San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society RBA
February 18, 2010
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RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* February 18, 2010
* CASE1002.18
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
Cackling Goose
Tundra Swan
Black Scoter
Barrow's Goldeneye
White-tailed Kite
Bald Eagle
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Black-legged Kittiwake
Western Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Thayer's Gull
*LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL*
Glaucous-winged Gull
White-winged Dove
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Gray Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Bank Swallow
Gray Catbird
*CURVE-BILLED THRASHER*
White-throated Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
*COMMON GRACKLE*
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Lawrence's Goldfinch
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A RED CROSSBILL was seen, and 3 VERMILION FLYCATCHERS continued at Cal
State San Bernardino on Feb 12 (Tom Benson).
A juvenile TUNDRA SWAN continued on the California side of the Colorado
River at River Lodge Resort on Feb 12 (Andrew Howe).
Three PURPLE FINCHES were seen at Prospect Park on Feb 13 (Sandy Koonce).
Two *CURVE-BILLED THRASHERS* continued at Black Meadow Landing and an
adult YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER continued at Quail Hollow on Feb 13, and
a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was seen on the California side of Lake Havasu
from Site Six (in AZ) Feb 14-15 (Tom Benson).
A *COMMON GRACKLE* was seen at the Piute Road dairy in Newberry Springs
Feb 14-16 (Tom Benson).
A male VERMILION FLYCATCHER was seen at Glen Helen Regional Park on Feb
15 (Dave Goodward).
A SWAINSON'S HAWK was seen in Ontario on Feb 17 (Thomas Miko).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was present at the mouth of Salt Creek (NESS) Feb
11-12 (Sandy Remley).
Two SANDHILL CRANES continued in the agricultural fields along Wineville
Avenue in Mira Loma on Feb 11 (Raul Roa).
The following birds were reported from the north end of the Salton Sea
on Feb 13: a PEREGRINE FALCON at 72nd Avenue, and a MERLIN, 5 LAWRENCE'S
GOLDFINCHES, and a WHITE-WINGED DOVE at 81st Avenue (Dave Goodward).
The *CURVE-BILLED THRASHER* continued at Chiriaco Summit through Feb 15
(Lauren Harter).
A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was seen on private property in the Hawarden
Hills area of Riverside on Feb 17 (Roger Luebs).
An immature BALD EAGLE was seen at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area on Feb
17 (Thomas Miko).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
The following species were reported from the Imperial Valley and south
end of the Salton Sea Feb 13-14: 66 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, a
CACKLING GOOSE, and 2 TUNDRA SWANS near the intersection of McDonald and
English, a BLACK SCOTER at the west end of Young Road, 3 WHITE-TAILED
KITES, a GRAY CATBIRD, and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in Niland, a
ZONE-TAILED HAWK, an ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, and a *CURVE-BILLED
THRASHER* in El Centro, 2 PRAIRIE FALCONS at different locations, a
PEREGRINE FALCON, 3 YELLOW-FOOTED GULLS, 3 WESTERN GULLS, and a
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL at Obsidian Butte, 2 *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS* at
Red Hill and another at Obsidian Butte, a THAYER'S GULL and a
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL at the intersection of Lack and Lindsey, single
WHITE-WINGED DOVES at Cattle Call Park and Niland, and the continuing
GRAY FLYCATCHER at Cattle Call Park, an EASTERN PHOEBE at Fig Lagoon, 4
VERMILION FLYCATCHERS at various locations, a BANK SWALLOW near the
intersection of Pound and Davis Road, and 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS near the
intersection of McDonald and English (Guy McCaskie, BJ Stacey).
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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: Kelli Heindel-Levinson, 1819 Locust Ravine, Bakersfield CA
93306, kkheindel@gmail.com
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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There is an Inland Counties (San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial)
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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
San Luis Obispo County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding
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
Orange County RBA (949) 487-6869
San Diego RBA (619) 688-2473
Southeastern CA Bird Alert report to (909) 648-0899
CalTip (CA Fish & Game) (800) 952-5400 (to report wildlife violations)
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