Date: 9/11/26 9:33 am From: Roger McFarland via groups.io <roger_mcfarland...> Subject: Re: [inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: September 10, 2026
I had 2 California Gnatcatchers in the brush at the end of El Sobrante and La Sierra Ave this morning.
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On Thursday, September 10, 2026, 2:37 PM, Thomas Benson via groups.io <tbenson...> wrote:
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* California* Southeastern* September 10, 2026* CASE26.09.10
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.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A LEAST FLYCATCHER was seen at Roadrunner Dunes Golf Course on Sep 5 (Matt Grube).
A PAINTED BUNTING was seen at Eagle Ranch Park in Victorville on Sep 7 (Adam Jimenez).
A PAINTED BUNTING was seen at the 29 Palms Inn on Sep 8 (Becca Cockrum).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
No reports.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
The FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK continued at Alamo River Wetlands through Sep 8 (Quinn Diaz).
A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was seen at Living Waters along the Colorado River on Sep 8 (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: Chris Dean, <chrisdeanbirder...> COUNTY: Chris and Rosie Howard, <chris93514...> COUNTY: Kelli Heindel-Levinson, <kkheindel...> COUNTY: David Rankin, <david.rankin...> 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:
Inyo County: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/easternsierrabirdsKern County: https://groups.io/g/kerncobirdingLos Angeles County: https://groups.io/g/LACoBirdsOrange County: https://groups.io/g/orangecountybirdingSan Diego County: https://groups.io/g/SanDiegoRegionBirdingSan Luis Obispo County: https://groups.io/g/slocobirdingSanta Barbara County: https://sbcobirding.groups.io/g/mainVentura County: https://groups.io/g/venturacobirdingCalifornia (statewide): https://groups.io/g/CALBIRDS ************
A schedule of San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society field trips is available on the SBVAS website at https://www.sbvas.net/field-trips ************
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. DunnBirds 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
