There was both a female and a pale gray male Northern Harrier at More Mesa early this evening. Only saw the male once in an hour's time. Other than them lots of Western Meadowlarks. Mark Bright Santa

Yesterday Pam and I saw an Osprey fly over NCOS carrying a small Leopard Shark. It was flying north from the direction of Sands Beach. Managed to get some distant photos of it in which you can see

18 at Sandpiper this AM by the pond Nick Lethaby, Goleta, CA -- Nick Lethaby Goleta, CA

*** Species Summary: - Vaux's Swift (1 report) - Vaux's Swift (Vaux's) (1 report) - Northern Waterthrush (1 report) - Blackburnian Warbler (1

Greetings! Please join us next week for our monthly program "A Visual Journey through the Carrizo Plain". Our speaker will be Chuck Graham. When: Wednesday, October 27, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Where:

We had two Common Poorwills on the dirt road at about 8pm last night. Cruz Phillips Las Cruzitas Ranch Santa Ynez

*** Species Summary: - Vaux's Swift (3 reports) - Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Yellow-crowned) (1 report) - Tropical Kingbird (1 report) - Clay-colored Sparrow (2 reports) - Northern Waterthrush (2

Snipe seen from the dam at LLC, at water's edge in the cove at the west side of the Lake. 5 pm. Dolores Pollock Santa Barbara

All, I had a quick look around Jalama after completing a Snowy Plover survey there. The 3 Cackling Geese found by Wes are still there. At least 8 Vaux's Swifts were intermittently feeding over the

Seen during noon hour across from old Beachside on an island. -- David -- David Levasheff Santa Barbara

This morning, Linda and I had a Clay-colored Sparrow at UCSB North Campus Open Space, seen along the left side (south) of Venoco Road, above the turnoff for the pond trail. Poor photos

*** Species Summary: - Solitary Sandpiper (2 reports) - American Bittern (1 report) - Western Wood-Pewee (2 reports) - Tropical Kingbird (4 reports) - Northern Waterthrush (2 reports) - Tennessee

Hi all, At 11ish this morning there was a large mixed flock of White-throated Swifts and Violet-green Swallows over Lake los Carneros with the swifts out numbering the swallows. Mixed in were two

Hi Ron, I appreciate your caution. Cliff Swallows are quite rare at this time of year, even for a single bird. For those who follow the LA County email list, you'll see there was a report of nice size

One flushed at Elings Park late this afternoon. There was also a Northern Harrier quartering over the plateau. Hugh Ranson Santa Barbara

Hi All - I just had a large, circling flock of swallows right over our neighborhood at 6:15 this evening. They looked like cliff swallows, but in the fading light and the altitude I could not be

All, I have made some preliminary enquiries about setting up a pelagic out of Port San Luis that would get into the waters of N Santa Barbara County (it is about 2.5 hours for them to get to the

All, I had a flock of 18 at Sandpiper. I almost missed them as there were no Canadas around so I initially couldn't find any smaller birds in the flock! -- Nick Lethaby Goleta,

*** Species Summary: - Red-naped Sapsucker (1 report) - Western Wood-Pewee (1 report) - Tropical Kingbird (1 report) - Western Kingbird (1 report) - American Crow (1 report) - Bewick's Wren (1

All, There was a Tropical Kingbird along the west side this afternoon. The Solitary and 2 Pectoral Sandpipers continue. Dave and I checked out a pewee that had been photographed as it was a bit messed