Date: 5/28/26 1:45 pm From: Thomas Benson via groups.io <tbenson...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: May 28, 2026
RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* May 28, 2026
* CASE26.05.28
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.
Birds mentioned:
*FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK*
*WOOD STORK*
Brown Pelican
*COMMON BLACK HAWK*
Baltimore Oriole
Bronzed Cowbird
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A *WOOD STORK* continued at Lake Los Serranos through May 25 (Christopher Hinkle). Note that the lake is on private property; please view from the public roads to the south (Los Serranos Blvd) or southwest (Pipeline Ave).
A BROWN PELICAN was seen at Big Bear Lake on May 25 (Philip Goldstein)
A BALTIMORE ORIOLE was seen at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve May 22-23 (Dan Ward).
A BRONZED COWBIRD was seen at Chet Huffman Park May 23-26 (Justyn Stahl).
A CAPE MAY WARBLER was seen at Fort Irwin on May 23 (Erik Atwell).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A *COMMON BLACK HAWK* was seen at Palo Verde Ecological Reserve May 22-26 (Justyn Stahl).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
A *FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK* continued at the Alamo River Wetlands in Brawley through May 21 (Justyn Stahl).
A NORTHERN PARULA was seen at Phil Swing Park on May 22 (Henry Detweiler).
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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
