Howdy, Just an update for the Christmas Count crews. Today - immature Peregrin Falcon at the Ventura River mouth. I saw it land in a tree in Wilderness Park...
Birded around again today with Oscar Johnson. We started off at the Ventura Harbor, but nothing new from yesterday. Olivas Adobe/Golf Course still has 3...
I am going to Frazier Park tomorrow. Can someone give me a couple of suggestions on birds I should look out for while my daughter is sledding with her friends...
David & Ventura birders: This is a late reportback, but on the 27th I spent a very wet and rainy day in your lovely county. I started along SR150 at the Santa...
On our usual Sunday morning birding walk near the Camarillo Water Treatment facilities looking for the golden eagle that has been reported being in the area...
A small request to the group: Cactus wrens seem to be overlooked in birding some areas where I know they breed -- for instance, along hills at Rustic Golf...
After a few days out-of-state, I spent some time today compiling the Conejo Valley Audubon Society’s CBC. Despite less-than-perfect weather last Sunday...
Hi Folks, Lisa and I stopped at Perkins Road and saw the Tropical Kingbird, along with a birder who just moved here 2 months ago, and doesn't know any Ventura...
Hi all I posted some of the images of birds found yesterday. http://mysite.verizon.net/res1uzgs/VentCoJan2005.html Enjoy! Thanks for the opportunity to help. ...
In the "For What It's Worth" department.... While running around, doing chores, I took advantage of the break in the rain to very briefly check out the Ventura...
If you would like to see the photo I took of the adult, female Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, check it out on my webpage at: http://home.earthlink.net/~icbflys The...
http://www.birdinfo.com/ThayersGull_image.html Thought this might be of interest. Also, wondering if I was seeing same near the Sanjon Road area along beach...
Thanks to James Pike, I now know my visiting grosbeak is an adult male not a female as I posted earlier. Now you know why my email address is icbflys and not...
Quick look at Ventura River Estuary today, especially looking for terns, which were no-shows for the Christmas count. Today there was ONE Royal tern. Where...
Good question, Kay. In Santa Barbara, we struck out on Royal Tern for our CBC on Sunday. And while the rain might account for some of our more amazing misses,...
Lisa and I had a Caspian Tern flying around at Ormond beach, while we were looking for the Tropical Kingbird, Sunday at 4:30 pm. Tom Kay, did you get my email...
Hi: For what it is worth, Phil Sayre and I had ONE Royal Tern at the Malibu Lagoon on Saturday, 1/1/05. Jean Brandt ... From: venturacobirding@yahoogroups.com ...
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On a day filled with rain varying from showers to downpours Ventura Audubon mustered 95 volunteers, a record turn out for the CBC, to count birds in our...
Third Annual Murphy's Petrel Pelagic Trip There are still spaces available for the spring 2005 5-day pelagic trip aboard the "Searcher" out of San Diego on...
For comparative purposes, I posted an image of HORNED and EARED grebe heads (winter plumage) from 2 photos made at Santa Barbara Harbor on Sunday 09 January...
After seeing a photo of Main Street bridge today (made by unknown from the 101) with water less than 5 ft from the bottom of the roadway, it is safe to say...
I was fortunate to be out on my backyard deck (Simi Valley) early this afternoon. I was casually watching the many goldfinches and house finches at our...
I have pasted an e-amil I got about rescuing oiled birds found in Ventura county. I called the number and the center is in San Pedro. The man who answered did...
I walked the beach between the Mandalay Power station and Channel Islands Harbor this morning. I saw no oiled birds nor any oil on the beach. Reed Smith ...
I just saw an oiled Western Grebe in Ventura Harbor. It was swimming fast, so is probably uncatchable. I don't know if this is indicative of a larger problem....
... I see half a dozen or so variously oiled birds when I go to ocean sites -- out of many hundreds of birds. I tend to think it doesn't indicate a larger...
Greetings, This morning at 9:45 am, Allison Alvarado and I were out birding on the on PCH between Magu Rock and Neptune's Net. There was a Red- throated Grebe...
Hello, Just in case the Red-necked Grebe message doesn't get posted on the day of the sighting, I want to note that the date is Friday, Jan. 14, 05. Good...
Lark sent me photo of 2 oiled WESTERN GREBES in Santa Barbara Harbor at noon today [14 Jan 2005]. In light of same day reports of oiled grebes in Ventura...