Hi Everyone: Of interest is that today Marilyn and I went to the Bird Refuge to see what was going on with the former Double-crested Cormorant colony there....
This spring Say's Phoebe are showing up again. Here are some places I've been seeing them. Or see map below (click on each letter once map is opened for...
Mark: Your map doesn't have any locations. Since I don't live in the Storke Ranch I can't comment on the status of two pairs that were in there or nearby. ... ...
Where: Nojoqui Falls County Park When: Saturday May 26, 2012 (9am-12noon) 8am at car pool location Target Birds: yellow-billed magpie, purple martin, blue...
Where: San Jose Creek & Open Space When: Friday, May 25, 2012 (8:30 - 10:30) Leader: Jack Sanford Target Birds: Hummingbirds, woodpeckers, songbirds, maybe...
This morning, I was participating in Krista Fahey's Snowy Plover survey and spent a couple of hours in the western section of the Carp Salt Mark (Estero Way...
At Stow Grove Park, a pair of white-tailed kites have a nest at the top of a conifer in the northeast corner of the park's playing field near Cathedral Oaks...
Mark-- There are at least three or four Say's Phoebes at the Sedgwick reserve. There may be a nesting pair, but that has not been confirmed. Peter Dullea P.O....
All: I did a couple of checks of the Black Swift watchpoint on Old San Marcos Road today. In the late morning I had a flock of 5 go through fairly close, but...
At about 1145 this morning a singing and calling Summer Tanager was found 50 feet down road, southeast, of the first pull out along Devereux Road. It seems to...
A pair were bringing food to a cavity within floodlights above the skating rink just east of city hall in Carpinteria late this afternoon. This is well under...
One singing at 6:45 this morning (5/25) west side of Santa Barbara , 2025 Monterey. Large well wooded lot, just off Mission. Please look from street. Hugh R. ...
Today at noon I found a Greater Yellowlegs in alternate plumage in the northwest corner of the UCSB Lagoon, near the Faculty Club. Either late or very early. ...
Was able to refind the two Sage Sparrows along Catway Road this morning as first reported by Wim and Maggie two weeks ago. Fir Canyon remains VERY birdy with...
5/26/12 Led an SBAS trip at Nojoqui Falls this morning. Cold in the canyon, cloudy skies, and a little breezy. Struck out on Purple Martins but did have...
The road to Red Rock is open again, so I decided this morning to hike to Gibraltar Dam to see what's happening there this spring. The answer: not much as far...
A Yellow-breasted Chat sang from Cieneguitas Creek at the NE corner of San Marcos Foothills this morning. On the link below, click on Point A (the location...
Via Paul Lehman and Guy McCaskie, I received word of a Hawaiian Petrel photographed in Santa Barbara County waters on April 23, 135 statute miles SW of Pt...
Bird Stories: Photos from Africa, Alaska, Brazil, and the West by Ralph A. Clevenger Wednesday May 30, 2012 Farrand Hall, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural...
Here’s a summary of nesting activities of White-tailed Kites in the Goleta Valley so far this breeding season. We have more nesting kites than I can recall...
After our gloomy Audubon walk on Saturday, we went back to Nojoqui Falls Park Sunday morning in the sunshine. Yes! The purple martins were there, nesting in...
An posting to eBird popped up in the review area for a possible Tropical Kingbird seen on Saturday, May 26 at Andree Clark Bird Refuge in SB. I would have...
2 ravens Monday morning over Harris Grade Rd, at bridge over San Antonio Creek, near Hwy 135 west of Los Alamos. Expected in the area, but the timing suggests...
A male investigating the seed feeder in my yard a few minutes ago. A most unexpected yard bird. This location is about 100 hundred yards from Friday's Hooded...
I did a bird survey today from W of Armour Ranch Rd to Santa Ynez city. Not much to report on grassland birds, but Horned Larks were in 3 of 12 stops. ...
Sunday (5/27/12) I observed a female White-Headed Woodpecker just below the peak of Figueroa Mountain hanging out around and consistently returning to a cavity...
This afternoon while traipsing through the Santa Ynez River bed at Buellton I had 3 mature Wood Ducks: an obvious pair and one lone adult male. - Wim van Dam...
Devereux - RN Phalarope Area K - Wilson's Phalarope, 15 WF Ibis The ibis were seen only in flight and landed out of site in the NE corner. Nothing at Mesa x...
