Date: 1/23/25 7:11 am From: Thomas Benson via groups.io <tbenson...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: January 23, 2025
RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* January 23, 2025
* CASE25.01.23
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 along Walker Avenue in Ontario through Jan 21 (Judith Sparhawk).
A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL continued at Silverwood Lake through Jan 20 (Angela Kenny).
A *THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD* continued at Bellevue Memorial Park through Jan 21 (Becca Cockrum).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was seen at Palo Verde Diversion Dam on Jan 21 (Jeffrey Olsson).
A DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER was seen along W. Racquet Club Road in Palm Springs Dec 31-Jan 21 (Steve Eckert).
A TROPICAL KINGBIRD continued at the Prescott Preserve in Palm Springs through Jan 21 (Steven Lima).
An AMERICAN DIPPER continued at Andreas Canyon through Jan 21 (Steven Lima).
An AMERICAN DIPPER was seen at Murray Canyon on Jan 20 (Chris Clark).
A BENDIRE'S THRASHER continued at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area through Jan 19 (Chris Clark).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
The *THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD* continued at Palo Verde through Jan 18 (Nancy & Bill LaFramboise).
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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
