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09 Feb Southeastern CA RBA: February 9, 2012 [Tom Benson ] 09 Feb Re: SJWA -- passes needed? ["Curtis Croulet" ] 09 Feb THREAD CLOSED=SJWA -- passes needed? ["howardbking" ] 08 Feb SJWA -- passes needed? ["Curtis Croulet" ] 8 Feb Big Morongo Canyon Preserve Birdwalk 2/8/12 [Mark Leggett ] 08 Feb Prado Regional Park Feb 8 .2012 ["howardbking" ] 7 Feb Rough-legged Hawk [Lynn Miller ] 07 Feb Dark Morp Ferruginous Hawk ["orchidanica" ] 07 Feb Hulda Crooks/ South Hills Preserve, Loma Linda ["Tarik" ] 6 Feb Re: SJWA and Ramona Expressway [Chet McGaugh ] 6 Feb SJWA and Ramona Expressway [Jimmy McMorran ] 06 Feb Sage Sparrow at SJWA ["rmross4 AT ymail.com" ] 5 Feb NESS Feb 5 ["Chet McGaugh" ] 5 Feb Salton Sea, Imperial County ["Guy McCaskie" ] 4 Feb re: CVWBC birdwalk [Cygnets2 ] 3 Feb SBE Ft Mohave ag area, local rarities [] 03 Feb BIg Day ["kelly8517" ] 03 Feb Possible Dusky-capped Flycatcher at Ramer Lake ["philsidhu" ] 2 Feb BMCP Birdwalk 2/1/12 [Mark Leggett ] 02 Feb San Jacinto Wildlife Area , 02 Feb 2011 ["howardbking" ] 02 Feb Birds of prey video ["Melesan" ] 02 Feb Southeastern CA RBA: February 2, 2012 [Tom Benson ] 1 Feb Mojave Narrows [Don Ryan ] 01 Feb SJWA 5 Falcon Day more [Merlin_Mira_Loma ] 01 Feb SJWA 5 Falcon Day [Merlin_Mira_Loma ] 1 Feb Lucerne Valley AG fields [] 1 Feb Big Morongo Canyon Preserve Birdwalk 2/1/12 [Mark Leggett ] 31 Jan Santa Rosa Plateau birdwalk time correction [Charity Hagen ] 31 Jan Continuing Lewis's Woodpeckers Santa Rosa Plateau [Charity Hagen ] 31 Jan Golden Eagle at San Jacinto Wildlife ["orchidanica" ] 31 Jan Re: SESS Gulls - 1/30/12 [Steve Ritt ] 31 Jan SSSRA [Robert ] 31 Jan Prado Reg Park--Jan 25 ["Melesan" ] 31 Jan Re: San Jacinto Valley ["Johnny Bovee" ] 30 Jan SESS Gulls - 1/30/12 [Steve Ritt ] 30 Jan RE: San Jacinto Sage Thrashers ["Koonce, Sandy" ] 30 Jan Imperial Valley 1-28-12 [Bob Miller ] 30 Jan San Jacinto Sage Thrashers ["Koonce, Sandy" ] 30 Jan San Jacinto Valley ["Johnny Bovee" ] 29 Jan Save the Dates-Pt Reyes Birding & Nature Festival: 4/27-30 ["will_w04" ] 29 Jan Parker Dam Surf Scoter [] 29 Jan Scott's Oriole [Mark Leggett ] 30 Jan San Jacinto - -1/29/2012 ["mattag2002" ] 29 Jan Male Common Goldeneye, Bald Eagle, Hooded Mergansers - Lake Gregory ["steve.druce" ] 29 Jan Mira Loma Wilson's Warbler [Merlin_Mira_Loma ] 28 Jan Peregrine Falcon at UCR ponds [] 27 Jan Salton Sea IMP ["Guy McCaskie" ] 27 Jan SJWA Area: Burrowning Owl ["Kevin" ] 26 Jan NO Gyrfalcon - 1/26/12 [Steve Ritt ] 26 Jan Imperial Valley birds ["Koonce, Sandy" ] 26 Jan Re: Southeastern CA RBA: January 26, 2012 ["James P. Smith" ] 26 Jan Southeastern CA RBA: January 26, 2012 [Tom Benson ] 25 Jan gyrfalcon Jan 25 [John Luther ] 25 Jan gyrfalcon Jan 25 [John Luther ] 25 Jan Re: Falcon? [Christopher Taylor ] 25 Jan Falcon? [Bob Miller ] 25 Jan Fw: Salton Sea Glaucous (pics from 01/15 and 01/18) ["James P. Smith" ] 24 Jan Negative on the Gyr ["Doug" ] 24 Jan January 22, 2012 SJWA and Pines to Palms Highway ["suzanne.detwiler" ] 23 Jan Gyrfalcon 1/23 [Charity Hagen ] 23 Jan Re: Sab Jacinto 1-21-12 [Bob Miller ] 23 Jan Re: [SDBIRDS] Sab Jacinto 1-21-12 [Bob Miller ] 23 Jan Sab Jacinto 1-21-12 [Bob Miller ] 23 Jan Sab Jacinto 1-21-12 [Bob Miller ] 23 Jan Ontario ["catbird117" ] 22 Jan Re: SJWA January 22 [Jimmy McMorran ] 23 Jan La Sierra/91 Fwy--Pix of Quail,, Thraster, Towhee ["Melesan" ] 22 Jan SJWA January 22 ["Chet McGaugh" ] 22 Jan leucistic coot ["alcyonaria" ] 22 Jan Prado birds ["alcyonaria" ] 22 Jan Souther Salton Sea Glaucous and other gulls ["James P. Smith" ] 21 Jan SBE Parker Dam Neotropic Cormorant [] 22 Jan Bikepath/Tequisquite to Van Buren, Riverside [Robert Packard ] 21 Jan RE: Visitors to the SJWA [Robert Packard ] 21 Jan RE: [CALBIRDS] Visitors to the SJWA [Robert Packard ] 21 Jan Re: Visitors to the SJWA ["Jon" ] Subject: Southeastern CA RBA: February 9, 2012 From: Tom Benson <tbenson AT csusb.edu> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:31:03 -0800 RBA * California * Southeastern * February 9, 2012 * CASE12.0209 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. Names in the report are generally those of the reporting party and not necessarily the person claiming the first sighting. If you are receiving this report only through Birdwest, you can get MORE FREQUENT AND COMPREHENSIVE UPDATES by subscribing to inlandcountybirds (see below). The bird alert phone line housed at the San Bernardino County Museum is no longer in service. If you have a rare bird to report and must use a phone line, please call 909-648-0899. Birds mentioned: Cackling Goose Horned Grebe *NEOTROPIC CORMORANT* Swainson's Hawk Rough-legged Hawk *GYRFALCON* Pacific Golden-Plover Laughing Gull Western Gull Herring Gull Thayer's Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Glaucous Gull Eastern Phoebe Tropical Kingbird American Crow Sprague's Pipit Black-throated Sparrow Swamp Sparrow - Transcript SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY A flock of about 100 AMERICAN CROWS was seen in Fort Mohave on Feb 3 (David Vander Pluym). An adult HERRING GULL was at Prado Regional Park Feb 6-8 (Howard King). The continuing SWAINSON'S HAWK and TROPICAL KINGBIRD were seen at Prado Regional Park on Feb 8 (Howard King). RIVERSIDE COUNTY A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen near Lake Skinner on Feb 6 (Lynn Miller). Up to three BLACK-THROATED SPARROWS continued at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area through Feb 3 (Bob Ross). A LAUGHING GULL and a HORNED GREBE were seen at North Shore (NESS), five HORNED GREBES were seen at the Salton Sea SRA, and another LAUGHING GULL was seen at Salt Creek on Feb 5 (Chet McGaugh). The juvenile gray morph *GYRFALCON* continued at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area through Feb 2 (Pam and Marty Kelly). The SWAMP SPARROW and EASTERN PHOEBE continued at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area near Pond 4 through Feb 2 (Howard King). IMPERIAL COUNTY A CACKLING GOOSE and a *NEOTROPIC CORMORANT* were seen at Ramer Lake on Feb 3 (Guy McCaskie). A PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER continued at the west end of Bowles Road through Feb 3 (Guy McCaskie). Ten LAUGHING GULLS, a WESTERN GULL, two THAYER'S GULLS, a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, and a GLAUCOUS GULL were seen between the intersection of Lack and Lindsey Roads and Obsidian Butte on Feb 3 (Guy McCaskie). Two SPRAGUE'S PIPITS continued near the state prison in Calipatria on Feb 3 (Guy McCaskie). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In general, birds that are on this weekly summary are those that are classified as at least rare in “Birds of Southern California” by Garrett and Dunn, “Birds of the Salton Sea” by Patten, McCaskie, and Unitt, or in “Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley” by Rosenberg, Ohmart, Hunter, and Anderson. Rarity can be regional or seasonal. For example, a nuthatch reported at the Salton Sea, where it is rare, may be on the summary. That same bird reported from the San Bernardino Mountains, where it is common, would not be. A sparrow reported as a rarity in Riverside in July, may be common there in December. To report a bird POST TO INLANDCOUNTYBIRDS (see below)!!! If there is some reason that you cannot post there, or do not want to, e-mail Tom Benson at tbenson AT csusb.edu or call (909) 648-0899. Note that the phone hotline is no longer available. Please submit your documentation of all California Bird Records Committee review species (denoted by asterisks) to: Guy McCaskie, Secretary, P.O. Box 275, Imperial Beach, CA 91933-0275, E-mail: guymcc AT pacbell.net Additionally, CBRC review species and birds of local or seasonal rarity should be reported to the "North American Birds" County Coordinators. They are: IMPERIAL COUNTY: Guy McCaskie, 954 Grove Avenue, Imperial Beach, CA 91932, guymcc AT pacbell.net INYO COUNTY: Tom & Jo Heindel, P.O. Box 400, Big Pine CA 93513, tjheindel AT aol.com KERN COUNTY: Kelli Heindel-Levinson, 1819 Locust Ravine, Bakersfield CA 93306, kkheindel AT gmail.com RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Chet McGaugh, 194 W. Broadbent Dr., Riverside, CA 92507, chetmcgaugh AT earthlink.net SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: Alexander E. Koonce, 1357 Paige Lane, Redlands, CA 92373, sandy_koonce AT redlands.edu ************ In addition the the Southeastern CA RBA, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego County reports are posted on BIRDWEST. To subscribe, send a message to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU with SUBSCRIBE BIRDWEST YOUR NAME in the message (and YOUR NAME = your real name). There is an Inland Counties (San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial) bird report & discussion group. You can view messages at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inlandcountybirds/ Other birding listservs that include reports of birds in southern California are: Inyo County: http://www.esaudubon.org/birds/ Kern County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kerncobirding Los Angeles County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Pasadena area: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PasadenaAudubon Orange County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding San Diego County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS San Luis Obispo County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding Santa Barbara County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding Ventura County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/venturacobirding California (statewide): http://groups.yahoo.com/CALBIRDS ************ A schedule of San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society field trips is available on the SBVAS website at http://www.sbvas.org/calendar.htm Maps/directions to local birding sites are available on the SBVAS website at http://www.sbvas.org/maps.htm Important Southern California Bird Alert and Wildlife Phone Numbers: Los Angeles RBA (323) 874-1318 Orange County RBA (949) 487-6869 San Diego RBA (619) 688-2473 Southeastern CA Bird Alert report to (909) 648-0899 CalTip (CA Fish & Game) (800) 952-5400 (to report wildlife violations) -- For BirdWest archives go to http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdwest.html To change your subscription options, including your address, go to http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=birdwest To contact a listowner, send a message to mailto:birdwest-request AT listserv.arizona.edu ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Re: SJWA -- passes needed? From: "Curtis Croulet" <calypte AT verizon.net> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:56:17 -0800 Yes, thank you, it's what I wanted to hear :) -- Curtis Croulet Temecula, California calypte AT verizon.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Wolfe To: Curtis Croulet Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 1:26 AM Subject: Re: [inlandcountybirds] SJWA -- passes needed? Hi Curtis -- Are you talking about San Jacinto Wildlife Area (SJWA)? If so, you do NOT need passes. I was there with friends last Friday (to check on the Gyrfalcon, among other goodies, but it was a no-show), and there was not even a fee -- it's free, though of course donations are gratefully accepted. I've done a photo gallery on SJWA, landscapes and birds, if interested -- http://www.lonewolfephotos.com/Birds/San-Jacinto-Wildlife-Area-CA/7792988_Sxzhcv#!i=1135254293&k=tGfAW Best Wishes, Steve Wolfe San Pedro, CA On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Curtis Croulet wrote: Do we need passes to get into SWJA? What's the status of that? The website says we need passes. -- Curtis Croulet Temecula, California calypte AT verizon.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: THREAD CLOSED=SJWA -- passes needed? From: "howardbking" <redhillbrd AT aol.com> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:31:51 -0000 Passes not needed at SJWA.End of story ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: SJWA -- passes needed? From: "Curtis Croulet" <calypte AT verizon.net> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:44:09 -0800 Do we need passes to get into SWJA? What's the status of that? The website says we need passes. -- Curtis Croulet Temecula, California calypte AT verizon.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Big Morongo Canyon Preserve Birdwalk 2/8/12 From: Mark Leggett <palmwarbler AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:08:45 -0800 The day started out somewhat warm and sunny, but shortly the weather turned chilly and gray. Here is most of what we saw/heard in no particular order-- Anna's Hummingbird Say's Phoebe Lesser Goldfinch House Finch White-crowned Sparrow Nuttall's Woodpecker Ladder-backed Woodpecker American Robin Northern Flicker Western Bluebird Gambel's Quail Eurasian Collared-Dove Common Raven Dark-eyed Junco California Thrasher California Towhee American Kestrel Bewick's Wren Phainopepla Black Phoebe Yellow-rumped Warbler Verdin Ruby-crowned Kinglet Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-tailed Hawk European Starling Cooper's Hawk Mourning Dove Rock Pigeon Please join us on a walk. The schedule may be found on the website-- http://www.bigmorongo.org/ Mark Leggett Palm Springs CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Prado Regional Park Feb 8 .2012 From: "howardbking" <redhillbrd AT aol.com> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:46:43 -0000 This morning a SWAINSON'S HAWK was present near the north end of the park. This is probably the bird sen by Paul Clarke and Cathy McFadden Jan 22. The Tropical Kingbird persists neat the campground. There has been an adult Herring Gull present for a few days. This species is strangely uncommon to rare here. I could not find the leucistic Coot that has been present but there was a Great-tailed Grackle with white primaries doing a nice magpie imitation. Cheers..Howard King ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Rough-legged Hawk From: Lynn Miller <lmiller246 AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:24:59 -0800 (PST) Hi all, Yesterday, Feb. 6, south of Lake Skinner, around Borel and Buck Rd., I had a Rough-legged Hawk. It flew across Buck Rd. before landing on a post nearby. Also in the fields were three Ferruginous Hawks, one a dark morph, and a Prairie Falcon (often seen in the area). This is usually a good area for wintering raptors. A Sage Thrasher was there, too. Lynn MillerRiverside, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Dark Morp Ferruginous Hawk From: "orchidanica" <imagephotopro AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:47:44 -0000 I took this photo of what I think is the Dark Morph Ferruginous on Jan 24 at San Jacinto Wildlife near the north Porta Potty. Anyone have feedback? Could this be the same bird that Chet reported earlier ? photo at http://imagephotopro.com/BirdPhotography/ Larry Moskovitz Image Photo Pro ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Hulda Crooks/ South Hills Preserve, Loma Linda From: "Tarik" <jazzdrummer1 AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:52:01 -0000 Hi all, I birded around the dog park at Hulda Crooks park in Loma Linda this morning. The main source of activity was a mixed flock of sparrows that included SAVANNAH, CHIPPING, WHITE-CROWNED, and LARK SPARROWS. I heard ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRDS as well here. I then moved on to the South Hills Preserve. Highlights included a lose group of BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, which was very exciting. I saw some interesting behavior between a huge covey of CA QUAIL and a RED-TAILED HAWK. A HERMIT THRUSH scared me silly when it flushed right under my nose. Good birding. Tarik Townsend Loma Linda PS- there's a male WOOD DUCK at the VA Hospital that will sell its soul for a loaf of bread, giving one great pictures in the process. ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Re: SJWA and Ramona Expressway From: Chet McGaugh <chetmcgaugh AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 22:33:06 -0800 Jimmy and all, There has been a dark Ferrug in the northern part of the valley, near Alessandro this winter. The one you saw may be a different one -- there has been one along the power lines that cross Davis Road in a couple of recent winters, haven't heard of it this winter. South of Ram Exp is sparsely birded. Dark Ferruginous Hawks are spectacular. Chet On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Jimmy McMorran wrote: > ** > > > Hi Birders, > > This afternoon (2/6/12) Brennan Mulrooney and I were passing through the > area and looked for the Gyrfalcon without success. On another note, in the > area of the previously reported Harlan's Hawk (which we missed) along the > Ramona Expressway was a dark morph Ferruginous Hawk(FEHA). I don't recall > seeing a dark morph bird being reported?, so if in the area and you see a > dark buteo with a mottled-whitish tail take a close look at it. If distant, > the shape of the bird will differentiate. Extremely cropped images of this > FEHA at a distance are at the link below if interested. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/35283997 AT N07/ > > For comparison there is a few images of a Harlan's Hawk on the second page > of this site for comparison. > > Good Birding, > Jimmy McMorran > Cardiff, CA > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: SJWA and Ramona Expressway From: Jimmy McMorran <bigshell53 AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 22:06:09 -0800 Hi Birders, This afternoon (2/6/12) Brennan Mulrooney and I were passing through the area and looked for the Gyrfalcon without success. On another note, in the area of the previously reported Harlan's Hawk (which we missed) along the Ramona Expressway was a dark morph Ferruginous Hawk(FEHA). I don't recall seeing a dark morph bird being reported?, so if in the area and you see a dark buteo with a mottled-whitish tail take a close look at it. If distant, the shape of the bird will differentiate. Extremely cropped images of this FEHA at a distance are at the link below if interested. http://www.flickr.com/photos/35283997 AT N07/ For comparison there is a few images of a Harlan's Hawk on the second page of this site for comparison. Good Birding, Jimmy McMorran Cardiff, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Sage Sparrow at SJWA From: "rmross4 AT ymail.com" <rmross4@ymail.com> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:00:50 -0000 Folks, on Friday February 3 morning Dianne and I missed the gyrfalcon (as did a dozen others waiting it out much of morning) at San Jacinto Wildlife Area (SJWA), but we continued up Davis Road to the location where numerous sage thrashers have been reported, just west of the road at first pulloff past the SJWA office. In addition to several sage thrashers, we also observed a sage sparrow and a black-throated sparrow along the jeep trail near the Davis Road pulloff. We find sage sparrows in much drier desert habitats near the Salton Sea and north to Joshua Tree NP, so were surprised to see it at SJWA in higher densities of shrubs and grasses. Bob Ross Coachella Valley ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: NESS Feb 5 From: "Chet McGaugh" <chetmcgaugh AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 19:21:50 -0800 I spent the day at regular spots around the north end of the Salton Sea, starting at North Shore then the rest of the morning at various SRA (State Recreation Area) spots including the marina and Salt Creek. In the afternoon I was on the west side avenues, 84th, 81st, and 72nd. Weather was clear, calm, and warm. The biggest surprise was a tight flock of ten Hooded Mergansers (all in female type plumages) at the fish farm on 81st. I think may be a record size flock for the Salton Sea. Six Horned Grebes, including one at North Shore and five at SRA, is more than I've previously encountered in a day. It would seem to be too early for migrants, and all were in basic plumage. In gull land: two Laughing Gulls (mostly not black-headed) at North Shore and Salt Creek, adult Glaucous-winged Gull at North Shore, a seeming to be Herring x Glaucous-winged hybrid at SRA, and thousands of the regulars: Ring-billed, Herring, California, and Bonaparte's Gull. A few Northern Rough-winged Swallows seem freshly arrived, and Vermilion Flycatcher and Peregrine Falcon continue to winter. Also interesting was several Dunlins with black bellies and one with considerable red feathers on it's back. Chet [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Salton Sea, Imperial County From: "Guy McCaskie" <guymcc AT pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 16:07:43 -0800 I spent Friday, 3 February 2012 (7:00 AM to 4:30 PM), Birding in the Imperial Valley and along part of the south shore of the Salton Sea. I started the day in Brawley then moving north to Ramer Lake and on north to the IID Wetlands near Niland, then returned south to the area of the Calipatria State Prison. From here I moved west to the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge HQ and worked southwestward to the north end of Bowles Road, spending time at Obsidian Butte and at the intersection of Lack and Lindsey Roads. I then returned to Ramer Lake and worked south through Brawley and El Centro, ending the day at Fig Lagoon. It was clear with some wind at times, and with temperatures ranging from 40 to 60 degrees. Species seen included - Cackling Goose (1 - one leucopareia with a flock of twenty-five Canada Geese on Ramer Lake), Blue-winged Teal (2 - two together at the intersection of Lack and Lindsey Roads), Neotropic Cormorant (1 - one adult standing on a partially built nest at Ramer Lake), White-tailed Kite (1 - one at the IID Wetlands near Niland), Pacific Golden-Plover (1 - one with Black-bellied Plovers at the west end of Bowles Road was the same bird first seen here on 13 September), Mountain Plover (200 - about two-hundred in a recently burnt field near the intersection of Andre Road and Highway 111), Stilt Sandpiper (75 - about seventy-five at the west end of Bowles Road), Laughing Gull (10 - ten, including adults with mostly black heads, with other gulls on the shore between Obsidian Butte and the intersection of Lack and Lindsey Roads), Western Gull (1 - one first-winter bird at Obsidian Butte), Thayer's Gull (2 - one first-winter bird at Obsidian Butte and another first-winter bird at the intersection of Lack and Lindsey Roads), Glaucous-winged Gull (1 - one adult at the north end of Lack Road), Glaucous Gull (1 - one first-winter bird at the intersection of Lack and Lindsey Roads was the same bird found and photographed here by James P. Smith on 18 January), Northern Rough-winged Swallow (2 - two with Tree and Barn Swallows at Fig Lagoon were believed to be recently arrived summer visitors), Western Bluebird (2 - two at Ramer Lake), Mountain Bluebird (6 - six in the vicinity of the Calipatria State Prison) and Sprague's Pipit (2 - two in a dormant Bermuda Grass field at the north side of the Calipatria State Prison were known present since 20 December). Guy McCaskie Secretary CBRC guymcc AT pacbell.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: re: CVWBC birdwalk From: Cygnets2 <CYGNETS2 AT aol.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 18:11:42 -0500 (EST) Saturday 4 February Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center, Indio The reeds on the wetlands were recently cut, and are about a foot high now. (Fortunately, they grow back very quickly.) So the birds that were present were pretty easy to see. A bold Marsh Wren approached within just a few feet of our large group, and gave us all clear views for a couple of minutes. A soaring Prairie Falcon was another good sighting. Complete list of 46 species is below. Our next public bird walk will be on Saturday, 3 March. Meet at the trailer office at 8am. Info: (760) 347-2647 or www.coachellavalleywildbirdcenter.org Mallard Gadwall Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Cinnamon Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck Gambel's Quail Eared Grebe Snowy Egret Great Egret Turkey Vulture Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Prairie Falcon Virginia Rail Sora Common Moorhen American Coot Killdeer Black-necked Stilt Mourning Dove Eurasian Collared-dove Greater Roadrunner Great Horned Owl Anna's Hummingbird Black Phoebe Say's Phoebe Loggerhead Shrike Common Raven Tree Swallow Verdin Marsh Wren Yellow-rumped Warbler Abert's Towhee Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Western Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird Great-tailed Grackle Brewer's Blackbird House Finch Lesser Goldfinch [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: SBE Ft Mohave ag area, local rarities From: scre AT aol.com Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:21:48 -0500 (EST) Lauren Harter and I headed out to the ag areas north of Needles in the Ft Mohave area off River Rd. Lots of birds present especially blackbirds. Of local interest included 100 AMERICAN CROWS (presumed to be the same flock that has been on the AZ side of the river and locally rare in recent years) and 20 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS. Good birding David Vander Pluym Lake Havasu City [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: BIg Day From: "kelly8517" <tmartin.kelly AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:32:26 -0000 Just want to post a big thank you to all you Southern California birders that we met yesterday. Your comments and directions were so helpful. We tallied 74 birds yesterday between SJWA in the morning and Santa Rosa Plateau in the afternoon. Highlights were - The Gryfalcon put on a wonderful show all morning. We saw 4 of the Falcons within a mile on the Duck Club road.(We missed the Merlin) - En route from Redlands we went through Live Oak Canyon and saw a pair of Ferruginous Hawks and 5 Mountain Bluebirds in one of the plowed fields. - The pair of young golden Eagles are always a treat at SJWA. - The Sage Thrashers were where everyone reported. Interestingly in San Antonio, our home that is usually east of their range, we have had large numbers show up this fall and winter. Wonder if this is a smaller scale irruption like the Owls this year. - We found two Lewis's Woodpeckers at Santa Rosa as had been reported at the Monument Hill Road and Lomas trail. - After some patients we got good looks at the secretive Wrentit on in the canyon on the Trans Reserve Trail going up to see the woodpecker. The rest of our time will be doing family things..Good birding.If you need help with South Texas birding let us know. Pam and Marty Kelly San Antonio, Texas ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Possible Dusky-capped Flycatcher at Ramer Lake From: "philsidhu" <phillip AT amritsidhu.com> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:01:48 -0000 As part of our outing to the Salton Sea this past weekend, our group of 20+ birders found a flycatcher on Sunday at mid-morning which the consensus view held to be a Dusky-capped. The field marks looked right, and it responded aggressively when a Dusky-capped Flycatcher recording was played for it. Moreover, it did not respond to an Ash-throated Flycatcher recording. I don't think any one of us at the time was aware of Guy's DCFL in Niland in early January, so I don't believe this was a case of wishful thinking. The bird was in the thick stand of tall Cottonwoods (along with an enormous bee hive!) on the left coming in to Ramer Lake off Kershaw Road (33.081739,-115.509039). I'm not suggesting heroics. But anyone within a reasonable driving distance may wish to take a look around. Sorry for the long lag-time. But this dang day job keeps interfering with my birding! Regards, Phil White Carlsbad, Cal. ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: BMCP Birdwalk 2/1/12 From: Mark Leggett <palmwarbler AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:49:40 -0800 Yesterday I reported a Cassin's Finch as being seen on the birdwalk. I erred, it was a Cassin's Vireo. Cheers. -- Mark Leggett Palm Springs CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: San Jacinto Wildlife Area , 02 Feb 2011 From: "howardbking" <redhillbrd AT aol.com> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:26:44 -0000 All Curtis Marantz and I birded the San Jacinto Wildlife Area this morning. The continuing GYRFALCON was eating coots at it's usual spot. A SWAMP SPARROW and the EASTERN PHOEBE were north east of the pond 4 outhouse. On Davis Rd north of the headquarters there was a minimum of 22 SAGE THRASHERS and 3 BLACK-THROATED SPARROWS. The HARLAN'S HAWK continues adjacent to the Ramona Expressway. cheers..Howard King ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Birds of prey video From: "Melesan" <melesan AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:40:21 -0000 Neat video in song to help id Raptors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBS1NPdQKdg&feature=youtube_gdata_player ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Southeastern CA RBA: February 2, 2012 From: Tom Benson <tbenson AT csusb.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:37:51 -0800 RBA * California * Southeastern * February 2, 2012 * CASE12.0202 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. Names in the report are generally those of the reporting party and not necessarily the person claiming the first sighting. If you are receiving this report only through Birdwest, you can get MORE FREQUENT AND COMPREHENSIVE UPDATES by subscribing to inlandcountybirds (see below). The bird alert phone line housed at the San Bernardino County Museum is no longer in service. If you have a rare bird to report and must use a phone line, please call 909-648-0899. Birds mentioned: Cackling Goose Eurasian Wigeon Surf Scoter Rough-legged Hawk *GYRFALCON* Laughing Gull Heermann's Gull Yellow-footed Gull Thayer's Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Glaucous Gull Sprague's Pipit Wilson's Warbler Black-throated Sparrow - Transcript SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY The SURF SCOTER continued below Parker Dam on Jan 29 (David Vander Pluym). A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Mojave Narrows Regional Park on Feb 1 (Don Ryan). RIVERSIDE COUNTY Three BLACK-THROATED SPARROWS were seen at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area on Jan 30 (Sandy Koonce). The juvenile gray morph *GYRFALCON* continued at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area through Feb 1 (Eleanor Courtney). A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK continued along Ramona Expressway west of Davis Road through Jan 26 (Matt Grube). A WILSON'S WARBLER continued in Mira Loma near the intersection of 66th and Lorena on Jan 29 (Madeline Bauer). IMPERIAL COUNTY Up to four SPRAGUE'S PIPITS continued near the state prison in Calipatria through Jan 30 (Bob Miller, Steve Ritt). A EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea NWR on Jan 26 (Guy McCaskie). Eight LAUGHING GULLS, a HEERMANN'S GULL, a THAYER'S GULL, and a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL were seen at/near Obsidian Butte on Jan 26 (Guy McCaskie). Seven LAUGHING GULLS, a YELLOW-FOOTED GULL, a THAYER'S GULL, a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, and a GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at/near Obsidian Butte on Jan 30 (Steve Ritt). