I spent Wednesday 19 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 (no birds) and the intersection of Carter and Fites Roads on the way. In Brawley I looked briefly at the hummingbird feeders on Willard Avenue, then at Cattle Call Park and 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 by way of Sinclair and English Roads to the area adjacent to Eddins Roads west of Calipatria. I then drove south from Calipatria to Brawley, stopping to look at Wiest Lake on the way. From Brawley I drove south to Fudge Reservoir, 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 clear with some wind in the early morning, and with temperatures ranging from 55 to 80 degrees. Species seen and/or heard Snow Goose (9 nine cripples together at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge), Brant (1 one on Fig Lagoon in the early morning), Blue-winged Teal (12 two together on Fig Lagoon and ten together at the north end of Lack Road), Cinnamon Teal (50), Northern Shoveler (150), Gadwall (6), American Wigeon (30 most on Fudge Reservoir near Brawley), Mallard (15), Northern Pintail (2), Green-winged Teal (6), Lesser Scaup (1 one near the west end of Young Road), Surf Scoter (2 two adult females on Fig Lagoon in the early morning were still present in the afternoon), Ruddy Duck (50), Gambels Quail (15), Pied-billed Grebe (5), Eared Grebe (75), Western Grebe (2), Clarks Grebe (10), Rock Pigeon (50), Eurasian Collared-Dove (200), Inca Dove (20), Common Ground-Dove (20), White-winged Dove (15), Mourning Dove (30), Greater Roadrunner (3), Black-chinned Hummingbird (10), Annas Hummingbird (5), Costas Hummingbird (1), Rufous Hummingbird (1), Ridgeways Rail (2), Common Gallinule (3), American Coot (250), Black-necked Stilt (75), American Avocet (35), Black-bellied Plover (100), Killdeer (10), Semipalmated Plover (20), Snowy Plover (10), Whimbrel (125), Long-billed Curlew (50), Marbled Godwit (1), Red Knot (1 one in alternate-plumage at the north end of Lack Road), Stilt Sandpiper (10 ten with other shorebirds near the west end of Young Road), Dunlin (45 most near the west end of Young Road), Least Sandpiper (75), Western Sandpiper (2500), Least/Western Sandpiper (1000 most probably Western Sandpipers), Short-billed Dowitcher (1 one in alternate-plumage near the west end of Young Road presumably caurinus with mostly white vent and undertail-coverts, lacking white scapular fringes and being more orangish on the breast than on Long-billed Dowitchers), Long-billed Dowitcher (150), Spotted Sandpiper (2), Lesser Yellowlegs (1), Willet (10), Greater Yellowlegs (5), Bonapartes Gull (5), Franklins Gull (1 one adult in alternate-plumage on Fig Lagoon in the early morning), Heermanns Gull (1 one adult in alternate-plumage associating with California Gulls at Rock Hill), Ring-billed Gull (200), California Gull (200, Gull-billed Tern (50 about thirty-five at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge appeared prepared to nest), Caspian Tern (25), Forsters Tern (2 two at the flooded area adjacent to Neckel Road), Elegant Tern (2 two adults in alternate-plumage at Fig Lagoon in the early morning) Black Skimmer (15 fifteen at Rock Hill), Pacific Loon (1 one adult in alternate-plumage on Fig Lagoon in the early morning), Common Loon (1 one adult in alternate-plumage on Fig Lagoon in the early morning), Double-crested Cormorant (15), Neotropic Cormorant (5), White Pelican (2), Least Bittern (1), Great Blue Heron (6), Great Egret (25), Snowy Egret (10), Cattle Egret (1500), Green Heron (1), Black-crowned Night-Heron (2), White-faced Ibis (500), Turkey Vulture (6), Northern Harrier (2), Coopers Hawk (1), Red-tailed Hawk (1), Great Horned Owl (1 one adult roosting at Cattle Call Park in Brawley), Burrowing Owl (10), Gila Woodpecker (5), Ladder-backed Woodpecker (1), American Kestrel (10), Peregrine Falcon (1), Western Kingbird (20), Western Wood-Pewee (4), Hammonds Flycatcher (3), Western Flycatcher (1), Black Phoebe (6), Says Phoebe (2 two together at the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge HQ where this species has previously nested), Vermilion Flycatcher (10), Cassins Vireo (1 one near the southeast corner of El Centro), Warbling Vireo (2), Common Raven (6), Verdin (10), Horned Lark (1), Tree Swallow (5), Northern Rough-winged Swallow (20), Barn Swallow (200), Cliff Swallow (250), Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (2), Marsh Wren (15), Northern Mockingbird (5), European Starling (150), American Robin (3 one at the McCabe School and two at the Rio Bend Golf Course), House Sparrow (15), House Finch (25), Lesser Goldfinch (2), Chipping Sparrow (2), White-crowned Sparrow (1 one gambelii near the southeast corner of El Centro was the only White-crowned Sparrow seen virtually all of the wintering birds appear to have departed), Song Sparrow (6), Aberts Towhee (5), Yellow-headed Blackbird (1 - one adult male at the flooded area adjacent to Neckel Road), Western Meadowlark (15), Hooded Oriole (1), Bullocks Oriole (15), Red-winged Blackbird (500), Bronzed Cowbird (1 one adult male at Sunbeam Lake was believed to be the same bird first seen here on 15 April), Brown-headed Cowbird (20), Brewers Blackbird (50), Great-tailed Grackle (200), Orange-crowned Warbler (6), Nashville Warbler (15), Common Yellowthroat (3), Yellow Warbler (1 one adult male near the southeast corner of El Centro was the earliest spring migrant that I have encountered this year), Yellow-rumped Warbler (10), Black-throated Gray Warbler (3), Townsends Warbler (1 one adult male along the seawall was the first that I have encountered locally this year), Wilsons Warbler (15), Black-headed Grosbeak (3) and Lazuli Bunting (1 one adult male near the southeast corner of El Centro was the first that I have encountered this year) 132 species. Guy McCaskie