I spent Friday 24 March 2023 (6:30 AM to 5:00 PM) looking for birds along part of the shore of the Salton Sea and at a few select locations in the Imperial Valley. I started the day at Fig Lagoon, then drove northward into Brawley, stopping to look at Sheldon Reservoir on the way. In Brawley I looked briefly at the hummingbird feeders on Willard Avenue, then spent some time in Cattle Call Park and far less time at Riverview Cemetery. I then drove northwestward to Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge. From Unit I drove northeastward to the west end of Young Road and followed the seawall northeastward to Obsidian Butte. I then dove east to the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge HQ. At the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge HQ I looked at the ponds adjacent to Rock Hill, the shoreline of the Salton Sea from Rock Hill and around the entry area. From the Refuge HQ I drove east on Pound Road to the southern end of International Avenue in Niland, stopping to look at Morton Bay on the way. From Niland I followed Blair Road to the Calipatria State Prison, then drove southwestward into Calipatria. I looked briefly at the areas along Eddins Road west of town, then drove southeastward to Wiest Lake and southwestward into Brawley. From Brawley I drove south to Evergreen Cemetery in El Centro and on to the southeast corner of El Centro, stopping at Fudge Reservoir and the flooded area adjacent to Neckel Road on the way. After spending time near the southeast corner of El Centro, I drove west to San Diego, stopping to look at Sunbeam Lake and Fig Lagoon on the way. Clear with wind most of the day, and with temperatures ranging from 5 to 75 degrees. Waterfowl are obviously departing northward, and other species such as the wintering Red-tailed Hawks and Says Phoebes are also leaving the Imperial Valley. Some of the early spring migrants, especially Western Kingbirds, had returned. Species seen and/or heard Snow Goose (300), Blue-winged Teal (15), Cinnamon Teal (25), Northern Shoveler (150), Gadwall (20), American Wigeon (30), Mallard (10), Northern Pintail (10), Green-winged Teal (200), Redhead (2), Ring-necked Duck (75 at least seventy-five together at Fig Lagoon), Lesser Scaup (5), Greater/Lesser Scaup (15 all near the west end of Young Road), Bufflehead (5), Ruddy Duck (75), Gambels Quail (15), Pied-billed Grebe (5), Eared Grebe (15), Western Grebe (2), Clarks Grebe (1), Rock Pigeon (100), Eurasian Collared-Dove (200), Inca Dove (15), Common Ground-Dove (25), White-winged Dove (20 including some recently arrived spring migrants), Mourning Dove (20), Greater Roadrunner (2), Black-chinned Hummingbird (2 two adult males near the southeast corner of El Centro known present since 17 March), Annas Hummingbird (15), Costas Hummingbird (2), Rufous Hummingbird (5), Ridgeways Rail (2), Common Gallinule (2), American Coot (100), Black-necked Stilt (50), American Avocet (150), Black-bellied Plover (40), Killdeer (15), Snowy Plover (10), Whimbrel (35), Long-billed Curlew (75), Marbled Godwit (150), Stilt Sandpiper (75 about seventy-five with Long-billed Dowitchers at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge), Dunlin (25 twenty-five at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge), Least Sandpiper (350), Western Sandpiper (250), Least/Western Sandpiper (200), Long-billed Dowitcher (250), Wilsons Snipe (1), Spotted Sandpiper (2), Lesser Yellowlegs (1 one with Greater Yellowlegs at Fig Lagoon), Willet (5), Greater Yellowlegs (30), Ring-billed Gull (500), California Gull (150), Herring Gull (5), Gull-billed Tern (20 birds at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge and Rock Hill courting and developing nests were the first that I have encountered this year four reported by Chris Wills at Rock Hill on 19 March were the earliest this year), Caspian Tern (5), Double-crested Cormorant (50), Neotropic Cormorant (10), White Pelican (15), Least Bittern (1), Great Blue Heron (10), Great Egret (75), Snowy Egret (25), Cattle Egret (1500), Green Heron (1), Black-crowned Night-Heron (2), White-faced Ibis (250), Turkey Vulture (10), Northern Harrier (5), Coopers Hawk (1), Swainsons Hawk (1), Burrowing Owl (5), Belted Kingfisher (2), Gila Woodpecker (5), Northern Flicker (1), American Kestrel (15), Western Kingbird (50), Black Phoebe (10), Vermilion Flycatcher (3), Warbling Vireo (1 one near the southeast corner of El Centro was the first that I have encountered locally this spring), Common Raven (4), Verdin (10), Tree Swallow (30), Northern Rough-winged Swallow (30), Barn Swallow (50), Cliff Swallow (250), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2), Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1), Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (2), Marsh Wren (15), Northern Mockingbird (5), European Starling (150), American Robin (50), House Sparrow (15), American Pipit (100), House Finch (15), Lesser Goldfinch (5), Chipping Sparrow (25), White-crowned Sparrow (100), Savannah Sparrow (25), Song Sparrow (10), Lincolns Sparrow (1), Aberts Towhee (10), Yellow-headed Blackbird (2), Western Meadowlark (25), Hooded Oriole (1 one adult male near the southeast corner of El Centro was known present since 19 March and was the first that I have encountered locally this spring), Bullocks Oriole (6 six adult males together in southwestern Brawley were the first that I have encountered locally this spring), Red-winged Blackbird (1500), Brown-headed Cowbird (35), Brewers Blackbird (75), Great-tailed Grackle (200), Orange-crowned Warbler (5), Yellow Warbler (1 one adult female at Cattle Call Park in Brawley known present for its third winter), Common Yellowthroat (3) and Yellow-rumped Warbler (45) 114 species. Guy McCaskie