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In general, birds that are on this weekly summary are those that are classified as at least rare in “Birds of Southern California” by Garrett and Dunn, “Birds of the Salton Sea” by Patten, McCaskie, and Unitt, or in “Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley” by Rosenberg, Ohmart, Hunter, and Anderson. Rarity can be regional or seasonal. For example, a nuthatch reported at the Salton Sea, where it is rare, may be on the summary. That same bird reported from the San Bernardino Mountains, where it is common, would not be. A sparrow reported as a rarity in Riverside in July, may be common there in December. To report a bird POST TO INLANDCOUNTYBIRDS (see below)!!! If there is some reason that you cannot post there, or do not want to, e-mail Tom Benson at tbenson AT csusb.edu or call (909) 648-0899. Note that the phone hotline is no longer available. Please submit your documentation of all California Bird Records Committee review species (denoted by asterisks) to: Guy McCaskie, Secretary, P.O. Box 275, Imperial Beach, CA 91933-0275, E-mail: guymcc AT pacbell.net Additionally, CBRC review species and birds of local or seasonal rarity should be reported to the "North American Birds" County Coordinators. They are: IMPERIAL COUNTY: Guy McCaskie, 954 Grove Avenue, Imperial Beach, CA 91932, guymcc AT pacbell.net INYO COUNTY: Tom & Jo Heindel, P.O. Box 400, Big Pine CA 93513, tjheindel AT aol.com KERN COUNTY: Kelli Heindel-Levinson, 1819 Locust Ravine, Bakersfield CA 93306, kkheindel AT gmail.com RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Chet McGaugh, 194 W. Broadbent Dr., Riverside, CA 92507, chetmcgaugh AT earthlink.net SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: Alexander E. 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You can view messages at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inlandcountybirds/ Other birding listservs that include reports of birds in southern California are: Inyo County: http://www.esaudubon.org/birds/ Kern County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kerncobirding Los Angeles County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Pasadena area: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PasadenaAudubon Orange County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding San Diego County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS San Luis Obispo County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding Santa Barbara County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding Ventura County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/venturacobirding California (statewide): http://groups.yahoo.com/CALBIRDS ************ A schedule of San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society field trips is available on the SBVAS website at http://www.sbvas.org/calendar.htm Maps/directions to local birding sites are available on the SBVAS website at http://www.sbvas.org/maps.htm Important Southern California Bird Alert and Wildlife Phone Numbers: Los Angeles RBA (323) 874-1318 Orange County RBA (949) 487-6869 San Diego RBA (619) 688-2473 Southeastern CA Bird Alert report to (909) 648-0899 CalTip (CA Fish & Game) (800) 952-5400 (to report wildlife violations) -- For BirdWest archives go to http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdwest.html To change your subscription options, including your address, go to http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=birdwest To contact a listowner, send a message to mailto:birdwest-request AT listserv.arizona.edu ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Mojave Narrows From: Don Ryan <birdon44 AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:30:15 -0800 (PST) A large kettle of Turkey Vultures was migrating  over Mojave Narrows this afternoon.A female Vermillion Flycatcher was at the NE corner of the dry Horseshoe Lake.In the grazing field north of the lake I found a flock of Canada Geese.One Cackling Goose, and a normal Canada Goose except its neck was white with fine black streaking on nape. Don Ryan , Apple Valley [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: SJWA 5 Falcon Day more From: Merlin_Mira_Loma <max_ab6ns AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:00:19 -0800 BTW, I should have mentioned that while we were watching the Gyrfalcon, a Red-tailed Hawk flew up and chased it off the pole. Great opportunity to see the size of the Gyrfalcon just about matching the size of the hawk. Good birding, Madeline Bauer Mira Loma ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: SJWA 5 Falcon Day From: Merlin_Mira_Loma <max_ab6ns AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:15:43 -0800 The Gyrfalcon was seen around 9 am today (Wed 2/01/2012) on the poles along the duck club road south (southeast) of the corner with the blue porta potty. John Edwards, Bill Hopson and I started the day with a (#1) Prairie Falcon eating breakfast as we drove in on the duck club road, then the (#2) American Kestrels out and about, and #3 the Gyrfalcon. We hadn't really set out to have a 5 falcon day so we went looking (successfully) for the recently reported Sage Thrashers, Black-throated Sparrows, Rufous-crowned Sparrows. Leaving there we saw a (#4) Merlin along Davis road north of headquarters. So having 4, we went back along the duck club road and found (#5) Peregrine Falcon on a pole just south of the gate/no trespassing. Having Bill's camera and a scope, we were able to ID it without trespassing!! Wonderful place! Let's get together and make sure it stays that way! Good birding, Madeline Bauer Mira Loma ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Lucerne Valley AG fields From: raccoonhome AT aol.com Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 18:17:31 -0500 (EST) The agricultural fields off of Camp Rock Road in Lucerne were very birdy to day with outstanding numbers of Mountain Bluebirds and some 30 Sage Thrashers working the 40 acres of dry fields. This warm, weird, weather up here on the mountain has attracted approximately 90 Pinyon Jays to my feeders on January 28. I usually experience this large of a flock in spring. Also the Jeffrey Pines are still dropping pine cones, which is very late. Usually the pine cones all drop in November. Odd! See you out there, Sandy Remley Big Bear Lake [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Big Morongo Canyon Preserve Birdwalk 2/1/12 From: Mark Leggett <palmwarbler AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:10:55 -0800 A goodly number of people participated in today's walk. Here's most of what we saw/heard in no particular order-- Anna's Hummingbird Ruby-crowned Kinglet Western Bluebird Western Scrub-Jay Cooper's Hawk American Kestrel Ladder-backed Woodpecker Nuttall's Woodpecker Northern Flicker (Yellow- and Red-shafted) White-crowned Sparrow House Finch Lesser Goldfinch Oak Titmouse Black Phoebe SAGE THRASHER American Robin California Towhee Bewick's Wren California Thrasher Bushtit Red-tailed Hawk Verdin Hermit Thrush Northern Mockingbird Loggerhead Shrike European Starling Greater Roadrunner Say's Phoebe Turkey Vulture California Quail Gambel's Quail Eurasian Collared-Dove Dark-eyed Junco Cassin's Vireo Please join us on our next walk. Details are on the website at http://www.bigmorongo.org/ Mark Leggett Palm Springs CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Santa Rosa Plateau birdwalk time correction From: Charity Hagen <czy4brds AT verizon.net> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:57:16 -0800 The bird walk on the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve in Murrieta this coming Saturday Feb. 4 begins at 8:30AM, not 8AM as mentioned in my previous post several weeks ago. Sorry for any confusion! Charity Hagen Lake Elsinore ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Continuing Lewis's Woodpeckers Santa Rosa Plateau From: Charity Hagen <czy4brds AT verizon.net> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:53:05 -0800 There are still at least 5 Lewis's Woodpeckers continuing to spend the winter at the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve in Murrieta. They were seen by me and my husband this afternoon in the same area as reported last month, along Monument Hill Rd. near the intersection with the Lomas Trail. We had 5 in view at once, but they fly around so much and disappear so quickly into the oak trees that there may have been more. There is also a flock of Mountain Bluebirds hanging around the dry Vernal Pools near the Vernal Pool trailhead. They can be seen perched on fenceposts or the ground at the two Vernal Pools that are located next to Via Volcano Rd. south of the trailhead. Charity Hagen Lake Elsinore ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Golden Eagle at San Jacinto Wildlife From: "orchidanica" <imagephotopro AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:05:39 -0000 I got some close photos of a Golden Eagle at San Jacinto Wildlife on Mon w of Pond 1 on the rocky hillside to the north of main entrance road. Photos on my Bird Photography Blog at http://imagephotopro.com/BirdPhotography/ Larry Moskovitz ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Re: SESS Gulls - 1/30/12 From: Steve Ritt <stevenmritt AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:25:53 -0800 Oops. The Ferruginous Hawk was SW of Hoober Rd. x Weist Rd.. Steve Ritt San Diego, CA On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Steve Ritt wrote: > Had a great day "target ticking" with Al Williams around the SE end of the > Salton Sea and nearby ag fields (aka - quick stops with many incomplete > searches). > > Gulls were the highlights on the north end of the cove west of Obsidian > Butte, with one continuing, immature Glaucous Gull and one first-cycle > Yellow-footed Gull. I breathed a great sigh of relief after a first-cycle > Thayer's Gull stayed put long enough for me to show and explain it well to > Al, and then spread its wings and flew off for further confirmation > ("tick"!). One first-cycle Glaucous-winged Gull was here as well. Seven > Laughing Gulls were between Obsidian Butte and Lack Rd. x Lindsey Rd.. > > We only had one Sprague's Pipit NE of the Calipatria State Prison, despite > a herculean, two-man-advantage effort. > > One Ferruginous Hawk was SW of Hoober Rd. x Hwy. 115. > > At least 60 Mountain Plover were SE of Bowles Rd x Hwy. 115, and 125 were > SE of Hart Rd. x Hwy. 115. Nice to hear that so many are being found in > the valley now (given that we missed them on the SESS CBC). We had about > 130 Mountain Bluebirds for the day. > > Steve Ritt > San Diego, CA > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: SSSRA From: Robert <rvleo1 AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:41:31 -0800 Our weekly Saturday Birdwalk included a Laughing Gull in Varner Harbor, the Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and the Orange-crowned Warblers are still with us. The Soras continued to show themselves and we had our regular Wilson's Snipe flyby and our usual shorebird friends were present in abundance. During the evening Campfire Program, on birds, a Great Horned Owl made it's presence known while perched atop the flagpole behind the Visitors Center. The regular Friday morning Birdwalk at Dos Palmas Oasis( which meets at the Park Visitors Center )netted a number of White-throated Swifts foraging above us. Call 760-393-3810 for our Birdwalk schedule. Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Prado Reg Park--Jan 25 From: "Melesan" <melesan AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:43:37 -0000 Passed within 5 ft of red tailed hawk on 10 ft stump feeding on something while hiking Como Hills Trail past parking lot 7. Two bald eagles were on stumps below nest that had been occupied by great blue heron east of dam spillway. 2 vermilion flycatchers, 1 in parking lot 7 and another in parking lot 1. Methinks 2 muted swans in parking g lot 6. I have pix on facebook and will try to get them here. Am in WA state til Feb 7. Birded Ridgefield Refuge Sat with group with 5 bald eagles 1 get horned owl and unusual red shouldered for this area. Next Sat to Sauvie Is Refuge near Portland for raptor trip Mel Riverside ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Re: San Jacinto Valley From: "Johnny Bovee" <johnnybovee AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:29:47 -0000 It was brought to my attention that my supposed dark morph Ferruginous Hawk was most likely a continuing HARLAN'S RED-TAILED HAWK. I took some distant shots of the bird while it finished it's breakfast, and was convinced that I was seeing feathered legs when looking at the viewfinder. I'm now looking at the photos on the computer, and there are NO feathered legs. Please forgive my hasty ID, and thanks to Curtis (no last name given) for the email. Johnny Bovee, San Antonio Heights --- In inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com, "Johnny Bovee" wrote: > > I spent this morning (01/30/12) in the San Jacinto Valley. I didn't see the Gyrfalcon, so I spent some time just west of Davis Rd. off of the Ramona Expressway, where I had nice looks at the continuing ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. In the same spot was a dark morph Ferruginous Hawk. > > ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnybovee/6791152507/ > > Johnny Bovee, San Antonio Heights > ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: SESS Gulls - 1/30/12 From: Steve Ritt <stevenmritt AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:16:47 -0800 Had a great day "target ticking" with Al Williams around the SE end of the Salton Sea and nearby ag fields (aka - quick stops with many incomplete searches). Gulls were the highlights on the north end of the cove west of Obsidian Butte, with one continuing, immature Glaucous Gull and one first-cycle Yellow-footed Gull. I breathed a great sigh of relief after a first-cycle Thayer's Gull stayed put long enough for me to show and explain it well to Al, and then spread its wings and flew off for further confirmation ("tick"!). One first-cycle Glaucous-winged Gull was here as well. Seven Laughing Gulls were between Obsidian Butte and Lack Rd. x Lindsey Rd.. We only had one Sprague's Pipit NE of the Calipatria State Prison, despite a herculean, two-man-advantage effort. One Ferruginous Hawk was SW of Hoober Rd. x Hwy. 115. At least 60 Mountain Plover were SE of Bowles Rd x Hwy. 115, and 125 were SE of Hart Rd. x Hwy. 115. Nice to hear that so many are being found in the valley now (given that we missed them on the SESS CBC). We had about 130 Mountain Bluebirds for the day. Steve Ritt San Diego, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: RE: San Jacinto Sage Thrashers From: "Koonce, Sandy" <sandy_koonce AT redlands.edu> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:55:26 -0800 I forgot to add in my report that there were also three BLACK-THROATED SPARROWS in the same general vicinity as the Sage Thrashers, north of the dirt road. Sandy ________________________________________ From: inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com [inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Koonce, Sandy [sandy_koonce AT redlands.edu] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 5:17 PM To: inlandbirds Subject: [inlandcountybirds] San Jacinto Sage Thrashers Following up on the report by Matt Grube, I went to the spot just off Davis Road north of the headquarters that he mentioned this afternoon, and was astonished to see quite a number of SAGE THRASHERS. At one point I had nine (9) in view at one time. This is along the road that heads west from a locked gate out to the olive grove, called Martin Street on Google maps. The birds were mostly south of this dirt road, withing 100 yards of Davis Road. Sandy Sandy Koonce Department of Mathematics University of Redlands, Redlands, CA 92373 sandy_koonce AT redlands.edu ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Imperial Valley 1-28-12 From: Bob Miller <bob.miller AT mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:53:18 -0800 (GMT-08:00) Hi all, Great birding in the valley this past weekend. Spent the first few hours Saturday just standing at Red Hill and the relaxation was great. Spent the rest of the day tagging along and bringing up the rear with Sea and Sage Audubon which was great fun as well. No earth shattering rarities but some fine birds and a great day. A few highlights were seeing four continuing SPARGUE'S PIPIT NE of the Calipatria Prison. MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD were widely scattered and I figured about 200 on the day which seems like an influx to me. We did finally catch up to MOUNTAIN PLOVER. I think I tallied 159 in the NW corner of Rutherford and Hovley Roads north of Brawley. Hovley Road north out of Brawley is currently closed because of freeway construction and may be closed for some time. The three LESSER FLAMINGO were due north of Garst Road in Morton Bay. At Cattle Call Park just at sunset we had our Gila Woodpecker but also had about 200 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN flying very high in formation headed north toward the Salton Sea. They may have come up from Baja or somewhere a bit closer like Fig Lagoon. The rest is me rambling and not more birds so feel free to bail now...... It was the last day of waterfowl season so they were out in force. I got a nice chuckle out of one decoy set off the old rock jetty that is now exposed west of Red Hill. I was scanning everything with my scope and ran across about four decoys that were painted a bit too bright but pretty far apart so figured them to be lost floaters up against the dike. I then panned across a lone Great Egret..... that the wind was tilting a bit, and the bill and...leg were all black. Decoy! So I panned back the other way and was able to just make out the hunter laid out in the rocks but it took awhile. This guy knew what he was doing! I scanned back out and just near the far tip of the dike I caught a small flash of red and had that sudden Black Oystercatcher skip of a heart beat. I watched it for a about a minute and saw it move ever so slightly. I could just make out one leg and part of the body on a sleeping bird and.......it was just the slightest bit of skin showing on the second hunters face! The use of the Great Egret decoy is pretty savvy and it is known as a "confidence" decoy. (!