Date: 11/13/26 8:50 am From: Thomas Benson via inlandcountybirds <tbenson...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: November 12, 2026
RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* November 12, 2026
* CASE26.11.12
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 at Bellevue Memorial Park through Nov 10 (Quinn Evans).
California's first *EASTERN BLUEBIRD* was seen at the Barstow Wastewater Treatment Plant Nov 7-9 (Gavin Aquila).
Two EVENING GROSBEAKS continued on private property in Running Springs through Nov 4 (Scott Taylor).
An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen on private property near the Big Bear Airport on Nov 10 (Erin Riddle).
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was at Greenspot Reservoir on Nov 7 (Matt Grube).
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen at Barstow Wastewater Treatment Plant on Nov 8 (William Rockey).
Eight LAPLAND LONGSPURS were in Sandy Valley on Nov 8 (Thomas Baxter).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
A BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD continued at Chiriaco Summit through Nov 6 (David Rankin).
A HOODED WARBLER was seen at Palo Verde Ecological Reserve Nov 7-11 (Luca Cinus).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Two *FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCKS* were seen at Wister Unit on Nov 1 (Bill Norton).
A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was seen at Cattle Call Park on Nov 8 (Dan Singer).
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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...>
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
