[BIRDWEST] Southeastern CA RBA: February 9, 2012
Subject: [BIRDWEST] Southeastern CA RBA: February 9, 2012
From: Tom Benson
Date: Thu, Feb 9, 2012, 11:31 AM
RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* February 9, 2012
* CASE12.0209
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
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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:
Cackling Goose
Horned Grebe
*NEOTROPIC CORMORANT*
Swainson's Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
*GYRFALCON*
Pacific Golden-Plover
Laughing Gull
Western Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Eastern Phoebe
Tropical Kingbird
American Crow
Sprague's Pipit
Black-throated Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
- Transcript
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A flock of about 100 AMERICAN CROWS was seen in Fort Mohave on Feb 3
(David Vander Pluym).
An adult HERRING GULL was at Prado Regional Park Feb 6-8 (Howard King).
The continuing SWAINSON'S HAWK and TROPICAL KINGBIRD were seen at Prado
Regional Park on Feb 8 (Howard King).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen near Lake Skinner on Feb 6 (Lynn Miller).
Up to three BLACK-THROATED SPARROWS continued at the San Jacinto
Wildlife Area through Feb 3 (Bob Ross).
A LAUGHING GULL and a HORNED GREBE were seen at North Shore (NESS), five
HORNED GREBES were seen at the Salton Sea SRA, and another LAUGHING GULL
was seen at Salt Creek on Feb 5 (Chet McGaugh).
The juvenile gray morph *GYRFALCON* continued at the San Jacinto
Wildlife Area through Feb 2 (Pam and Marty Kelly).
The SWAMP SPARROW and EASTERN PHOEBE continued at the San Jacinto
Wildlife Area near Pond 4 through Feb 2 (Howard King).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
A CACKLING GOOSE and a *NEOTROPIC CORMORANT* were seen at Ramer Lake on
Feb 3 (Guy McCaskie).
A PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER continued at the west end of Bowles Road through
Feb 3 (Guy McCaskie).
Ten LAUGHING GULLS, a WESTERN GULL, two THAYER'S GULLS, a
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, and a GLAUCOUS GULL were seen between the
intersection of Lack and Lindsey Roads and Obsidian Butte on Feb 3 (Guy
McCaskie).
Two SPRAGUE'S PIPITS continued near the state prison in Calipatria on
Feb 3 (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 (email address filtered) 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: (email address filtered)
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, (email address filtered)
INYO COUNTY: Tom & Jo Heindel, P.O. Box 400, Big Pine CA 93513,
(email address filtered)
KERN COUNTY: Kelli Heindel-Levinson, 1819 Locust Ravine, Bakersfield CA
93306, (email address filtered)
RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Chet McGaugh, 194 W. Broadbent Dr., Riverside, CA
92507, (email address filtered)
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: Alexander E. Koonce, 1357 Paige Lane, Redlands,
CA 92373, (email address filtered)
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Other birding listservs that include reports of birds in southern
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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
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