Birders, The following message was posted to sbcobirding off-list so I am sending it on Hugh's behalf. Jamie Chavez Santa Maria, CA ... I am trying to follow...
If you haven't already heard, a Black Vulture has been present in Santa Paula for the past few days. It's not unreasonable to suppose that this is the Santa...
S.B. birders, Yesterday I birded around Santa Maria and Lompoc, birds of note are. Guadalupe Pastures. 1 Dunlin 6 Wilson's Snipe 1 Ross's Goose 2 Cackling type...
S.B. birders, I birded around Goleta today, birds of note are. Tecololito Creek and Hollister, 3 Hooded Mergansers Glenn Anne Golf Course, 1 Greater...
There were two Mountain Bluebirds flycatching along the fence at the corner of Happy Canyon Road and Aliso Road at about 3:00 this afternoon. Peter Dullea P.O....
All: A pair of Mute Swans showed up at Devereux late this morning. 2 (new) Greater Scaup have arrived and there are now 8 Lesser Scaup, at least some of which...
Dec. 2 2PM a female summer tanager in the large sycamore to the west side of the Kiwanis Meadow (above Tuckers Grove).....
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Barbara Millett
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Dec 3, 2009 10:02 pm
A few species of note seen today while walking around the lagoon: Long-billed Curlew - 2, on beach, W. of Campus Point Black Turnstone - 19, on rocks...
Horned Lark most certainly gone--not found in the area of the Manzanita Housing project any time this week. I was not able to locate the Red Knot found earlier...
A late Wednesday afternoon walk turned up a TK on the bluffs only a few yards east of the Cliff House. Down below the ultra low tide exposed sea grasses which...
Kyle Braunger called to say that a Long-tailed Duck that appeared to be the same one that has been at Goleta Bay is currently at Tecolotito Creek in Goleta, in...
I did a casual circuit of Devereux today on foot. The Dune Pond is dry still. The TK was still at COPR. Still a couple of Greater Scaup on the slough (both...
This morning a Red-necked Grebe was off Goleta Pt. The Red Knot was on the rocks below the point and a few Black-vented Shearwaters were flying offshore. Jim...
At the N end of the West Mesa of San Marcos Foothills. At least 9 individual Mountains mixed in with several Western Bluebirds. Also there, in a rock outcrop...
On my way to see the Mountain Bluebirds at San Marcos Foothills, there was a Loggerhead Shrike at the top of the first oak on the right, as you start up the...
I spent an hour or so poking around the lower SB Riviera late this afternoon. There are two White-throated Sparrows at Orpet Park, which is surely the most...
Thank you to Mark Holmgren for alerting us to the Mountain Bluebirds in the Preserve at San Marcos in the San Marcos Foothills. We were there this afternoon,...
The Peregrine Falcon made his way to a tall bare tree in the 2000 block of Santa Barbara Street late in the afternoon. Also a Great Egret has been fishing our...
All: The LTDUs were present at Tecolotito Creek and off the Marine Science Center Parking Lot this AM. Definitely different birds. The 2 WW Scoters and Black...
Yesterday at Devereux I had a late Barn Swallow. Other birds seen the past few days that I hope will stick around for a few more weeks are: the continuing two...
A Eurasian Wigeon was at Deveraux this morning around 10:30 am. It was near the middle of the slough, out in front of the group of Redheads. The two Mute...
12.6.09 I birded the San Marcos foothills from 8am till 10:30 and saw a few nice birds. In the meadow to the R of the parking area, I had a flyover of a large...
Kyle Braunger and I did some birding in Goleta this morning. The best bird was the continuing GRACE'S WARBLER at Bella Vista Open Space in northwest Goleta. ...
I forgot one sighting from today: a Yellow Warbler was in the Pearl Chase Garden at UCSB (near northeast corner of lagoon). I also saw a nice adult male Yellow...
At Kinevan Road in the late morning there was nothing of interest happening. A spot on Kinevan Ranch that usually has Varied Thrush by this time of year had...
All, I found this blog note on a upcoming proposed split (long debated) on the Winter Wren complex. I thought birders might be interested in this since we had...
Valerie Olson, President of MMPC, would be interested in having anyone who takes photos of birds, plants, butterflies and other natural subjects on More Mesa...
