Date: 10/31/24 10:20 am From: Thomas Benson via groups.io <tbenson...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: October 31, 2024
RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* October 31, 2024
* CASE24.10.31
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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. To report a bird POST TO INLANDCOUNTYBIRDS (https://groups.io/g/inlandcountybirds). If there is some reason that you cannot post there, please e-mail or call/text Tom Benson at <tbenson...> or (909) 648-0899.
An EASTERN PHOEBE was seen at Chet Huffman Park on Oct 28 (Jim Pike).
The *GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH* has rented one of cabins at the 29 Palms Inn and was seen there through Oct 27 (Johnny Bovee).
A GRAY CATBIRD was seen at Campbell House in Twentynine Palms on Oct 27 (Johnny Bovee).
An OVENBIRD was seen at Zzyzx Desert Studies Center Oct 24-26 (Caleb Gordon).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A HARRIS'S HAWK was seen at Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve on Oct 26 (Charity Hagen).
A ZONE-TAILED HAWK was seen at Palo Verde Ecological Reserve on Oct 29 (Bob Packard).
A THICK-BILLED LONGSPUR and a CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONSPUR were seen in Blythe on Oct 24 (Chris Dean). The latter bird was reported as continuing, but I can find no other reports of it, so fuck if I know when it was discovered or who found it.
A BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was seen at UC Riverside Oct 24-29 (David Rankin).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
A *THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD* continued along the Colorado River near Palo Verde on Oct 25 (Tom Benson).
A *CURVE-BILLED THRASHER* continued at Rio Bend Golf Course through Oct 26 (Jonathan Casanova).
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Birds included in this weekly summary are those that are considered casual or of less than annual occurrence in San Bernardino, Riverside, or Imperial Counties, or in some cases regionally within these areas. If you do find or see something of interest, whether it be a geographical or seasonal rarity, evidence of local range expansion, or a novel breeding record, I'd recommend sharing that information with the CBRC, North American Birds subregional editors, or regional listservs as appropriate. Information for contacting these entities is available below.
Please submit your documentation of all California Bird Records Committee review species (denoted by asterisks) to CBRC Secretary Tom Benson at <secretary...> or via the CBRC website: https://www.californiabirds.org/report_sighting.html
CBRC review species and birds of local or seasonal rarity should be reported to the North American Birds (https://www.aba.org/north-american-birds/) county coordinators. They are:
IMPERIAL COUNTY: Guy McCaskie, <guymcc...>
INYO COUNTY: Chris and Rosie Howard, <chris93514...>
KERN COUNTY: Kelli Heindel-Levinson, <kkheindel...>
RIVERSIDE COUNTY: David Rankin, <david.rankin...>
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: Alexander E. Koonce, <sandy_koonce...>
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Other dying birding listservs that occasionally include reports of birds in southern California are:
A schedule of San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society field trips is available on the SBVAS website at https://www.sbvas.net/field-trips
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Bird status and distribution references that every southeastern California birder should own:
Birds of southern California: status and distribution (1981), by Kimball L. Garrett and Jon L. Dunn
Birds of the Salton Sea: status, biogeography, and ecology (2003), by Michael A. Patten, Guy McCaskie, and Philip Unitt (update: https://www.sbvas.net/_files/ugd/09ca00_bdaf8a44285e4c1dbd625cd601280b5b.pdf)
Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley (1991), by Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Robert D. Ohmart, William C. Hunter, and Bertin W. Anderson
