I spent Wednesday 5 April 2023 (6:30 AM to 4:30 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 the IID Wetlands near Niland, then drove the short distance north into Niland. In Niland I birded north along International Avenue, west along 4 th Street and south along Luna Street. From Niland I drove northwestward to the Wister Unit HQ (much of the vegetation is gone so not as attractive to landbirds as formerly). I then drove southward on Davis, Schrimpf, Garst and Sinclair Roads to the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge HQ, stopping at Morton Bay and the north end of Garst Road on the way. 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 entrance parking area. I then drove southwestward along the shore of the Salton Sea from Obsidian Butte to the west end of Young Road. From the west end of Young Road I drove southwestward in to Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, stopping briefly at Wiley Reservoir on the way. After spending time at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, I drove southeastward into Brawley. In Brawley I looked briefly at Riverview Cemetery and at the hummingbird feeders on Willard Avenue, then spent a little more time in Cattle Call Park. From Brawley I drove south to near the southeast corner of El Centro, stopping at Fudge Reservoir and the flooded area adjacent to Neckel Road on the way. I then drove west to San Diego, stopping to look at the Rio Bend Golfcourse, Sunbeam Lake and Fig Lagoon on the way. Clear with little to no wind and temperatures ranging from 40 to 75 degrees. Species seen and/or heard Snow Goose (22), Greater White-fronted Goose (1 one with Snow Geese at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge), Blue-winged Teal (10 ten together at the north end of Lack Road), Cinnamon Teal (45), Northern Shoveler (350), Gadwall (15), American Wigeon (5), Mallard (15), Northern Pintail (10), Green-winged Teal (150), Redhead (2 two together at the IID Wetlands near Niland), Ring-necked Duck (105 one-hundred-five together counted on Fig Lagoon), Lesser Scaup (3), Bufflehead (2), Ruddy Duck (150), Gambels Quail (20), Pied-billed Grebe (10), Eared Grebe (150), Western Grebe (1), Clarks Grebe (1), Rock Pigeon (150), Eurasian Collared-Dove (200), Inca Dove (15), Common Ground-Dove (35), White-winged Dove (20), Mourning Dove (35), Greater Roadrunner (3), Black-chinned Hummingbird (6), Annas Hummingbird (10), Costas Hummingbird (1), Rufous Hummingbird (1), Ridgeways Rail (5), Virginia Rail (1), Sora (3), Common Gallinule (1), American Coot (250), Black-necked Stilt (50), American Avocet (150), Black-bellied Plover (150), Killdeer (15), Semipalmated Plover (2), Snowy Plover (20), Whimbrel (250), Long-billed Curlew (150), Marbled Godwit (35), Dunlin (6 six at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge), Least Sandpiper (150), Western Sandpiper (450), Least/Western Sandpiper (500), Long-billed Dowitcher (500), Spotted Sandpiper (2), Willet (35), Greater Yellowlegs (5), Franklins Gull (2 two adults in alternate-plumage at the flooded area adjacent to Neckel Road are the first that I have encountered this year), Ring-billed Gull (50), California Gull (250 including about twenty-five adults at the Rock Hill Ponds that appeared to be establishing nest locations), Herring Gull (1 one adult with other gulls at the flooded area adjacent to Neckel Road), Gull-billed Tern (50 fifty scattered throughout the area with fifteen at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge and eight at Rock Hill those at Rock Hill appeared discouraged to nest by the presence of territorial California Gulls and Caspian Terns), Caspian Tern (60 including at least thirty-five at the Rock Hill Ponds that appeared to be establishing nests), Double-crested Cormorant (20), Neotropic Cormorant (6), White Pelican (35), American Bittern (1 one in flight at the IID Wetlands near Niland), Least Bittern (2), Great Blue Heron (15), Great Egret (30), Snowy Egret (35), Cattle Egret (1500), Green Heron (1), Black-crowned Night-Heron (3), White-faced Ibis (1500), Turkey Vulture (10), Northern Harrier (3), Coopers Hawk (1), Red-tailed Hawk (2), Great Horned Owl (1 one adult at Cattle Call Park in Brawley), Burrowing Owl (5), Gila Woodpecker (4), Ladder-backed Woodpecker (1), American Kestrel (15), Merlin (1 a somewhat late staying female columbarius perched at the west end of McDonald Road), Peregrine Falcon (1 one at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge), Western Kingbird (35), Pacific-slope Flycatcher (1 one near the southeast corner of El Centro is the first that I have encountered locally this year), Black Phoebe (10), Says Phoebe (1 one at the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge HQ where this species has previously nested), Vermilion Flycatcher (6), Common Raven (6), Verdin (10), Bank Swallow (2 two perched on utility lines with Barn Swallows near Red Hill are the first that I have encountered this year), Tree Swallow (25), Northern Rough-winged Swallow (30), Barn Swallow (300), Cliff Swallow (250), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1), Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (3), Marsh Wren (20), Northern Mockingbird (5), European Starling (150), American Robin (3 one in Niland and two at Sunbeam Lake The large numbers present this past winter have evidently moved out of the Imperial Valley), House Sparrow (15), House Finch (25), Lesser Goldfinch (3), Chipping Sparrow (1), White-crowned Sparrow (35), Savannah Sparrow (10), Song Sparrow (10), Aberts Towhee (15), Yellow-headed Blackbird (25), Western Meadowlark (25), Bullocks Oriole (1), Red-winged Blackbird (2500), Bronzed Cowbird (1 one adult male near the south end of International Avenue in Niland is the first that I have encountered this year), Brown-headed Cowbird (35), Brewers Blackbird (50), Great-tailed Grackle (250), Orange-crowned Warbler (2), Nashville Warbler (2) Common Yellowthroat (6), Yellow-rumped Warbler (25), Yellow Warbler (1 one adult female at Cattle Call Park in Brawley known present for its third winter), Wilsons Warbler (1) and Black-headed Grosbeak (1) 122 species. Guy McCaskie