San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society RBA
April 10, 2008
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RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* April 10, 2008
* CASE0804.10
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:
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross's Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Chukar
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
*YELLOW-BILLED LOON*
Least Bittern
*ROSEATE SPOONBILL*
Swainson's Hawk
Merlin
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Franklin's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Western Gull
Long-eared Owl
Gilded Flicker
Vermilion Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Western Scrub-jay
Pinyon Jay
Juniper Titmouse
Bendire's Thrasher
LeConte's Thrasher
Virgina's Warbler
Bronzed Cowbird
Cassin's Finch
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
There were 2 LEAST BITTERNS and 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL at Prado Regional
Park on April 3 (Howard King).
A BENDIRE'S THRASHER was reported from the end of Johnson Road in Apple
Valley on April 4 (Larry LaPre).
A female VERMILION FLYCATCHER continued at Cal State San Bernardino on
the athletic fields April 4 (Tom Benson).
A male VERMILION FLYCATCHER was seen at Rancho Jurupa Park around the
large lake on April 6 (Cathy Tobin).
The *YELLOW-BILLED LOON*, RED-THROATED LOON, and a COMMON LOON continued
at Lake Havasu on April 6 viewed from Site #6 on the Arizona side (David
Vander Pluym).
A number of shorebirds have been seen in the High Desert over the past
week: at the Daggett Ponds there were several SNOWY PLOVERS and a
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and at the Baker Sewage Ponds there was a SOLITARY
SANDPIPER. A LONG-EARED OWL was also reported from Zzyzx Desert Studies
Center (Bill Deppe).
Two male and 2 female EVENING GROSBEAKS have been frequenting feeders at
a residence in Big Bear during the past week (Sandy Remley).
About a dozen CASSIN'S FINCHES were reported from the pond at Nipton on
April 4 (Sandy Remley).
A Sea and Sage Audubon field trip to the eastern Mojave Desert April 5-6
yielded a number of rare and/or local species: several CHUKAR south of
the ranch on Wildhorse Canyon Road just west of Black Cnayon Road,
GILDED FLICKER at Kessler Ranch on Cima Road, 2 PINYON JAYS and 1
WESTERN SCRUB-JAY (woodhouseii subspecies) along Wildhorse Canyon Road
just east of Mid Hills Campground, 2 JUNIPER TITMICE at campsite 12 in
Mid Hills Campground, 4 BENDIRE's THRASHERS and 5 LECONTE'S THRASHERS
south of Wildhorse Canyon Road and west of Black Canyon Road, and 1
VIRGINIA'S WARBLER in the tamarisk row opposite Kelso Depot (Steve
Sosensky).
An adult WESTERN GULL was at Prado Regional Park on April 9 (Jim Pike).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A MERLIN was at Hidden Valley Wildlife Area on April 5 (Sandy Koonce).
A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was reported from Norco Bluffs near I-15 on
April 9 (Jill Coumoutso).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
At the Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center up to 52 FRANKLIN'S GULLS have
been present between March 29 and April 5, and 24 SWAINSON'S HAWKS flew
over on April 5 (Sandy Swan).
Several birds were reported from the south end of the Salton Sea on
April 6: a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and a CACKLING GOOSE at Sunbeam
Lake (also April 8), a ROSS'S GOOSE and an adult male BRONZED COWBIRD at
Lakeview Golfcourse, 26 BRANT on Sheldon Reservoir, a *ROSEATE
SPOONBILL* at the west end of McDonald Road, 3 pairs of BLUE-WINGED TEAL
at the intersection of Lack and Lindsey, an adult HEERMANN'S GULL at
Salton Sea NWR HQ, and a first-winter WESTERN GULL at Obsidian Butte
(Guy McCaskie, Brad Singer, Leo 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 (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
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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