Hello all, The Spring reporting season has now ended, and it is time for me to send my quarterly report of all interesting sightings in Ventura County...
Hi all, I just got back yesterday from a trip around southern California and here is a belated report of a few things from last week. On 5/31 I started at Emma...
Saturday morning Allen Bertke and I birded Pine Mt. and since we ran into the Conejo Audubon group on our way out I figured I would post our list to see how we...
Well, we had a similar list, but missed the Townsend's Solitaire, Downey Woodpecker, CA Quail, Band-tailed Pigeon, and Olive-sided Flycatcher. We must have had...
Hi, all. Sunday at Canada Larga Road, spotted a pair of Blue Grosbeaks, male and female, doing their courting dance. I am guessing they have established...
Last Saturday, June 7 was the annual Los Angeles Audubon Society composite pelagic/bird-walk to Santa Cruz Island and its marine environs. The Santa Barbara...
Wednesday, June 11. 4 Black Oystercatchers flew by the Ventura River Mouth about 9 am. One was later refound feeding in among the tide pools. Today:...
Hi Birders The Bird Box is no longer functioning at the old number. Why? I'm happy to announce Los Angeles Audubon will be the caretaker of the Bird Box....
I birded Soule Park in Ojai this morning with John Pavelko. We found the usual suspects but discovered something very strange going on. We spotted what was...
Hello all, Just thought everyone would be interested in some birds hanging around Pt. Mugu lately: yesterday, a juvenile BALD EAGLE was seen over the Eastern...
22 June The osprey has returned to the lake announcing his arrival to me by sitting on a mast and posing for a number of photos including one where he is...
Hello all, Oscar Johnson and I were floating around the back-country yesterday afternoon through today and had a few notable birds, in addition to many of the...
25 June Dear All, I have posted the some photos of the osprey here......it's under "raptors" Mary Hansen Lake Sherwood [Non-text portions of this message have...
I birded the Santa Clara river mouth and McGrath beach this evening. Wilson's Phalarope 8, Whimbrel 13, Willet about 30 and most of them seemed dark with dark...
Hi, all. My husband Michael and his friend were walking in Arroyo Verde Park on Tuesday. They usually check out the Red-tail nest above the picnic area in...
I took photos on Tues posted to McGrath Album. Could be same mystery gull's Eric photoed. Bill Adams Biodiversity Enthusiast Nature Host, McGrath State Park,...
I have been informed that the gull I saw Tue and Eric saw Wed is a glaucous. So maybe he is still hanging around. To get there, park at Surfer's Knoll and...
The Glaucous Gull continued this afternoon at SCRE. It was moving up and down the beach and feeding on a sea lion carcass with some Turkey Vultures and...
I just wanted to let everyone know that I walked along the beach from the Spinnaker Drive parking lot toward the mouth of the river and saw the Glaucous Gull...
I walked the beach Friday afternoon around 4:00 pm starting from the parking lot at Surfers Knoll out toward the Santa Clara River. I was actually hoping to...
Hello all, This afternoon near the mouth of Mugu Lagoon (on the base) there was an alternate plumaged HORNED GREBE. This is a lonely bird this time of year in...
I just posted a photo of a sandpiper photographed on the sand bar across the SCRE two days ago. Note the light colored legs, but the bill is very long for a...
On Saturday and Sunday (5/28/08 and 5/27/08) I went out to Santa Cruz Island with my mom and my stepdad. This was a birding/fishing trip with more fishing and...
Monday 6/30/08 I was able to relocate the out of season GLAUCOUS GULL today just west of the parking lot for Surfer's Knoll. THe bird was very approachable ...
Hello all, The alternate HORNED GREBE continued this afternoon in Mugu Lagoon. Earlier this week, four NORTHERN SHOVELER were seen, a rare species in the...
...at the Santa Clara River mouth this afternoon at 5:30. The glaucous-winged gull was there as well. There were a few migratory shorebirds along the west...
Hi Birders, Went out to SCRE briefly with Robert and Allison today (7/5) entering from the McGrath side. Robert quickly spotted a Common Tern within the...
From Lake Sherwood, We have a pair of shovelers here for the summer as we did last year, several families of pied bill grebes, at least one family of ruddy...
Hi, all. Young birds seen in Hall Canyon in the past week: Black Phoebe, Scrub Jay, Phainopepla, Black-headed Grosbeak, and today, Northern Flicker and...
This morning with Barbara Johnson and Mel Sigman we found the continuing Glaucous Gull with the gull and tern flock near McGrath. Also interesting to me were...