__!) (0V0) HAPPY BIRDING {}~~{} BOB MILLER ='''='''== Southwest Birders Brawley, CA. 92227 Imperial County 760-455-1413 http://www.southwestbirders.com bob.miller "at" mindspring.com HELP I'm birding and I can't stop! Will bird for food! ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: San Jacinto Sage Thrashers From: "Koonce, Sandy" <sandy_koonce AT redlands.edu> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:17:49 -0800 Following up on the report by Matt Grube, I went to the spot just off Davis Road north of the headquarters that he mentioned this afternoon, and was astonished to see quite a number of SAGE THRASHERS. At one point I had nine (9) in view at one time. This is along the road that heads west from a locked gate out to the olive grove, called Martin Street on Google maps. The birds were mostly south of this dirt road, withing 100 yards of Davis Road. Sandy Sandy Koonce Department of Mathematics University of Redlands, Redlands, CA 92373 sandy_koonce AT redlands.edu ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: San Jacinto Valley From: "Johnny Bovee" <johnnybovee AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:14:19 -0000 I spent this morning (01/30/12) in the San Jacinto Valley. I didn't see the Gyrfalcon, so I spent some time just west of Davis Rd. off of the Ramona Expressway, where I had nice looks at the continuing ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. In the same spot was a dark morph Ferruginous Hawk. ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnybovee/6791152507/ Johnny Bovee, San Antonio Heights ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Save the Dates-Pt Reyes Birding & Nature Festival: 4/27-30 From: "will_w04" <will_w04 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:27:30 -0000 2012 Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival April 27-30, 2012 REGISTRATION OPENS IN MID-FEBRUARY! Trips will fill fast! If you'd like to be notified when registration opens, email your request to: prbnfestival at gmail.com (use ' AT ' instead of 'at') Join trips and lectures led by such experts as Rich Stallcup, Alvaro Jaramillo, Peter Pyle, Jules Evens, David Wimpfheimer, Lisa Hug, Joe Morlan, Sarah Allen and Keith Hansen. Observe birds of the ocean, coast, forest and wetlands, and see spring wildflowers, whales, and seals. Offerings also include outings for kids, butterfly and dragonfly walks, a pelagic trip to Cordell Bank, a birding by boat cruise on Tomales Bay, a Saturday night banquet with keynote address by John Muir Laws and much more! The 2012 Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival is sponsored by the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin www.pointreyesbirdingfestival.org . Questions about the festival should be directed to 'prbnfestival at gmail.com' (use ' AT ' instead of 'at'). This notice has been posted on behalf of Carolyn Longstreth, Director, Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival 2012, by Will Wilson of Corte Madera. ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Parker Dam Surf Scoter From: scre AT aol.com Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:24:04 -0500 (EST) The young male SURF SCOTER continues this morning Jan 29 below Parker Dam on the Colorado River, actually on the California side for a change. Good birding David Vander Pluym Lake Havasu City [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Scott's Oriole From: Mark Leggett <palmwarbler AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:08:35 -0800 A male Scott's Oriole was seen last Th, Jan 26, at Coachela Valley Preserve at approx 9:30am. The bird was viewed during the regular birdwalk about midway between the visitor's center and McCallum Pond in the tamarisk trees. I apologize for the late notification. Busy life of a retiree! Mark Leggett Palm Springs CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: San Jacinto - -1/29/2012 From: "mattag2002" <mattgrube AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:15:49 -0000 Spent most of the day in and around San Jacinto Wildlife Area. The Gyrfalcon made a brief flyby at around 7:30 this AM. Those with scopes were able to ID it. I heard second-hand reports that people also saw it in the late morning near the old golf course on Gilman Springs. Just north of the headquarters I was able to spot a Black-throated Sparrow, a Prairie Falcon, Rock Wrens, and about 3 Sage Thrashers. The Rough-legged Hawk continued near Ramona Expressway about 1 mile west of Davis Rd. Got nice views of an American Bittern that lazily crossed the auto-tour road near pond 2. Saw both Golden and Bald Eagles (thanks to Dave Furseth). A Ring-necked Pheasant flew right past me. -Matt Grube ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Male Common Goldeneye, Bald Eagle, Hooded Mergansers - Lake Gregory From: "steve.druce" <steve.druce AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:42:29 -0000 I was able to get to the lake for a little while today and was able to see the male Common Goldeneye that Peter Robertshaw had alerted me to between the boathouse and the South Beach parking lot, as well the two Hooded Mergansers he saw on Thursday a little east of there. As I was walking away from the parking lot area, I got a view of an adult Bald Eagle flying west and disappearing. I hadn't seen a Bald Eagle for a while. Perhaps it has been there but not perching where I could see it from my deck. At least one Red Breasted Nuthatch still visits the suet feeders, along with Yellow Rumped Warblers. I could swear I saw a Red Breasted Nuthatch take cover in the Bluebird nest box (where the White breasted Nuthatches were roosting over night a couple of years ago), but it was so quick, I can't be certain of what I saw. Haven't seen it happen again The White Breasted Nuthatches also still frequent the same feeders. Steve Druce Crestline ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Mira Loma Wilson's Warbler From: Merlin_Mira_Loma <max_ab6ns AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:34:03 -0800 This morning (01/29/2012) an adult male Wilson's Warbler was actively feeding in a leafless willow on the golf course side of 66th and Lorena (the "Common Ground-dove corner"). Wondering if there might now be 2, I checked the willows by the Santa Ana river bottom at Etiwanda in Mira Loma where I have previously seen an adult male (last seen and maybe last checked 1/05/2012). A hummingbird with rufous sides and green back was gathering spider webs in the tamarisks along 66th street just west of Charles. Saturday (1/28/2012) a Western Kingbird (white edges on tail, light gray/whitish breast/chin) was at Etiwanda & 66th Street. Good birding, Madeline Bauer Mira Loma ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Peregrine Falcon at UCR ponds From: mgurbada909 AT earthlink.net Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:50:25 -0800 (GMT-08:00) Fri 01-27-12 around 2 PM, I watched a juvenile Peregrine Falcon make a series of dives at birds near the UCR ponds and fields at Chicago/MLK in Riverside. Mike G. ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Salton Sea IMP From: "Guy McCaskie" <guymcc AT pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:16:38 -0800 I spent the Thursday, 26 January 2011 (7:00 AM to 4:30 PM) along part of the south shore of the Salton Sea and in the Imperial Valley, starting at the IID Wetlands near Niland and in Niland. From here I drove west on Pound Road to Davis Road then birded along the south shore of the Salton Sea to Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, stopping at Morton Bay, Red Hill, Obsidian Butte, the intersection of Lack and Lindsey Roads, and the west end of Bowles Road. From here I moved south into Westmorland, Brawley and El Centro, and ended the day at Fig Lagoon. It was clear with no wind, and with temperatures ranging from 50 to 80 degrees. Species seen - Snow Goose (3000 - including at least three blue-morph birds), Ross's Goose (2000 - including one adult blue-morph bird at the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge HQ), Canada Goose (5 - five together at the west end of Bowles), Gadwall (5), Eurasian Wigeon (1 - one adult male with American Wigeon at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge), American Wigeon (250), Mallard (25), Cinnamon Teal (20), Northern Shoveler (1500), Northern Pintail (200), Green-winged Teal (300), Canvasback (2), Redhead (5), Greater Scaup (1), Lesser Scaup (20), Bufflehead (5), American Goldeneye (6), Ruddy Duck (500), Gambell's Quail (25), Pied-billed Grebe (10), Eared Grebe (750), Western Grebe (30), Clark's Grebe (2), Aechmophorus (50), White Pelican (2500), Brown Pelican (300), Double-crested Cormorant (3000), American Bittern (3), Great Blue Heron (150), Great Egret (200), Snowy Egret (150), Cattle Egret (2500), Green Heron (1), Black-crowned Night-Heron (25), White-faced Ibis (3500), Turkey Vulture (25), Osprey (3), White-tailed Kite (3 - two together at the IID Wetlands and one at the west end of Bowles Road), Northern Harrier (25), Sharp-shinned Hawk (1), Cooper's Hawk (1), Red-shouldered Hawk (1 - one sub-adult at the intersection of International and Pound south of Niland flew to the IID Wetlands), Red-tailed Hawk (20), American Kestrel (25), Merlin (2), Peregrine Falcon (1), Prairie Falcon (1), Sora (5), Common Gallinule (3), American Coot (750), Black-bellied Plover (250 - most at the west end of Bowles Road), Snowy Plover (20), Semipalmated Plover (1), Killdeer (50), Mountain Plover (100 - about one-hundred near the intersection of English and Sinclair north of Calipatria), Black-necked Stilt (150), American Avocet (250), Spotted Sandpiper (1), Greater Yellowlegs (10), Willet (75), Lesser Yellowlegs (5), Long-billed Curlew (500), Marbled Godwit (150), Western Sandpiper (250), Least Sandpiper (350), Dunlin (25), Stilt Sandpiper (50 - about fifty at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge), Long-billed Dowitcher (750), Wilson's Snipe (1), Laughing Gull (8 - eight counted between Obsidian Butte and the intersection of Lack and Lindsey Roads), Heermann's Gull (1 - one adult in alternate-plumage at Obsidian Butte), Ring-billed Gull (1000), California Gull (50), Herring Gull (100), Thayer's Gull (1 - one first-winter bird at Obsidian Butte), Glaucous-winged Gull (1 - one first-winter bird at Obsidian Butte), Caspian Tern (30), Forster's Tern (5), Rock Pigeon (250), Eurasian Collared-Dove (150), Mourning Dove (200), Inca Dove (10), Common Ground-Dove (25), Greater Roadrunner (1), Burrowing Owl (10), Anna's Hummingbird (20), Costa's Hummingbird (1), Belted Kingfisher (1), Gila Woodpecker (3), Ladder-backed Woodpecker (2), Northern Flicker (10), Black Phoebe (20), Say's Phoebe (30), Vermilion Flycatcher (2 - one adult and one young male near the intersection of Pound and Davis Roads), Loggerhead Shrike (6), Common Raven (1), Horned Lark (25), Tree Swallow (150), Barn Swallow (15), Verdin (15), Cactus Wren (1 - one at Cattle Call Park in Brawley), Rock Wren (1 - one at the west end of Bowles Road), Bewick's Wren (1), House Wren (2), Marsh Wren (5), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (10), Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (2), Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (1), Western Bluebird (10 - ten in Niland), American Robin (15), Northern Mockingbird (20), European Starling (250), American Pipit (150), Cedar Waxwing (50), Phainopepla (1), Orange-crowned Warbler (5), Yellow-rumped Warbler (75), Common Yellowthroat (5), Abert's Towhee (25), Vesper Sparrow (1), Savannah Sparrow (75), Song Sparrow (10), Lincoln's Sparrow (5), White-crowned Sparrow (250), Red-winged Blackbird (5000), Western Meadowlark (30), Yellow-headed Blackbird (5), Brewer's Blackbird (100), Great-tailed Grackle (250), Brown-headed Cowbird (150), House Finch (50) and House Sparrow (75) - 132 species. Guy McCaskie Secretary CBRC guymcc AT pacbell.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: SJWA Area: Burrowning Owl From: "Kevin" <kg1240 AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:12:07 -0000 There was a Burrowing Owl beside Davis Road this morning. It was near the first yellow post after Davis becomes a dirt road on your way into SJWA. Best, Kevin Gin Riverside ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: NO Gyrfalcon - 1/26/12 From: Steve Ritt <stevenmritt AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:08:42 -0800 Breaking the silence...no one had any positive Gyr reports today. Plenty of observers in the AM, and few to none in the PM. The Rough-legged Hawk with missing retrices continued along the Ramona Expressway, where the river crosses, east of Martin St. One adult Bald Eagle was NNW of the N end of Davis Rd.. Numerous Ferruginous Hawks were in the area. Six mobile white blobs (Snow/Ross' Goose-types) were on the north end of the easternmost large pond of the SJWA (and a gaggle of about 10 of these blobs were seen in flight earlier). Three Snow Geese were N of N. Kirby St., just SW of the San Jacinto Reservoir. East of Perris, two Burrowing Owls were NE of San Jacinto Ave. x Murrieta Rd, and one was on Santa Rosa Ave., west of Sherman Rd.. A quick check for Mountain Plover in the AM yielded none. The Ramona Egg Ranch had less than 100 Ring-billeds, and two California Gulls around noon. Was I too late? Has anyone had any interesting gulls nearby recently? Thanks, Steve Ritt San Diego, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Imperial Valley birds From: "Koonce, Sandy" <sandy_koonce AT redlands.