Two Phainopeplas were seen at Lake Los Carneros today, on the main path after Stow House, near the first dirt path leading west. They posed nicely. One photo here:

Several of us have been observing a Summer Tanager female in the Persimmon tree at the SB Museum of Natural History. Recently we noticed that the bird, which is all yellow, has some pinkish spots on

Male and female.

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This morning in the large star pine (?) just to the East of the Stow House (34.442995, -119.851153). https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S50778273

At the south west end, west of the Night-Heron roost sort of near the Kingfisher perch. Male/female pair. David

Hi SBCo Birders, I expect Mark is correct in that there will be no overall report on the count. There have been several other reports already --this brief summary should fill in the rest. Brad

At 7:05 AM this morning 4 American white pelicans were in at the north end of Devereux Slough. Mark Holmgren Santa Barbara

Following up on Mark’s comment, I was fortunate enough to bird with Paul Keller at Miguelito County Park and along San Miguelito Road for the La Purisima CBC Sunday, including the proposed wind farm

Thank you, Wim, for letting us know this sad news. Indeed, Kyle Braunger was a big part of the birding scene beginning in the 1990s and earlier 2000s. He was also an accomplished horticulturalist

I with Glenn Kincaid, Lisa Stratton, and Darwin Richardson counted birds on S VAFB yesterday. I am told the La Purisima CBC total is 153. I don't think a summary will be forthcoming. Fun and

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I was saddened to learn that Kyle Braunger recently died. When I started getting serious about birding I was always happy to run into him around UCSB's campus or at Goleta beach. He was always

Yesterday at noon, there was a burrowing owl at the bluffs overlooking the volleyball courts at the west terminus of Wadsworth Street in Pismo Beach. It was perched in a spindly group of small tobacco

All: At the La Purisima CBC yesterday, Peter Schneekloth, Jerry Rounds and I recorded 10 different species of sparrows: White-throated-Hibbits Ranch Clay-colored-River Park Chipping-Hibbits

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With John Deacon and Jerry Rounds visited Hibbit's Ranch, River Park, Sweeney Road and La Purisima Mission. Just a few early finds we had continuing Vermilion Flycatcher and Clay-colored Sparrow and

One Loggerhead Shrike and one Merlin yesterday afternoon on the McMenemy Trail in the Montecito foothills. Mark Bright Santa Barbara

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I came across this article and thought some would find interesting, about a bird we see in SB County only as it passes through. https://birdconservancy.org/black-swifts-new-horizons/ Glenn