Date: 2/12/26 10:04 pm From: Thomas Benson via groups.io <tbenson...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: February 12, 2026
RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* February 12, 2026
* CASE26.02.12
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 *THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD* continued in Alta Loma through Feb 9 (Tom Benson).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Two *FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCKS* continued at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area through Feb 12 (Mart Westbrook).
A BRONZED COWBIRD was seen at Palm Springs International Airport on Feb 8 (Shoshanna Bauer).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
A ZONE-TAILED HAWK was seen at the intersection of Forrester and Larsen Roads northwest of Imperial on Feb 8 (Matt Sadowski).
Up to six *CAVE SWALLOWS* continued at the Earthrise Nutritionals algae farm in Calipatria through Feb 9 (Henry Detwiler).
A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was seen at Senator Wash Reservoir on Feb 6 (Henry Detwiler).
A SPRAGUE'S PIPIT continued near the intersection of Albright and Wiest Roads through Feb 12 (Bobby Figarotta).
A PAINTED REDSTART was seen at Mission Wash in Bard on Feb 9 (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
