Wes Fritz just called to say that the Painted Redstart is still present this morning at El Cap, although further from the railroad bridge (up to 200 ft) than...
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John Ayres
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Nov 1, 2002 7:14 pm
The Wilding Art Museum in Los Olivos and La Purisima Audubon are sponsoring a program that features Dr. Richard Johnson as John James Audubon. Sunday,...
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hugh ranson
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Nov 1, 2002 9:30 pm
The Zone-tail was cruising the residential area north of Atascadero Creek and west of Turnpike between 12:25 and 12:45 today. The trailing edge of the wings is...
We went down to look for the Painted Redstart at El Capitan Campground and found it just where it was described as being. We had to pay the $2 day use, as...
I had some close-up looks of the Painted Redstart at El Capitan State Beach and noted some significant feather wear. It caught my eye because the other...
Maybe this bird is a hatch-year, born this year. Pyle sez that HY only have a partial prebasic molt involving the greater and median coverts, retaining all...
Gavan and I saw six Wild Turkeys, both male & female along Santa Barbara Ave. in Los Olivos. They were grazing in a field under an Oak tree, foraging for...
Late this morning, I counted about 4,400 Black-vented Shearwaters just east of Refugio State Beach and just offshore. The birds were on the water, with ...
Betsy and I toured the Cuyama Valley today. Here is a summary of birds seen in the county: 40 Red-tailed Hawks from SB to Cuyama 6 Ferruginous Hawks Highlight...
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Liz Mason
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Nov 2, 2002 11:28 pm
Just had a ONE-FOOTED RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER clinging vertically to the south-side birdbath at the Cachuma Nature Center. It was missing its right foot and...
The Painted Redstart is still at El Capitan State Park. I saw it at 1:00PM today near the railroad bridge. It was in an Oak Tree to the right of the walking...
Following up the sighting in the November 1st weekly report, there were at least three, probably four, Lewis's Woodpeckers on Farren Road today (Saturday...
I drive past this little flood control ditch every day on the way to and from work and I always think it's worth looking over. I did today for the first time...
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Karen Bridgers
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Nov 3, 2002 10:58 pm
Someone named Ron Holland (I don't know him) left a message on my machine that, while looking unsuccessfully for the Painted Redstart at El Cap this morning,...
The Prairie Warbler was along the path below the railroad trestle (about 100 yards or so) in an oak tree. It was an adult male, very bright. The time was...
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Mark Holmgren
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Nov 4, 2002 4:22 am
Peg Stevens placed the following note on the Ventura Co. birding groups list today regarding the Stilt Sandpiper. This record is nearly a month later than any...
At Carpinteria Creek this afternoon, at about 3pm, a Plumbeous Vireo was on the west side of the creek near the north edge of the sewage plant, below 6th St. ...
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John Ayres
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Nov 6, 2002 2:23 pm
The birding community is invited to join LPAS and Brad Schram who will relate his birding trips to Antarctica and South Georgia Island on Sunday afternoon....
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Patrick McNulty
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Nov 6, 2002 7:22 pm
SB County Birders, I got to Campus Point on the UCSB campus about 12:30 yesterday. At about 12:40 I realized that there was a long raft of about 150 BV...
Howdy, The Condor trip on Sunday was quite exciting for cetaceans and birds. We saw close to a dozen blue whales and possible more humpbacks along the ridge...
There were at least 6 Lewis's Woodpeckers this morning along the first .8 miles of Zaca Station Road, from 154 to the Zaca electric substation. Guy...
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hugh ranson
urrf@...
Nov 6, 2002 11:06 pm
The Zone-tailed Hawk sat atop a telephone pole at San Marcos and Anita in Goleta today from 11:40 till 12:45. I first saw it from my classroom window...
While driving home at dusk on Monday evening, 4 November, I flushed a Burrowing Owl from the road mid-point along the 'Double-U's' approx. halfway up Old San...
Pine Siskins continue to visit our feeders. They have become quite at home here, bathing and fighting over seed, even not flying off when we are in the yard....
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pdullea@...
Nov 7, 2002 2:01 am
There were two on my kitchen window feeder sock in Los Olivos this morning. This equals last winter's total....
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pdullea@...
Nov 7, 2002 2:18 am
About 10 days ago something killed two of my racing pigeons at my home in Los Olivos. Suspicion first fell on Freddy the Mini-Dachshund (Canis familiaris...
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Bruce & Cher Hollingw...
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Nov 7, 2002 6:22 pm
I've finally got my first PineSiskins of the winter, arrived this morning. I have a small back yard, backing into chaparral on a hill. No trees, even pine...
Reading Peter Dullea's accounting of a Cooper's Hawk getting his pigeons, I recalled someone told me just the other day that, in Orcutt a couple of weeks ago,...
