I spent Wednesday 26 April 2023 (6:00 AM to 4:45 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 southwest to the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge HQ on Pound, Davis, Schrimpf, Garst and Sinclair Roads, stopping to look at the Hunt Club on Pound Road, the east end of Morton Bay and the north end of Garst Road on the way. At the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge HQ I looked 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 Young Road I drove southwestward in to Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge. After spending time at Unit 1, I drove eastward to Wiest Lake, then southwestward into Brawley. In Brawley I only looked at Riverview Cemetery. From Brawley I drove south on Dogwood Road to the southeast corner of El Centro, stopping at the flooded area adjacent to Neckel Road and Evergreen Cemetery in El Centro on the way. I then 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 light wind in the afternoon, and with temperatures ranging from 60 to 95 degrees. Species seen and/or heard Snow Goose (9 nine cripples together at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge), Brant (8 eight together near the west end of Young Road), Blue-winged Teal (6 two together at the east end of Morton Bay and four together at the north end of Lack Road), Cinnamon Teal (60), Northern Shoveler (150), Gadwall (6), American Wigeon (10), Mallard (15), Northern Pintail (2), Green-winged Teal (10), Redhead (10), Ring-necked Duck (13 thirteen together on Fig Lagoon), Lesser Scaup (10), Ruddy Duck (75), Gambels Quail (5), Pied-billed Grebe (5), Eared Grebe (150), Western Grebe (2), Clarks Grebe (10 most on Wiest Lake), Rock Pigeon (50), Eurasian Collared-Dove (200), Inca Dove (20), Common Ground-Dove (25), White-winged Dove (35), Mourning Dove (30), Greater Roadrunner (3), Lesser Nighthawk (2 two roosting in trees at the Hunt Club on Pound Road), Black-chinned Hummingbird (10), Annas Hummingbird (6), Costas Hummingbird (1), Ridgeways Rail (5), Sora (3), Common Gallinule (3), American Coot (200), Black-necked Stilt (150), American Avocet (75), Black-bellied Plover (25), Killdeer (20), Semipalmated Plover (2), Snowy Plover (15), Whimbrel (5), Long-billed Curlew (2), Hudsonian Godwit (1 one male in mostly alternate-plumage with Marbled Godwits at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge is the sixth to be found in Imperial County), Marbled Godwit (8), Red Knot (20 twenty, most in alternate-plumage, along shore of the Salton Sea between the north end of Lack Road and the west end of Young Road), Stilt Sandpiper (35 thirty-five in alternate-plumage at the east end of Morton Bay), Dunlin (2 two in alternate-plumage at the west end of Young Road), Least Sandpiper (25), Western Sandpiper (350), Least/Western Sandpiper (150 most probably Western Sandpipers), Long-billed Dowitcher (100), Spotted Sandpiper (6), Willet (5), Greater Yellowlegs (1), Wilsons Phalarope (10), Red-necked Phalarope (150), Franklins Gull (2 two adults in alternate-plumage together near the west end of Young Road), Ring-billed Gull (150), California Gull (100), Least Tern (3 three adults, one with a small fish in its bill, at the east end of Morton Bay), Gull-billed Tern (125 about sixty-five at Unit 1 of the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge were on nests), Caspian Tern (25), Black Tern (10 ten at the east end of Morton Bay are the first that I have encountered this year), Forsters Tern (45), Black Skimmer (15 most near the west end of Young Road), Common Loon (2 two adult in alternate-plumage together on Fig Lagoon), Double-crested Cormorant (15), Neotropic Cormorant (20), White Pelican (5), Least Bittern (1), Great Blue Heron (10), Great Egret (15), Snowy Egret (10), Cattle Egret (1500), Green Heron (1), Black-crowned Night-Heron (1), White-faced Ibis (2500), Turkey Vulture (5), Northern Harrier (1), Coopers Hawk (1 one at Riverview Cemetery in Brawley where suspected nesting), Red-tailed Hawk (1), Burrowing Owl (10), Gila Woodpecker (5), Ladder-backed Woodpecker (2), American Kestrel (10), Western Kingbird (15), Western Wood-Pewee (1), Black Phoebe (6), Says Phoebe (3 two adults feeding a recently fledged young at the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge HQ), Vermilion Flycatcher (10), Cassins Vireo (1 one near the southeast corner of El Centro), Warbling Vireo (3), Loggerhead Shrike (2 one along Pound Road near Niland and one along Davis Road), Common Raven (6), Verdin (15), Bank Swallow (3 three perched on utility lines with other swallows near Rock Hill), Tree Swallow (25), Northern Rough-winged Swallow (10), Barn Swallow (150), Cliff Swallow (150), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1 one somewhat late migrant near the southeast corner of El Centro known present since 25 April), Cedar Waxwing (35 thirty-five in Niland), Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (2), Marsh Wren (25), Northern Mockingbird (5), European Starling (100), House Sparrow (15), House Finch (35), Lesser Goldfinch (1 one near the southeast corner of El Centro), Song Sparrow (10), Aberts Towhee (10), Yellow-headed Blackbird (2 - two adult males at the flooded area adjacent to Neckel Road), Western Meadowlark (15), Bullocks Oriole (2), Baltimore Oriole (1 one adult male singing at the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge HQ entirely black head and bright orange under-parts), Red-winged Blackbird (500), Bronzed Cowbird (1 one adult male near the south end of International Avenue in Niland was believed to be the same bird first seen here on 5 April), Brown-headed Cowbird (25), Brewers Blackbird (50), Great-tailed Grackle (150), Orange-crowned Warbler (1), Nashville Warbler (5), Common Yellowthroat (15), Yellow Warbler (3), Yellow-rumped Warbler (1), Black-throated Gray Warbler (1), Townsends Warbler (1), Wilsons Warbler (10), Black-headed Grosbeak (3) and Lazuli Bunting (1) 130 species. Guy McCaskie