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:20:32 -0800 I spent a few hours around the south end of the Salton Sea today. At the field on the south side of Sinclair north of the state prison (see Bob Miller's post for excellent directions) I found three (3) SPRAGUE'S PIPITS. There were 13 STILT SANDPIPERS at Unit 1, seen from the new observation tower. I also saw two FERRUGINOUS HAWKS on the day. One was a continuing bird at the intersection of Bannister and Benson, and the other was along Simpson between Blair and Wiest. Sandy Sandy Koonce Department of Mathematics University of Redlands, Redlands, CA 92373 sandy_koonce AT redlands.edu ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Re: Southeastern CA RBA: January 26, 2012 From: "James P. Smith" <keenbirder AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:12:58 -0800 (PST) Tom, Apologies for omitting the date on the Sprague's Pipit - it was January 14th. Cheers, James James P. Smith Gill, MA http://pioneerbirding.blogspot.com/ --- On Thu, 1/26/12, Tom Benson wrote: From: Tom Benson Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: January 26, 2012 To: inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 11:33 AM RBA * California * Southeastern * January 26, 2012 * CASE12.0126 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. Names in the report are generally those of the reporting party and not necessarily the person claiming the first sighting. If you are receiving this report only through Birdwest, you can get MORE FREQUENT AND COMPREHENSIVE UPDATES by subscribing to inlandcountybirds (see below). The bird alert phone line housed at the San Bernardino County Museum is no longer in service. If you have a rare bird to report and must use a phone line, please call 909-648-0899. Birds mentioned: Eurasian Wigeon Surf Scoter Horned Grebe *NEOTROPIC CORMORANT* Swainson's Hawk Rough-legged Hawk *GYRFALCON* Laughing Gull Thayer's Gull Glaucous Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Gilded Flicker Eastern Phoebe Tropical Kingbird Sprague's Pipit Black-throated Sparrow Swamp Sparrow - Transcript SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY A male and female GILDED FLICKER were seen at the Parker Dam residential area on Jan 20 (Bill Shelmerdine). A first cycle GLAUCOUS GULL and two SURF SCOTERS continued at Lake Havasu through Jan 20 (John West, Lauren Harter). A SWAINSON'S HAWK and the continuing TROPICAL KINGBIRD were seen at Prado Regional Park on Jan 22 (Cathy McFadden and Paul Clarke). A *NEOTROPIC CORMORANT* continued below Parker Dam on Jan 22 (David Vander Pluym). A EURASIAN WIGEON and a HORNED GREBE were seen at the Ely Basins in Ontario on Jan 22 (Keith Condon). RIVERSIDE COUNTY A SWAMP SPARROW and an EASTERN PHOEBE were seen on private property in the Prado Basin on Jan 19 (Jim Pike). A BLACK-THROATED SPARROW was seen at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area on Jan 20 (Bob Packard). The juvenile gray morph *GYRFALCON* continued at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area through Jan 25 (John Luther). A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK continued along Ramona Expressway west of Davis Road through Jan 22 (Chet McGaugh). IMPERIAL COUNTY A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen in Niland on Jan 15 and another GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the intersection of Lack and Lindsey on Jan 18 (James Smith). A SPRAGUE'S PIPIT continued near the state prison in Calipatria (no date given; James Smith). Up to five LAUGHING GULLS were seen near Obsidian Butte, and multiple GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS and THAYER'S GULLS were seen along the southeast shore of the Salton Sea Jan 14-18 (James Smith). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In general, birds that are on this weekly summary are those that are classified as at least rare in “Birds of Southern Californiaâ€� by Garrett and Dunn, “Birds of the Salton Seaâ€� by Patten, McCaskie, and Unitt, or in “Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valleyâ€� by Rosenberg, Ohmart, Hunter, and Anderson. Rarity can be regional or seasonal. For example, a nuthatch reported at the Salton Sea, where it is rare, may be on the summary. That same bird reported from the San Bernardino Mountains, where it is common, would not be. A sparrow reported as a rarity in Riverside in July, may be common there in December. To report a bird POST TO INLANDCOUNTYBIRDS (see below)!!! If there is some reason that you cannot post there, or do not want to, e-mail Tom Benson at tbenson AT csusb.edu or call (909) 648-0899. Note that the phone hotline is no longer available. Please submit your documentation of all California Bird Records Committee review species (denoted by asterisks) to: Guy McCaskie, Secretary, P.O. Box 275, Imperial Beach, CA 91933-0275, E-mail: guymcc AT pacbell.net Additionally, CBRC review species and birds of local or seasonal rarity should be reported to the "North American Birds" County Coordinators. They are: IMPERIAL COUNTY: Guy McCaskie, 954 Grove Avenue, Imperial Beach, CA 91932, guymcc AT pacbell.net INYO COUNTY: Tom & Jo Heindel, P.O. Box 400, Big Pine CA 93513, tjheindel AT aol.com KERN COUNTY: Kelli Heindel-Levinson, 1819 Locust Ravine, Bakersfield CA 93306, kkheindel AT gmail.com RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Chet McGaugh, 194 W. Broadbent Dr., Riverside, CA 92507, chetmcgaugh AT earthlink.net SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: Alexander E. Koonce, 1357 Paige Lane, Redlands, CA 92373, sandy_koonce AT redlands.edu ************ In addition the the Southeastern CA RBA, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego County reports are posted on BIRDWEST. To subscribe, send a message to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU with SUBSCRIBE BIRDWEST YOUR NAME in the message (and YOUR NAME = your real name). There is an Inland Counties (San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial) bird report & discussion group. You can view messages at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inlandcountybirds/ Other birding listservs that include reports of birds in southern California are: Inyo County: http://www.esaudubon.org/birds/ Kern County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kerncobirding Los Angeles County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Pasadena area: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PasadenaAudubon Orange County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding San Diego County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS San Luis Obispo County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding Santa Barbara County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding Ventura County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/venturacobirding California (statewide): http://groups.yahoo.com/CALBIRDS ************ A schedule of San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society field trips is available on the SBVAS website at http://www.sbvas.org/calendar.htm Maps/directions to local birding sites are available on the SBVAS website at http://www.sbvas.org/maps.htm Important Southern California Bird Alert and Wildlife Phone Numbers: Los Angeles RBA (323) 874-1318 Orange County RBA (949) 487-6869 San Diego RBA (619) 688-2473 Southeastern CA Bird Alert report to (909) 648-0899 CalTip (CA Fish & Game) (800) 952-5400 (to report wildlife violations) -- For BirdWest archives go to http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdwest.html To change your subscription options, including your address, go to http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=birdwest To contact a listowner, send a message to mailto:birdwest-request AT listserv.arizona.edu ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:   inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Southeastern CA RBA: January 26, 2012 From: Tom Benson <tbenson AT csusb.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:33:53 -0800 RBA * California * Southeastern * January 26, 2012 * CASE12.0126 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. Names in the report are generally those of the reporting party and not necessarily the person claiming the first sighting. If you are receiving this report only through Birdwest, you can get MORE FREQUENT AND COMPREHENSIVE UPDATES by subscribing to inlandcountybirds (see below). The bird alert phone line housed at the San Bernardino County Museum is no longer in service. If you have a rare bird to report and must use a phone line, please call 909-648-0899. Birds mentioned: Eurasian Wigeon Surf Scoter Horned Grebe *NEOTROPIC CORMORANT* Swainson's Hawk Rough-legged Hawk *GYRFALCON* Laughing Gull Thayer's Gull Glaucous Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Gilded Flicker Eastern Phoebe Tropical Kingbird Sprague's Pipit Black-throated Sparrow Swamp Sparrow - Transcript SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY A male and female GILDED FLICKER were seen at the Parker Dam residential area on Jan 20 (Bill Shelmerdine). A first cycle GLAUCOUS GULL and two SURF SCOTERS continued at Lake Havasu through Jan 20 (John West, Lauren Harter). A SWAINSON'S HAWK and the continuing TROPICAL KINGBIRD were seen at Prado Regional Park on Jan 22 (Cathy McFadden and Paul Clarke). A *NEOTROPIC CORMORANT* continued below Parker Dam on Jan 22 (David Vander Pluym). A EURASIAN WIGEON and a HORNED GREBE were seen at the Ely Basins in Ontario on Jan 22 (Keith Condon). RIVERSIDE COUNTY A SWAMP SPARROW and an EASTERN PHOEBE were seen on private property in the Prado Basin on Jan 19 (Jim Pike). A BLACK-THROATED SPARROW was seen at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area on Jan 20 (Bob Packard). The juvenile gray morph *GYRFALCON* continued at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area through Jan 25 (John Luther). A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK continued along Ramona Expressway west of Davis Road through Jan 22 (Chet McGaugh). IMPERIAL COUNTY A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen in Niland on Jan 15 and another GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the intersection of Lack and Lindsey on Jan 18 (James Smith). A SPRAGUE'S PIPIT continued near the state prison in Calipatria (no date given; James Smith). Up to five LAUGHING GULLS were seen near Obsidian Butte, and multiple GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS and THAYER'S GULLS were seen along the southeast shore of the Salton Sea Jan 14-18 (James Smith). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In general, birds that are on this weekly summary are those that are classified as at least rare in “Birds of Southern California” by Garrett and Dunn, “Birds of the Salton Sea” by Patten, McCaskie, and Unitt, or in “Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley” by Rosenberg, Ohmart, Hunter, and Anderson. Rarity can be regional or seasonal. For example, a nuthatch reported at the Salton Sea, where it is rare, may be on the summary. That same bird reported from the San Bernardino Mountains, where it is common, would not be. A sparrow reported as a rarity in Riverside in July, may be common there in December. To report a bird POST TO INLANDCOUNTYBIRDS (see below)!!! If there is some reason that you cannot post there, or do not want to, e-mail Tom Benson at tbenson AT csusb.edu or call (909) 648-0899. Note that the phone hotline is no longer available. Please submit your documentation of all California Bird Records Committee review species (denoted by asterisks) to: Guy McCaskie, Secretary, P.O. Box 275, Imperial Beach, CA 91933-0275, E-mail: guymcc AT pacbell.net Additionally, CBRC review species and birds of local or seasonal rarity should be reported to the "North American Birds" County Coordinators. They are: IMPERIAL COUNTY: Guy McCaskie, 954 Grove Avenue, Imperial Beach, CA 91932, guymcc AT pacbell.net INYO COUNTY: Tom & Jo Heindel, P.O. Box 400, Big Pine CA 93513, tjheindel AT aol.com KERN COUNTY: Kelli Heindel-Levinson, 1819 Locust Ravine, Bakersfield CA 93306, kkheindel AT gmail.com RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Chet McGaugh, 194 W. Broadbent Dr., Riverside, CA 92507, chetmcgaugh AT earthlink.net SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: Alexander E. Koonce, 1357 Paige Lane, Redlands, CA 92373, sandy_koonce AT redlands.edu ************ In addition the the Southeastern CA RBA, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego County reports are posted on BIRDWEST. To subscribe, send a message to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU with SUBSCRIBE BIRDWEST YOUR NAME in the message (and YOUR NAME = your real name). There is an Inland Counties (San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial) bird report & discussion group. You can view messages at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inlandcountybirds/ Other birding listservs that include reports of birds in southern California are: Inyo County: http://www.esaudubon.org/birds/ Kern County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kerncobirding Los Angeles County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds Pasadena area: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PasadenaAudubon Orange County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding San Diego County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS San Luis Obispo County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding Santa Barbara County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding Ventura County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/venturacobirding California (statewide): http://groups.yahoo.com/CALBIRDS ************ A schedule of San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society field trips is available on the SBVAS website at http://www.sbvas.org/calendar.htm Maps/directions to local birding sites are available on the SBVAS website at http://www.sbvas.org/maps.htm Important Southern California Bird Alert and Wildlife Phone Numbers: Los Angeles RBA (323) 874-1318 Orange County RBA (949) 487-6869 San Diego RBA (619) 688-2473 Southeastern CA Bird Alert report to (909) 648-0899 CalTip (CA Fish & Game) (800) 952-5400 (to report wildlife violations) -- For BirdWest archives go to http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdwest.html To change your subscription options, including your address, go to http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=birdwest To contact a listowner, send a message to mailto:birdwest-request AT listserv.arizona.edu ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: gyrfalcon Jan 25 From: John Luther <aplomado-falcon AT att.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:57:39 -0800 (PST) Hi All, The Gyrfalcon was present this morning Wed Jan 25 in Riverside Co in the area previously described.  I arrived at 6:30 AM to 35 degree temperature and the sounds of shotguns, but no fog.  Just as the sun started to sneak up over the mountain to the east at 7 AM the Gyrfalcon appeared from the south and interacted with a Prairie Falcon over the line of poles going south from the parking area.  The Gyrfalcon then flew northeast and the Prairie southwest.  I stayed until about 10 AM with no further sightings of the Gyrfalcon or Prairie.  Sorry for the late report, but I just got home from southern California. John Luther Oakland [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: gyrfalcon Jan 25 From: John Luther <aplomado-falcon AT att.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:57:39 -0800 (PST) Hi All, The Gyrfalcon was present this morning Wed Jan 25 in Riverside Co in the area previously described.  I arrived at 6:30 AM to 35 degree temperature and the sounds of shotguns, but no fog.  Just as the sun started to sneak up over the mountain to the east at 7 AM the Gyrfalcon appeared from the south and interacted with a Prairie Falcon over the line of poles going south from the parking area.  The Gyrfalcon then flew northeast and the Prairie southwest.  I stayed until about 10 AM with no further sightings of the Gyrfalcon or Prairie.  Sorry for the late report, but I just got home from southern California. John Luther Oakland [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:CALBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS Listowners: mailto:CALBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:CALBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:CALBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Falcon? From: Christopher Taylor <calbird AT kiwi.