I know Pennsylvania falls just outside of Ventura County, but I figure birding news is birding news, especially in this case. I just visited a Bald Eagle pair...
Hi, all. Busy week. Just now getting to post, sorry. Monday 6/29: No clapper rail at Arnold Road. Even Don DJ couldn't call it in. Tuesday eve.6/30:...
Hi, all. Brant now where he's supposed to be, IN the estuary. This eve also were 2 Black Oystercatchers, and a flock of 28 Whimbrels flew in, and later took...
I went to Arnold Rd. at 6:30 Thursday morning and didn't hear or see the rail. Walter said he hadn't seen it since a motorcycle powered over the bridge this...
A pair of Brant and small numbers of shorebirds this morning...most in alternate plummage, very pretty even in overcast conditions. My eBird list for SCRE is...
Hi -- Corine Barksdale and I went to Arnold Road this morning and did not see or hear the clapper rail. But we walked on to the beach and saw long-billed...
Lots of birds today on Canada Larga road. I have seen a pair of Loggerhead Shrikes the last 3 days just past the cattle branding area and up the hill on the...
Luke Cole 400 Species $40,000 Memorial Challenge A benefit for Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment (CRPE) September 26th and 27th, 2009 The birding...
Most of the Avocet eggs gone. Did see 2 Avocet fledgelings but only 2 nests left with eggs in them. Notables tonight were Black Oystercatchers x 2, Brant x 3,...
Hi, all. Birded CL from 6:45-8 pm. Highlights were a young Roadrunner, several families with young W. Bluebirds, and a family of Flickers. the Cliff...
Forgot to mention that Tues at Ventura River there were 6 BB Plovers, some in molting alternate plumage. Kay Location: Canada Larga Road (Ventura Co.) ...
Apologies for cross posting, but the area in question is situated on the Kern and Ventura county line: My son and I camped Friday night at Mt. Pinos campground...
Sorry for the very belated report, but this bird has been reported off-and-on all summer. In the evening of 2 July Dave Pereksta and I finally saw the LEAST...
Jaime and all, First an excellent source for the status of breeding birds on Mt Pinos (though a little out of date) is a paper by Joan Lentz, published in...
Jamie I almost hit a Northern Goshawk last year within a few hundred yards (north) of the Mount Pinos Campground. It was chasing two Clark's Nutcrackers...
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Jul 12, 2009 9:28 pm
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The Santa Clara river mouth beach was fairly quiet this morning maybe due to an adult Peregrine Falcon that was perched on a snag near the refrigerator (if...
Last two nights have been good down at the estuary. Saw and photographed a Peregrine Falcon, 2 Black Oyster catchers, 3 Brant, numerous Cormorants, Whimbrel, 4...
While playing golf at River Ridge in Oxnard this afternoon (7/14), I briefly heard a Yellow-billed Cuckoo calling from the riparian habitat along the Santa...
David Pereksta
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Jul 15, 2009 7:49 am
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Great find Dave, maybe Ventura County can one day again have a breeding population of these guys. Back in the late 90's I had singing Purple Finches into May...
Great find Dave! Just curious, on more general subject: what is the "coastal plain" of Ventura, the Coastal Commission jurisdiction which extends nearly to LA...
If anyone has a second and could look at the last page of photos, I posted 4 pics of either Pacific, B.B. or American Plovers. The tail looks like pacific but...
Greetings, The sold-out Condor Express was brimming with more than 75 birders as it departed Santa Barbara Harbor at exactly 7:00 a.m., July 25, 2009. There...
Earlier this week (7/27) Oscar Johnson, Lauren Harter, and I stopped by a very flooded SCRE.? There were a few shorebirds along the beach with 7 Black...
Hi, all. Highlights are returning shorebirds, especially today. 60+ Sanderlings in the estuary, and 100+ at the ocean shoreline. Also BB Plovers, Black...
Hi all, Has anyone seen any black necked stilts around? I have 2 that I need to release soon, they were babies that came from McGrath area. I'm trying to...
I got out to Point Mugu and the Oxnard Plain for a few hours this afternoon. In the upper parts of Mugu Lagoon (on the base and restricted), I had 2 Reddish...
David Pereksta
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Aug 3, 2009 4:00 am
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For the past few days two uncommon geese have been at the pond with the fountain at Conejo Creek Park (next to the Library) in Thousand Oaks. One looks like a...
Hello all, The Summer reporting season has now ended, and it is time for me to send my quarterly report of all interesting sightings in Ventura County to the...
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