More thoughts on Jamie's note about SM valley fields. I quote Jamie below: "This wasn't a large tract by any means but when the grass was low and water was...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Jul 1, 2000 10:23 pm
Early this afternoon, I heard a Yellow-billed Cuckoo sing a couple of times in the cottonwood-willow riparian along the Santa Ynez River below Sweeny Road,...
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Becky Hoban
bhoban@...
Jul 2, 2000 4:33 am
Hi All, Brad and I stopped by the Gaviota Hot Springs parking lot this morning on the way to Santa Barbara, to see if the previously mentioned Northern Parula...
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Becky Hoban
bhoban@...
Jul 2, 2000 1:40 pm
(Note: I actually posted this message last evening, but for some reason it never actually came through--at least I didn't get it back through sbcobirding. If...
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brad hines
bkhnca@...
Jul 2, 2000 9:06 pm
Hi All The hormonally enriched Northern Parula, found 6/17 at the Gaviota Hot Springs parking lot, was present yesterday morning. The bird continues to attack...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Jul 2, 2000 10:44 pm
The Yellow-billed Cuckoo found yesterday, 100 yards east of the 1.43 mile marker below Sweeny Road east of Lompoc, was seen again this morning around 8am. Dave...
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JHcynwren@...
Jul 3, 2000 10:31 pm
Hello, The first half of the "year 2000" competition is over and us listing lunatics, after appreciating a brief slow down, are ready for fall migration. Some...
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Paul G Rosso
prrosso@...
Jul 4, 2000 2:33 am
There was a Swainson's Hawk flying over Sweeney road in the Lompoc area. This was just before 8am this morning, July 3rd, near the 1.43 mile marker. Paul Rosso...
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Mark Holmgren
holmgren@...
Jul 4, 2000 7:31 am
Hi Folks, Stephen Rothstein reports a flock of blackbirds hanging out near Harder Stadium on UCSB Campus in the last few days of June. Most were Brewer's, ...
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Barbara Millett
millett@...
Jul 4, 2000 7:33 pm
Several observers between 7:30 and 10:30 a.m. this morning had no luck seeing or hearing the Yellow-billed Cuckoo at the Sweeney Rd. spot near Lompoc. Barb...
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bjsmith299@...
Jul 5, 2000 12:18 am
The Northern Parula was still present this morning (July 4) at 8:45 am and putting on quite a show at the Gaviota Hot Springs parking lot. The bird was ...
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Florence Sanchez
sanchez@...
Jul 5, 2000 3:42 pm
On Monday, July 3, my spouse and I went looking for Parulas. No luck at Bates Road, although there was lots of other bird activity. Then on to Alisal Road on...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Jul 5, 2000 4:36 pm
Not that I know much about parulas in particular, but while the bird at Gaviota Hot Springs is singing and very active, and thus accommodating for birders, I...
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Florence Sanchez
sanchez@...
Jul 5, 2000 11:53 pm
A noon-time perusal of the overlook found a pair of Blue-winged Teal, possibly one of the two pair that has been hanging around Devereux Slough. Also present...
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Hugh Smith
hpsmith@...
Jul 7, 2000 9:00 pm
The Northern Parula was seen and photographed yesterday morning at the Gaviota Hot Springs parking lot. If anybody wants to see a cute photo of it attacking...
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Lolo Hummingbird
colibrilolo@...
Jul 8, 2000 3:24 am
There was at least one (maybe 2) Dusky Flycatcher this morning around the Alto Pino Picnic area at Figueroa Mountain. Also there : White-throated Swift,...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Jul 8, 2000 4:59 am
It was my understanding that the flycatcher(s?) was seen along the dirt road about 100 meters past the Pino Alto driveway. Dave Compton ... From: Lolo...
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Liz Mason
eliz@...
Jul 8, 2000 4:10 pm
For a couple months now, one Canada goose has been mingling with the ducks at the Cachuma Lake marina. Liz Mason ...
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Florence Sanchez
sanchez@...
Jul 10, 2000 3:26 pm
The Northern Parula was doing its thing again on Sunday morning at the Gaviota Springs parking lot. It not only attacks its reflection in car windows and...
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Brad Schram
gonebrdn@...
Jul 12, 2000 4:27 am
Hi All: The river mouth today was in fabulous condition for shorebirds. A conservative estimate of 2,000 Western Sandpipers in attendance. Also 1 Elegant...
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Jamie M Chavez
jcwings@...
Jul 12, 2000 4:56 am
Greetings all, Since there are (I believe) only a few records of Snowy Plovers away from the coast in Santa Barbara County, it is probably worth mentioning ...
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Mark Holmgren
holmgren@...
Jul 12, 2000 10:59 pm
Jamie's find of 2 banded Snowy Plovers more than 9 miles inland is of great interest. If any other birders get the Santa Maria Wastewater Treatment Plant in...
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Jamie M Chavez
jcwings@...
Jul 13, 2000 1:57 am
Whoa! Mark... and others, The two banded birds at the Santa Maria Wastewater Treatment Plant were WESTERN SANDPIPERS, not the two Snowy Plovers present there...
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Paloma Nieto
palomanieto@...
Jul 13, 2000 4:07 pm
Everyone, please note that the SM River Mouth is a very sensitive area right now as we have many young snowy plovers that are feeding there as well as chicks...
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John Ayres
jayres37@...
Jul 13, 2000 6:48 pm
Shorebird numbers are beginning to pick up at Ocean Park. I don't recall in recent memory when conditions here have been better at this time of year. Usually...
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John Ayres
jayres37@...
Jul 13, 2000 7:59 pm
This morning there was a Surf Scoter offshore from Destroyer Rock on south VAFB. Not a particularly interesting sighting except for date. According to Lehman,...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Jul 13, 2000 11:10 pm
John and everyone Paul's book lists Surf Scoter as common to locally common on the North Coast. I haven't recently been to Surf (an aptly named hangout for...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Jul 14, 2000 12:16 am
Oops. That's should've been "uncommon to locally common." ... From: Dave Compton [mailto:davcompton@...] Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 3:16 PM To:...
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kbridgers
kbridgers@...
Jul 14, 2000 12:42 am
Bob Hansen reports that this morning at 10:30 he saw what he thought was a female Northern Parula at Gaviota Hot Springs. It was directly behind the restrooms,...
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brad hines
bkhnca@...
Jul 14, 2000 5:12 am
Hi all, An adult Red-necked Stint was observed just west of the trestle at Ocean Park around 5pm today. The bird associated with a small flock of Western...
