Date: 11/14/24 11:26 am From: Thomas Benson via groups.io <tbenson...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: November 14, 2024
RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* November 14, 2024
* CASE24.11.14
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.
A RUFF continued at dairy ponds in Ontario through Nov 9 (Sandy Koonce).
The *THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD* continued at Bellevue Memorial Park through Nov 9 (Matt Grube).
A *CURVE-BILLED THRASHER* was seen at the Baker sewage ponds Nov 8-11 (Dessi Sieburth).
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen at the Baker sewage ponds on Nov 11 (Dessi Sieburth).
A SWAMP SPARROW was seen at Harper Dry Lake on Nov 8 (Art Davenport).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A REDDISH EGRET was seen at Palo Verde Ecological Reserve on Nov 8 (Adam Panto).
A BENDIRE'S THRASHER continued at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area through Nov 12 (Steve Myers).
A PALM WARBLER was seen at the Prescott Preserve on Nov 10 (Barry Mantell).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
The *THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD* continued along the Colorado River at Palo Verde through Nov 7 (Adam Panto).
A *CURVE-BILLED THRASHER* continued at Rio Bend Golf Course through Nov 10 (Chris Dean).
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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
