Kay and everyone, It's supposed to clear up by the weekend. If the coast is foggy, I think the Casitas area or anywhere inland will be fine. It would be nice...
Friday - Anybody who wants to ride up to Lake Casitas from Ventura let me know. We'll find a good place to view from. Maybe go owling after? Kay, Ventura...
Hi Birders! You are cordially invited to attend Los Angeles Audubon Society's monthly meeting, 7:30pm, Wednesday May 9, 2012 in Debs Park (just off the 110...
See below for additional instructions and some amendments from Kimball. -Adam Searcy Camarillo ... From: <LACoBirds@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, May 3, 2012 at...
This moonwatching seemed like fun, and I was totally surprised to find the skies in Moorpark had cleared at 9pm so I did a practice run. I have a few...
3 May Set up my scope tonight to practice and it ain't as easy for me as it sounded! One certainly has to wear sunglasses or do as Michael has done, but you...
If the moon is to bright in your scope: Cut a more-or-less round hole in a piece of aluminum foil (or opaque paper/cardstock) and put it over the objective...
As I am "left-eyed" I put a hankie over my right sunglass lens so that I didn't have to hold my right eye closed. Then all was comfortable. Two ten minute...
Butterbredt Springs and Galileo Hills Sat, May 5, 2012 Gorgeous day with warblers, grosbeaks, sparrows, flycatchers, tanagers etc. from the road - almost...
Hi, all. Notables: 3 Spotted SPs on the rocks in the cove 1 Immature Red Throated Loon in the cove 4 Whimbrel on the beach Yesterday, C. Larga: RT chicks are...
After looking regularly for the last few weeks, I had a Lesser Nighthawk cruise through my yard in east Ventura Sunday evening. We see them on and off through...
Everyone - I am coming to Ojai the weekend of June 15th for a wedding and staying at the Hummingbird Inn. I am an enthusiastic birder and want to do as much...
Hi everyone! Thank you so much for writing to me in email and helping me to identify these birds in Silverstrand Beach. They are European Starlings. And...
Hi, all. Mary Hansen and I followed Carolyn's directions to Potrero Ranch and got to watch a singing Gr Sparrow for 15-20 minutes at sunset last night. Wow!...
Hi everyone -- Went looking for the Grasshopper Sparrow at Rancho Potrero (see Kay's and Carolyn's excellent directions) this morning at about 10 am. Ran...
Over the last 5 days or so, I have regularly seen a green heron on the edges of the Rancho Sierra Vista (National Park Service) stock pond near the main...
Super low tide -1.1. Shorebirds mostly gone. Of interest: a female YELLOW HEADED BLACKBIRD and a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. The RNPH was preening on the shore...
Hi, guys. I think I refound the Scoter I saw last week in the ocean. Up close and personal it looks like a female Surf Scoter to me. The white on the back...
Hello all, I was ecstatic to find two breeding male Indigo Buntings at Paramount Ranch today. I was walking the entire trail today, and while along the trail...
James This is a great find and congratulations on discovering them. However, I did want to point out that the Paramount Ranch is in LA County so I suggest...
Hi all. The Franklin's Gull was still present this morning at 7:45, with the gull flock just north (west) of the pier. He later flew to the shoreline near...
The Franklin's Gull was still present this afternoon at Pt. Hueneme. It was just east of the fishing pier, near the shoreline. Matthew Page Simi Valley, Ca....
The Franklin's Gull was still on the beach in Port Hueneme at 8:00 am. It was with a flock of California and Western Gulls several hundred yards north of the...
Birders, I stepped outside last night (5/14/2012) around 2200 and heard several Swainson's Thrush giving thier flight call overhead. Looking out in the...
For the past few years, I have enjoyed reading this group's daily posts, this is my first post. Last night around 6 pm I had a Northern Bobwhite visiting my...
Hello Everyone, A BELL'S VIREO has been in the same location for two weeks. Singing constantly and moving around too fast to get a good picture(will try with...
Hi all. Yesterday, I had what I am certain was a Common Tern on the sand at the Santa Clara River mouth. The bird was injured or sick; it used only one leg,...
