Today I did a seawatch from Mugu Rock for the Conejo Valley CBC with Adam Searcy and Fred (sorry forgot your last name). Brad Silasen also was present for a...
We held the Thousand Oaks CBC on Sunday which resulted in a preliminary total (all districts not reporting yet) of 190 species! This is likely a new record...
Spotted a light ferruginous hawk perched in one of the tall Eucalyptus in the barranca at the west end of Camino Real Park (opposite the fenced dog area)....
Last summer, our visits to the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, in Willows, and to the Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, in Tulelake, were very...
Hi, all. It's been tough birding with this weather, no? But anyway, braved the cold and wind to take a brief walk in Emma Wood this noonish. Not too much...
Hello all, I spent a couple hours birding this afternoon in the Hueneme area, with a few notable birds. There was a Nashville Warbler at Bubbling Springs park...
Still wondering what birds were seen, and where one may go to find the rarities and other easy to see birds -- I KNOW there are quite a few vacationers and...
On 15 Jan 2007, Lark and I did not find any Williamson's sapsucker along Canada Larga Road, but we did see 2 RED-NAPED and 1 RED- BREASTED, the latter [and a...
Conejo Valley Audubon Activities for February Conejo Valley Audubon Meeting The birds and wildlife of Botswana will be the featured topic of a presentation by...
A BURROWING OWL was in a barranca about 2.5 miles east of highway 33 on Canada Larga Road mid- to late pm on 18 Jan 2007. After passing a long line of...
A question arose to whether or not the first bird of the sapsuckers seen on Canada Larga in Ventura County CA [15 and 18 Jan 2007] was "pure" or a hybrid,...
Hi, All. Canada Larga road continued very birdy this am. The Burrowing Owl was seen again where Jim and Lark saw it the other day -- about .1 mile past the...
The Ventura Audubon Christmas Count took place on December 16. A total of 183 species were seen on count day and 6 additional species were seen during count...
Canada Larga Burrowing Owl present Sunday 21 Jan 2007 Prior to seeing it, Lark and I encountered some people who had come and searched but did not see it;...
Managed to get out to Canada Larga yesterday (21 Jan) and saw the burrowing owl who had planted himself about 10 feet from the road. He took off and flew down...
After reading 2 articles mentioned by some of those who contacted on and off list (articles by: Shunk; and, Johnson and Johnson), I've amended my Sapsucker...
Regarding what I wrote below, and in light of the fact that certain birds WERE included on Christmas Bird Counts, but that may actually be hybrids (Red-naped x...
I apologize for the late post, but I have been out of town for the last few days. I saw a White-winged Dove at Noon on Monday (1/22) near the intersection of...
Those who originally found a LONG-EARED OWL here had hoped to keep its location "obscure" since they've noted that too many observers tend to drive them off...
Birder's, Overcast skies, calm winds and glassy water conditions made for a nice seawatch from Mugu Rock this morning. The Black-vented Shearwaters put on a...
As of today, Chrystal Klabunde will assume ownership of Ventura County Birding. She is an active knowledgeable birder, a member of the board with the Conejo...
Hello Everyone, I'm looking forward to serving you as Ventura County Birding's new Owner/Moderator. And I want to thank Robert Sakamoto for all the work that...
Never having seen these conures in the wild before, I was quite taken with how really pretty they are. I had stopped at Big Sycamore checking for Monarchs...
Hello Birders, Check out the new taxonomic organization of the Photo Files at VenturaCoBirding. I hope this will make these files easier to use for both...
Thanks Chrystal for up-dating the photos folders! In light of the recent Santa Barbara sighting, I've re-posted photo of a Caracara at Saticoy to the Raptors...
Synchronicity? I received call from Bill Trautwein on 05 Feb 2007 that he found a male VERMILION flycatcher in Fillmore on private land (unfortunately) where...
Birders I've been working out near Somis at a private residense that backs up to a barranca off Donlon. Last week I heard and saw a Western Tanager at close...
Birders Three groups of Brant with a combined total of 82 were seen flying north past the point this morning. Later on, Robert McMorran joined me and we...
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