San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society RBA
March 20, 2008
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RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* March 20, 2008
* CASE0803.20
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:
Snow Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Bald Eagle
Swainson’s Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Common Poorwill
Gila Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Gray Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Pinyon Jay
California Gnatcatcher
Painted Bunting
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A CALIFORNIA GNATCATCHER and a COMMON POORWILL were reported from the Jurupa
Hills off of Sierra on March 13 (Brad Singer).
A female VERMILION FLYCATCHER was at Cal State San Bernardino near the tennis
courts on March 14 (Tom Benson).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A flock of 18 PINYON JAYS was at the intersection of Tool Box Spring Road and
Penrod Canyon Road on March 12 and 17, and an adult BALD EAGLE was at Lake Hemet
in the San Jacinto Mountains on March 12 (Barry Borne, Kevin Liberg).
Several birds were reported along 66th Street adjacent to Goose Creek Golf Club
in Mira Loma: a GRAY FLYCATCHER on March 14 and 16, and a MERLIN on March 15 and
18, and a male PAINTED BUNTING on March 15 (Madeline Bauer, Howard King).
A kettle of 33 SWAINSON’S HAWKS was seen over Russell Mountain (north of Lake
Perris) and 8 SNOW GEESE were at Mystic Lake on March 17 (Bob Packard).
A MERLIN was reported in downtown Riverside on March 17 (Bob Packard).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
On March 13, 2 GILA WOODPECKERS, a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER, and a GRAY FLYCATCHER
were seen at Cattle Call Park in Brawley; a MERLIN was perched along Kershaw
Road between Ramer and Finney Lakes, and a PEREGRINE FALCON was at Red Hill
Marina; and BLUE-WINGED TEAL and a LESSER SCAUP were seen at Lack and Lindsey
(Justyn Stahl).
A LONG-TAILED DUCK was reported on the All-American Canal northwest of Bard
presumably on March 19 (Travis Cooper).
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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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