San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society RBA
February 25, 2010
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RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* February 25, 2010
* CASE1002.25
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:
Tundra Swan
Pacific Loon
Horned Grebe
Bald Eagle
Swainson's Hawk
Black Rail
Ruff
Laughing Gull
Heermann's Gull
Western Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
*LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL*
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Vermilion Flycatcher
Red-breasted Nuthatch
*CURVE-BILLED THRASHER*
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Red Crossbill
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A *CURVE-BILLED THRASHER* continued at Black Meadow Landing on Feb 17
(Sandy Remley).
A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER continued at Quail Hollow (Parker Strip area)
and a PACIFIC LOON was seen on Lake Havasu on Feb 18 (David Vander Pluym).
A HERMIT WARBLER was found near the intersection of Bayberry Drive and
Astral Street in Chino Hills on Feb 19 (Tom Benson).
A RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH and 2 RED CROSSBILLS were seen in the clubhouse
parking lot at Silver Lakes, and a juvenile BALD EAGLE was seen in
Newberry Springs on Feb 20 (Tom Benson).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Forty-one HORNED GREBES were seen at Lake Perris on Feb 18, and 12
HORNED GREBES and a BALD EAGLE were seen there on Feb 20 (Chet McGaugh).
A male VERMILION FLYCATCHER was seen at Lake Skinner near the camp store
on Feb 20 (Shauli Rosen-Rager).
A dark morph SWAINSON'S HAWK was seen in Corona on Feb 23 (Jim Pike).
A BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER continued near the intersection of
Etiwanda and 66th in Mira Loma on Feb 24 (Madeline Bauer).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
The following birds were reported from the Imperial Valley and south end
of the Salton Sea Feb 20-21: 2 TUNDRA SWANS near the intersection of Hwy
111 and Hazard Road, a calling BLACK RAIL near the intersection of
Schrimpf and Davis, a RUFF along Garst Road, and a HEERMANN's GULL, 2
WESTERN GULLS, a YELLOW-FOOTED GULL, a *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL*, and a
LAUGHING GULL at various locations (Henry Detweiler).
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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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In addition the the Southeastern CA RBA, Los Angeles, Orange, Santa
Barbara, and 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
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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
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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