Date: 1/29/26 6:19 pm From: Thomas Benson via groups.io <tbenson...> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] Southeastern CA RBA: January 29, 2026
RBA
* California
* Southeastern
* January 29, 2026
* CASE26.01.29
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. California Bird Records Committee review species are denoted by asterisks. To report a bird POST TO INLANDCOUNTYBIRDS (https://groups.io/g/inlandcountybirds). If there is some reason that you cannot post there, please e-mail or call/text Tom Benson at <tbenson...> or (909) 648-0899.
The *THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD* continued at Bellevue Memorial Park through Jan 29 (Gary Charlton).
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Two *FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCKS* were seen at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area Jan 27-29 (Becky Knight).
A *WOOD STORK* continued on private property in the Prado Basin through Jan 21 (Rod Jimenez).
A WOODHOUSE'S SCRUB-JAY continued at Palo Verde Ecological Reserve through Jan 28 (Bob Packard).
A WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH of the "Interior West" group continued at Palo Verde Ecological Reserve through Jan 28 (Bob Packard).
IMPERIAL COUNTY
A TROPICAL KINGBIRD and a CASSIN'S KINGBIRD continued in Niland through Jan 25 (Adrian Hinkle).
At least one *CAVE SWALLOW* continued at the Earthrise Nutritionals algae farm in Calipatria through Jan 24 (Samuel Bressler).
A SPRAGUE'S PIPIT continued near the intersection of Albright and Wiest Roads through Jan 25 (Adrian Hinkle).
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Birds included in this weekly summary are those that are considered casual or of less than annual occurrence in San Bernardino, Riverside, or Imperial Counties, or in some cases regionally within these areas. If you do find or see something of interest, whether it be a geographical or seasonal rarity, evidence of local range expansion, or a novel breeding record, I'd recommend sharing that information with the CBRC, North American Birds subregional editors, or regional listservs as appropriate. Information for contacting these entities is available below.
Please submit your documentation of all California Bird Records Committee review species (denoted by asterisks) to CBRC Secretary Tom Benson at <secretary...> or via the CBRC website: https://www.californiabirds.org/report_sighting.html
CBRC review species and birds of local or seasonal rarity should be reported to the North American Birds (https://www.aba.org/north-american-birds/) county coordinators. They are:
IMPERIAL COUNTY: Guy McCaskie, <guymcc...>
INYO COUNTY: Chris and Rosie Howard, <chris93514...>
KERN COUNTY: Kelli Heindel-Levinson, <kkheindel...>
RIVERSIDE COUNTY: David Rankin, <david.rankin...>
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: Alexander E. Koonce, <sandy_koonce...>
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Other dying birding listservs that occasionally include reports of birds in southern California are:
A schedule of San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society field trips is available on the SBVAS website at https://www.sbvas.net/field-trips
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Bird status and distribution references that every southeastern California birder should own:
Birds of southern California: status and distribution (1981), by Kimball L. Garrett and Jon L. Dunn
Birds of the Salton Sea: status, biogeography, and ecology (2003), by Michael A. Patten, Guy McCaskie, and Philip Unitt (update: https://archive.westernfieldornithologists.org/archive/V56/56(2)-p126-p142.pdf)
Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley (1991), by Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Robert D. Ohmart, William C. Hunter, and Bertin W. Anderson
