Date: 5/15/25 7:37 am From: Thomas Benson via groups.io <tbenson...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: May 15, 2025
RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* May 15, 2025
* CASE25.05.15
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 GRAY CATBIRD was seen at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve on May 4 (Jose Merino).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Five RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen at the end of 84th Avenue (NESS) and another was at North Shore Marina on May 3 (David Rankin).
A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at Lake Skinner on May 2 (Steven Lima).
A *SWALLOW-TAILED KITE* was reported over Wildomar on May 10 (Dubi Shapiro).
A *GLOSSY IBIS* was seen on private property in the Prado Basin on Apr 30 (Jim Pike).
A TENNESSEE WARBLER was at the Salton Sea State Recreation Area on May 5 (Curtis Marantz).
A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was seen at Chiriaco Summit on May 13 (Loren Wright).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
A *BLACK VULTURE* was seen northwest of El Centro Naval Air Station on May 1 (Marty Lewis).
A SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was seen near the interstection of Schrimpf Road and Garst Road (SESS) on May 5 (Jodhan Fine).
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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://archive.westernfieldornithologists.org/archive/V56/56(2)-p126-p142.pdf)
Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley (1991), by Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Robert D. Ohmart, William C. Hunter, and Bertin W. Anderson
