A posting snafu has delayed this message. My apologies. On Wednesday afternoon at Atascadero Creek, Guy Tingos and I were surprised to find a Chestnut-backed...
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kbridgers
kbridgers@...
Sep 1, 2000 7:01 pm
Hi all Had a good morning of birding Friday. Here are the highlights: At Rocky Nook Park, Joan Lentz and I had great numbers of western migrants. We had about...
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Don DesJardin
birdpix@...
Sep 1, 2000 7:05 pm
This is to let everyone know, that the last day the Ventura County Game Preserve (AKA "The Duck Club") will be open for birding, will be September 14th. It...
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Paul G Rosso
prrosso@...
Sep 2, 2000 12:14 am
The Fall warblers are passing through Miguelito Park in the canyon South of Lompoc. There was a Hermit Warbler and a Tennessee Warbler today Sept 1st around ...
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thelff@...
Sep 2, 2000 5:29 pm
There were 3 bobolinks and 2 indigo buntings at Atascadero creek this morning. The bobolinks were near Turnpike at the bend in the creek and the indigo...
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Kathleen Whitney
kwhit@...
Sep 2, 2000 7:25 pm
Although we had fewer warblers along Atascadero Creek this morning, it is still worth the trip. Bill Mudoch and I had a Nashville warbler, 2 or 3...
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Mark Holmgren
holmgren@...
Sep 2, 2000 10:55 pm
Hi Folks, The Museum just bought a new scope and I'm pleased to report that it works! This morning, Saturday, at the east end of Lake Cachuma as viewed from...
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Barbara Millett
millett@...
Sep 2, 2000 11:43 pm
Conditions at the Santa Maria Rivermouth were perfect for shorebirds this morning, although fewer species were present than have recently been reported. Of...
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Becky Hoban
bhoban@...
Sep 2, 2000 11:57 pm
Hi All, This morning at about 0800 Brad Hines and I found at least one, but probably 2 or more Common Ground Dove located in the lemon grove on the east side...
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kbridgers
kbridgers@...
Sep 3, 2000 12:03 am
Hi all Jim Hodgson reports that this afternoon about 1:00, while scoping the shearwaters off the Santa Maria River mouth, he and five other people saw a ...
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Brad Schram
gonebrdn@...
Sep 3, 2000 11:55 pm
A birder visiting from the east asked me about the status of Bell's Sparrow in Santa Barbara County. Does anyone have current information on their whereabouts...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Sep 4, 2000 1:11 am
Conditions remain good at the Santa Maria River mouth, but nothing unusual was there today. The best birds were two Baird's Sandpipers and a Pectoral ...
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Rebecca Coulter
chriscoulter@...
Sep 5, 2000 12:44 am
Barb Millet and I had two Common Ground Doves this morning on north Glen Annie Road (about 1.4 miles north of Cathedral Oaks). They were in the small lemon...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Sep 5, 2000 1:34 am
I just wanted to add something to Rebecca's post. There's a black mailbox on the west side of the road, about where the road crosses under some wires. I had...
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JHcynwren@...
Sep 5, 2000 6:28 pm
This morning (Sept.5th) at 9 a.m. there were 4 Common Ground-Doves in the lemon grove on the EAST side of Glen Annie Rd. about 1 1/2 miles north of Cathedral...
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Guy Tingos
GTingos@...
Sep 5, 2000 10:30 pm
I just got a interesting report from a coworker. He had an unidentified sparrow circling his boat, 40 miles out to sea from Morro Bay this weekend. The bird...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Sep 7, 2000 2:54 am
The little wetland northeast of the intersection of Mesa and Los Carneros Rds. in Goleta continues to be good for shorebirds, although nothing new has shown...
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jayres37@...
Sep 7, 2000 5:58 pm
At the ponds this morning, I found an empid foraging on the edge of the west side willows with chickadees and a few warblers. It was squat, appeared...
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kbridgers
kbridgers@...
Sep 7, 2000 6:26 pm
Hi all I noticed a large increase in numbers of birds this morning over what was around in the previous two days. The lerpy eucs at Stow House were filled with...
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Florence Sanchez
sanchez@...
Sep 7, 2000 9:04 pm
The little wetland at Mesa and Los Carneros Roads continues to provide good birding. This location is a great spot for beginning birders to try to sort out...
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Guy Tingos
GTingos@...
Sep 8, 2000 4:36 pm
Dave Compton found a Kentucky Warbler around 8:30 this morning on Rincon Creek. The bird was about 40 feet upstream from the Bates Road bridge and was on the...
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Brad Schram
gonebrdn@...
Sep 8, 2000 9:50 pm
Bill Bouton and I "did" Oso Flaco and the Santa Maria River mouth this morning. Oso was so-so with only a few of the usual warblers for the date; the river...
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prussell@...
Sep 9, 2000 1:48 am
The common ground doves where still to be found at 10:30 this morning. 14 rows up from mailbox #1245 on the west side. Good birding! Peter Russell...
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Rebecca Coulter
chriscoulter@...
Sep 9, 2000 4:36 am
Spent about 2 hours this afternoon at Rincon Creek searching in vain for the Kentucky Warbler. I feel pretty sure I heard the call note a couple of times, from...
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thelff@...
Sep 9, 2000 4:50 am
There was an american redstart,rb nuthatch and a warbling vireo at Atascadero Creek this morning near Walnut Ave. Also a macgillivray's warbler at the west end...
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Mark Holmgren
holmgren@...
Sep 9, 2000 7:47 pm
On 7 September, several of us saw a Say's Phoebe on the western portion of San Marcos Foothills. SMF is immediately east of Highway 154 on the north edge of...
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Becky Hoban
bhoban@...
Sep 9, 2000 10:27 pm
Hi All, This morning while birding at the Ponds on VAFB Brad Hines, John Ayres, Gene Lynch, Bob Smith and I had several VERY good looks at a Virginia's ...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Sep 10, 2000 5:22 am
This was posted on the Ventura County list, and I know some of the Santa Barbara County birders may have missed it. Dave Compton This evening (Sat Sept 9)...
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Gene Lynch
grlynch@...
Sep 10, 2000 2:26 pm
To follow up on Mark's posting about Say's Phoebe. Bob Smith saw a Say's Phoebe near the entrance to the Ponds on VAFB yesterday morning also (9 Sep). Gene...
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Mark Holmgren
holmgren@...
Sep 11, 2000 2:05 am
This afternoon there was Baird's Sandpiper in the wetland east of Los Carneros and north of Mesa Road in Goleta. Also present were 4 min Pectoral Sandpipers,...