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:22:54 -0800 Bob - I believe Doug A. posted on Tuesday that he did not have the Gyr on Tuesday and today (Wed) is a hunting day. -- Christopher Taylor Marina del Rey, CA http://kiwifoto.com -----Original Message----- From: Bob Miller [mailto:bob.miller AT mindspring.com] To inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, Jan 25, 2012 at 04:20 PM (PST) Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Falcon? [1.1K] Message-Id: <13556033.1327537240713.Jav Hi all, Mighty loud silence from San Jacinto.......... (!__!) (0V0) HAPPY BIRDING {}~~{} BOB MILLER ='''='''== Southwest Birders Brawley, CA. 92227 Imperial County 760-455-1413 http://www.southwestbirders.com bob.miller "at" mindspring.com HELP I'm birding and I can't stop! Will bird for food! ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Falcon? From: Bob Miller <bob.miller AT mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:20:40 -0800 (GMT-08:00) Hi all, Mighty loud silence from San Jacinto.......... (!__!) (0V0) HAPPY BIRDING {}~~{} BOB MILLER ='''='''== Southwest Birders Brawley, CA. 92227 Imperial County 760-455-1413 http://www.southwestbirders.com bob.miller "at" mindspring.com HELP I'm birding and I can't stop! Will bird for food! ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Fw: Salton Sea Glaucous (pics from 01/15 and 01/18) From: "James P. Smith" <keenbirder AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:13:11 -0800 (PST) Greetings birders, With reference to my recent post concerning gulls at the Salton Sea, I've just uploaded several pics of both Glaucous Gulls to my blog. Quality is not the best but should give an impression of each individual; http://pioneerbirding.blogspot.com/2012/01/ca-glaucous-gulls.html Best birding, James James P. Smith Gill, MA http://pioneerbirding.blogspot.com/ --- On Sun, 1/22/12, James P. Smith wrote: From: James P. Smith Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Souther Salton Sea Glaucous and other gulls To: inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012, 8:49 AM   Greetings birders, I haven't seen too many recent posts on gulls from the Southern Salton Sea so I just wanted to report a few notables from my recent group tour in Southern AZ/CA; Glaucous Gull - 2, both first-cyle. One at Niland boat ramp on Jan 15th and another, different bird (brownish blotchy marks in the scapulars and on the flanks) at Lack and Lindsey on 18th. Thayer's Gull - a very nice showing of these. One (first-cycle) at the end of Crummer, just south of Obsidean Butte on Jan 14th. Nine (8 first-cycle, 1 second-cycle) at Niland boat ramp on 15th. Ten plus (mostly first-cycle, but also two second, one third-cycle, and one adult) at various stops between Lack/Lindsey and Red Hill Marina on Jan 18th. Glaucous-winged Gull - three to five scattered throughout the sites mentioned above on Jan 14th, 15th and 18th. Most first-cycle but also two third-cycle. Yellow-footed/Western Gull - 1, second-cycle type but still undetermined, at Niland boat ramp on Jan 15th. Laughing Gull - three to five at the end of Crummer on Jan 14th and 18th. Also several suspected Glaucous-winged x Western hybrids. We had a few other species of note in the area. Two Sage Thrashers seen in a yard in east Niland (whilst looking for the reported Dusk-capped Flycatcher). One Sprague's Pipit in the Calipatria prison fields (thanks to Bob Miller's excellent posted directions). Fifty plus Mountain Plovers in a 'black field' right next to Rt 115 in the vicinity of Gonder Road (SE of Calipatria). Also, a little outside of the area, but in the San Jacinto mountains at the Intersection of Rt 243 and Twin Pines Road we had a nice Golden-crowned Sparrow with a handful of White-crowns. Hopefully I'll be posting some images of some of these gulls within a day or two at the blog link below. Best wishes and good birding, James James P. Smith Gill, MA http://pioneerbirding.blogspot.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Negative on the Gyr From: "Doug" <dwaguillard AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:24:29 -0000 After seeing and photographing the bird last Thursday, I went back this morning and waited and waited for the Gyr to show up. Thinking once the sun would break through the fog, it would show, it did not. I did try to turn a Prairie Falcon into the Gyr, but it didn't work. Checked out Allesandro Rd. and nothing there either. I was there from 7:00 a.m. until 12:40 p.m. Doug Aguillard San Diego, CA doug AT basiclink.com ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: January 22, 2012 SJWA and Pines to Palms Highway From: "suzanne.detwiler" <suzanne.detwiler AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:47:58 -0000 Four of us were attracted by the postings of the gyrfalcon and decided to make a birding day of it in lovely Southern California. All tolled, we saw 87 species (listed at the end of posting). We left Arizona at 6am to arrive at SJWA early enough to see the gyrfalcon because we'd read that it tended to leave the known viewing area around 10:30am. At first, it appeared that we had just missed it despite it only being 8:30, but after 15 minutes or so, the GYRFALCON flew into view. A crowd followed it beyond the outhouse down the dirt road with a canal parallel to it. Unfortunately, at this point two or three people in the lead insisted that no one go farther, claiming a "consensus" to stop that did not exist. We watched from five or so utility poles away until a RED-TAILED HAWK chased it another pole away. Several experienced birders thought it was safe to move up another pole or two, but the couple of men who kept insisting their view was the "consensus" started yelling their objections. I went another pole closer despite their wrath and got an earful of obscenities and a few threats, which was unfortunate especially given that there were children in the group. Nevertheless, I got some decent looks at the beautiful bird without the bird caring in the least. Later, when the bird caught what looked like might have been a coot and was eating it on the ground, the potty-mouths claimed the "consensus" was now that the group get closer, which made the bird fly up with his catch. While in flight, a PEREGRINE FALCON made several dives at the gyrfalcon, which was somewhat surprising given the peregrine looked puny compared to the gyrfalcon! Walking back to the parking area, a WHITE-TAILED KITE flew close by. Those in our party that did not follow the gyrfalcon got GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and a few common ducks near the parking area. As we drove away, the gyrfalcon, fed up with the pesky red-tailed hawk and peregrine falcon, flew to a pole practically right over a bunch of birders gathered near a broken down car along the entrance/exit road (about five poles down from the outhouse) and ate his meal in peace. Other birders quickly gather, this time including and without interference from two of the potty mouths. Everyone got great, close-up looks this time, and I bet there were many great photos taken as well. The first car to decide to call it quits drove off and the rest of us were subjected to another barrage of obscenities shouted by the two potty mouths nearby, this time aimed at the driver. They even got the license plate. Did they think it was a matter for the police? This kind of behavior really shouldn't have any place in a family-friendly hobby like birdwatching. In my view, it has no place anywhere. After we left SJWA, we headed south to hit the Pines to Palms Highway. Several early stops at promising brushy areas produced WESTERN BLUEBIRD, CEDAR WAXWING, AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, OAK TITMOUSE, HERMIT THRUSH, SPOTTED TOWHEE, SCRUB JAY, STELLAR'S JAY, and a few others. Next, we stopped for lunch at the McCall Memorial Park where we were treated to very good looks at two WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKERS that seemed to live in the park. A brushy area on the side of the park opposite the parking lot added to our count LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE, PINE SISKIN, a singing CALIFORNIA THRASHER, CALIFORNIA QUAIL, and BUSHTIT. At our next stop at Lake Hemet, we added PYGMY NUTHATCH, NORTHERN FLICKER, and ACORN WOODPECKER, but the lake was windy and not very birdy in general, so we didn't stay long. Across the highway at Hurky Creek, we saw another white-headed woodpecker and added HAIRY WOODPECKER and a big flock of WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS. Back on the road, just beyond Hemet Lake was a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK posing nicely for us near the road on a low fence post. Next, we went to Pathfinder Ranch, a housing development with some fancy ranches. There we had a NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER. We made a few more stops, including at the Salton Sea off of 84th Street, but we didn't add anything great, just the usual suspects. 1. Greater White-fronted Goose 2. Gadwall 3. Northern Shoveler 4. Northern Pintail 5. Green-winged Teal 6. Bufflehead 7. Ruddy Duck 8. California Quail 9. Eared Grebe 10. American White Pelican 11. Double-crested Cormorant 12. Great Blue Heron 13. Great Egret 14. Snowy Egret 15. White-faced Ibis 16. Turkey Vulture 17. Osprey 18. White-tailed Kite 19. Northern Harrier 20. Red-shouldered Hawk 21. Ret-tailed Hawk 22. American Kestrel 23. Gyrfalcon 24. Peregrine Falcon 25. Prairie Falcon 26. American Coot 27. Black-bellied Plover 28. Semipalmated Plover 29. Killdeer 30. Black-necked Stilt 31. American Avocet 32. Greater Yellowlegs 33. Willet 34. Least Sandpiper 35. Long-billed Dowitcher 36. Bonaparte's Gull 37. Ring-billed Gull 38. California Gull 39. Forster's Tern 40. Rock Pigeon 41. Eurasian Collared-Dove 42. Mourning Dove 43. Anna's Hummingbird 44. Belted Kingfisher 45. Acorn Woodpecker 46. Nuttall's Woodpecker 47. Hairy Woodpecker 48. White-headed Woodpecker 49. Northern Flicker 50. Black Phoebe 51. Say's Phoebe 52. Western Scrub Jay 53. Stellar's Jay 54. American Crow 55. Common Raven 56. Tree Swallow 57. Barn Swallow 58. Mountain Chickadee 59. Oak Titmouse 60. Verdin 61. Bushtit 62. White-breasted Nuthatch 63. Pygmy Nuthatch 64. Ruby-crowned Kinglet 65. Western Bluebird 66. Hermit Thrush 67. American Robin 68. Northern Mockingbird 69. California Thrasher 70. European Starling 71. American Pipit 72. Cedar Waxwing 73. Phainopepla 74. Yellow-rumped Warbler 75. Spotted Towhee 76. Abert's Towhee 77. California Towhee 78. White-crowned Sparrow 79. Dark-eyed Junco 80. Red-winged Blackbird 81. Western Meadowlark 82. Brewer's Blackbird 83. Great-tailed Grackle 84. House Finch 85. Pine Siskin 86. Lawrence's Goldfinch 87. American Goldfinch ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Gyrfalcon 1/23 From: Charity Hagen <czy4brds AT verizon.net> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:47:58 -0800 After dipping on the Gyrfalcon last Thursday me and my husband headed out there this morning after a doctors appointment to see if we could find it. We got there at 10:30 and the bird was perched on the fifth power pole south of the outhouse. On the next pole down a Peregrine Falcon was sitting giving great size comparisons. Shortly after our arrival the Peregrine decided to harass the Gyrfalcon and dive bombed him a couple of time before returning to his perch. Shortly after a Kestrel flies in and starts harassing the Peregrine, actually driving him off and stealing his perch. Due to the weather being kinda cold and light rain off and on(and perhaps even the lack of birders), the Gyrfalcon seemed quite content to just stay put and never moved the whole hour we were there. As we were leaving an adult Bald Eagle flew in and landed on the fourth power pole south of the Gyrfalcon. It was still there when we left at 11:30. Other interesting birds in the area were a few Greater White Fronted Geese and 2 Snow Geese in the ponds to the east of the dirt road. It was a great morning to spend an hour with such a beautiful bird. Charity Hagen Lake Elsinore ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Re: Sab Jacinto 1-21-12 From: Bob Miller <bob.miller AT mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:30:16 -0800 (GMT-08:00) Hi all, again, Two items. I had the wrong date in the subject line and this all happened on Sunday 22 not 21. I can not be the only one curious about how to deal with this bird on eBird and think many others would like some direction on that as well. -----Original Message----- From: Bob Miller Sent: Jan 23, 2012 8:22 AM To: inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com, SDBIRDS AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [SDBIRDS] Sab Jacinto 1-21-12 Hi all, (!__!) (0V0) HAPPY BIRDING {}~~{} BOB MILLER ='''='''== Southwest Birders Brawley, CA. 92227 Imperial County 760-455-1413 http://www.southwestbirders.com bob.miller "at" mindspring.com HELP I'm birding and I can't stop! Will bird for food! ------------------------------------ Subject: Re: [SDBIRDS] Sab Jacinto 1-21-12 From: Bob Miller <bob.miller AT mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:30:16 -0800 (GMT-08:00) Hi all, again, Two items. I had the wrong date in the subject line and this all happened on Sunday 22 not 21. I can not be the only one curious about how to deal with this bird on eBird and think many others would like some direction on that as well. -----Original Message----- From: Bob Miller Sent: Jan 23, 2012 8:22 AM To: inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com, SDBIRDS AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [SDBIRDS] Sab Jacinto 1-21-12 Hi all, (!__!) (0V0) HAPPY BIRDING {}~~{} BOB MILLER ='''='''== Southwest Birders Brawley, CA. 92227 Imperial County 760-455-1413 http://www.southwestbirders.com bob.miller "at" mindspring.com HELP I'm birding and I can't stop! Will bird for food! ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Sab Jacinto 1-21-12 From: Bob Miller <bob.miller AT mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:22:53 -0800 (GMT-08:00) Hi all, Great fun over the weekend! Sunrise at SJWA was spectacular and I had one Barn Owl when I arrived about 5:30 just to enjoy a sunrise like that. Got to see the star attraction Gyrfalcon of course. It was overcast yet calm and in the high 30's maybe. There were 60 to 70 birders present when the bird first appeared at 8:05 to 8:15. More birders were arriving and numerous had moved on when the bird showed again at 9:15 so I would estimate the number of birders present as much closer to 100. I remained in the parking lot most of the time and had really great scope looks at the bird every time it showed but no real photo opportunity. I did not see the Gyrfalcon take the coot but did get to watch it in the scope when it carried it off to a far power pole where a Peregrine Falcon had been most of the morning. The Peregrine made numerous passes at the Gyrfalcon enroute and it was then that I first had a true appreciation for the actual size of this bird because it really gave the impression of an American Kestrel passing at a Peregrine Falcon!! I figured it would stay on that far pole to eat the coot so that was when we decided to go look for the Sage Thrasher reported previosly. The ultimate however was when I was on the way to the other spot and realized Steve and Pete had car trouble. I stopped to offer assistance and the bird flew right by us and landed on the next pole to consume the American Coot and I was able to stick my camera out the window and just look up! AAA had just arrived at the same moment and I bet he thought he had wondered into the Twilight Zone! Later, as a few of us were up a hillside to the west looking at Rufous-crowned Sparrow and such, Howard quipped that with my luck the falcon would probably follow me. It was only a few minutes later when we spotted the Gyrfalcon soaring almost above us with Common Ravens and a Red-tailed Hawk! Too much fun! I put up a video of the Gyrfalcon feeding on the Coot. It can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpyTNYfRhqA See ya at the sea......... (!