This morning at a quick stop at La Cumbre Peak I finally got the (continuing) female Williamson's Sapsucker. Also present were at least 3 Townsend's...
Roadrunner continues. Seen at the northern dead end of camino vista. A red tailed hawk was hoping after it through the bushes as I watched, not quite as fast...
The most interesting bird I spotted on my beach walk at noon today was a large loon in Goleta Bay just east of the bluffs. It was presumably a Common Loon,...
Today, Feb 2nd, the male Vermilion Flycatcher continued on Baseline in the Santa Ynez Valley. It was seen at 9:40 am west of the entrance to 4175 Baseline. It...
Both females. Presumably continuing birds just to the east of Pine avenue and across the street from the UPS building in Goleta. Both in a nearly leafless...
At 8:00 am today, Feb 3rd, the White-throated Sparrow continued on the Lompoc southside. The best place to see it is in the Old LaPurisima Mission Park. It can...
At 8:00 am today, Feb 3rd, the White-throated Sparrow continued on the Lompoc southside. The best place to see it is in the Old LaPurisima Mission Park. It can...
A female Summer Tanager was reported to eBird on January 30 at the end of Coronado in Elwood, but we have minimal details at present. I'd be interested in...
Laguna Creek outfall: 3 CACKLING GEESE, 1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Garden St just north of the RR: PALM WARBLER Dave Compton Santa Barbara [Non-text...
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Feb 3, around noon: both male and female Vermilion Flycatchers continue at that location. The male showed up within 5 minutes of my arrival and continued on...
In my yard just now, I noticed the PRAIRIE FALCON fly in and perch atop a snag. It is the same petite male I obtained photos of previously. I went for the...
Santa Barbara Audubon offers volunteer opportunities to learn techniques of nest monitoring for two species(1) Tree Swallows in nest boxes at Lake Los Carneros...
Sage thrasher today (now) on Armour Ranch Rd, in "paddock" east of longspur spot. Also got a Grasshopper Sparrow here today w Liz Muraoka and the Rickys Maggie...
No luck on the longspurs, but both LEWIS' WOODPECKERS and a small mixed flock of Western & MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS were in the valley oaks just south of 5200 around...
3 WOOD DUCKS at LLC: from Stowe House cross over bridge and follow path to right until reaching point where Eucs begin (just before path turns down a little...
Yesterday Maggie Sherriffs, Liz Muraoka, Don, and I had a fantastic day of birding in the Santa Ynez Valley. Here are a few photos of the male Vermilion...
Six putting on a show this morning at Refugio Road and Santa Ynez River crossing. Two Red Shouldered hawks, a Sharp Shinned and a Merlin along with a...
This morning, I was able to see this bird in the previously reported location at La Cumbre Oeak, with some patience. Surprisingly, I saw no Townsend's...
As this bird seems to be quite faithful to its location, let me add to Diana's description that the (decimal) GPS coordinates of this spot are: (N 34.610367, W...
Yesterday, Peter Schneekloth and I decided to do some gulling at the North Coast. At River Park, after some feather fondling, we extracted a 1st winter ...
All: The trail along the viewing platforms at the Bird Refuge in Santa Barbara is open again after a few-week closure. Many reeds have been cleared from around...
At noon today, there was a large gull flock at the base of the UCSB bluffs near the "waterfall." It contained mostly California and Mew Gulls, with a few...
About 10AM the water birds in the slough were enjoying the very high water from the king tide. Among them were a COMMON MERGANSER and several RING-NECKED...
In a way, this is probably a somewhat belated post, but reading the CBC results just reminded me that WHITE-WINGED DOVEs are unusual here. We have had one in...
This morning at 11:30 three Greater Scaup (1 male, 2 female) and a female Goldeneye were near the junction of Atascadero Creek and the main slough channel. ...
I found an immature Nashville Warbler in the old gym wetlands on campus at noon today. This is the first even mildly interesting bird in this location for...
