Date: 12/25/25 6:31 pm From: Thomas Benson via groups.io <tbenson...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: December 25, 2025
RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* December 25, 2025
* CASE25.12.25
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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.
The *THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD* continued at Bellevue Memorial Park through Dec 21 (Kathy Snyder).
A BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER continued at Chino Creek Wetlands through Dec 23 (Sam Talarigo).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Salt Creek Beach on Dec 19 (Charity Hagen).
A RED-THROATED LOON continued at Lake Perris through Dec 25 (Kevin Montufar).
Two STELLER'S JAYS of the "Southwestern Interior" group continued at Palo Verde Ecological Reserve through Dec 18 (Charity Hagen).
Up to two WOODHOUSE'S SCRUB-JAY continued at Palo Verde Ecological Reserve through Dec 21 (Owen Sinkus).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Two WOOD DUCKS were seen along Garst Road on Dec 21 (James Earles).
A TROPICAL KINGBIRD continued at the intersection of Alcott Road and Hwy 111 in Calipatria through Dec 22 (Jim Holmes).
Up to 24 *CAVE SWALLOWS* continued at the Earthrise Nutritionals algae farm in Calipatria through Dec 25 (Karen Pinckard).
A SPRAGUE'S PIPIT was seen near the intersection of Wiest and Yocum Roads in Calipatria on Dec 20 (Lucas Stephenson).
Up to three THICK-BILLED LONGSPURS and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR continued near the Earthrise Nutritionals algae farm through Dec 23 (Sylvia Afable).
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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
