Yesterday on San Ysidro Creek in Santa Barbara, as described before on this list, my wife and I couldn't find any Dippers between about 12:30 and 1:30 pm, perhaps due to the fair numbers of people on

Saw three Black Swifts over More Mesa in Goleta this am (Sunday, 9/12). Ibis still in Atascadero Creek. Bird on...George Roland

Hi all, One more try! I birded the VAFB ponds this morning.As indicated by the posting yesterday, the activity has increased. Shorton time, I did manage to see the following: 1 imm. Red-eyed

Hi all, This morning I birded the VAFB Ponds.As indicated by the posting yesterday, the activity has increased. Short on time, I was able to see the following: 1 imm. Red- eyedVireo very

At about 10 this morning I briefly had a male Prothonotary Warbler at El Capitan State Park, in a small willow above where the creek spills out from the culvert that runs under 101 and the railroad

Hello SBCo birders, I received a phone call from a casual birding acquaintance who informsme that there are up to five White-faced Ibis in a pool of water whereTepusquet Rd. (pronounced Tep-us-cay)

Carp Creek is still only moderately birdy, but produced a couple of Northern Waterthrushes this morning, and one Yellow-breasted Chat. The Chat was downcreek from 6th St., near the wall that borders

I omitted the Willow Flycatcher from the list of interesting sightings from the Ponds on VAFB this morning. See you at the Rally. Gene Lynch Lompoc

The La Purisima AS bird walk to the Waterfowl Natural Resources Area produced 61 species of birds this morning, Saturday. Most notable among them were Black & White Warbler, Black-throated Gray

Sorry...the untitled posting should be titled San Ysidro Steller's Jays

We hiked up San Ysidro Canyon to the "swimming hole" today (Friday, 9/10) -- the Dippers were not all cooperative, but the two Steller's Jays (see Jim Greaves Posting #96) were in the oak trees

Hi All, I failed to mention this in the posting about the Willow Flycatcher but yesterday as we were watching the flycatcher on San Ysidro Creek, Terry states that he saw a "very yellow warbler with

Hi all...Maxine and I found the Brewer's Sparrow on Atascadero Creek today (Thursday) at about 4:45 pm. We first saw it in the bushes between the bike path and the creek about one hundred yards

Hi All, This morning Cher, Terry and I went back to Montecito to let Terry get a look at the Dipper. We found the juvenile calling and working the creek above and below the swimming hole. On the

The Goleta sewage plant remains a pretty birdy spot, and a good place to go for anyone interested in looking at shorebirds in the Santa Barbara area. Nothing better today than one Pectoral Sandpiper

On Wednesday 9/8 at about 5:30 pm, Betsy Moles and I saw an ibis feeding in the same area on Atascadero Creek (near the s-curve) with one Snowy Egret. I didn't notice any white tufts on the head, but

Hi all -- Don't forget to stop by after work at 5:30 PM tomorrow (Thursday) for a birding trip around Devereux Slough. Ron Hirst <sbtech@...> leads us and will also bring us up to speed on the

At about 4:30 today, Fri, an ibis sitting with 2 snowy egrets on the telephone wire above the creek at the end of Walnut Lane. 20 mins later circled over the S-bend in the creek along with

Sorry, I should've said there are no willows along the NORTH bank of the creek--the bike path side.

Some nice birds at Atascadero Creek yesterday evening. I saw a Bobolink and a Brewer's Sparrow in the S curve about midway between Turnpike and Walnut on Atascadero Creek, just before sunset. This is