILA WOODPECKER, RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER, and GRAY FLYCATCHER
(continuing) at Cattle Call Park, and about 200 MOUNTAIN PLOVER and a
FERRUGINOUS HAWK in a field at Edgar and Pierle.
Guy McCaskie posted an extensive report from the Imperial Valley on Feb.
16. Highlights included 1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at Sunbeam Lake near
Seeley, a CACKLING GOOSE at the same location, 5 TUNDRA SWANS, 2 adults
and 3 immatures at the SSNWR, 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL at the intersection of
Lack and Lindsey, 1 NEOTROPIC CORMORANT at Fig Lagoon, 1 WHITE-TAILED KITE
at the SSNWR, 25 STILT SANDPIPER at Unit 1 of the SSNWR, 1 LAUGHING GULL,
and adult at Obsidian Butte, 1 HEERMANN’S GULL at the SSNWR HQs, 4
THAYER’S GULLS at Obsidian Butte, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Obsidian
Butte, 2 GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS, one first-winter bird near the west end of
Young Rd. and another first-winter bird at the intersection of Lack and
Lindsey Rds/, 1 WHITE-WINGED DOVE near the SE corner of El Centro, 1 GRAY
FLYCATCHER at Cattle Call Park in Brawley, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE at the south
side of Fig Lagoon, 1 TROPICAL KINGBIRD at Lakeview Golfcourse, and 1
SUMMER TANAGER near the SE corner of El Centro.
Tom Wurster birded the Salton Sea on Feb. 17 and saw the 5 TUNDRA SWANS
near Unit 1, a GREATER SCAUP at Fig Lagoon, a light-phase SWAINSON’S HAWK
on Diehl Rd. about a mile east of Fig Lagoon, the continuing HARLAN’S HAWK
on Hyde Rd. south of Vaughn Rd., a RUFF off Garst Rd. near Red Hill, and
the EASTERN PHOEBE on the west side of Fig Lagoon.
Leo Miller reported 3 SWAINSON’S HAWKS in a field on the east side of
Kalin Rd. just south of Sinclair, and the RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER and GRAY
FLYCATCHER at the picnic area of Cattle Call Park. All sightings were on
Feb. 18.
Henry Detwiler birded the Imperial Valley on Feb. 17. Highlights included
2 FERRUGINOUS HAWKS, a CLIFF SWALLOW at Sheldon Reservoir, the GRAY
FLYCATCHER and the VERMILION FLYCATCHER at Cattle Call Park, a CRISSAL
THRASHER at Finney Lake along with some BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHERS, a
couple BLUE-WINGED TEAL at Lack and Lindsay, a field of MOUNTAIN PLOVER
along the south side of Walker just west of Krueger, WHITE-TAILED KITE,
PEREGRINE FALCON, BELTED KINGFISHER, RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER, and OAK TITMOUSE.
Bill Bousman birded the Imperial Valley on Feb. 15 where he saw 1 adult
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT at Fig Lagoon, the continuing GRAY FLYCATCHER at
Cattle Call Park, a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER at Cattle Call Park, and a
female VERMILION FLYCATCHER at Rio Bend RV golf course next to Fig Lagoon.
Rick Clements posted a report from the Salton Sea on Feb. 20. Sightings
included 2 WHITE-TAILED KITES perched together at Wister and a CACKLING
GOOSE on the west side of Vendell Rd.
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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 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
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There is an Inland Counties (San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial) bird
report & discussion group. You can view messages at:
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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.
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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)
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