San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society RBA
June 11, 2009
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RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* June 11, 2009
* CASE0906.11
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. If you are receiving this report
only through Birdwest, you can get MORE FREQUENT AND COMPREHENSIVE
UPDATES by subscribing to inlandcountybirds (see below).
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
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
Herring Gull
Least Tern
Elegant Tern
Least Tern
Vermilion Flycatcher
Phainopepla
Blackpoll Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Bronzed Cowbird
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A pair of VERMILION FLYCATCHERS were tending 2 juveniles at Prado
Regional Park on Jun 7, another pair was tending 3 juveniles at Glen
Helen Regional Park on Jun 8, and as many as three pairs were seen at
Cal State San Bernardino on Jun 7 (Jim Pike, Dave Goodward, Tom Benson).
An INDIGO BUNTING was seen in Deep Creek near Lake Arrowhead on Jun 10
(Brad Singer).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A NORTHERN CARDINAL was seen at Todd Park in Blythe Jun 6-7 (Roger Higson).
A BLACKPOLL WARBLER was found in the Prado Basin on Jun 9 (Jim Pike).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
The following birds were seen in the Imperial Valley and south end of
the Salton Sea on Jun 5: a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and a CACKLING
GOOSE at Sunbeam Lake, a ROSS'S GOOSE and a BRANT at Unit 1 Salton Sea
NWR, 4 HEERMANN'S GULLS at Sheldon Reservoir (1), Rock Hill (2), and
Obsidian Butte (1), a MEW GULL near Red Hill, a HERRING GULL near the
west end of Young Road, 6 LEAST TERNS at Wister Unit, 3 ELEGANT TERNS at
Fig Lagoon (2) and Unit 1 Salton Sea NWR (1), a female PHAINOPEPLA in
Niland, and a pair of BRONZED COWBIRDS in Niland (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.
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 review 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, guymcc@pacbell.net
INYO COUNTY: Tom & Jo Heindel, P.O. Box 400, Big Pine CA 93513,
tjheindel@aol.com
KERN COUNTY: John Wilson 1425 Alta Vista, Bakersfield CA 93305,
jcwilson@lightspeed.net
RIVERSIDE COUNTY: John F. Green, 3120 Mount Vernon Ave., Riverside, CA
92507, bewickwren@earthlink.net
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: Alexander E. Koonce, 1357 Paige Lane, Redlands,
CA 92373, sandy_koonce@redlands.edu
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Other birding listservs that include reports of birds in southern
California are:
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Kern County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kerncobirding
Los Angeles County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds
Pasadena area: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PasadenaAudubon
Orange County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding
San Diego County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS
Santa Barbara County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding
Ventura County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/venturacobirding
California (statewide): http://groups.yahoo.com/CALBIRDS
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A schedule of San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society field trips is
available on the SBVAS website at http://www.sbvas.org/calendar.htm
Maps/directions to local birding sites are available on the SBVAS
website at http://www.sbvas.org/maps.htm
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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