Birded with Dave Pereksta this morning around Mugu Rock, Mugu Lagoon and Ormond Beach. Loon migration is picking up with ~100 Pacific Loons passing by between...
Answer to recent query about Hill Canyon access: ... Also, there are other accesses, to the upper canyon that one may consider for birding narrower oak...
There are signs at the entrance to Hill Canyon saying it is closed to public access. However there didnt seem to be any construction or heavy truck traffic...
Greetings: I'm very new to birding, so I have plenty of opportunity to go wrong. Also, I have not posted a message before, so I'll try not to blunder. That...
I'm new to this group and had to tell someone who would be as excited about this as I am! There is a Northern Mockingbird in my backyard that sings at night....
Fri, Sat and Sun, we had 5 cars (and RV's) full of avid birders for perfect weather and great birds. We started with the ROSEATE SPOONBILL, then went on to...
The March 23 Conejo Valley Audubon field trip along the Medea Creek bike path produced a Wilson's Warbler and a Merlin. Other birds of interest included a pair...
We got a good look at a Rock Wren on the Hummingbird Trail Saturday. It was very close to the same place that we saw a pair of Rock Wrens the previous...
Hello All, The Ruff continues in the ponds at the end of Arnold Road this morning, Monday 9-10am. It moves around but does allow you to get fairly close for...
Just a quick note to let you all know that the ruff was still in the flooded salt flats at the end of Arnold Road today. I missed it yesterday afternoon, but...
had a male Blue-winged Teal at Ormond Beach today. Wasnt able to find the Ruff or the Pac Golden though they could easily be around. David Vander Pluym ...
Our regular monthly meeting will be April 5th at 730pm at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 439 Calle San Pedro in Camarillo. Our speaker will be...
I have posted in a new members' folder (Photos -> "Hummingbirds") a digital photo of a female ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD ("ALHU"), brooding either small chicks or...
Thelma Williams led a Conejo Valley Audubon field trip to Ranch Sierra Vista this morning. Our group saw our first Bullock's Oriole of the Spring, in willows...
Tom Halpin reports that a male and female Blue-winged Teal were at the Fillmore Settling Ponds on Sunday, March 7. They were found on a Conejo Valley Audubon...
If you would like to learn the song of an orange-crowned warbler: Park at the lot to the left of N. Main St. in Ventura, before the Ventura River bridge. Walk...
Hi - we were walking in Corriganville Park in Simi Valley on the weekend (alas without binoculars) and we heard the buzzy school- whistle like call that we...
Had a Northern Harrier in the open space next to Calvary Lutheran University (Delorme 526E-2) this morning. He was chased off by the local Red-tailed Hawk. I...
As the county compiler for Ventura, I'm putting together the Winter Season report (1 December -- 28 February) to send to the Southern California Editors (Guy...
Local bird photographer and enthusiast Don DesJardin will present his awesome new video, "The Birds of Ventura County" at our regular monthly meeting, March...
My post was apparently confusing. A Long-earred Owl had been reported at the KCL Campground. We did not see it and assumed that the Great Horned Owl that...
We had 8 cars over 33 to the Carrizo Plains on Sunday and had the usual phenomenal day! At the stop just over Pine Mt on 33 several saw Mt. Quail which we...
Howdy! Kirk Waln and I birded northern Ventura County today and have a few birds to report. Rose Valley - 100s of LAWRENCE's GOLDFINCHES, especially near the 2...
On Saturday (Feb 14) at approximately 7 a.m., Tom Halpin saw a dark morph Ferruginous Hawk along highway 126, about 3 miles east of Piru. The hawk was perched...
Venturans - East of Lake Casitas on Highway 150, Cindy spotted a LEWIS' WOODPECKER on a telephone pole, while I'm hitting 50 mph. Not bad. The pole is next to...
Saw a Great Egret stalking prey at 11:30 AM in short-grass meadow on north side of Hwy 33 & just NW of Nordhoff High School in Ojai. - Frank Ugolini [Non-text...
Second Annual Murphy's Petrel Pelagic Trips If you need that ultimate Pterodroma, here's your opportunity. Following last years trips, during which we observed...
The meeting place for this Saturday's, (Feb. 14) Ventura Audubon trip to the Camarillo Regional Park has been changed to Las Posas Park and Ride (Las Posas and...
We see frequent bird sightings at Canada Large. Yet, it doesn't appear on any of the birding sites on the net for either the Conejo or Ventura groups. Some...
