Jimmy McMorran called me this morning that he had found a new WHITE-WINGED SCOTER at the end of Seaward Ave in Ventura. I checked it out mid day and I had a...
I went looking for scoters today. At least three White-winged Scoters were swimming in the ocean off Marina Park (the area roughly outlined by three...
The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) for Ventura Audubon has been scheduled for Saturday 16 December and volunteers are needed in all sectors. For those interested...
Hi, all. This am scoped the breakwaters, ocean, and sailing school portion of the harbor. A motorboat moved a flock of ~20 scoters across the ocean between...
I went scouting at Lake Casitas today. It was not a good birding day - but I did find a White-throated Sparrow. It was with a flock of White- crowns hanging...
Heard that SCRE busted through, with high tides and rain. I'll go tomorrow am to check it out. Ventura River was still sedate Sunday am. Of note in the...
Checked the Ventura River near Casitas Springs today north of the trailer park. As usual, there were four or five Hooded Mergansers (2 or 3 males, 2 females)....
Hi, All. Went in from surfer's knoll. The estuary is still very full, altho more shallow, probably due to the high tides. Gulls were wading in the middle....
Hello Birders! A lone Pacific loon has been hanging out in the Channel Islands harbor for several weeks now. I took a while posting the sighting because I ...
It is still not too late to participate in the Ventura Audubon Christmas Bird Count which is scheduled for this Saturday 16 December. For additional ...
This evening I had a good sized flock of Tree Swallows along Harbor Blvd by the Ventura WTP, included in the flock were single Barn and Rough-winged Swallows....
Sandy Hedrick reported at burrowing owl yesterday. The bird was located in the grass and dunes at Marina Park at Ventura Harbor. Now if I can just get it stay...
Conejo Valley Audubon Society Activities for January Conejo Valley Audubon Meeting Have you ever wondered where bird field guides get all of that useful...
Birded around the Ventura Count Circle today. Best of all was a SHORT-EARED OWL which flew over SCRE at about 4:20 this afternoon and then landed on the beach...
Woke up this morning to find 9 Nutmeg Munia in my backyard in the Ventura Foothills. This is the first time I have encountered this introduced species in the...
Jon L. Dunn To Talk About Sparrow Identification at December 28 Meeting Confused by those sparrows in immature plumage or not sure about the differences...
Made a quick trip through Soule Park this AM scouting for the CBC. Besides most of the usual suspects I found a large mixed flock of Chipping Sparrows and...
I frequently bird the riparian area along the running track at Thousand Oaks High School. Today I was surprised with 4 species I had not seen there before- a...
20 Dec. For those who will be birding here on 31 Dec., please don't forget to get the names to me before the 27th as I have to give them to the gate. Hope...
Birders, Early this morning while at work I heard a tanager calling. My first thought was, that's a Summer Tanager. It called a few more times and I kept...
Dear birders, I'm looking for information on YBMA sightings in a few specific areas. The areas are: 1) Santa Barbera and Ventura counties; specifically the...
Early today (Sunday, December 24, 2006) on our usual Sunday morning birding walk along the western side of Conejo Creek next to the Camarillo Sanitary District...
Birded SCRE this afternoon, ducks are now almost nonexistent at SCRE. Of course there were Avocets present as the count is now over, but I didn't have any...
At SCRE this evening I had an interesting gull that showed a number of characters that are normally considered outside the range of American Herring Gull....
Yesterday in the Pepper Trees alongside Canada Larga Road I found a male Williamson's Sapsucker. It was foraging along in the trees on the south side of the...
Jimmy Mcmorran and I did a seawatch from Mugu Rock this morning. Lots of birds with loon, scoter, and grebe numbers in the hundreds and Black-vented ...
See "Recent photos" link, click on it. My guess would be California gulls. The bill has too much color in it for Thayer's (which is what it resembles) - from...
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