__!) (0V0) HAPPY BIRDING {}~~{} BOB MILLER ='''='''== Southwest Birders Brawley, CA. 92227 Imperial County 760-455-1413 http://www.southwestbirders.com bob.miller "at" mindspring.com HELP I'm birding and I can't stop! Will bird for food! ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Sab Jacinto 1-21-12 From: Bob Miller <bob.miller AT mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:22:53 -0800 (GMT-08:00) Hi all, Great fun over the weekend! Sunrise at SJWA was spectacular and I had one Barn Owl when I arrived about 5:30 just to enjoy a sunrise like that. Got to see the star attraction Gyrfalcon of course. It was overcast yet calm and in the high 30's maybe. There were 60 to 70 birders present when the bird first appeared at 8:05 to 8:15. More birders were arriving and numerous had moved on when the bird showed again at 9:15 so I would estimate the number of birders present as much closer to 100. I remained in the parking lot most of the time and had really great scope looks at the bird every time it showed but no real photo opportunity. I did not see the Gyrfalcon take the coot but did get to watch it in the scope when it carried it off to a far power pole where a Peregrine Falcon had been most of the morning. The Peregrine made numerous passes at the Gyrfalcon enroute and it was then that I first had a true appreciation for the actual size of this bird because it really gave the impression of an American Kestrel passing at a Peregrine Falcon!! I figured it would stay on that far pole to eat the coot so that was when we decided to go look for the Sage Thrasher reported previosly. The ultimate however was when I was on the way to the other spot and realized Steve and Pete had car trouble. I stopped to offer assistance and the bird flew right by us and landed on the next pole to consume the American Coot and I was able to stick my camera out the window and just look up! AAA had just arrived at the same moment and I bet he thought he had wondered into the Twilight Zone! Later, as a few of us were up a hillside to the west looking at Rufous-crowned Sparrow and such, Howard quipped that with my luck the falcon would probably follow me. It was only a few minutes later when we spotted the Gyrfalcon soaring almost above us with Common Ravens and a Red-tailed Hawk! Too much fun! I put up a video of the Gyrfalcon feeding on the Coot. It can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpyTNYfRhqA See ya at the sea......... (!__!) (0V0) HAPPY BIRDING {}~~{} BOB MILLER ='''='''== Southwest Birders Brawley, CA. 92227 Imperial County 760-455-1413 http://www.southwestbirders.com bob.miller "at" mindspring.com HELP I'm birding and I can't stop! Will bird for food! ------------------------------------ Subject: Ontario From: "catbird117" <catbird117 AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:03:48 -0000 Greetings, Stopped by the settling ponds at Vineyard and Philadelphia(North of the 60). Most of the usual suspects/expected waterfowl were present in respectable numbers.. The highlights were a male Eurasion Wigeon and a Horned grebe. Both of these were in the most westerly pond. Keith Condon Diamond Bar ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Re: SJWA January 22 From: Jimmy McMorran <bigshell53 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:25:49 -0800 Hi Birders, I first want to thank Mark Chappell for understanding that what he first observed and documented was something out of the ordinary, and furthermore, all the others that helped to confirm the ID of this bird! If it wasn't for Mark documenting this falcon so well this bird may have been easily dismissed as a more common species. In addition a big thanks goes to Chet for providing guidance for seeing this amazing bird! What else is pretty cool is that I did have a Five Falcon Day on Friday, 1/20/12, and that I have now seen Gyrfalcon, Peregrine, Prairie, Merlin, Am. Kestrel, and Crested Caracara all at this location!! I was the initial observer (and video-taped) alongside friend Tim Searl for the 2002 caracara observation at SJWA. I will get that video on my vimeo site soon (gotta get a VHS converter!). Of other interest, at first light on the morning of Jan. 20, 2012, I drove Bridge Street and saw two Short-eared Owls, and one Barn Owl. Good Birding, Jimmy McMorran Cardiff CA On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Chet McGaugh wrote: > ** > > > Well. > The San Jacinto Valley and the San Jacinto Wildlife Area were... can there > be any better raptor day in southern California? While several observers, > including me, rejoiced in experiencing a FIVE falcon day, there were Golden > Eagles - 4, Bald Eagle, Rough-legged Hawk, Ferruginous Hawks ~20, uncounted > Red-tailed Hawks -- including a "Harlan's Hawk", Red-shouldered Hawks, > Northern Harriers, Ospreys, White-tailed Kites. Fourteen diurnal raptors > with no effort given to Accipiter habitat. Wow! > I worked this week toward enabling as many birders as possible to see the > Gyrfalcon found and photographed by Mark Chappell on January 15. I expect > that 50-70 birders saw it today. Birder behavior was quite good: I only > noticed one party violating the "don't drive on the berm" and only one > person, a clearly sociopathic woman, decided that her view of the bird was > more important than the collective opinion of the group that we not press > the bird. And I need to vent -- the second hand report and statewide > posting on Tuesday (as the bird was being identified, checked for falconry > equipment and hybrid characters, and discussion of how this bird can best > be protected AND SEEN was taking place) was premature, inappropriate, kind > of rude and gossipy, and not necessary. There was nothing there but > insinuations. > It is a spectacular bird, an amazing find. I really enjoyed seeing old > birding friends and acquaintances, and putting faces with names on emails. > Bruce H. did I miss you? > Chet > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: La Sierra/91 Fwy--Pix of Quail,, Thraster, Towhee From: "Melesan" <melesan AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:39:06 -0000 Saw at least 30 Cal Quail, 8 Cal Towhee, 4 Cal Thrashers, 3 mockingbirds, a red tailed hawk, and possibly a merlin. They all posed for me especially the quail. Pix are posted on Mel/La Sierra album Great place for birding. La Sierra south to Lake Knoll where it bends around to Summer Spring. Back to back backyards have hummingbird feeders with 10-15 feeding at a time. Park on Summer Spring and watch birds come to you as they are very curious. After continue on Lake Knoll to where it ends. Walk down the hill along fire trail (best to the left) where I saw red tail in palm tree then flew down to chimney of house and Merlin (sorry no pic.) ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: SJWA January 22 From: "Chet McGaugh" <chetmcgaugh AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:22:22 -0800 Well. The San Jacinto Valley and the San Jacinto Wildlife Area were... can there be any better raptor day in southern California? While several observers, including me, rejoiced in experiencing a FIVE falcon day, there were Golden Eagles - 4, Bald Eagle, Rough-legged Hawk, Ferruginous Hawks ~20, uncounted Red-tailed Hawks -- including a "Harlan's Hawk", Red-shouldered Hawks, Northern Harriers, Ospreys, White-tailed Kites. Fourteen diurnal raptors with no effort given to Accipiter habitat. Wow! I worked this week toward enabling as many birders as possible to see the Gyrfalcon found and photographed by Mark Chappell on January 15. I expect that 50-70 birders saw it today. Birder behavior was quite good: I only noticed one party violating the "don't drive on the berm" and only one person, a clearly sociopathic woman, decided that her view of the bird was more important than the collective opinion of the group that we not press the bird. And I need to vent -- the second hand report and statewide posting on Tuesday (as the bird was being identified, checked for falconry equipment and hybrid characters, and discussion of how this bird can best be protected AND SEEN was taking place) was premature, inappropriate, kind of rude and gossipy, and not necessary. There was nothing there but insinuations. It is a spectacular bird, an amazing find. I really enjoyed seeing old birding friends and acquaintances, and putting faces with names on emails. Bruce H. did I miss you? Chet [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: leucistic coot From: "alcyonaria" <mcfadden AT hmc.edu> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:54:59 -0000 Forgot to mention in the previous post that there was a very interesting looking leucistic American Coot at Prado today. I've posted a photo in the Miscellaneous folder. Cathy McFadden Claremont ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Prado birds From: "alcyonaria" <mcfadden AT hmc.edu> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:14:18 -0000 A SWAINSON'S HAWK was present at Prado Regional park this morning (Sunday 1/22). It was initially perched in a tree near parking lot 7 and then flew west. The TROPICAL KINGBIRD was active in the same area, ranging along the shore on either side of parking lot 7. An adult BALD EAGLE was perched in trees in the riparian area below the dam spillway, and a GRAY FLYCATCHER was near restroom 3, between soccer fields 1 and 2. A female ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD is building a nest in a large eucalyptus across the road from restroom 3. About a mile north along Euclid Ave. a MERLIN was on powerlines beside the road. Good birding, Cathy McFadden & Paul Clarke Claremont ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Souther Salton Sea Glaucous and other gulls From: "James P. Smith" <keenbirder AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:49:51 -0800 (PST) Greetings birders, I haven't seen too many recent posts on gulls from the Southern Salton Sea so I just wanted to report a few notables from my recent group tour in Southern AZ/CA; Glaucous Gull - 2, both first-cyle. One at Niland boat ramp on Jan 15th and another, different bird (brownish blotchy marks in the scapulars and on the flanks) at Lack and Lindsey on 18th. Thayer's Gull - a very nice showing of these. One (first-cycle) at the end of Crummer, just south of Obsidean Butte on Jan 14th. Nine (8 first-cycle, 1 second-cycle) at Niland boat ramp on 15th. Ten plus (mostly first-cycle, but also two second, one third-cycle, and one adult) at various stops between Lack/Lindsey and Red Hill Marina on Jan 18th. Glaucous-winged Gull - three to five scattered throughout the sites mentioned above on Jan 14th, 15th and 18th. Most first-cycle but also two third-cycle. Yellow-footed/Western Gull - 1, second-cycle type but still undetermined, at Niland boat ramp on Jan 15th. Laughing Gull - three to five at the end of Crummer on Jan 14th and 18th. Also several suspected Glaucous-winged x Western hybrids. We had a few other species of note in the area. Two Sage Thrashers seen in a yard in east Niland (whilst looking for the reported Dusk-capped Flycatcher). One Sprague's Pipit in the Calipatria prison fields (thanks to Bob Miller's excellent posted directions). Fifty plus Mountain Plovers in a 'black field' right next to Rt 115 in the vicinity of Gonder Road (SE of Calipatria). Also, a little outside of the area, but in the San Jacinto mountains at the Intersection of Rt 243 and Twin Pines Road we had a nice Golden-crowned Sparrow with a handful of White-crowns. Hopefully I'll be posting some images of some of these gulls within a day or two at the blog link below. Best wishes and good birding, James James P. Smith Gill, MA http://pioneerbirding.blogspot.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: SBE Parker Dam Neotropic Cormorant From: scre AT aol.com Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:23:29 -0500 (EST) Lauren Harter and I were driving by Parker Dam this evening so we stopped to see the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT. We had seen it earlier this year on the AZ side and it's a long staying bird (possibly never leaves) in the Bill Williams Delta on the AZ side, but wanted to see it this year in California. The bird arrived and circled around on the California shore before landing on the wires below the dam (on the AZ side). Good birding David Vander Pluym Lake Havasu City [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: Bikepath/Tequisquite to Van Buren, Riverside From: Robert Packard <packardr90 AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:55:35 +0000 Nothing rare, but as usual, a nice variety of waterbirds at the sewage treatment plant. Highlights were 11 Wood Duck, Greater Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, all 3 teal, Bonaparte's Gulls, Allen's Hummer, etc. Bob Packard Riverside, CA packardr90 AT hotmail.com > Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:48:23 -0500 > From: do-not-reply AT ebird.org > To: packardr90 AT hotmail.com > Subject: eBird Report - Bikepath/Tequisquite, Jan 21, 2012 > > Bikepath/Tequisquite, Riverside, US-CA > Jan 21, 2012 2:41 PM - 5:00 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 4.4 mile(s) > Comments: By bicycle > 57 species > > Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 11 3 male, 2 female in river. 