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

I checked out Devereux Slough first and not much was happening there. Shorebird species found were Black-necked Stilts and Greater yellowlegs, all probably over-summering birds. I then walked down to

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All, Coincidentally I birded the SYRE later that day. As Florence indicated, Western Sandpipers have increased with at least 750 present. There were small numbers of various other expected shorebirds

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Intrigued by Nick's report on the shorebird situation at the Santa Ynez River mouth, I headed there late this morning. There were Western Sandpipers in large flocks flying and landing on almost all