Hi, There was a beautiful adult male Hooded Oriole at Lake Los Carneros this morning. It was in the area of the Cotoneaster bushes (with the red berries) on...
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Guy Tingos
gtingos@...
Mar 2, 2000 2:03 am
Goleta Sewage Plant: 12 Black-necked Stilts USCB/airport overlook: 1 Peregrine Falcon, lots of ducks Devereux Slough: nothing of note Campus Point: Grant and I...
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Jamie M Chavez
jcwings@...
Mar 2, 2000 2:24 am
Hello, I managed to locate the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW today during a quick check of Waller Park here in Santa Maria. This was during the lunch hour. It was with...
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Jamie M Chavez
jcwings@...
Mar 3, 2000 2:46 am
Dear sbcobirding participants, Apologies to you all. We are obviously being invaded and I have no clue what to do about it. I'm sure you are as tired of the...
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Becky Hoban
bhoban@...
Mar 3, 2000 3:07 am
Has anyone seen any Blue-winged Teal lately? I've REALLY been looking for one, and if anyone has seen any recently, I'd appreciate the tip. Or, if you've been...
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John Ayres
jayres37@...
Mar 3, 2000 3:35 am
A note to add a little detail to Joan Hardie's earlier message. We found the sparrows in the areas west and north of the large parking lot by the playground....
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William Murdoch
murdoch@...
Mar 3, 2000 4:04 am
Kathleen Whitney and I were at San Marcos Foothills from 4-5:30 today: burrowing owl, grasshopper sparrow, rufous-crowned sparrow and rock wren....
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Paul Keller
wrentit@...
Mar 3, 2000 6:18 am
Hi all -- Rob Lindsay will lead a birdwatching trip this Saturday at the Santa Barbara Harbor and Andre Clark Bird Refuge. Meet us at the harbor near the old...
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John Ayres
jayres37@...
Mar 3, 2000 2:58 pm
Oops! Joan Hardie's message only went to the county listing group. As a consequence, my message to the county e-group would not make sense to all. The...
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brad hines
bkhnca@...
Mar 3, 2000 10:42 pm
The two Orchard Orioles were seen feeding along the trail this morning at 10:30, approximately 100 feet south of the Calle de Los Amigos bridge. The Mt....
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David Allan
david.allan@...
Mar 4, 2000 10:56 am
Hi I'm an English birder who will be visiting your patch soon. (Start 16 Mar) Could you help with some local knowledge: * Site(s) for Lewis's Woodpecker *...
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Daryl Rutherford
rooster@...
Mar 4, 2000 4:58 pm
Hi Birders, Today we woke up to pandemonium in the backyard at the feeders. The rain brought in a whole truckload of Pine Siskins. There was an incredible...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Mar 4, 2000 10:24 pm
I got a big surprise while walking back to my car on the way out of Refugio State Beach at about 11:15am. Circling in from the east was a ZONE-TAILED HAWK,...
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Rebecca Coulter
chriscoulter@...
Mar 5, 2000 1:06 am
Guy Tingos and I saw a nice flock of Turkeys above Paradise Road about 9:00 this morning. At least 10 males and as many females were seen feeding on a hillside...
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BJSmith299@...
Mar 5, 2000 4:32 am
Figueora Mtn was rather quiet amidst the clouds. Birds of note: Varied Thrush, Rufous-Crowned Sparrow, Steller's Jay, Common Raven, Mountain Chickadee. ...
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Daryl Rutherford
rooster@...
Mar 5, 2000 6:18 pm
Reply to Becky Hoban regarding the Siskins. We live at the base of the foothills in Goleta just below Rancho del Ciervo near Patterson Ave. Right now as I...
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William Murdoch
murdoch@...
Mar 6, 2000 4:00 am
Found the flock of Chipping sparrows at the end of Merida, following Dave Compton's directions. Also there were a male Lawrence's Goldfinch and an immature...
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Mike Feighner
pac_loon@...
Mar 6, 2000 6:01 pm
Santa Barbara County Birders: As some of you who get other birding listserves know, I was birding in Southern California this week-end. Well this was not the...
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Becky Hoban
bhoban@...
Mar 7, 2000 2:59 am
Hi All, Birding today at Devereux Slough with Cher produced a large flock of Bonaparte's Gulls, several Forster's Terns, Black Skimmers, Green-winged Teal,...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Mar 7, 2000 4:45 am
A group of us practicing this afternoon for an upcoming seabird migration count at Goleta Point at UCSB got quite a show from some jeagers this evening between...
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Daryl Rutherford
rooster@...
Mar 7, 2000 7:26 am
Regarding Guy Tingos question about the thistle sock in the rain: The rain doesn't seem to deter the birds at the sock. There are just as many when it is wet...
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Daryl Rutherford
rooster@...
Mar 7, 2000 3:34 pm
Hen and I were discussing where to bird today. Maybe over by Val Verde, maybe we could find a Lawrence's Goldfinch, or maybe Winchester Canyon, they have been...
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kbridgers
kbridgers@...
Mar 7, 2000 4:51 pm
For your general information, I have received a lot of posts lately from people who are having Lawrence's Goldfinches appear at their feeders for the first...
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Dave Compton
davcompton@...
Mar 7, 2000 5:33 pm
A correction on this post. We saw COMMOM Loons moving up the coast, not Pacific. The latter should't be heading north until early April. Dave ... From: Dave...
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Daryl Rutherford
rooster@...
Mar 7, 2000 8:52 pm
Hi again, it's the Rooster. The Hen, myself, and Debbie Konkel went out for awhile this morning. We checked out by the frisbee golf park next to Dos Pueblos...
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Jamie M Chavez
jcwings@...
Mar 8, 2000 1:19 am
All, Okay... it's time for a new change to the sbcobirding group. I hope this works. In my continuous attempts to rid ourselves of this intruder, I have...
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Guy Tingos
gtingos@...
Mar 8, 2000 2:32 am
Pomerine and Parasitic Jaegers, and a Caspian Tern were the highlights. Guy...
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Jamie M Chavez
jcwings@...
Mar 8, 2000 5:13 am
Not much there during the noon hour today... probably because of the continuing PEREGRINE FALCON harassing everything in sight. Too early for shorebirds. Just...
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Patrick McNulty
mcnulty@...
Mar 9, 2000 8:37 am
This afternoon from about 5:45 to 5:50 there was a small dark alcid which I am sure was a CASSIN'S AUKLET steaming hard east to west about 200-300 yards off...
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thelff@...
Mar 10, 2000 2:01 am
There was a little gull at Goleta Point this evening at around 5pm. Guy Tingos and I got good looks at it as it flew east and landed in a flock of bonaparte's...
