San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society RBA
April 17, 2008
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RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* April 17, 2008
* CASE0804.17
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
Cackling Goose
Brant
Blue-winged Teal
Surf Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Horned Grebe
*NEOTROPIC CORMORANT*(AZ)
*ROSEATE SPOONBILL*
Zone-tailed Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Franklin's Gull
Heermann's Gull
*LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL*
Gilded Flicker
Hammond's Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Juniper Titmouse
Bendire's Thrasher
Clay-colored Sparrow
Bronzed Cowbird
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A pair of VERMILION FLYCATCHERS was seen at the northeast end of Prado
Regional Park April 10 (David McMichael).
A pair of VERMILION FLYCATCHERS continued at the Cal State San
Bernardino athletic fields on April 12 and 16 (Tom Benson).
Up to 6 EVENING GROSBEAKS have been coming to feeders at a residence in
Big Bear through April 16 and another 15 birds were seen feeding in a
juniper at Arrastre Creek on April 13 (Sandy Remley, Eric Tipton).
Five FRANKLIN'S GULLS and a HORNED GREBE were reported from the north
end of Lake Havasu on April 16. The same day a *NEOTROPIC CORMORANT* was
reported from the Bill Williams area (Arizona) at the south end of Lake
Havasu approximately 1 mile from San Bernardino County (Paul Lehman).
Six RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS and 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS were seen at the
Baker sewer ponds on April 16. A few local species were also seen in the
eastern Mojave Desert, including a GILDED FLICKER east of Cima, a
BENDIRE'S THRASHER along Cedar Canyon Road, and a JUNIPER TITMOUSE in
Caruther's Canyon (Bill Deppe).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was reported from Blythe (Roger Higson).
Another SOLITARY SANDPIPER was reported from Hidden Valley Wildlife Area
on April 15 (Howard King).
An immature ZONE-TAILED HAWK was flying with Turkey Vultures over Brown
Canyon about 5 km south of Hemet on April 16 (Patrick Temple).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Several birds were reported from the south end of the Salton Sea on
April 10: a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and a CACKLING GOOSE at Sunbeam
Lake, a ROSS'S GOOSE and an adult male BRONZED COWBIRD at Lakeview
Golfcourse, 1 BRANT each at Red Hill and Fig Lagoon, 2 pairs of
BLUE-WINGED TEAL at the intersection of Lack and Lindsey, 2 SURF SCOTERS
at Red Hill, a LONG-TAILED DUCK along Kingsley Road north of
Westmorland, a *ROSEATE SPOONBILL* at the west end of McDonald Road, 5
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and a third-winter *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL* at
Obsidian Butte, an adult HEERMANN'S GULL at Salton Sea NWR HQ, a
HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER in El Centro, and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW along the
New River about a mile east of Fig Lagoon (Guy McCaskie).
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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).
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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