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[inlandcountybirds] North Salton Sea

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:08:36 -0500

I was out doing surveys yesterday and today and it's definitely calming down out there bird-wise.

Here are some birds of interest:
Bombay Beach South: 3 Snowy Plovers (1 possibly on a nest)
Salt Creek: 2 Snowy Plovers
Corvina Beach: 1 Whimbrel
84th Avenue: 3 Snowy Plovers
Salton City: 1 Snow Goose!

~Karen Riesz

[inlandcountybirds] Williamson's Sapsucker's , Keller Peak area

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:45:10 -0500

Hola birders,

I believe I have located a second Williamson's Sapsucker nest about 1/2 mile as the crow flies from the active nest on Keller Peak. I was hiking in the hills behind the lake at Snow Valley and noticed a snag tree that looked exactally like the one the

Re: [inlandcountybirds] Arrastre Creek

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:14:35 -0500

Do Calliope Hummingbirds still breed there?
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Anza, California
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No Scarlet Tanager. Waited around two

[inlandcountybirds] Baker parula etc

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:03:15 -0500

This afternoon, 24 May around 4:30, David Vander Pluym and I checked the Baker WTP. I had a male Northern Parula in the tams at the north edge of the ponds, and David had a female Summer Tanager in the same tams. The pair of Blue-winged Teal was still

[inlandcountybirds] Arrastre Creek

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:06:42 -0500

No Scarlet Tanager. Waited around two hours. Kept company by Gorgeous singing Indigo Bunting. Heard a Lazuli but never saw it. Good look at Sandy's Plumbeous Vireo. Nice male Western Tanager by the road.

Pam Quittmeyer
Redlands, CA

[inlandcountybirds] Blythe: Semipalmated Sandpiper - Yes - 5/24/12

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:23:36 -0500

There was a Semi Sand at the Blythe STP at 12:30 PM today, still in the
westernmost pond. I took poor, ID-quality photos, and Jesse Swift took some
good ones. One Wilson's Phalarope and four Spotted Sandpipers were also
present.

In noteable minutia, there was also a splotchy male Summer Tanager at
McIntyre Park yesterday.

Steve

[inlandcountybirds] East Mojave

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:54:01 -0500

Nothing exciting to report.Western Tanagers,Wilson Warblers,Yellow Wablers were common at all locations.I found lots of Empids but all Western flycatcher,most of witch were singing or calling Pacific Slope.Female Indigo Bunting at ZZYXX. A pair of Bluewinged Teal and Yellow headed Blackbird at Baker sewage.Vesper Sparrow at Horsethief seems kind of late.Virginia

[inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: May 24, 2012

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:58:39 -0500

RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* May 24, 2012
* CASE12.0524

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

[inlandcountybirds] Morongo R Br Grosbeak Saturday :-(

Thu, 24 May 2012 01:53:24 -0500

Sunday morning while hanging out at the bird feeders at Dee Zeller's RV at Morongo, I found out that Saturday afternoon an adult male Rose-breasted Grosbeak was seen from 3:00 p.m. until sundown. I never saw it Sunday.
Usual Morongo birds were present e.g. breeding pairs of male/female Summer Tanagers

[inlandcountybirds] Re: Blythe: Semipalmated Sandpiper - 5/23/12

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:59:28 -0500

I may have been mistaken. We will check back on this bird tomorrow.

Matt Brady had a peep there today that he believed to be a Western
Sandpiper that was in very delayed basic plumage. He also heard this bird
call and thought it sounded like a Western. I did

[inlandcountybirds] Blythe: Semipalmated Sandpiper - 5/23/12

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:13:29 -0500

The Blythe Sewage Treatment Ponds had one Semipalmated and two Spotted
Sandpipers in the westernmost pond this afternoon. This makes for the
second Semi Sand here this season. There was nothing of interest in the
ponds two days ago.

A midday stop by McIntyre Park did not show any Gilded Flickers.

