San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society RBA
June 18, 2009
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RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* June 18, 2009
* CASE0906.18
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
Brant
Cackling Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Common Loon
Least Bittern
Wood Stork
White-tailed Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
Elegant Tern
Whip-poor-will
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Purple Martin
Townsend's Solitaire
Phainopepla
Northern Parula
American Redstart
Hepatic Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Bronzed Cowbird
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A pair of adult VERMILION FLYCATCHERS with two fledglings as well as
another adult male VERMILION FLYCATCHER and a LEAST BITTERN continued at
Prado Regional Park on Jun 12 (Howard King).
A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard in Green Canyon in the San Bernardino
Mountains Jun 13-14 (Roy Poucher).
A NORTHERN PARULA was seen in Green Canyon and a COMMON LOON and a BALD
EAGLE were seen at Big Bear Lake on Jun 14 (Brad Singer).
Two male INDIGO BUNTINGS and a pair of HEPATIC TANAGERS were seen
upstream of the FR 2N02 crossing of Arrastre Creek on Jun 14 (Sandy Koonce).
In the eastern Mojave desert on Jun 13-14 a PEREGRINE FALCON was seen
over Horsethief and Beck Springs, a female AMERICAN REDSTART and a male
INDIGO BUNTING were at Sheep Creek Springs, a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was
at Horsethief Springs, and additional male INDIGO BUNTINGS were at the
Baker sewage ponds and Pachalka Spring (Jim Pike).
An adult female PURPLE MARTIN was seen over Lost Lake on Jun 16 (Howard
King).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A BRONZED COWBIRD was discovered in a cowbird trap at Lake Elsinore on
Jun 14 (Henry Armijo).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
The following birds were reported from the Imperial Valley and south end
of the Salton Sea on Jun 11: GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and CACKLING
GOOSE at Sunbeam Lake, a ROSS'S GOOSE, a BRANT and a BLUE-WINGED TEAL at
Unit 1 SSNWR, a juvenile WHITE-TAILED KITE near the intersection of
Pound and Davis, a NORTHERN HARRIER at Wister Unit, a RED-TAILED HAWK
near Seeley, a HEERMANN'S GULL at Rock Hill, a MEW GULL at Red Hill, 3
ELEGANT TERNS near Fig Lagoon, 2 ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS near the
intersection of Carter and Fites, 8 PHAINOPEPLAS in Niland, and a
BRONZED COWBIRD at Sunbeam Lake (Guy McCaskie).
Up to 25 WOOD STORKS were seen near the end of Garst Road on Jun 15 and
near the intersection of Davis and Schrimpf Roads on Jun 17 (no names).
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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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In addition the the Southeastern CA RBA, Los Angeles, Orange, Santa
Barbara, and San Diego County reports are posted on BIRDWEST. To
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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/
Other birding listservs that include reports of birds in southern
California are:
Inyo County: http://www.esaudubon.org/birds/
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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