Birders, A male Rufous Hummingbird made two brief appearances at my feeders this morning. I also have numbers of Anna's, Allen's and selasphorus (spp.), a...
Hi all did a seawatch this morning from Mugu Rock, it was really slow.? Other than a constant stream of Brown Pelicans, Heerman's Gulls, and Elegant Terns...
Thursday 05 July 2007: I found a SAY'S PHOEBE nest under a staircase on a high school in Moorpark at noon today. 2 chix about 2 days from fledging, with 2 ...
3 males, no female, Ring-necked ducks at Moorpark sewer. Sorry; fog in am made for lousy views when backlit at distance; photos show all male band. Jim Greaves...
Yesterday around noon I found a Juvenile Pomeraine Jaeger walking along the beach south of the campground at McGrath State Beach. I was struck by how dark the...
I had a brief comment on the age of the jaeger.? From the single photo posted I cannot age it, but the bird is at least in its second year (and probably not a...
As of yesterday am July 5, saw my first Black-Bellied Plover since late April. At Marina park, of course. Two Whimbrels were seen wading, and a flyover of 4...
David Pereksta gave me a short version of David Vander Pluym's tome listed below. I just shortened it more. I work with two species where the sub-adult birds...
Birders, Robert McMorran and I walked the beach this morning checking out SCRE from end to end. Highlights were: (100+) Western Sandpipers with a couple of...
This morning we walked and birded the entire Lake Shore Trail. The first bird we saw was an Ash-Throated Flycatcher on a power line.A pair of Blue Grosbeaks...
This morning I birded SCRE birds of note included a summering BRANT, EARED GREBE (in full alternate a likely breeding bird), WHITE-FACED IBIS, Peregrine Falcon...
Thanks to a catch by Guy McCaskie, I had mis transcribed my notes into ebird and then continued the mistake in the birds of note part.? I did not have any...
We recently found a small bird egg on top of our block wall pillar. As nothing else was on the pillar, we assume that the next-door gardener (lawn mower)...
Two juvenile - apparently recently fledged - Cooper's Hawks have been frequenting our cul-de-sac for the last several days, especially in the morning and ...
Made a run down to the bridge over the lake just now and the adult LITTLE BLUE HERON continued, still in its nuptial plumes.? Also present were 2 WHITE-FACED...
Found a male LEAST BELL'S VIREO tending at least two 2-week-old-plus juveniles along Arroyo Simi west of Moorpark on Thursday 12 July 2007. This in an area...
Birders, I walked the beach this morning (7/15) and the shorebird numbers had decreased since my last visit. Who knows what it may be like later today? Of note...
I'm not sure what happened with the eBird report but the number that follows the species is the correct way to match them. Thanks, Jimmy McMorran To:...
Santa Cruz Island, Saturday, September 29 Boat leaves Ventura Harbor (next to the Channel Islands Nat'l Prk Hdqtrs) at 9 am for Prisoner's Harbor on Santa Cruz...
Dear Ventura County Birding members, The staff of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology is happy to help members of the public and researchers identify...
Allen Bertke and I birded the beach from Surfer's Knoll to McGrath today from 5-7:30pm. Low numbers but a good variety of shorebirds, terns and gulls. The...
Hi Ventura Co Birders, I received this message from jasthorn: "We want to publicly thank Rene' Corado and Linnea Hall, of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate...
I went birding from Surfer's Knoll to McGrath with Eric Waian yesterday afternoon from 5:00-7:30. Thought some of you would like to see pics of the Red Knot,...
Oscar Johnson and I did some birding around the county today. Of note included 2 singing male BLUE GROSBEAKS at Ormond Beach off McWane. Seems likely that...
20 July We have at least 4 families of PIED BILL grebes this year on the lake. Last year we had one family of eared grebes. The pbg families range from 5...
Hello Ventura birders, A belated pelagic report that may be of interest: On July 3, 2007, I observed a Dark-rumped Petrel (aka Hawaiian/Galapagos Petrel) in...
