Hi All, I understand there is a movement to make golf courses bird-friendly and money available somehow to retrofit older golf courses to make them ...
Thanks for the reminder of the trend in golf course creation. The problem with MOST golf courses being constructed in Ventura County, at this point in time, is...
Hi all, While I am unfamiliar with the issues related to the specific golf courses in this discussion and will always lament the loss of more pristine habitat ...
A couple of roost trees and man-mucked lake does not a habitat make. Chet Ogan <cogan@...> wrote: Hi All, I understand there is a movement to make golf...
... It isn't that some golf courses aren't "bird friendly" - it's just that there is little nesting habitat left, and that which is left is much easier for...
First of all, there is an incredible surplus of golf courses in Ventura County including one two miles up the creek. See http://www.savecrp.com/golf.html. ...
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Howdy Chris Dellith and I birded around the south county this morning and had a few things of note. Mugu Rock - the juvenile PIGEON GUILLEMOT continues south...
SCRE is now officially Lake Santa Clara, extending well under the bridge and over towards the Settling Ponds. However, it was fun seeing all the usual...
Spent a leisurely hour birding the Laguna Road tams this morning. Lots of activity. Eight species of warblers, as follows: Orange-crowned Warbler (15) Yellow...
All: There is a Condor pelagic on Oct 9 that will leave Santa Barbara and to out to Arguello Canyon. Todd McGrath is the leader. The trip needs 15-20 to go and...
Hi all I got a report today from a very reliable observer stating that they found a buff-breasted sandpiper on the sod fields west of Arnold Road this morning ...
Wes Fritz reported seeing the BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER at Arnold Rd this morning. It was in the sod fields on the west side of the road near the dirt road that...
The entrance to the settling ponds is now gated. Sigh. They want everyone to sign in at the Admin. Blg. Soon they will have a button to push that will open...
I sensed early this morning that there were birds on the move. Early this morning I heard Orange-crowned, Yellow, Townsend's, and Wilson's Warblers in our...
This morning Kent Davis & I saw a Red-breasted Nuthatch at Sycamore Canyon Campground. This was either a female or a juvenile nuthatch. It was feeding in a...
Went to the Laguna Road tamarisks Friday morning to look for the Black-and-white Warbler reported by Onik. The warbler flock (including a Hermit) was still...
I finished a busy night shift in the ER and, eyes falling out of their sockets, staggered over to Laguna Road to check it out before going home to bed. Once...
The Ventura estuary is no longer open to the ocean. But it made for good shorebird viewing this am. A Pacific Golden Plover and several spotted sandpipers...
Howdy, This morning Onik Arian, Ginger and Ron Burns, and I were at the Laguna Tams where we saw three species of empids - Hammond's, Pacific Slope and Willow...
Could someone share the directions to the Tams from Thousand Oaks please ? Also is a scope required for a good viewing ? thanks, Brian Wilson [Non-text...
As an addendum to Bart Lane's post about Laguna Road, we did see another American Redstart. This one was different than the one I saw yesterday. Today's was a...
Laguna Road: Lots of birds feeding the whole length of the Tamarisk row. All of what Onik posted yesterday was still present, but no show on the Kentucky...
After giving it some thought, I think our estimate of 200 warblers is probably very conservative. The numbers reminded me of really, really good days at Pt....
Ventura Co. Vector Control and myself are searching for major crow roosts in Ventura Co. in order to try and answer questions about the occurence of corvids...
What an exhilarating morning! Reportedly FLOCKS of warblers rose at sunrise, flying around the area. Leaf hoppers and other insects in abundance. Birders...
Pasadena Audubon field trip today with stops at Sycamore Canyon, the sod farms, and the tamarisk rows on Hueneme and Laguna Rds. Good birding all day with...
The Laguna Road tams has definitely been the hotspot in Ventura County this Fall, both in terms of variety and numbers. Here is a compilation of warblers...
Howdy, This morning at approx. 10:15 am I saw the Black-and-White Warbler at the Laguna Road Tamarisk trees. It was working on tree trunks in the western...
Both the Buff-breasted and Baird's Sandpiper were still present around 10:30 this morning on the last sod field on the right hand side on Arnold Road, which is...
Howdy, This morning at about 8:15 I found a Chestnut-sided Warbler at the eastern end of the Laguna Road Tams. Later when Mike S. arrived he identified it as a...