Hi Folks, Good news! The plover chick at Coal Oil Point Reserve in Goleta (Devereux Slough mouth) is still doing well and the strategy of shooing-away crows...
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Bernardo Alps
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Jul 6, 2001 8:56 am
Sorry for the cross posting. On the Fourth of July I had my first opportunity in over three weeks to visit the Santa Barbara Channel and among the things you...
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Jamie Chavez
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Jul 6, 2001 1:38 pm
Greetings, The following is an excerpt from a post to CALBIRD. Apologies to those who may have already read this but this is from an out of state birder...
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Dave Compton
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Jul 7, 2001 2:05 am
Many days after reading of migrant shorebirds returning to San Luis Obispo County, and after reading Don DesJardin's post today on the Ventura list about...
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carol
jimcarol@...
Jul 7, 2001 4:02 am
At Ocean Park on the 4th of July we saw & heard 10-12 Caspian terns, 2 American Avocets, and 4 Little Ringed Plovers or Killdeer, not sure which - didn't hear...
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Jamie Chavez
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Jul 7, 2001 3:36 pm
I too visited Ocean park on Friday at the noon hour. My estimation is ~300-400 adult Western Sandpipers, a small flock of Short-billed Dowitchers in flight...
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Nick Lethaby
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Jul 7, 2001 5:17 pm
Saturday morning I checked Devereux Slough and Coal Oil Point. There were 49 Whimbrel, 3 Curlews, 3 Willets, a SB Dowitcher, a G. Yellowlegs, 2 SP Plovers, 14...
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Lethaby, Nick
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Jul 11, 2001 8:06 pm
All: There was a Cattle Egret on the big pond below the UCSB overlook on Mesa at lunch. Seems somewhat unseasonal to me. Nick Lethaby DSP/BIOS Product Manager ...
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Florence Sanchez
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Jul 11, 2001 8:30 pm
Yesterday, I paid a quick visit to the Goleta Sewage treatment plant, but there iss virtually no explosed mud this year, and consequently, few shorebird....
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Florence Sanchez
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Jul 12, 2001 8:48 pm
The Cattle Egret is still present at the large pond below the bluffs. As he was yesterday, he was hanging out at the west end nearest the fire station. There...
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Dave Compton
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Jul 14, 2001 7:09 pm
Nothing interesting at Devereux Slough this morning, although there were hundreds of Western Sandpipers, and a sprinkling of other shorebird species--Least...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Jul 14, 2001 7:25 pm
Oops! Probably everyone knew I meant to say Devereux had Semipalmated Plovers, not sandpipers. Thanks, Mike! Wishful thinking, I guess. Dave ... From: Mike...
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Dave Compton
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Jul 14, 2001 7:46 pm
John Storrer just called and informed me that he had what he was pretty sure was a REDDISH EGRET at the mouth of Bell Creek, west of Ellwood. The description...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Jul 15, 2001 12:22 am
The juvenile REDDISH EGRET seen at the mouth of Bell Creek, below the southwest corner of Sandpiper Golf Course, west of Goleta, was watched for several hours...
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scre@...
Jul 15, 2001 5:08 am
It seems interesting that last weekend a imm Reddish Egret was found at the north end of the Salton Sea (Me and a friend missed it by 5 mins) for a day or two...
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Chris Walden
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Jul 15, 2001 5:13 pm
Sandy Hill and I saw the reddish egret this morning about 8:30am. It was in the pond on the beach side of the reeds at the mouth of the creek, and very ...
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Gene Lynch
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Jul 15, 2001 6:56 pm
A White-breasted Nuthatch was working the pines in the northwest corner of Onstott Pines (La Purisima Mission grounds, Lompoc) this morning. I was surprised to...
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Mark Holmgren
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Jul 15, 2001 7:49 pm
On Thursday evening, 12 July, an adult, breeding plumaged Black Turnstone was at the sandspit at the end of the breakwater at the Santa Barbara Harbor. On...
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Karen Bridgers
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Jul 16, 2001 12:37 am
The juvenile Reddish Egret found yesterday at the mouth of Bell Creek in west Goleta was re-found this morning and reported at 9:45 back at the creek mouth. ...
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Jim Greaves
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Jul 16, 2001 3:03 am
... As point of information, Swainson's thrush juveniles can be detected throughout July; last year I saw one in Fillmore in mid-August that showed a...
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Paul Keller
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Jul 16, 2001 6:05 am
I saw two Belted Kingfishers flying together circling twice overhead then separating at noon at Cabrillo X Caesar Chavez today. -- Paul K....
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beuretp@...
Jul 16, 2001 5:07 pm
Reddish Egret was in the same spot at 8:30 Mon morn. Karen's directions perfect. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Lethaby, Nick
nlethaby@...
Jul 16, 2001 8:39 pm
All: I made a very brief stop at the UCSB overlook at lunch and there are now at least 5 Cattle Egrets present. The number of other egrets is rising and there...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Jul 16, 2001 9:23 pm
I spoke very briefly this morning with the reserve manager at Rancho Guadalupe Dunes and was informed that the Santa Maria River estuary and the surrounding...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Jul 16, 2001 9:33 pm
I should have been more precise about where you can go here. Signs are posted from the parking lot on the south side, north to the river outlet. Anywhere east...
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Jamie Chavez
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Jul 17, 2001 1:16 am
While working in Santa Maria today I encountered the soft whistled "peeee" notes of a Say's Phoebe. I finally found the bird and watched it briefly before a...
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Jamie Chavez
j.dcsevenhvn@...
Jul 17, 2001 1:25 am
A brief lunch hour visit to the Santa Maria sewage ponds produced a single NORTHERN SHOVELER with the usual Gadwalls, Ruddy Ducks, Cinnamon Teals and coots. A...
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Guy Tingos
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Jul 17, 2001 3:13 am
- RBA * California * Santa Barbara * July 14, 2001 * CASB0107.14 - Birds mentioned Reddish Egret - Transcript This is the Santa Barbara Audubon Society's rare...
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Paul Keller
wrentit@...
Jul 17, 2001 5:43 am
Hi all -- This Wed. evening an unusually high evening tide may flush out Clapper Rails at the Carpenteria Salt Marsh Reserve. Best of all, the gate will be...
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Karen Bridgers
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Jul 17, 2001 5:06 pm
The Reddish Egret was reported by Shirley Tepner at the mouth of the creek this morning (Tues.) Karen Bridgers...
