Date: 7/25/24 6:54 am From: Thomas Benson via groups.io <tbenson...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: July 25, 2024
RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* July 25, 2024
* CASE24.07.18
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:
Orchard Oriole
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen in Trona Jul 16-22 (Cheresea McMillen).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
No reports.
IMPERIAL COUNTY
No reports.
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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://www.sbvas.net/_files/ugd/09ca00_bdaf8a44285e4c1dbd625cd601280b5b.pdf)
Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley (1991), by Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Robert D. Ohmart, William C. Hunter, and Bertin W. Anderson
Date: 7/14/24 5:05 pm From: James Pike via groups.io <jimpike444...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] early (early!) Savannah Sparrows
On 9 July, I spotted an exceptionally early, hatch-year Savannah Sparrow in
the western ponds of the Prado Basin (RIV CO). The next day, three Savannah
Sparrows were together in this same location, including an adult individual
that appeared more worn, and missing inner greater coverts and tertials.
Given that socal guides (eg., Garrett and Dunn 1981; Hamilton and Willick
1996; Unitt 2004; Allen, Garrett and Wimer 2016; Lehman 2022) uniformly
indicate mid-August arrival dates for P. s. nevadensis, and my
understanding was that this subspecies should be molting on the summer
grounds in July-September (Pyle 1997), I sought Peter Pyle’s advice. He
felt the hatch-year bird had already undergone its preformative molt and
may have suspended its molt to a slight degree, but he didn’t specifically
comment on the latter bird. Peter also said that western Savannah Sparrows
do “show a signal for moderate molt migration.” With these birds, this molt
migration evidently involved earlier dispersal and longer distances
traveled from the breeding grounds. It will be interesting to see if this
is one-off aberration or the beginning of a trend in nevadensis.
Date: 7/4/24 4:39 pm From: Thomas Benson via groups.io <tbenson...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: July 4, 2024
RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* July 4, 2024
* CASE24.07.04
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.
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!
Birds mentioned:
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
*COMMON BLACK HAWK*
Zone-tailed Hawk
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was reported in Lake Arrowhead on Jun 30 (Jim Stone).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
The *COMMON BLACK HAWK* continued at Palo Verde Ecological Reserve through Jul 2 (Brian Sandstrom).
A ZONE-TAILED HAWK was seen at Palo Verde Ecological Reserve on Jun 29 (Matt Sadowski).
A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen at Palo Verde Ecological Reserve on Jul 1 (Brian Sandstrom).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
No reports.
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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://www.sbvas.net/_files/ugd/09ca00_bdaf8a44285e4c1dbd625cd601280b5b.pdf)
Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley (1991), by Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Robert D. Ohmart, William C. Hunter, and Bertin W. Anderson
Date: 6/29/24 7:07 am From: Julie Szabo via groups.io <jsszabo1...> Subject: Re: [inlandcountybirds] Indigo Bunting, El Cariso Camp 6/28/24
Greg Cross reports this morning Saturday June 29, 2024 at 7 am that the Indigo Bunting continues at the sane location I reported previously.
Julie SzaboWildomar, CA
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On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 7:56 PM, Julie Szabo via groups.io<jsszabo1...> wrote:
Luca Cinus found a male Indigo Bunting this morning at El Cariso Camp on Ortega Hwy. Charity Hagen , Greg Cross and I saw and heard it there around 4:15 pm. Singing alot. Location on dead part of pines north of the bathroom. It moves around alot.
33.652394,-117.412396
Good Birding
Julie SzaboWildomar, CA
Date: 6/28/24 7:57 pm From: Julie Szabo via groups.io <jsszabo1...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Indigo Bunting, El Cariso Camp 6/28/24
Luca Cinus found a male Indigo Bunting this morning at El Cariso Camp on Ortega Hwy. Charity Hagen , Greg Cross and I saw and heard it there around 4:15 pm. Singing alot. Location on dead part of pines north of the bathroom. It moves around alot.
33.652394,-117.412396
Good Birding
Julie SzaboWildomar, CA
Date: 6/27/24 4:15 pm From: Thomas Benson via groups.io <tbenson...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: June 27, 2024
RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* June 27, 2024
* CASE24.06.27
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:
Mexican Whip-poor-will
*COMMON BLACK HAWK*
Short-eared Owl
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
A MEXICAN WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at Serrano Campground on the north shore of Big Bear Lake on Jun 20 (Brian Leatherman).
At least five SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen in the Black Mountain Wilderness north of Barstow June 23-25 (Brian Sandstrom).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
The *COMMON BLACK HAWK* continued at Palo Verde Ecological Reserve through June 21 (Josh McLaughlin).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
No reports.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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...>
************
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
************
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://www.sbvas.net/_files/ugd/09ca00_bdaf8a44285e4c1dbd625cd601280b5b.pdf)
Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley (1991), by Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Robert D. Ohmart, William C. Hunter, and Bertin W. Anderson
Date: 6/27/24 3:57 pm From: Julie Szabo via groups.io <jsszabo1...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Nesting Eared Grebes, Willets, Lake Elsinore 06/27/24
This morning, Greg Cross, Charity Hagen and I birded at the Lake Elsinore levee and back basin area, seeing 77 species. Many young birds of different species seen all over. We discovered three pairs of Eared Grebes nesting in the same area, the secluded southern back basin pond. One egg was observed and photographed. This is a first observation of nesting Eared Grebe that I know of at this location.
We also saw some of the early southward bound migrants, 7 Willets standing together on the T-peninsula, and 1 female Wilson's Phalarope in the flooded area south of the levee and the T-peninsula.
