Welcome to Santa Barbara County Birding. Please feel free to post messages to the group whenever you have bird related items to share such as an unusual...
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jcwings@...
Jul 26, 1999 12:22 am
Hello, While checking out the shorebird situation at the Santa Maria River estuary this morning, I had a single juvenile Baird's Sandpiper. It was on the mud...
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Mark Holmgren
holmgren@...
Jul 26, 1999 3:58 am
Hello Nascent E-Group: We (Dave Compton, Morgan Ball, Melissa Kelly, and I) met Jamie Chavez at the estuary and he alerted us to what he suspected was a...
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Paloma Nieto
palomanieto@...
Jul 26, 1999 9:04 pm
Mist netting and banding at Pino Alto Picnic Area (Figueroa Mtn.) this morning I caught an adult Northern pigmy owl (great little bird). Couldn't tell gender....
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Mark Holmgren
holmgren@...
Jul 28, 1999 1:00 am
Last week I sent to Steve Laymon digital photos of the two Yellow-billed Cuckoos that have been captured and banded in SLO Co. this summer. He viewed them and...
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Mark Holmgren
holmgren@...
Jul 28, 1999 1:29 am
Dick Norton, Topanga, CA ae327@... submitted the report below of a TK at the BR. Following that is response from Paul Lehman. Karen exhorts us to...
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Karen Bridgers
kbridgers@...
Jul 28, 1999 1:43 am
Thanks, Mark. Now everyone will know I'm an idiot! K. ... From: Mark Holmgren <holmgren@...> To: <sbcobirding@eGroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 27,...
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Mark Holmgren
holmgren@...
Jul 28, 1999 2:14 am
Why do you say this? ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Mark Holmgren, Associate Director 805 893-4098 office * Museum of...
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Slobird@...
Jul 30, 1999 11:13 pm
I spent two hours this morning down at the Santa Maria River mouth. The onshore ocean breeze started just as I arrived, but did not increase to the intensity...
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Mark Holmgren
holmgren@...
Jul 31, 1999 7:41 am
Hi Folks, Kevin Lafferty took and transmitted a digital photo today of 2 Least Terns foraging at Devereux Slough mouth. That prompted me to look at Goleta...
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Slobird@...
Jul 31, 1999 12:42 pm
Mark Holmgren's statement that Forster's Terns could be showing up in late July on the coast (Devereux Slough) is further substantiated by what I saw at the...
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brad hines
bkhnca@...
Aug 1, 1999 6:40 am
Is anyone aware of Northern Shrike records from eastern SLOco? SW Kern co?...
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Paloma Nieto
palomanieto@...
Aug 2, 1999 11:47 pm
Figueroa Mtn. was pretty slow this morning (only 5 birds were banded in 6 hours). I did however, net and band a hatch year Hermit Warbler (passing through I'm...
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brad hines
bkhnca@...
Aug 3, 1999 4:24 am
Hello all: I birded the SMRE yesterday morning from 7-9. Not much change from last week: at least three SemiSand continue along with three juv Bairds. Most...
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JHcynwren@...
Aug 6, 1999 6:57 pm
There were 10 Least Terns (1 juv.) on the beach just west of the "Dune Pond" which is just west of Devereaux. There were also 25 Snowy Plovers in the dry...
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Paloma Nieto
palomanieto@...
Aug 7, 1999 9:21 pm
Mist netting at Chorro Flats today didn't produce any rarities but we did mist net 105 birds (a record for the site). Lots of Common yellowthroats (immatures...
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brad hines
bkhnca@...
Aug 8, 1999 7:51 pm
Good afternoon to all, Apparently things are slow to change at SMRE. The Sunday morning highlights include: three SemiSandpipers,one Red Knot,two...
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Gene Lynch
grlynch@...
Aug 8, 1999 8:21 pm
From the Santa Maria river mouth via Brad Hines The Sunday morning highlights include: three SemiSandpipers,one Red Knot,two Bairds,and many juv Leasts and...
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Rebecca Fagan Coulter
impact2@...
Aug 9, 1999 4:08 pm
Hi Joan, Four gallons of sugar water! I hope you have stock in C&H. I didn't see any Costa's when I hiked Aliso Loop on Friday--now I know where they've gone....
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Gene Lynch
grlynch@...
Aug 9, 1999 4:37 pm
Congratulations to Jamie Chavez for creating the Santa Barbara County Birding Group. As reports of migrating birds begin to filter in from local hotspots it's...
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Rebecca Fagan Coulter
impact2@...
Aug 9, 1999 6:39 pm
Hello SB Co. Birding subscribers, You just received a message from me intended to go to Joan Hardie. In replying to her email, I replied to you all. Now you...
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jcwings@...
Aug 10, 1999 4:07 am
Hello, First of all, it might be time for an update on the sbcobirding group. There are now 45 subscribers to this listserve in just about two weeks time....
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Beqrqry@...
Aug 11, 1999 8:28 am
I vote for reply to defaulting to the whole list. Q...
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Karen Bridgers
kbridgers@...
Aug 11, 1999 5:09 pm
Last evening, an adult Curlew Sandpiper in nearly complete breeding plumage was found at the Goleta Sewage Plant on William Moffet Place (between the airport...
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Guy Tingos
gtingos@...
Aug 11, 1999 5:11 pm
An adult Curlew Sandpiper in almost full breeding plumage was found late yesterday at the Goleta Sewage Treatment Plant. The bird was still present this...
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Karen Bridgers
kbridgers@...
Aug 11, 1999 5:26 pm
Late-breaking information from the sewage plant is as follows: There will be no access on Sundays. The plant has agreed to be open for birders THIS SATURDAY...
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Gene Lynch
grlynch@...
Aug 11, 1999 5:49 pm
Last evening, an adult Curlew Sandpiper in nearly complete breeding plumage was found at the Goleta Sewage Plant on William Moffet Place (between the airport...
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Karen Bridgers
kbridgers@...
Aug 12, 1999 1:04 am
The Curlew Sandpiper was still at the Goleta Sewage Plant at 5:30 this evening (Wed.). The people at the plant have really gone out of their way to welcome...
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Dave Compton
DCompton@...
Aug 13, 1999 3:45 pm
Land migration is underway now at Atascadero Creek in Goleta. Last night, between 6:00 and 6:30, there were at least two male Indigo Buntings and three Blue...
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Guy Tingos
gtingos@...
Aug 13, 1999 4:07 pm
On Wednesday, Rebecca and I had at least 6 Blue Grosbeaks and several Lazuli Buntings on Atascadero Creek near Walnut. This morning, there were at least 6...
