San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society RBA
March 5, 2008
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RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* March 5, 2008
* CASE0803.05
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:
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Hooded Merganser
Swainson's Hawk
Bald Eagle
CRESTED CARACARA
Merlin
Mew Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Heermann's Gull
Lewis's Woodpecker
Gray Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Steve Myers observed the CRESTED CARACARA on Feb. 28 at Mojave Narrows
Regional Park, and Sandy Koonce reported seeing it a bit later that same
day. The bird has not been reported since that date. Later in the week, on
March 1, Steve refound the EASTERN PHOEBE at Mojave Narrows. The bird was
about 200 yards north of the Y intersection on the dirt road accessed from
the NE corner of Horseshoe Lake.
Sandy Koonce found at least 8 LEWIS’S WOODPECKERS and a BALD EAGLE at Lake
Silverwood on Feb. 28.
Brad Singer spotted at least a dozen WOOD DUCKS at Grout Bay in Big Bear
on Mar. 2. The area must be birded from the road as it is closed to eagle
nesting.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Lynn Miller reported a SWAINSON’S HAWK soaring near the pond by the
outhouse at San Jacinto Wildlife Area on Feb. 29. Lynn also reported the
continuing TUNDRA SWAN at Pond 2.
Madeline Bauer saw the continuing GRAY FLYCATCHER on Feb. 29 and March 2.
The bird was in the leafless willows along 66th just west of Charles on
the golfcourse side of the fence. Madeline also spotted the continuing
MERLIN perched high in the eucalyptus along 66th about halfway between
William and Lucretia.
John Green also saw the continuing TUNDRA SWAN at the San jacinto Wildlife
Area on March 1. The bird was not in Pond 2, but instead, was in what
appears to be Pond G1/G2.
Bill Moramarco found a female HOODED MERGANSER at the large vernal pool at
Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve on March 1.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Guy McCaskie reported numerous gulls after birding the west end of Bowles
and the mouth of the Alamo River. Most notably, he found an adult
HEERMANN’S GULL in breeding plumage at Obsidian Butte, a first-winter MEW
GULL near the north end of Lack Rd and an adult at Obsidian Butte, a first
winter THAYER’S GULL at Obsidian Butte, the continuing third winter LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL at Obsidian Butte, and adult YELLOW-FOOTED GULL at
Obsidian Butte and a first winter bird at the Alamo River mouth, and a
second winter GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL at the Alamo River mouth. All sightings
were on March 2.
Matthew Baker reported a LONG-TAILED DUCK at Lack and Lindsay on Mar. 2, 4
of the continuing TUNDRA SWANS near Unit 1, and an adult HEERMANN’S GULL
at Sonny Bono HQs.
Patrick Del Pizzo also spotted the LONG-TAILED DUCK in the ponds at Lack
and Lindsay on March 4 and a juvenile GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL along the edge
of the sea in that area.
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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:
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) 800-5177
Southern California BIRDBOX (818) 952-5502 + 5 ***
CalTip (CA Fish & Game) (800) 952-5400 (to report wildlife violations)
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