| SPECIES |
WHERE to LOOK |
STATUS |
BEST TIME |
NOTES |
| Blue-footed Booby |
Salton Sea |
Very Rare |
Late summer |
post-breeding visitor from Mexico |
| Brown Booby |
Salton Sea |
Very Rare |
Late summer |
post-breeding visitor from Mexico |
| Black Rail |
Mittry Lake, West Pond |
Common |
Permanent Resident |
best heard in spring |
| Clapper Rail |
Colorado River, Salton Sea |
Uncommon |
Permanent Resident |
best heard in spring |
| Magnificent Frigatebird |
Red Hill Marina (Salton Sea) |
Rare |
Late summer |
|
| Yellow-footed Gull |
Salton Sea (look along shore)
esp. at Obsidian Butte |
Common |
Late summer, fall, a few usually winter |
post-breeding visitor from Mexico |
| Wood Stork |
Salton Sea (sw of Davis Road) |
Uncommon |
Summer |
post-breeding visitor from Mexico |
| Prairie Falcon |
Gila River Valley, Imperial Valley |
Uncommon |
Permanent Resident |
look on telephone poles |
| Peregrine Falcon |
Salton Sea, esp. Davis Road |
Uncommon |
Winter Visitor |
around the old bath house along Davis Rd,
Salton Sea |
| Gilded Flicker |
Camino del Diablo (usually in saguaros) |
Uncommon |
Permanent Resident |
|
| Leconte's Thrasher |
Camino del Diablo (around & in ironweed trees) |
Rare |
Permanent Resident |
best found in late winter/early
spring |
| Crissal Thrasher |
Mittry Lake, Finney Lake (in brush) |
Uncommon |
Permanent Resident |
easiest in very early spring when singing |
