I don't really have an answer to John's question since this is a judgement call. Similar to my comment on separating lists by habitat since there are ...
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Linda Dye
naturbuf
Jul 2, 2012 7:13 pm
HI all I'm relatively new to SB and enjoying exploring birding spots. Is there a list anywhere (with directions on where to go)? I''ve noticed that there...
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Barbara Millett
millett@...
Jul 3, 2012 5:46 pm
At Campus Point this morning there was a flock of 30 Whimbrel and 3 Long-billed Curlews, some in partial alternate plumage. I kept an eye out for peep, but...
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justinwatts0
Jul 4, 2012 1:54 am
Had a single Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher around lower Atascadero creek in the dry section West of Ward drive today. It was around these coordinates 34.42167,...
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Wim_van_Dam
wimvdam
Jul 4, 2012 1:55 am
To add to this: Ocean Park had ~22 adult Western Sandpipers this afternoon. Bring it on. - Wim van Dam (Solvang, CA)...
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Kai
kaischraml
Jul 4, 2012 3:30 am
An adult Peregrine Falcon was hunting Rock Doves over Stearns Wharf at about 5PM today. The bird made several attempts at strafing pigeons by using Longboards...
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Amy
amykatz
Jul 4, 2012 4:59 am
Yesterday around 6:30 pm there were two beautiful bright yellow birds in the tree (Close to the corner of La Cumbre and Foothill) They were all a vibrant...
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Florence Sanchez
sanchezucsb11
Jul 4, 2012 6:44 pm
Tom and I walked the beaches at UCSB this morning on the incoming tide. Thanks to a couple of frisky dogs, we didn't have the best luck with shorebirds, but...
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Eric
ericculbs
Jul 4, 2012 9:47 pm
9:45am Basin one of Carpinteria Salt Marsh: 16 WESTERN SANDPIPER and 2 adult WT KITE. Estuary mouth: 80+ WILLIT, 12 or so WHIMBREL, 60-70 ELEGANT TERN, 2...
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Dave Compton
davcompton1
Jul 4, 2012 11:35 pm
To follow up on Wim's post on shorebirds at the Santa Ynez River estuary, I had about 50 Western Sandpipers there this morning, along with 4 Whimbrels. The...
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David Pereksta
pereksta...
Jul 6, 2012 10:00 am
Ventura and Santa Barbara birders... I am forwarding my message from last month regarding the July 21pelagic trip on the Condor Express to give local birders a...
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Noah
knowa_21
Jul 6, 2012 3:17 pm
Yesterday, 7/5/12, I hiked the Jesusita Trail up to the switchbacks. Along the way, I encountered 3 vocal young Cooper's Hawks stretched out along the...
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Hugh Ranson
hughranson
Jul 6, 2012 7:41 pm
I took a walk around the lagoon this morning. Here are some numbers of birds: On or around the lagoon-- 3 dowitcher sp. 5 Wilson's phalarope 5 greater...
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ash34958
Jul 6, 2012 7:41 pm
7:00 - 9:00 AM, Friday, July 6, 2012 - This morning Eric Culbertson and I spent a couple of hours in the Western sector of the Marsh, mostly at the outflow of...
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David Levasheff
dj_levasheff
Jul 6, 2012 9:32 pm
Sunday 7/1 we were out observing the Kites at LLC and noted a Northern Shrike. David Levasheff Via iPhone...
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David Levasheff
dj_levasheff
Jul 7, 2012 3:31 am
Sorry folks, I was off in software land and just typed away. Of course it was indeed a Loggerhead Shrike....
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Callie
cjbowdish
Jul 7, 2012 4:14 am
http://www.flickr.com//photos/calliebowdish/sets/72157630429724428/show/ Shots of some bird action at Coal OIl Point Reserve and Sands Beach. Can anyone...
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ash34958
Jul 7, 2012 5:47 pm
7:30 AM, Saturday, July 7, 2012, Lions' Club Park, Rte.192, Carpinteria. Highlight was a juvenile sapsucker that could have been Red-naped, Yellow-bellied or...
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Melissa
liskelly
Jul 8, 2012 5:30 pm
Just now it flew from near the feeder at the front gate and perched on a willow for a minute, then flew back into the willows. Haven't seen it for the last few...
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Dave Compton
davcompton1
Jul 9, 2012 12:14 am
Pretty slow birding this morning, but several things of minor note. Devereux looked great at 9am, except for the lack of birds. Other than stilts and...
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Eric Culbs
ericculbs
Jul 9, 2012 4:46 am
9am Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve Basin one: 25 Western Sandpiper, 1 Wilson's Phalarope, 3 Killdeer Franklin Creek: 1 Pied-billed Grebe in with 20 Mallards ...
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Wim van Dam
wimvdam
Jul 9, 2012 7:19 am
This Sunday morning Maggie Sherriffs and I hit several spots at Figueroa Mountain. Highlights were as follows: * at Davy Brown Trail Western Wood-Pewees were...
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ash34958
Jul 9, 2012 5:26 pm
I've just begun recording "First of Season" dates for returning birds in the CARPINTERIA area (from Fernand Point to Seacliff and from off-shore to Camino...
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larryincarp
Jul 10, 2012 4:14 pm
Six of the ten nests that had sitting birds on them June 10 were apparently abandoned. Of the four successful nests, two produced three young each and the...
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Adam
sbfledgling
Jul 10, 2012 9:52 pm
I thought this might be newsworthy since I don't recall Mute Swan hybrids being reported here. It appears as though a Mute Swan may be one parent species of an...
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Adam
sbfledgling
Jul 11, 2012 12:14 am
Thanks to several more experienced birders for letting me know these are Domestic (Pekin) Ducks and a Domestic (Chinese) Goose. I've replaced the original...
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Florence Sanchez
sanchezucsb11
Jul 11, 2012 3:25 am
I walked the UCSB beaches this morning shortly after the maximum low tide. Hardly any people, no dogs--ideal conditions for shorebirds, but I found NONE on...
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Hugh Ranson
hughranson
Jul 11, 2012 6:31 pm
On the slough were 142 Western Sandpipers, 13 Wilson's Phalaropes, 2Greater Yellowlegs, 3 dowitcher sp., and one juv. Peregrine. Close by we're some very newly...
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Jamie Chavez
jcdendroica
Jul 11, 2012 8:33 pm
Just a quick note to report the continuing geese in the front pond at Waller Park in Santa Maria. One each Snow Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose and Aleutian...
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Wes Fritz
wesbirds4u
Jul 12, 2012 7:33 am
SB Birders, I birded a few spots in the valley today and these are the birds of note at least for me. SANTA MARIA GUN CLUB: All three GOLDFINCHES were seen and...
