I spent Wednesday 12 April 2023 (6:00 AM to 5:30 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 Fig Lagoon, then drove northward into Brawley, stopping at Sheldon Reservoir and the intersection of Carter and Fites Roads on the way. In Brawley I looked at the hummingbird feeders on Willard Avenue, then at Cattle Call Park and briefly in Riverview Cemetery. From Brawley I drove northwestward to Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge. After looking at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, I drove northeastward to the west end of Young Road. From the west end of Young Road I birded along the seawall to Obsidian Butte, then moved eastward 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 entrance parking area. I then drove eastward to the south end of International Avenue in Niland, stopping to look at Morton Bay on the way. From Niland I drove south through Calipatria into Brawley, stopping to look at Wiest Lake on the way. From Brawley I drove south to the flooded area adjacent to Neckel Road and Evergreen Cemetery in El Centro. I then spent time near the southeast corner of El Centro. From there I drove west to San Diego, stopping to look at the Rio Bend Golf Course, Sunbeam Lake and Fig Lagoon on the way. Mostly overcast with strong wind in the late afternoon, and with temperatures ranging from 60 to 90 degrees. Species seen and/or heard Snow Goose (10 ten together at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge), Brant (37 one at Fig Lagoon in the morning, one at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge and a flock of thirty-five on the Salton Sea between Obsidian Butte and Rock Hill), Blue-winged Teal (12 two near the west end of Young Road, eight together at the north end of Lack Road and two at Fig Lagoon), Cinnamon Teal (50), Northern Shoveler (250), Gadwall (15), American Wigeon (5), Mallard (10), Northern Pintail (6), Green-winged Teal (30), Redhead (2 two at Fig Lagoon), Ring-necked Duck (4 four together on Fig Lagoon), Lesser Scaup (1), Surf Scoter (2 two adult males together on Fig Lagoon in the morning with one still present in the afternoon), White-winged Scoter (1 one female/immature male near the west end of Young Road had worn and faded plumage and probably unable to fly had evidently been present undetected in this area for a considerable time), Hooded Merganser (1 one female at the flooded area adjacent to Neckel Road was probably the same bird reported here by Logan Kahle on 5 April), Red-breasted Merganser (1 one female near the west end of Young Road), Ruddy Duck (100), Gambels Quail (15), Pied-billed Grebe (10), Eared Grebe (100), Western Grebe (6), Clarks Grebe (4), Rock Pigeon (150), Eurasian Collared-Dove (200), Inca Dove (15), Common Ground-Dove (25), White-winged Dove (20), Mourning Dove (35), Greater Roadrunner (3), Black-chinned Hummingbird (10), Annas Hummingbird (6), Costas Hummingbird (1), Rufous Hummingbird (1), Ridgeways Rail (3), Sora (2), Common Gallinule (6), American Coot (250), Black-necked Stilt (40), American Avocet (150), Black-bellied Plover (150), Killdeer (15), Snowy Plover (6), Whimbrel (75), Long-billed Curlew (100), Stilt Sandpiper (5 five with Long-billed Dowitchers at Morton Bay), Sanderling (1 one in basic-plumage at Obsidian Butte), Dunlin (1 one at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge), Least Sandpiper (150), Western Sandpiper (500), Least/Western Sandpiper (500), Long-billed Dowitcher (200), Wilsons Snipe (2), Spotted Sandpiper (5), Willet (15), Greater Yellowlegs (15), Bonapartes Gull (1 one in alternate-plumage at Fig Lagoon was the first that I have encountered locally this year), Franklins Gull (4 three adults in alternate-plumage at the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge HQ and one adult in alternate-plumage at Fig Lagoon), Heermanns Gull (2 two adults in alternate-plumage together with California Gulls at Rock Hill were first seen here by Chris Dean on 31 March), Ring-billed Gull (200), California Gull (100 including about twenty-five adults at the Rock Hill Ponds that appeared to be establishing nest locations), Gull-billed Tern (50 fifty scattered throughout the area with twenty at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge that appeared to be nesting but those at Rock appeared discouraged to attempt nest by the presence of the territorial California Gulls), Caspian Tern (20 those that appeared to be establishing nests at Rock Hill a week ago are gone, evidently displaced by California Gulls), Forsters Tern (3 three at Rock Hill are the first that I have encountered locally this year), Black Skimmer (2 two together near the west end of Young Road), Double-crested Cormorant (10), Neotropic Cormorant (30), White Pelican (6), Least Bittern (1), Great Blue Heron (15), Great Egret (35), Snowy Egret (25), Cattle Egret (1500), Green Heron (1), Black-crowned Night-Heron (5), White-faced Ibis (1500), Turkey Vulture (6), Northern Harrier (1), Coopers Hawk (1), Swainsons Hawk (2 one in flight near the west end of Young Road and one in flight at the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge HQ), Red-tailed Hawk (1), Great Horned Owl (2 one adult near the intersection of Dunaway Road and I-8 at dawn and one adult roosting at Cattle Call Park in Brawley), Burrowing Owl (15), Gila Woodpecker (5), Ladder-backed Woodpecker (1), American Kestrel (15), Western Kingbird (30), Hammonds Flycatcher (1 one near the southeast corner of El Centro), Black Phoebe (10), Says Phoebe (2 two at the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge HQ where this species has previously nested), Vermilion Flycatcher (10), Cassins Vireo (1 one well marked individual near the southeast corner of El Centro was the first that I have encountered this year), Warbling Vireo (1), Common Raven (10), Verdin (10), Tree Swallow (10), Northern Rough-winged Swallow (25), Barn Swallow (300), Cliff Swallow (250), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1), Cedar Waxwing (25 a flock of twenty-five at Riverview Cemetery in Brawley), Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (1), Marsh Wren (20), Northern Mockingbird (5), European Starling (150), American Robin (2 two at Riverview Cemetery in Brawley), House Sparrow (15), House Finch (25), Lesser Goldfinch (2), Chipping Sparrow (10), White-crowned Sparrow (25), Savannah Sparrow (5), Song Sparrow (10), Aberts Towhee (15), Yellow-headed Blackbird (2 - two adult males at the flooded area adjacent to Neckel Road appeared to be defending nesting territories), Western Meadowlark (15), Hooded Oriole (1), Bullocks Oriole (1), Red-winged Blackbird (2500), Bronzed Cowbird (1 one adult male near the south end of International Avenue in Niland was the same bird first seen here on 5 April), Brown-headed Cowbird (30), Brewers Blackbird (50), Great-tailed Grackle (250), Orange-crowned Warbler (5), Nashville Warbler (6), MacGillivrays Warbler (1 one adult male near the southeast corner of El Centro is the first that I have encountered this year), Common Yellowthroat (2), Yellow-rumped Warbler (10 including one Myrtle Warbler in alternate-plumage near the southeast corner of El Centro), Black-throated Gray Warbler (5), Wilsons Warbler (4) and Black-headed Grosbeak (1) 129 species. Guy McCaskie