Thanks to Nick for posting my sighting in a timely manner, since I did not have access to the Internet at that time. I first heard the Vireo while walking on the asphalt path to Coal Oil Point and

Hi All This is a reminder that Island Packers is offering a 12-hour deepwaterpelagic trip from the Ventura Harbor at 7 am on Sunday July 12. This trip willallow us to get to offshore waters beyond the

We are on our way. Marge and Din

All, Florence Sanchez just called to say she is looking at singing Red-eyed Vireo at Coal Oil Point. It is swapping between some elderberry bushes and eucs around the buildings close to the point (but

I returned to the estuary this morning at mid-tide. I found that the large influx of Western Sandpipers that filled the mudflats when I was there last week has moved on and not much has taken its

I changed the Flickr image so that the composite photo now shows the LHS of 'both' birds. It's the same link - https://flic.kr/p/2ji4uD5 Adrian O'Loghlen Goleta

Shorebirds still don't seem to be using these beaches yet. Conditions about 6;30 this morning were just about ideal for them, but no takers on either the east-facing or west-facing beaches. (Further

Hi Adrian and everyone, Using photos taken more than a month apart can be tricky for establishing the Ellwood bird is not the same as the IV bird. And for a bird of this rarity, I think the burden

Last night I took a leisurely walk out to the 3rd viewing platform and sat there for a while. I observed 5 Snow Egrets, 5 Black Skimmers skimming and one resting on the small island, a Mallard with

Below is a link to side-by-side photos of the White-eyed Vireo at Ellwood today and the Vireo that was at Camino Corto on 25th May. They look like different birds.

Yesterday somebody somewhere flipped a switch and made the eBird alerts go from daily to hourly. We are aware of this and are working on fixing this. Thanks for understanding (I hope). Wim -- Wim

White eyed Vireo continues this morning, a little bit to the East from Mark’s coordinates. Glenn Kincaid Santa Barbara -- Glenn Kincaid Santa Barbara

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Following up on this, after further investigation, it seems to me that the Neotropic Cormorant at Devereux today, the bird that was at Lake Los Carneros in April and early May before ending up at

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Continuing the theme of possibly resurfacing rarities gone AWOL, I found a pretty adult looking Neotropic Cormorant at Devereux Slough in Goleta around midday, today. The bird was perched alongside a

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Dan Fontaine and I detected a singing White-eyed Vireo at Ellwood 100 m east of the old car wash. Singing now at 11:11am. At 34.42304 -119.88650 It’s very birdy here. I got a good recording and that