This morning I saw a White-tailed Kite from my back yard perched atop a tree in Lompoc's Evergreen Cemetery. While the kite has become a relatively common...
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Dave Compton
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Dec 3, 1999 9:05 pm
Grant Weyburne and I saw a few birds of minor interest this morning, but mostly things that have been reported. One Brown Creeper was around the intersection...
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JHcynwren@...
Dec 3, 1999 9:54 pm
Hello, There was a Palm Warbler in the lerpy eucs on the west side of the creek at Refugio Beach this morning. A Black-throated Gray was slightly further west...
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Karen Bridgers
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Dec 3, 1999 10:24 pm
Hi all Bob Hansen reports 3 Greater Scaup from the Bird Refuge this morning, and a 'mystery duck' that is associating with the scaup - a much smaller duck, ...
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Brad Schram
gonebrdn@...
Dec 3, 1999 10:37 pm
Hi All: Along with the sandpipers and ducks--all of the expected species for the date, and plenty of them--at the Santa Maria river mouth this morning there...
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BewickWren@...
Dec 4, 1999 8:12 am
Greetings all, We will have guests from England over the holidays, and would like to attempt a Condor sighting. Our schedule does not allow a trip to see the ...
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TEdell@...
Dec 5, 1999 4:16 am
Everyone, As it is quickly approaching the beginning of the CBC count period, I was hoping to have the CBC issue for last year in my hands prior to this years ...
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Jim & Karen Havlena
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Dec 5, 1999 3:54 pm
Hi Tom and others, I sent an e-mail to Geoff LeBaron at National Audubon about not yet receiving the CBC Issue from last year. He wrote back that they had...
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Gene Lynch
grlynch@...
Dec 5, 1999 6:50 pm
Mission Hills Wastewater Treatment Plant: Now that the fallen Eucalyptus trees have been cleared out you can see into the ponds pretty easily from the...
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Daryl Rutherford
rooster@...
Dec 5, 1999 7:42 pm
11:30 AM Just observed the Zone Tail hawk circling above the north end of Patterson Ave. near San Jose Creek. Got the telescope out and by that time a Red...
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Gene Lynch
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Dec 5, 1999 10:45 pm
The Lompoc (La Purisima) CBC will be Wednesday, December 19. Birders are needed for all areas of the valley. Each year we tally about 170 species, and each...
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brad hines
bkhnca@...
Dec 5, 1999 11:51 pm
Hi Y'all Highlights from around the Lompoc Valley Saturday birds: the Snow,and Ross' Geese were seen feeding in the field east of the NASA bldg. on W Ocean...
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John Ayres
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Dec 6, 1999 12:24 am
I think you mean Sunday, December 19....
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Gene Lynch
grlynch@...
Dec 6, 1999 12:28 am
John Ayres is right. My mistake (apologies to Peter D.). The Lompoc CBC is SUNDAY, December 19. Gene Lynch...
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Florence Sanchez
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Dec 6, 1999 4:09 pm
This morning on the way to work at UCSB, I spotted the Zone-tail Hawk sitting on a cable at the Turnpike overpass to US 101. In Santa Barbara. This was about...
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Gene Lynch
grlynch@...
Dec 8, 1999 11:30 pm
Anyone out there experienced birding in the Santa Ynez area who would volunteer to do the owling for the Cachuma CBC? Let me know. Thanks. Gene Lynch La...
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GeorgeR244@...
Dec 9, 1999 1:30 am
Summerland Beach this morning (Dec. 8) -- all the expected sandy-beach birds at close range and easily studied plus Red-throated Loon, Glaucous-winged Gull...
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Patrick McNulty
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Dec 9, 1999 4:27 am
Four to five Golden-crowned Kinglets on Kinevan road, hanging out with a Ruby-crowned K. and a Townsend's warbler, about 100 yds downstream from the bridge at...
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Robert A. Hamilton
robbham@...
Dec 9, 1999 4:44 am
Hi All, I just sent the following message to Calbird, but it's my understanding that a few of you up there in paradise might not keep close watch on doings...
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Dave Compton
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Dec 9, 1999 5:06 am
For those of you interested in such things, and if like me you haven't rece= ived your El Tecolote in the mail, I'm leading an SBAS field trip to Figuer= oa...
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thelff@...
Dec 9, 1999 5:38 am
There was a female Black Scoter at the harbour this morning. Also there was a Western Tanager at Lake Los Carneros and an adult Peregrine Falcon is still at...
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thelff@...
Dec 9, 1999 7:14 pm
Early this morning I saw an immature White-throated Sparrow in with a flock of White-crowned Sparrows on the west side of Orpet park. There were also three...
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Melissa Kelly
lis@...
Dec 9, 1999 10:01 pm
Hi Gene, I always make it a point to do some owling on count day. I'm sure I can get Great Horned and Barn, and I know a spot where I heard Pygmy last winter ...
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Gene Lynch
grlynch@...
Dec 9, 1999 11:13 pm
I am woefully inadequate in the region, so anything you do about owls is great. I know that Cruz Phillips has some owls in her area, but that's it. I was just...
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Mark Holmgren
holmgren@...
Dec 10, 1999 4:29 am
Donna Sweet reported a Short-eared Owl on the western portion of Ellwood Mesa on 8 Dec between 4 and 5 pm. There was some jousting between the owl and kites...
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Mark Holmgren
holmgren@...
Dec 10, 1999 5:42 am
All right, I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but I think some of you do not have this wonderful book. Consider 'The Birds of Santa Barbara County...
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Paul Keller
wrentit@...
Dec 10, 1999 8:11 am
Marten Kellogg, 968-1418, wants to sell a like-new pair of Nikon 10X42 Superior E for, I believe, $500....
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JHcynwren@...
Dec 11, 1999 6:52 pm
Hello all, At 10:30 this a.m. we found a White-throated Sparrow less than 1/4 mile in on the Fremont Trail. This trail goes off East Camino Cielo (on the left...
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Mark Holmgren
holmgren@...
Dec 11, 1999 7:32 pm
Goleta Sanitary District Plant, E of Fowler Rd. Mark Holmgren 9 December 1999 1315-1350 hrs Wood Duck 1 Green-winged Teal 1 Mallard 90 Northern Pintail 3 ...
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brad hines
bkhnca@...
Dec 13, 1999 5:36 am
Hi All, Some birding highlights from Saturday and Sunday The Mountain Bluebirds seen last week north of River Park, were still present Saturday along with...
