My anti-virus software found 'flickr' attempting to incorporate low-level spyware in its cookie. I have not gone to flickr before. Paul Rosso Lompoc, CA ...
Does anyone know of a map that shows our county border at sea? (I plan on taking my gps device on this Saturday's pelagic trip to separate my county birds...
He appeared to be setting up a territory by flying to different dead pines and chasing the flickers away. Seems to hold his own with the acorn woodpeckers too....
I had a very unpleasant birding experience on Saturday afternoon at Devereux Slough, and thought it might be something the community of birders would like to...
This morning,Tuesday, at 8:45, a small goose was seen by itself on the grassy area near the bridge. It wasn't much larger than the coots so I snapped some...
A helpful reminder for birders (myself included because it prompted me to read this again), is the ABA Code of Ethics which applies to both birders and...
Three of us went birding down to Canada Larga today. Perfect weather. We found at least three Lewis' Woodpeckers at the three mile marker in the Walnut trees....
A note about the Lewis's woodpecker at Lake Los Carneros. I saw him fly out and catch an insect that proved to be a yellowjacket when I looked at my photos....
People are strange and birders are stranger. As a serious photographer and birder, I have to walk a thin line between getting an image and not disturbing the...
Just posting a few pictures from class this morning. Photo highlights for me were Blue-winged Teal pairs, Belding Savannah Sparrow bathing and drinking in a...
On Wednesday I saw several raptors in Goleta. Around 9:45AM at Coal Oil Point Reserve in the dead snag on the west side of the channel near the "bridge to...
Birders, I was not present during this incident, but was there earlier in the day, on the other side of the lagoon. It is my understanding that there were some...
Hello all, I took a quick spin around the Rancho Goleta lake around 10:30, Wednesday morning, and did not see the Cackling Goose that was present the prior...
All: Aythya ducks today consisted of 48 Redheads, 3 Ring-necked Ducks, and single female Lesser and Greater Scaup. Still only a single Bufflehead on the...
Nick, That's because they're all at the Cachuma Water Treatment Plant; I counted 14 there on Monday. Melissa Assistant Naturalist Cachuma Lake County Park ...
That's not that many either. Maybe it's just too early. There are usually 12-15 at Devereux and often 30-50 at Goleta Beach. What are you numbers of scaup like...
The adult male Black Scoter found by Jared Dawson last week in Goleta Bay is still around. This morning it was associating with a small flock of Surf Scoters...
The Cackling Goose was seen today, Thursday, 11/05, at 3 p.m. I spoke with our manager at Rancho Goleta and he said he has seen the Cackling Goose every day...
Yesterday I went to Chinese Harbor on Santa Cruz Island via Island Packers with a group of 70 5th graders. We had some almost Fritzian ocean adventures, but...
This morning, Joan Lentz and I toured the bottle brush trees along the park at the Berkeley Bike Bridge; they are full of birds, but we found only the usual...
Nina Bliss and I spent some time this morning around Stow House and the lake. We saw the Lewis' Woodpecker and the Tropical Kingbird IIn the usual spot in the...
Matt Victoria just called. He and Alex Abela are birding in New Cuyama and have a Rough-legged Hawk, light morph, flying around a small orchard, at this...
Visible from Goleta Pt. this morning was a six-some of Scoters that contained a female-type WW Scoter,the continuing male Black Scoter,and 2 male & 2 female S....
Howdy Folks, Large flocks of DARK-EYED JUNCOS and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS have arrived. There have been quite a few HERMIT THRUSHES around too. We had our first...
All: I didn't have much time to look this weekend: Sat: Lewis's Woodpecker and Merlin at LLC Sun: 23 White Pelican, 3 Common Mergansers, GW Teal, and Gadwall...
All: An hour or less before work (ended up birding with Kyle) at LLC revealed the following: American Bittern: Single seen along E. shore opposite the E end of...
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