[inlandcountybirds] San Bernardino Mountains notes

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:17:05 -0500

Yesterday afternoon (May 22) I went up to Arrastre Creek to look for the Scarlet Tanager. I spent about 45 minutes (6-6:45 PM) looking without success. Matt Brady was there as well and did not see it before my arrival. Neither of us walked further upstream to look for the

[inlandcountybirds] San Jacinto Closures

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:40:51 -0500

I tried to go birding at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area this morning. All roads are closed due to construction. I was told the refuge will be open for the weekend but this week and next they will be grading the roads.
Howard King

[inlandcountybirds] Fwd: Indigo Bunting pictures

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:47:54 -0500

resubmitting

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After looking at my pictures, and hoping for a breeding pair, the female
is a young male Lazuli. They were definitely interacting at the time Rob
Bates

[inlandcountybirds] Indigo Bunting pictures

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:39:46 -0500

After looking at my pictures, and hoping for a breeding pair, the female is
a young male Lazuli. They were definitely interacting at the time Rob
Bates and I observed the pair. Funny how what you want to see is what you see.

_http://www.flickr.com/photos/racitup/7251663976/in/photostream/_
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/racitup/7251663976/in/photostream/)

See you

[inlandcountybirds] Re: Scarlet Tanager, continues.

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:32:11 -0500

I just got a call from Robert Bates who saw the male SCARLET TANAGER this morning in the same area as Sandy Remley had it yesterday. He also had a pair of INDIGO BUNTINGS about 75 yards further upstream from the Tanager's location. The male was constantly singing, with the

[inlandcountybirds] Prado Basin

Mon, 21 May 2012 21:10:42 -0500

Hi,

I was surprised to see a female Hooded Merganser today on private ponds in the Prado Basin of (sorry, Sandy) Riverside County. From within the dusty archives of my brain, I seem to recall another May record of this species in the Basin. As there were no Wood Duck boxes

[inlandcountybirds] V.A. Hospital-Green Heron

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:33:02 -0500

I found a GREEN HERON at the VA hospital, on the pond on the South side of the hospital. Its the first time I've seen one here. I tried photographing it, but it spooks easy.
Good birding,

Tarik Townsend

[inlandcountybirds] Scarlet Tanager, continues.

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:25:30 -0500

Saw the Scarlet Tanager this morning around ten just south from 2N02 going
upstream. There is a large dead tree with the stream and willows near by.
This is before the burned grove and at a point where Arrastre begins to
turn to the west side of

RE: [inlandcountybirds] Green Canyon Nighthawks

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:46 -0500

Although May 22 is the earliest confirmed date for Common Nighthawk in SBE County, after checking with Tom and Jo Heindel, it appears that there are several records for the eastern Sierras from before that date. Their earliest confirmed sighting is May 18.

Sandy

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[inlandcountybirds] San Timeteo Canon

Mon, 21 May 2012 14:15:36 -0500

Pretty slow morning at San Tim Canyon. Notables included a DOWNEY WOODPECKER,two singing HUTTON'S VIREOS, and numerous great looks at BELL' VIREOS. I had a goldfinch trifecta (all three species), and found a few COMMON GROUND DOVES. Biggest highlight was having a stare-down with a bobcat 10 ft

[inlandcountybirds] Green Canyon Nighthawks

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:11:10 -0500

After communicating with Sandy Koonce, I would like to retract our Common Nighthawk sighting to just Nighthawk, sp. It seems that our sighting predates the earliest documented sighting in California by three days. Since our birds did not vocalize, we cannot be 100 percent sure they were not

RE: [inlandcountybirds] Scarlet Tanager continues at Arrastre Creek

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:03:37 -0500

Curtis Marantz and I saw the SCARLET TANAGER from 5:10 to 5:30. It was about 1/4 mile upstream of 2N02 initially, but on the west side of the canyon. It gradually worked its way downstream, towards 2N02, staying on the west side and in willows the whole time.

