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August 5, 2010

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RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* August 5, 2010
* CASE1008.05


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:

Brant
Wood Duck
Surf Scoter
Wood Stork
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Solitary Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Western Gull
*LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL*
Black Tern
Rufous Hummingbird
Bank Swallow
Phainopepla
Lucy's Warbler



- Transcript

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY

A juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was seen at the Daggett evaporation ponds 
on Aug 1 (Tom Benson).

A BANK SWALLOW was seen at the Hellman Avenue crossing of Mill Creek in 
Chino on Aug 2 (Tom Miko).

An adult BALD EAGLE was seen at Lake Gregory on Aug 3 (Steve Druce).



RIVERSIDE COUNTY

A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in downtown Riverside on Jul 28 (Mike Gurbada).

A first cycle *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL* was found at 84th Avenue 
(NESS), a SURF SCOTER was seen at the Whitewater River mouth, and a WOOD 
DUCK and 8 STILT SANDPIPERS were at the Torres-Martinez Wetlands on Jul 
31 (Chet McGaugh).

Two PEREGRINE FALCONS were at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area on Aug 1 and 
one was seen there Aug 4 (Chet McGaugh).

A BLACK TERN was seen at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area on Aug 1 (Howard 
King).

A juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was seen at the Blythe sewage treatment 
plant on Aug 4 (Richard Norton).



IMPERIAL COUNTY

The following birds were reported from the Imperial Valley and south end 
of the Salton Sea on Jul 28: 18 BRANT at the west end of Young Road (6) 
and the north end of Poe Road (12), a COOPER'S HAWK in El Centro, 5 
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS along Nofsinger Road, a WESTERN GULL at the 
intersection of Lack and Lindsey, and a LUCY'S WARBLER at Ramer Lake 
(Guy McCaskie).

A WOOD STORK was seen at the intersection of Lack and Lindsey, a LUCY'S 
WARBLER was seen near the intersection of Fites and Urquhart, and 3 
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS continued along Nofsinger Road on Jul 31 (Jay Keller).

The following birds were reported from the Imperial Valley and south end 
of the Salton Sea on Jul 31: 17 BRANT at the north end of Poe Road (5) 
and near the west end of Young Road (12), a WOOD STORK at the 
intersection of Lack and Lindsey, 5 continuing SOLITARY SANDPIPERS along 
Nofsinger Road, and a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD and a PHAINOPEPLA at Cattle 
Call Park (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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