There was a nice selection of gulls here in the late morning including a 1Y Thayer's, 3 1Y GW Gull, and an adult Herring Gull. Sent with TI wireless technology...
All: This morning I had a Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) in a weedy field near a green cow-pasture on the "Blue Barn" farm road. For locals the Blue...
With the help of Joan and Alex, I got photos this morning of the Black-throated Green Warbler reported at the CBC dinner. He was flitting about in the Eucs and...
Around 2pm today, there were 2 Black Oystercatchers flying west just off the breakwater at the Santa Barbara harbor. Guy Tingos Santa Barbara, CA [Non-text...
Tried to do a lot of birding today, only succeeded in getting 81 species plus the other YRW in the Lompoc area.. Some birds of interest Ferruginous Hawks -3 in...
Hi All, I have posted a photo of the Williamson's Sapsucker found on La Cumbre Country Club during the 30 December 2006 Christmas Count. It's in the photo...
Hi Birders, Yesterday, Jan 1, Sharyn and I birded La Cumbre peak around lunch time. We didn't find the White-headed Woodpecker but we did locate a Townsend's...
Jan 2nd -- 8:30 am, the White-throated Sparrow( Tan-striped Adult) continues on Lompoc Southside. The best place to see it is in the blackberry bushes in the ...
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Jan 3, 2007 6:01 am
The Cachuma CBC went well on 28 December 2006. The fierce winds of the past several days abated, at low elevations at least, by 0930 hrs. 26 observers in 9...
January 3, '07 - 2:30 pm I was taking a run to More Mesa this afternoon and entered along the path that leads from near the end of Patterson Avenue. About 150...
SBCO Birders, My non-birding but sympathetic sources tell me that there was someone in the "Lucy's Warbler Courtyard" (Counseling Center - UCSB) with some of ...
Patrick. Twas I in the courtyard around 11:00 am but with my scope not photo equipment and yes, the Lucy's was there for about five minutes then flew west....
The Black-throated Green Warbler was still at Stow Park today at about 3:00pm. South end of the park in the Eucs by the road across from the school. Have a...
Today, Jan 4, 2007, the most interesting and unexpected bird was a Prairie Falcon. It was seen around 2:00 pm on RT 246 just west of RT 154. It was on a pole...
Hi All: I have contacted some compilers in Southern Texas about their preliminary CBC totals and here they are, in case anyone is interested. Our Santa Barbara...
At 4:00pm today a male Eurasian Wigeon was in Atascadero Creek, beneath the two pipelines that cross the creek just above its confluence with Goleta Slough....
Hi Folks, Yesterday afternoon I saw over 100 mountain bluebirds on the southeast corner of Alisos Rd. and Happy Cyn. There also was a flock of abut 50 horned...
All: I checked Devereux today and was surprised to find 4 Avocets, which is more than I have ever seen there before. The TK was very vocal near the 2nd parking...
Today, Jan 5th between 8:30 and 9:30 am, the female BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER was continuing in Stow Grove Park, at the southwest end of the park, along...
This morning, on Armour Ranch Rd, east of Santa Ynez, Guy Tingos, Holly Keefe, and I saw a stunning FIFTY Chestnut-collared Longspurs, in the same area where...
This morning I returned to Bohnett Park to try for pics of the Hammond's reported on the CBC last Saturday. Fortunately for me, Mark Holmgren and Morgan Ball...
Hi Folks, This is Cachuma Lake Bird Report 12/28/06 - 1/6/07. Happy New Year! This list includes some, but not all, species counted at the Lake during the...
All: Wes Fritz and I spent today birding in the Cuyama Valley. Highlight was a McCown's Longspur seen well in Santa Barbara county (directions later). In New...
When I arrived at UCSB, Kyle Braunger was watching the Lucy's Warbler in a Myoporum row. The bird then flew into its usual spot in the bottle-brush inside the...
S.B. Birders; Today Mike San Miguel and I did some light birding in the county today. We had the Least Bittern at Lake Los Carneros and a Summer Tanager in...
Today, Jan 7th around 5 pm, the male Long-tailed Duck was in the Santa Ynez River lagoon at Ocean Park. It was east of the RR trestle and fairly close to the...
Holly Keefe and I saw the BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER this afternoon at Stow Grove Park in Goleta. It was at the south end of the park--on the ground, on the...
