A chestnut-sided warbler was a real surprise foraging high in a neighbors black locust this evening. I had been watching several species feed begging young in the yard (including a cowbird being

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Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (restricted), Monday morning, July 13, 2020 FOS Willets and Black-bellied sandpipers in the lagoon at the outflow of the Santa Monica Creek. Rob Denholtz Carp -- Rob

I have a white crowned sparrow at my feeder this evening. My first July record. I am not sure if I am right, but I use a few field marks to guess on WC sparrows. First, this one has light lores.

*** Species Summary: - Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (1 report) - Hermit Thrush (2 reports) - Baltimore Oriole (1 report) - Northern Parula (1

Hi All: Like everybody else, I’m waiting for returning shorebirds and not having much luck. Marilyn Harding and I had a pleasant hour at Goleta Beach. Only shorebird was a Long-billed Curlew, but

I made a quick stop to see if the Northern Parula was still hanging out west of Nojoqui Park and sure enough he's still there. I watched him forage for about 10 minutes near the now dry creek which

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Sorry for the late post but still may be of interest to some, especially those keeping track of returning shorebirds. Devereux Sough was not quite devoid of avian life forms. There were a few of the

I walked about 100 meters upstream and downstream of the Bates Rd bridge in Rincon Creek this morning. Lovely walk, and you can more or less keep your feet dry without rubber boots, at least where I

*** Species Summary: - Common Ground Dove (1 report) - Reddish Egret (1 report) - Cattle Egret (2 reports) - Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (2

Order has been restored for the two kind of eBird alerts that were automatically forwarded to sbcobirding : - The daily eBird alerts of rare county birds is active again on sbcobirding as this seems

Breeding-plumaged adult. I found this bird on the mud peninsula in the estuary mouth where the gulls rest. After a few minutes, it took off and flew upstream. I relocated it in the Night Heron

On 8 and 9 July I walked Tecolote Creek bottom covering more than 3 miles. Where neighborhoods border the creek the streamside habitat is generally in excellent condition. Further upstream avocado

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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