[inlandcountybirds] Scarlet Tanager continues at Arrastre Creek

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:56:32 -0500

This morning (May 20) Howard King, Doug Karalun, and I drove up to Arrastre Creek in search of the male Scarlet Tanager found there yesterday by Brad Singer et al. We arrived at 8:10 AM and started working our way slowly up the creek. We eventually flushed the Scarlet Tanager

[inlandcountybirds] Desert Birds

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:47:31 -0500

A tour through the desert produced an Eastern Phoebe at Salt Creek, North of Baker on the 18th and a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak at Cottonwood Spring in the Granite Mountains on the 19th. A Peregrine Falcon at the Kingston Range made the second year in a row I've seen

[inlandcountybirds] San Bernardino Mountain Big Day

Sun, 20 May 2012 10:46:09 -0500

Four mountain residents, Sandy Remley, Eric Tipton, Elaine Tipton, and myself did a "big day" yesterday, May 19, in the San Bernardino Mountains. Our hope was to hit 100 species, and we did slightly better than our goal at 104. We started at 4:00 a.m. at Silverwood Lake tracking

[inlandcountybirds] Re: Scarlet Tanager at Arrastre Creek

Sun, 20 May 2012 01:14:03 -0500

Linked below are a couple of photos of the Scarlet Tanager:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcsinger/7231626424/in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcsinger/7231639640/in/photostream

Brad Singer
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[inlandcountybirds] Re: Two Red Tail Hawks about to fledge

Sat, 19 May 2012 23:33:28 -0500

There's another chance for first flight Sunday at Jess Ranch Lakes. The
young birds did not fly and momma is getting insistent; standing next to
them and staring.

John Breckenridge

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[inlandcountybirds] NESS May 19

Sat, 19 May 2012 22:15:53 -0500

Mild weather and a good showing of western migrants made for a nice day around the north end of the Salton Sea. Wilson's Warblers and Swainson's Thrushes were most numerous and conspicuous, as expected for the date, and five Willow Flycatchers are on time. Particularly productive was time spent in

[inlandcountybirds] Scarlet Tanager at Arrastre Creek

Sat, 19 May 2012 20:54:27 -0500

I just received word that Brad Singer, Eric and Elaine Tipton and Sandy Remley found a male Scarlet Tanager at Arrastre Creek today May 19. The bird was foraging in the willows upstream of 2N02.

Tom Benson

[inlandcountybirds] McIntyre flickers, good nest-searching problem

Fri, 18 May 2012 23:26:16 -0500

I finally made it down to McIntyre Park (near
Blythe) this morning. I found a good candidate
cavity around two weeks ago, using behavior,
shape/size/condition of the cavity, and the fact
that omnipresent starlings were not using this
cavity. But I could never get the magic trip
to the nest in my limited

[inlandcountybirds] Morongo Preserve and San Jacinto Wildlife Area 5/18

Fri, 18 May 2012 22:12:25 -0500

Headed out to Morongo Preserve this morning and did a quick drive
through at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area on the way home. I've never
been to Morongo where there were so many birds around I didn't know
which one I should look at, but that's

[inlandcountybirds] Possible Yellow-throated Warbler at Morongo Valley

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:09:32 -0500

I received a forwarded report of a Yellow-throated Warbler from Big Morongo Canyon Preserve on May 10. As yet, this report has no documentation, but I did want to alert folks to the report, even though the likelihood (if true) of this bird being there over a week later

[inlandcountybirds] Two Red Tail Hawks about to fledge

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:59:07 -0500

>From Jess Ranch Lakes parking lot 2 young hawks out on the limb today/Friday are easily visible. They are in a precarious situation; only way out of the nest for a beginner bird is straight out over Lake 3...there's no field or parking lot 80' below, only water. I'm wishing

[inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: May 17, 2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 22:56:21 -0500

RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* May 17, 2012
* CASE12.0517

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

[inlandcountybirds] Desert Center May 16

Wed, 16 May 2012 22:28:10 -0500

Curtis Marantz and I birded Desert Center today with stops at the Cactus City rest areas and Chiriaco Summit. There was a good number of western migrants moving through the desert today. Wilson's Warblers were the majority of the 100+ warblers of 7 species at DC. Although no great

[inlandcountybirds] Prado birds

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:54:08 -0500

Hi,

An adult Western Gull on private ponds within sight of the 71 freeway was unexpected on this date, especially since it was only about the third I've ever seen here. The adult Little Blue Heron was in the same area on the 13th. Previous adults have spent the summer here,

[inlandcountybirds] S.B. Mountain Owls

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:52:07 -0500

Sorry, late post, but last Friday night, the 11th, Doug Karalun, Eric Tipton and I went owling on the back side of Crestline along Highway 18. The evening started slowly, however about 9:00 p.m. a few Western Screech's started calling. This woke up the pair of Spotted Owls,