4 male 2 female at sewage treatment plant > Gadwall (Anas strepera) 91 > American Wigeon (Anas americana) 3 > Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 25 > Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 3 > Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) 17 > Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 25 > Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 1 > Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 1 > Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) 1 > Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 6 > Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 20 > Great Egret (Ardea alba) 2 > Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 4 > Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) 1 > Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 3 > Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 2 > American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 3 > American Coot (Fulica americana) 89 > Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) 55 > Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 1 > Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 7 > Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) 4 > Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) 20 > Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 72 > California Gull (Larus californicus) 10 > Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 2 > Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 1 > Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 9 > Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) 8 > Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) 1 > Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) 1 > Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) (Colaptes auratus [cafer Group]) 3 > Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) 6 > Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) 1 > Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans) 1 > American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 346 > Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) 5 > Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 1 > Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) 1 > American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1 > Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1 > California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) 3 > European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 14 > American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) 3 > Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 4 > Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) (Setophaga coronata auduboni) 11 > California Towhee (Melozone crissalis) 8 > Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 6 > Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) 1 > White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 25 > Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 17 > Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) 5 > House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 45 > Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) 1 > American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 3 > House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 20 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: inlandcountybirds AT eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: inlandcountybirds-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com Subject: RE: Visitors to the SJWA From: Robert Packard <packardr90 AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:11:22 +0000 Just a warning that if SJWA got as much rain as Riverside today, the roads there will be treacherously slippery. And the staff there has stated that they will not pull you out. They are sick of people getting stuck out there. Be careful on any wet roads. Davis Road should be fine, as long as you don't veer near the edges. Bob Packard Riverside, CA packardr90 AT hotmail.com To: bdeuel AT wildblue.net; chetmcgaugh AT earthlink.net; chucao AT coastside.net CC: inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com; calbirds AT yahoogroups.com From: wint AT tdl.com Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:02:33 -0800 Subject: Re: [CALBIRDS] Visitors to the SJWA Falconers often prefer wild birds (passage birds as they are known), but they will take chicks as well. The 2nd state record of a Gyrfalcon was found by falconers near Davis in January 1982. That bird was watched too closely by birders to ever be taken. See letters to the editor in Birding November 2010 pg 12 for an account of what happened with this bird. A adult white-phased female Gyrfalcon can be sold in the Middle East for around $50,000 which is pocket change for many of the Arab falconers in the Middle East. Most U.S. falconers will not fly Gyrs without telemetry because the birds tend to fly in flat straight lines and may fly 20-30 miles in a single flight. The bird in question should have a wire on it somewhere if it belongs to a falconer. I saw the photos and did not see any evidence of a wire. Jon Winter -----Original Message----- From: Alvaro Jaramillo Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 8:46 AM To: 'BRUCE DEUEL' ; 'Chet McGaugh' Cc: inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com ; calbirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [CALBIRDS] Visitors to the SJWA Folks Has there ever been a south of range Gyr thought to be captured by falconers? I thought that free flying falcons made bad birds for falconers, they prefer to work with chicks, nestlings. I have heard of gyrs harvested from nests though! Interestingly nesting sites in Alaska along the birding routes are extremely well publicized and known by birders, everyone seems to know about them. Are we being worried about a potential that is really not all that likely? I am just being curious, not critical. Also, I know that in some circumstances falconers can take birds from the wild (which I totally disagree with!). But what are the laws pertaining to a Gyr south of the breeding areas? Thanks, Alvaro Alvaro Jaramillo chucao AT coastside.net Half Moon Bay, California Field Guides - Birding Tours Worldwide www.fieldguides.com -----Original Message----- From: CALBIRDS AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:CALBIRDS AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of BRUCE DEUEL Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:57 PM To: Chet McGaugh Cc: inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com; calbirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [CALBIRDS] Visitors to the SJWA What happened to not posting the location of this bird to protect it from falconers? 'Course I gotta admit that every other gyr I've heard about has been posted publicly over the years, so maybe someone decided it's not a big deal? Bruce Deuel Red Bluff On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Chet McGaugh wrote: > ** > > > Tomorrow, Saturday, January 21 is a waterfowl hunt day at the San Jacinto > Wildlife. The SJWA in contiguous with the Ramona Duck Club. The poles on > which the Gyrfalcon has been consistently seen is along the road that is > the boundary between the SJWA and the duck club. You may not drive off of > the road that parallels the pole on either side, or on the berms on either > side. You can walk around the ponds between the road and the river channel > (the trees) to the north, if you park in the gravel area by the blue > outhouse. You can drive the pole road south of the blue outhouse until you > come to a No Trespassing sign -- but don't drive on the berms. You can walk > around the ponds east of the road but not onto the duck club property west > of the road. We locals typically do not go to the SJWA on Wednesdays or > Saturdays, so I can't say how the duck club folk or the SJWA personnel will > react to a throng of birders. SJWA staff and duck clubbers have a > longstanding good relationship with birders, but these are the times... Be > nice. Upland game hunting also occurs, and snipe hunting, and someone > mentioned that Sunday may be a pheasant hunt day. > > Another thing -- the Gyr likes the coots, but may not be eating one a day. > It ate one today. Sunday may be a better day for three reasons: it's > feeding pattern, weather, no waterfowl hunting. > > Good luck! It is a spectacular bird! > > Chet > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:CALBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS Listowners: mailto:CALBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:CALBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:CALBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [CALBIRDS] Visitors to the SJWA From: Robert Packard <packardr90 AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:11:22 +0000 Just a warning that if SJWA got as much rain as Riverside today, the roads there will be treacherously slippery. And the staff there has stated that they will not pull you out. They are sick of people getting stuck out there. Be careful on any wet roads. Davis Road should be fine, as long as you don't veer near the edges. Bob Packard Riverside, CA packardr90 AT hotmail.com To: bdeuel AT wildblue.net; chetmcgaugh AT earthlink.net; chucao AT coastside.net CC: inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com; calbirds AT yahoogroups.com From: wint AT tdl.com Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:02:33 -0800 Subject: Re: [CALBIRDS] Visitors to the SJWA Falconers often prefer wild birds (passage birds as they are known), but they will take chicks as well. The 2nd state record of a Gyrfalcon was found by falconers near Davis in January 1982. That bird was watched too closely by birders to ever be taken. See letters to the editor in Birding November 2010 pg 12 for an account of what happened with this bird. A adult white-phased female Gyrfalcon can be sold in the Middle East for around $50,000 which is pocket change for many of the Arab falconers in the Middle East. Most U.S. falconers will not fly Gyrs without telemetry because the birds tend to fly in flat straight lines and may fly 20-30 miles in a single flight. The bird in question should have a wire on it somewhere if it belongs to a falconer. I saw the photos and did not see any evidence of a wire. Jon Winter -----Original Message----- From: Alvaro Jaramillo Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 8:46 AM To: 'BRUCE DEUEL' ; 'Chet McGaugh' Cc: inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com ; calbirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [CALBIRDS] Visitors to the SJWA Folks Has there ever been a south of range Gyr thought to be captured by falconers? I thought that free flying falcons made bad birds for falconers, they prefer to work with chicks, nestlings. I have heard of gyrs harvested from nests though! Interestingly nesting sites in Alaska along the birding routes are extremely well publicized and known by birders, everyone seems to know about them. Are we being worried about a potential that is really not all that likely? I am just being curious, not critical. Also, I know that in some circumstances falconers can take birds from the wild (which I totally disagree with!). But what are the laws pertaining to a Gyr south of the breeding areas? Thanks, Alvaro Alvaro Jaramillo chucao AT coastside.net Half Moon Bay, California Field Guides - Birding Tours Worldwide www.fieldguides.com -----Original Message----- From: CALBIRDS AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:CALBIRDS AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of BRUCE DEUEL Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:57 PM To: Chet McGaugh Cc: inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com; calbirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [CALBIRDS] Visitors to the SJWA What happened to not posting the location of this bird to protect it from falconers? 'Course I gotta admit that every other gyr I've heard about has been posted publicly over the years, so maybe someone decided it's not a big deal? Bruce Deuel Red Bluff On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Chet McGaugh wrote: > ** > > > Tomorrow, Saturday, January 21 is a waterfowl hunt day at the San Jacinto > Wildlife. The SJWA in contiguous with the Ramona Duck Club. The poles on > which the Gyrfalcon has been consistently seen is along the road that is > the boundary between the SJWA and the duck club. You may not drive off of > the road that parallels the pole on either side, or on the berms on either > side. You can walk around the ponds between the road and the river channel > (the trees) to the north, if you park in the gravel area by the blue > outhouse. You can drive the pole road south of the blue outhouse until you > come to a No Trespassing sign -- but don't drive on the berms. You can walk > around the ponds east of the road but not onto the duck club property west > of the road. We locals typically do not go to the SJWA on Wednesdays or > Saturdays, so I can't say how the duck club folk or the SJWA personnel will > react to a throng of birders. SJWA staff and duck clubbers have a > longstanding good relationship with birders, but these are the times... Be > nice. Upland game hunting also occurs, and snipe hunting, and someone > mentioned that Sunday may be a pheasant hunt day. > > Another thing -- the Gyr likes the coots, but may not be eating one a day. > It ate one today. Sunday may be a better day for three reasons: it's > feeding pattern, weather, no waterfowl hunting. > > Good luck! It is a spectacular bird! > > Chet > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:CALBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS Listowners: mailto:CALBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:CALBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:CALBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Visitors to the SJWA From: "Jon" <wint AT tdl.com> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:02:33 -0800 Falconers often prefer wild birds (passage birds as they are known), but they will take chicks as well. The 2nd state record of a Gyrfalcon was found by falconers near Davis in January 1982. That bird was watched too closely by birders to ever be taken. See letters to the editor in Birding November 2010 pg 12 for an account of what happened with this bird. A adult white-phased female Gyrfalcon can be sold in the Middle East for around $50,000 which is pocket change for many of the Arab falconers in the Middle East. Most U.S. falconers will not fly Gyrs without telemetry because the birds tend to fly in flat straight lines and may fly 20-30 miles in a single flight. The bird in question should have a wire on it somewhere if it belongs to a falconer. I saw the photos and did not see any evidence of a wire. Jon Winter -----Original Message----- From: Alvaro Jaramillo Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 8:46 AM To: 'BRUCE DEUEL' ; 'Chet McGaugh' Cc: inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com ; calbirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [CALBIRDS] Visitors to the SJWA Folks Has there ever been a south of range Gyr thought to be captured by falconers? I thought that free flying falcons made bad birds for falconers, they prefer to work with chicks, nestlings. I have heard of gyrs harvested from nests though! Interestingly nesting sites in Alaska along the birding routes are extremely well publicized and known by birders, everyone seems to know about them. Are we being worried about a potential that is really not all that likely? I am just being curious, not critical. Also, I know that in some circumstances falconers can take birds from the wild (which I totally disagree with!). But what are the laws pertaining to a Gyr south of the breeding areas? Thanks, Alvaro Alvaro Jaramillo chucao AT coastside.net Half Moon Bay, California Field Guides - Birding Tours Worldwide www.fieldguides.com -----Original Message----- From: CALBIRDS AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:CALBIRDS AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of BRUCE DEUEL Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:57 PM To: Chet McGaugh Cc: inlandcountybirds AT yahoogroups.com; calbirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [CALBIRDS] Visitors to the SJWA What happened to not posting the location of this bird to protect it from falconers? 'Course I gotta admit that every other gyr I've heard about has been posted publicly over the years, so maybe someone decided it's not a big deal? Bruce Deuel Red Bluff On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Chet McGaugh wrote: > ** > > > Tomorrow, Saturday, January 21 is a waterfowl hunt day at the San Jacinto > Wildlife. The SJWA in contiguous with the Ramona Duck Club. The poles on > which the Gyrfalcon has been consistently seen is along the road that is > the boundary between the SJWA and the duck club. You may not drive off of > the road that parallels the pole on either side, or on the berms on either > side. You can walk around the ponds between the road and the river channel > (the trees) to the north, if you park in the gravel area by the blue > outhouse. You can drive the pole road south of the blue outhouse until you > come to a No Trespassing sign -- but don't drive on the berms. You can walk > around the ponds east of the road but not onto the duck club property west > of the road. We locals typically do not go to the SJWA on Wednesdays or > Saturdays, so I can't say how the duck club folk or the SJWA personnel will > react to a throng of birders. SJWA staff and duck clubbers have a > longstanding good relationship with birders, but these are the times... Be > nice. Upland game hunting also occurs, and snipe hunting, and someone > mentioned that Sunday may be a pheasant hunt day. > > Another thing -- the Gyr likes the coots, but may not be eating one a day. > It ate one today. Sunday may be a better day for three reasons: it's > feeding pattern, weather, no waterfowl hunting. > > Good luck! It is a spectacular bird! > > Chet > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:CALBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS Listowners: mailto:CALBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:CALBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:CALBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com