Today I checked out the wetlands at Los Carneros and Mesa Roads. Not much in the pond on the east side of Los Carneros Road. I found one pair of Ruddy...
A bird haven throughout the year, Coal Oil Point Reserve hosts habitat for over 50 avian species. The sandy beach and dunes at the estuary's mouth is under...
Today, May 1st we birded in the Cuyama Valley following up on some previous postings. First at Richardson's Park in New Cuyama was a male Lawrence's Goldfinch....
On 27 April 2008, Dave Compton and I watched briefly a Great Egret standing in a tree across the E end of Lake Cachuma. We saw it bending and breaking off big...
All: I made various brief stops around Goleta yesterday and saw the following: Devereux: a Red-necked Phalarope and a Greater Yellowlegs Goleta Beach: RT Loon...
A little perspective on Gadwall numbers: Nick's count is higher than any I have record of for this species in Goleta after March and before late summer. I have...
A few interesting birds from SLC-2 on North VAFB today. There is a small pond within walking distance near my work place that only attracts wild pigs and the...
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Karen Vanhorn
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May 3, 2008 4:59 am
A flock of cedar waxwings has been in the white birch trees in the three - hundred block of Rametto Road in Montecito the last two days. Karen Van Horn ...
All: This week (April 25-May 2) in birds for the Santa Maria area: Last Friday I saw a breeding male Green Heron on Highway 166 at Alamo Creek. Lehman...
Saturday 5/3 7:30-10:30 am Farren Road - Nearly all the good birds were in and around the Eucalyptus grove at the top of the hill. These included Western ...
Nothing unusual, but at least it was birdy at Bates Road this morning: Olive-sided and Pacific Slope Flycatchers, Phainopepla, Swainson's Thrushes, Wilson's...
My post this morning should have read Semipalmated Plover at Devereaux this morning, not Semipalmated Sandpiper. Thanks for alerting me, Dave. So many names,...
All: I forgot to mention that I had one of the Cattle Egret at Area K on Thursday. No sign of the Snow Goose. Nick Lethaby DSP/BIOS, DVSDK, Codec Engine, xDAIS...
This morning, May 4th, there was a male Pine Siskin present at our thistle feeder on the southside of Lompoc. This is very late. Saw a female with him on April...
Yesterday (5/3) and this morning, there were 7 WF Ibis at Area K, including 5 alternate plumaged adults. The "uncorrupted" Snow Goose was on the south shore...
All: At the Santa Maria River Estuary, specifically the beach area I saw a flock of Black-bellied Plovers and as they flew one did not have black "armpits" ....
A crow chased after a raven over Palmer Rd in the Solomon Hills Sunday. It was only the second time in a half century that I've seen both species at the same...
Mark et al, This looks fine to me for a Black-bellied Plover in prealternate molt. The bill is to thick, and the legs to long, and it lacks an ear spot,...
Howdy Folks, Sorry to have missed last week's lake notes; here they are: The SCRUB JAY nest in front of the nature center fledged at least 2 youngsters. A pair...
Thanks Oscar! Yes, that is a Black-bellied Plover. One minute after I pushed the send button I figured out that the bill was much too big for a Golden Plover....
All: A quick check today hoping for Gull-billed Terns yielded gulls and terns and many bills ... Goleta Sewage Ponds: 37 Bonaparte's Gulls, an adult Forster's...
A single gambelli White-crowned Sparrow is still in my backyard as of this morning. This is quite late for this subspecies to still be here. Is anyone else...
Sorry for the late notice... On Sunday morning about 8:30 I saw a Yellow-billed Magpie on a wire near the corner of Foothill Road and Calle Laureles in Santa...
It was a learning experience yesterday as Kathleen and I spent about 11 hours biking around Goleta valley looking for birds. The hard part was lugging the...
I checked the Area K portion of Goleta Slough at noon today. I found two white-faced Ibis in with the Egrets and Herons, and the Snow Goose continues. Other...
I checked the small pig pond willows at lunch time today which is just outside my SLC-2 workplace on north Vandenberg AFB. The pigs obviously visit daily. One...
