Good Morning!! There is a female or juvenile calliope hummingbird at our collection of feeders this morning. He has been in the same small area for about 1/2 hour. It seems to be flycatching and

Chasers of rarities, A dog walk around the small Rod Rodenberger Park in Santa Maria produced what I am 99% sure was a PINE WARBLER. There is a stretch of Canary Island pines and some other exotic

Hi All: Today Florence Sanchez and I did a little birding in Carpinteria. We looked unsuccessfully for the Orchard Oriole at Santa Monica Creek, entering at the end of El Caro. Then we stopped at

It was seen this afternoon at the usual spot near the northeast corner of the water treatment plant, just south of 6th St. along Carpinteria Creek. Larry Ballard

Thursday, 1/23, 8:00-12:00 I led my class around Devereaux Slough today and had a very rewarding time of it. We tallied 69 species all together with a number of highlights. These included (2)Greater

I'm probably the last birder who still cared about this, but the AMERICAN BITTERN continues at Lake Los Carneros. This morning I saw it twice at the eastern-most arm of the lake. Also present at

Best viewed with scope from Lot 6 at UCSB (from 34.41001 -119.84212). In association with about 50 Western Grebes. Photos here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S63678203 Mark Holmgren Santa Barbara

I was there just before Eric (and must have just missed him). I got some not-great-but-not-terrible photos. See: https://ebird.org/checklist/S63678637 John Callender Carpinteria

Given that it is winter, did people double-check that this Tringa is not something even better? Wim -- Wim van Dam (Solvang, CA) SBCO #385: Neotropic Cormorant

Continuing this afternoon in Carpinteria. Today in northeastern corner of pond. Eric Culbertson Carpinteria

Catching up for the last few weeks during which we have had 62, 63 and today 64 species on the weekly survey. Highlights today included 5 Ferruginous Hawks, Merlin, Wilson's Snipe, continuing Sage

I tot I taw a gray-headed junco Saturday morning out my bathroom window in S-C Vandenberg Village, then consulted Sibley and immediately flopped back into bed. Awoke later with less than

This is the same stretch where I had good viewing about 3 weeks ago. It's wide open facing north so it's easy to see a lot of raptors at one time. That stretch west to Tres Hermanas Vinyard (where

Following up a month after Peter Schneekloth and then Nick Lethaby reported on the raptor show along Foxen Canyon Rd, I had a very similar experience with raptors in the area. I started by birding

I birded a few spots around Goleta/Isla Vista today. The best birds were a Tropical Kingbird in a location where not previously reported this year, on the berm between Basin K and Basin L/M of Goleta

This must be the week for mistaken IDs On the Sandpoint trip last week the ID of the Prairie Falcon was in error. Visible dark axillaries & under wing coverts had been reported in the brief encounter

There may be three birds involved here. There is a bird with classic Thayer's plumage. There is a bird that I feel is definitely a hybrid based on good photos and seeing it well in the field. Joan's

Would love to hear what reasoning is behind the hybrid theory. I think the gull looks like a pretty classic Thayer's gull, though hard to be certain without seeing the primary tips better. In my

Hi Folks: Guess what? There are at least 3 individual gulls near the dam area at Lake Los Carneros that might be candidates for Thayer’s Gull, & my list posted yesterday said that I had a

I hiked Farren Road this morning. While it was a crisp, lovely morning for a hike, bird activity was not remarkable. Neither Common Ground Doves not Roadrunners deigned to be seen or heard today.