San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society RBA
March 11, 2010

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RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* March 11, 2010
* CASE1003.11



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
Tundra Swan
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bald Eagle
Swainson's Hawk
Sandhill Crane
*LITTLE GULL*
Heermann's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Gray Flycatcher


- Transcript


SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY

SWAINSON'S HAWKS were observed moving through the Prado Basin this week, 
with one on Mar 4, eight on Mar 5, and ten on Mar 7 (Jim Pike, Andrew 
Howe, Tom Benson).



RIVERSIDE COUNTY

The *LITTLE GULL* continued at Lake Perris through Mar 7. Two BALD 
EAGLES were seen at Lake Perris and on was also seen at Mystic Lake on 
Mar 6 (Steve Sosensky, Chet McGaugh).

The female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE continued at the mouth of Salt Creek on 
Mar 6 (Tom Benson).

Two SANDHILL CRANES continued in the fields along Wineville Avenue in 
Mira Loma through Mar 7 (Howard King).



IMPERIAL COUNTY

An adult HEERMANN'S GULL was seen at the intersection of Lack and 
Lindsey, a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was at Obsidian Butte, and 70 GREATER 
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE and 2 TUNDRA SWANS continued at the IID wetlands 
near the intersection of Hwy 111 and McDonald Road on Mar 6 (Henry 
Detweiler, Tom Benson).

Forty-five SWAINSON'S HAWKS were seen near the intersection of Brandt 
and Webster and 3 more were seen at Unit 1 SSNWR on Mar 8 (Brooks Hart).

The GRAY FLYCATCHER continued at Cattle Call Park through Mar 8 (Rich 
Hoyer).



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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:

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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