Southeastern CA RBA: November 12, 2009

[Tom Benson-2]

RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* November 12, 2009
* CASE0911.12

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:


Brant
Cackling Goose
Surf Scoter
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Franklin's Gull
Western Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
*LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL*
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
Vermilion Flycatcher
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
*CURVE-BILLED THRASHER*
Summer Tanager
White-throated Sparrow



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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY

A male VERMILION FLYCATCHER continued at Cal State San Bernardino on Nov
7 (Tom Benson).

A YELLOW-SHAFTED NORTHERN FLICKER was seen at Zzyzx Desert Studies
Center on Nov 7 (Sandy Koonce).

Two *CURVE-BILLED THRASHERS* continued at Black Meadow Landing above
Parker Dam on Nov 8 (Tom Benson).

The female BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER continued at Glen Helen Regional
Park on Nov 11 (Dave Goodward).



RIVERSIDE COUNTY

Two WESTERN GULLS were in a gull flock along Ramona Expressway in
Lakeview and a FRANKLIN'S GULL was at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area on
Nov 5 (Chet McGaugh).

Two PEREGRINE FALCONS were at the Winchester ponds on Nov 5 (Chet McGaugh).

A female BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was at La Sierra University on Nov
6 (Andrew Howe).

A BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was seen at Cactus City Rest Area Nov 6-10 (John
Green).

A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was seen at Lake Perris near lot 7 on Nov 7
(Howard King).

Three CACKLING GEESE were at the Winchester ponds on Nov 7 (Chet McGaugh).



IMPERIAL COUNTY

The following birds were reported from the Imperial Valley and south end
of the Salton Sea on Nov 10: a BRANT, 2 SURF SCOTERS, and a
YELLOW-FOOTED GULL at Obsidian Butte, a *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL* at
Red Hill, a YELLOW-SHAFTED NORTHERN FLICKER at Evergreen Cemetery, and a
SUMMER TANAGER at Finney Lake (Paul Lehman).



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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@... or call [phone]. 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@...

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@...

INYO COUNTY: Tom & Jo Heindel, P.O. Box 400, Big Pine CA 93513,
tjheindel@...

KERN COUNTY: Kelli Heindel-Levinson, 1819 Locust Ravine, Bakersfield CA
93306, kkheindel@...

RIVERSIDE COUNTY: John F. Green, 3120 Mount Vernon Ave., Riverside, CA
92507, bewickwren@...

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: Alexander E. Koonce, 1357 Paige Lane, Redlands,
CA 92373, sandy_koonce@...

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