San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society RBA
March 4, 2010
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RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* March 4, 2010
* CASE1003.04
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
White-winged Scoter
Barrow's Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Horned Grebe
Bald Eagle
Swainson's Hawk
Sandhill Crane
Solitary Sandpiper
*LITTLE GULL*
Laughing Gull
Western Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
*LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL*
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Vermilion Flycatcher
Tricolored Blackbird
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A SWAINSON'S HAWK was seen and 3 VERMILION FLYCATCHERS continued at
Prado Regional Park on Feb 26 (Howard King).
At least a dozen TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS were seen in a blackbird and
starling flock about a mile east of Cedar Springs spillway north of Lake
Silverwood on Mar 2 (Dave Goodward).
A RED-BREASTED MERGANSER and a HORNED GREBE continued at Lake Silverwood
on Mar 2 (Tom Benson).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A LAUGHING GULL and an adult *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL* were seen at
Salt Creek, another *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL* was at Mecca Beach, and a
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL were at the State
Recreation Area on Feb 26 (Chet McGaugh).
Two SANDHILL CRANES continued along Wineville Avenue in Mira Loma on Feb
28 (Cathy Tobin).
Two GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS and a female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE were at Salt
Creek, the *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL* continued at Mecca Beach, and the
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER continued at the State Recreation Area on Feb 28
(Howard King).
A *LITTLE GULL*, a BALD EAGLE, and 10 HORNED GREBES were seen at Lake
Perris on Mar 1 (Howard King).
A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was seen on private property in the Prado Basin on
Mar 1 (Jim Pike).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
The following birds were reported from the south end of the Salton Sea
on Feb 26 and 28: a LAUGHING GULL, a *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL*, a
GLAUCOUS GULL, a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, a YELLOW-FOOTED GULL, and 3
WESTERN GULLS at/near Obsidian Butte, a CACKLING GOOSE, 86 GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, and 2 TUNDRA SWANS near the intersection of English
and McDonald, and a RED_BREASTED MERGANSER at Young Reservoir (Bob Miller).
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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
name).
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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