San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society RBA
August 19, 2010

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RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* August 19, 2010
* CASE1008.19


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
Red-breasted Merganser
Zone-tailed Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Franklin's Gull
Herring Gull
Western Gull
Black Tern
Common Nighthawk
Bell's Vireo
Lucy's Warbler
*PYRRHULOXIA*



- Transcript

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY

One (possibly two) ZONE-TAILED HAWK continued in the Mid Hills area and 
a BELL'S VIREO was singing near the Needles Marina on Aug 12 (Dave 
Goodward).

Eight COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen about a mile south of Baldwin Lake on 
Aug 12 (Sandy Remley).



RIVERSIDE COUNTY

Seven BLACK TERNS were seen at Lake Tamarisk Golf Club on Aug 14 (Steve 
Myers).

Two RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were at the Salton Sea State Recreation Area 
on Aug 14 (Brad Singer).



IMPERIAL COUNTY

Two LUCY'S WARBLERS were seen at Carter and Fites, 3 RUDDY TURNSTONES 
and a WESTERN GULL were at/near Obsidian Butte, and a SOLITARY SANDPIPER 
continued along Nofsinger Road on Aug 14 (Brad Singer).

A RUFF was seen along Schrimpf Road between Garst and Davis Roads Aug 
14-15 (Mary Freeman).

The *PYRRHULOXIA* and three LUCY'S WARBLERS continued at Carter and 
Fites through Aug 15. Also on this date there were 10 BRANT at Lack and 
Lindsey (2) and the west end of Young Road (8), a FRANKLIN'S GULL west 
of Imperial, and a HERRING GULL at Lack and Lindsey (Guy McCaskie).


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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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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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