All, Jim Lomax asked me to post this. He saw an adult male White-headed Woodpecker today (11/30) on La Cumbre Peak. The bird was in the large pine tree west of...
In addition to the 2 Lewis's Woodpeckers around the reservoir, this morning I was treated to an adult Golden Eagle being harassed by a dark morph Red-tailed...
Kyle Braunger just called (1:40pm, 1 December) to say that the Glaucous Gull is again east of the east end of Goleta Beach, just across the slough channel. ...
Is there a handy list of what's considered rare? I've only been in CA for a few years, and only been birding for a few days. I'm barely familiar with a few...
To follow up on Dave Compton's earlier post, the Glaucous Gull was already in the gull flock, east of the slough mouth, when I arrived at about 1:30. I...
As moderator of the group let me chime in here... First of all, welcome to Eric- new member and new birder. Seldom is a member of this or any other birding...
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Mark Holmgren
maholmgren@...
Dec 2, 2007 12:53 am
Eric, It's a more complex question than one might imagine. Imagine 3 balls orbiting your realm of perception. To encounter a rare find, either 1, 2, or 3 of...
I spent an hour birding the lower Riviera area of Santa Barbara, and despite the wind and lack of blooming trees, I saw a nice selection of birds. Orpet Park...
All: Today December 1, 2007 I saw a Pectoral Sandpiper again at the Guadalupe Sewage pasture. This bird is either an adult non-breeding bird, or a juvenile...
This from Jim Lomax again: 20+ Red-Crossbills including half a dozen bright red males at Pino Alto. He also had a Northern Pygmy-Owl along the road in front...
Hi Folks, last night on the way home from work I stopped at the Bradbury Dam overlook. There were 55 CANADA GEESE and among them was one with a white head....
The Botanic Garden's 'roving flock' had at least two Brown Creepers this morning around 11:30, in addition to the usual suspects (the flock was near the wooden...
Howdy Folks, Besides the 55 CANADA GEESE, and the one with an all white head, whatever it is, we're still seeing a lot of the adult BALD EAGLES, and we may...
Today, Sunday, Dec 2nd around 4:45 pm there were 6 continuing Ferruginous Hawk on the southside of Lompoc in the roost tree, a large Torrey Pine at the SW...
At dusk tonight Kathleen and I made a survey of the harbor and wharf areas. In the large Scoter flock, I could not detect a White-winged. There were a half...
S.B. Birders, Today I birded around with two freinds from L.A. here is the list of birds of note. 300 S. Refugio 2 Lewis's Woodpeckers Baseline and Happy Cyn. ...
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Mark Holmgren
maholmgren@...
Dec 3, 2007 3:47 am
Forrest Galante and I birded the West Mesa of San Marcos Foothills this morning. It's still birdable, although the preliminary phases of its destruction are...
I must have just missed Wes, I was at Goleta Beach from 5:00 to 5: 20 and the Glaucous Gull was very visible in the slough right bellow the parking lot. At...
Jamie mentions it is probably best not to tell us about finches at feeders, but he obviously meant HOUSE finches and/or English/House sparrows, since finches...
Dear Erica (and others who muight be wondering), Your best resource would be the checklist of SB county birds prepared by Joan Lentz and Paul Lehmann, and...
Had time to walk to the UCSB Lagoon today for the first time in several days. One Horned Grebe is still present in the west arm near the faculty club....
LPAS's annual fieldtrip to the Mission Hills Wastewater Treatment Plant north of Lompoc is this Saturday Dec 8th at 9:00am. This plant is normally closed to...
Hi Evan and Florence & birders: About the "Birds of Santa Barbara County" checklist that Dave Compton and I have recently revised (2006): It is for sale for $2...
The white headed goose was seen from the dam pull-out this morning. The body had the shape, color and size of the Canadas. The head is round like a Snow...
Hi All: This morning on a walk I had 2 Mountain Chickadees and a Red-breasted Nuthatch in a grove of pines between 1143 and 1147 Glenview Dr. in Montecito....
Joan: Any news of Ground Doves at feeders? I'd like to make sure we check these out for another Ruddy. It's about time we got a good hummer at a feeder here. ...
I think most of these are Greaters. There were both species a couple of weeks ago. We do sometimes get mini-invasions of Greaters. We had one about 4 winters...
With the help of Wes Fritz I got close to the darker juvenile Thayer's gull yesterday and got good photos. Today several of us saw both the darker and the...
