This morning, Carpinteria creek was rather quiet upstream of 6th St, but very active downstream, with lots of western migrants. However, the only bird of note...
Not much in the way of shorebirds with Brad's Knot being the best. We did have a Brewer's Sparrow (very possibly a "Timberline" one) and a Lapland Longspur out...
Hello Birders, Today, we cruised in the rain and saw 18 Eared Grebes, 13 Ruddy Ducks, and a Merlin, among others. Other Highlights from cruises this week: 8...
This afternoon, Oct 1st, we had the first Ferruginous Hawk of the season on the southside of Lompoc cruising over the hills, right on schedule. Paul Rosso ...
All: This afternoon (10/1/06) I went for a walk in the rain at Allan Hancock College in downtown Santa Maria and saw an adult male Black-throated Green Warbler...
It is possible to walk around the fence that separates the Stadium parking lot from Los Carneros Road. There is a dirt path around the north end of the green...
Nothing exciting this morning, just a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER along the south side of Atascadero Creek, adjacent to the horse corrals just east of S....
I went to Stow House this morning. In a dead pine I saw 4White-tailed Kites. 2 Adults and 2 juveniles. Also, lots of Kinglets and Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers. A few...
All: There was at least one Blackpoll Warbler at the Goleta Sewage ponds at lunch today, feeding in the myporeum bushes W. of the south and middle ponds. There...
Curtis Marantz just called to say that he saw both a Ruff and a Tropical Kingbird at the Fish and Game wetland northwest of Mesa x Los Carneros Rd. Dave...
It was a beautiful day for a walk on the beach, so I walked around Campus Point, starting at the stairway that goes down to the beach from the east bluffs. ...
Around 11:30 am, today Oct 3rd, there was a Yellow-headed Blackbird -- juvenile and at least one male Tricolored Blackbird in the cattle pens across from the...
All: I had a Ruddy Turnstone on the beach at COPR at lunch. There were about 150 BB Plovers and all the usual suspects. The Dune Pond had 150 Mallard and 17...
All: The Blackpoll continues in the Goleta Sewage Ponds. It mostly hangs out in the myporeum row at the E. end of the row of small sludge ponds (which are SW...
My husband Tom just called me to report that he found an early White-fronted goose at the La Purisima golf course near Lompoc today. Florence Sanchez...
Hi All: In bird class this a.m., we had the TROPICAL KINGBIRD (presumably the one found by Peter Gaede over the weekend) perched on top of the last island at...
Hey Folks, sorry it's a bit late; the highlights of the migration count at Cachuma Lake were: 1 Eared Grebe 1 Mute Swan 10 Wood Ducks 1 No.Shoveler 9 Common...
There was a White-fronted Goose hanging out with two Greylags Oct 3 at the Mission Hills Community Services District ponds adjacent to the north access to La...
Fred Emerson's bird class had the Zone-tailed Hawk at the top of Fairview Thursday morning. Karen Bridgers Goleta, CA...
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All: I checked Devereux and mesa/las carneros today. I could find no sign of the Ruff at mesa/los carneros, although there were 30+ LB Dowitchers and 5 G....
Hi All: I birded Carpinteria Crk. for a couple of hours this a.m. & it was extremely birdy. I wish somebody w/ sharper eyes than I have would check it this...
Joan's post sums up my week's birding perfectly: lots of migrants, but nothing that unusual. From Saturday through Wednesday mornings I was out everyday...
I've added 2 shots of one Blackpoll from Goleta Sewer that Lark and I saw this morning -- yellow feet show MUCH better in original, but may be difficult to...
This morning, I found an adult male Chestnut-sided Warbler in sharp breeding plumage at Refugio State Beach. The bird was low in vegetation on the north side...
There is a juv. Black-throated Sparrow at Elings Park in Santa Barbara, where Calle Montilla dead-ends at the park. It was feeding on the ground with...
Yesterday, 6 October, a pre-ABA regional conference pelagic trip, organized by Todd McGrath, went out of Santa Barbara and explored the waters south of Santa...
I had 2 Plumbeous Vireos and a YB Chat south of 6th this AM. Didn't check N of 8th at all. Sent with TI wireless technology [Non-text portions of this message...
Hi, At 9:30am a female B&W Warbler was in a micro mixed flock in the eucs between the playground and the creek. In this flock was 1 Bl. Throated Gray, 1...