[inlandcountybirds] South end of the Salton Sea - 12 May 2012

Sun, 13 May 2012 16:56:48 -0500

I spent Saturday 12 May 2012 (6:45 AM to 5:30 PM) in the Imperial
Valley and along part of the south shore of the Salton Sea, starting at Fig
Lagoon and nearby Sunbeam. I then drove east to Forrester Road and north to
the intersection of Carter and

[inlandcountybirds] YB Chat in San Timoteo Cyn

Sat, 12 May 2012 23:31:29 -0500

My husband and I birded the trail on the north side of San Timoteo Creek this morning, starting just south of West Fern Ave. We heard Yellow-breasted Chat about 3/4 mile along the trail. Downey woodpecker, a still rusty colored Blue Grosbeak, and lots of American Goldfinches were present

[inlandcountybirds] Corvina Beach LBBG, 12 May

Sat, 12 May 2012 21:38:14 -0500

A second cycle Lesser Black-backed Gull at Corvina Beach was the highlight of a fine day at spots around the north end of the Salton Sea. A gratifying bird, as I usually have nothing of note on that strip; and the date is interesting. Shorebirds seem to be over, I

[inlandcountybirds] Santa Rosa Plateau May 12

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:06:21 -0500

7 participants enjoyed a wonderful birdwalk seeing 42 species this
morning on the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve in Murrieta. The
weather was nice and birds were abundant. Highlights were great looks
at Blue Grosbeak, Ash Throated Flycatcher, White Tailed Kite, Cassin's
Kingbird,

[inlandcountybirds] Can't find my way home!

Sat, 12 May 2012 13:30:36 -0500

Corner of W. Clark and Buena Vista (also on Grant), 2 Mountain Chickadees (read they've nested in coastal strip?) hanging out in Redwood's on both streets harassing pair on nesting Red-Shouldered Hawks(se corner); also, 50 or so Waxwing here and Cajon feeding on mature palm fruit...time to

[inlandcountybirds] Grasshopper Sparrow, Greater Scaup

Fri, 11 May 2012 22:05:37 -0500

Mark Chappell found a Grasshopper Sparrow at Desert Center yesterday, May 10. This is one of very few spring records of the species in the interior. A female Greater Scaup, quite unusual at this date and place, continues.
Chet

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[inlandcountybirds] LAAS invitation to Big Morongo, 5/12/12

Fri, 11 May 2012 08:13:04 -0500

[inlandcountybirds] Santa Rosa Plateau birdwalk May 12

Thu, 10 May 2012 22:38:04 -0500

Just a reminder that the last birdwalk of the season on the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve in Murrieta is this coming Saturday May 12. Meet at the visitor center on Clinton Keith Rd. at 8AM. We will be walking from Hidden Valley trailhead out to the Adobes

[inlandcountybirds] San Bernardino / Good spring north of I-15, east of Excelsior Mine Road

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:24:13 -0500

We visited points in the Shadow Valley, north
of I-15 this morning. These surveys assess
wilderness edges, and in the Mesquite Wilderness
(east of Excelsior Mine Road and on the bajada
northwest of the Clarks) I heard a distant
flicker. The flicker, unfortunately, remained
distant.

But on the way out I stopped by a small

[inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: May 10, 2012

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:46:11 -0500

RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* May 10, 2012
* CASE12.0510

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

[inlandcountybirds] Blythe Birds--Indigo Bunting

Thu, 10 May 2012 08:56:42 -0500

Hello all. This morning I made a brief stop at Wiley's Well rest stop (north side of I-10 at Wiley's Well Rd, ~16 miles west of Blythe). In the tamarisks behind the bathrooms I first heard, then saw, a bright blue adult male INDIGO BUNTING. He was almost completely blue,

[inlandcountybirds] re: May bird walk @CVWBC

Thu, 10 May 2012 00:09:32 -0500

Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center, Indio
Saturday, 5 May

We found 43 species on our May bird walk, in spite of a very windy start.
Complete list is below.

This was our last bird walk of the season.
We will resume our free public bird walks in October.
Good birding to all this summer.

Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Cinnamon