Date: 1/22/26 10:53 am From: Thomas Benson via groups.io <tbenson...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: January 22, 2026
RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* January 22, 2026
* CASE26.01.22
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 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL continued at Silverwood Lake through Jan 17 (Brad Singer).
THE *THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD* continued at Bellevue Memorial Park through Jan 20 (Jonathan Castro).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A *WOOD STORK* was seen on private property in the Prado Basin Jan 15-19 (David McMichael).
A TROPICAL KINGBIRD continued at Demuth Park through Jan 19 (Xinglai Zhuang).
A WOODHOUSE'S SCRUB-JAY continued at Palo Verde Ecological Reserve through Jan 19 (Evonne Muse).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
A LONG-TAILED DUCK continued along the Rock Hill Trail (SESS) through Jan 17 (Bruce Mast).
A TROPICAL KINGBIRD continued in Niland through Jan 17 and a CASSIN'S KINGBIRD continued there through Jan 18 (Justyn Stahl).
Up to 10 *CAVE SWALLOWS* continued at the Earthrise Nutritionals algae farm in Calipatria through Jan 19 (Sally Veach).
Up to two SPRAGUE'S PIPITS continued near the intersection of Albright and Wiest Roads through Jan 18 (Justyn Stahl).
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR continued near Earthrise Nutritionals algae farm through Jan 18 (Justyn Stahl).
The *CHIHUAHUAN MEADOWLARK* continued in Bard through Jan 18 (Bruce Mast).
A CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was seen at Evergreen Cemetery in El Centro Jan 18-19 (Bridget Spencer).
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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
