Last evening, an adult Curlew Sandpiper in nearly complete breeding plumage was found at the Goleta Sewage Plant on William Moffet Place (between the airport and Goleta Beach). The plant can be

Late-breaking information from the sewage plant is as follows: There will be no access on Sundays. The plant has agreed to be open for birders THIS SATURDAY (8/14) ONLY, from 9-4, which is a great

An adult Curlew Sandpiper in almost full breeding plumage was found late yesterday at the Goleta Sewage Treatment Plant. The bird was still present this morning, but is quite skittish. The

Last evening, an adult Curlew Sandpiper in nearly complete breeding plumage was found at the Goleta Sewage Plant on William Moffet Place (between the airport and Goleta Beach). The plant can be

I vote for reply to defaulting to the whole list. Q

Hello, First of all, it might be time for an update on the sbcobirding group. There are now 45 subscribers to this listserve in just about two weeks time. Thank you for your interest and

Hello SB Co. Birding subscribers, You just received a message from me intended to go to Joan Hardie. In replying to her email, I replied to you all. Now you all know a little bit more about me than

Hi Joan, Four gallons of sugar water! I hope you have stock in C&H. I didn't see any Costa's when I hiked Aliso Loop on Friday--now I know where they've gone. I had a lovely hike early Friday

Congratulations to Jamie Chavez for creating the Santa Barbara County Birding Group. As reports of migrating birds begin to filter in from local hotspots it's a good time to start thinking about

From the Santa Maria river mouth via Brad Hines The Sunday morning highlights include: three SemiSandpipers,one Red Knot,two Bairds,and many juv Leasts and Westerns

Good afternoon to all, Apparently things are slow to change at SMRE. The Sunday morning highlights include: three SemiSandpipers,one Red Knot,two Bairds,and many juv Leasts and Westerns. No

Mist netting at Chorro Flats today didn't produce any rarities but we did mist net 105 birds (a record for the site). Lots of Common yellowthroats (immatures and adults) and Song sparrows and a

There were 10 Least Terns (1 juv.) on the beach just west of the "Dune Pond" which is just west of Devereaux. There were also 25 Snowy Plovers in the dry sand. There are 100+ hummingbirds at our

Hello all: I birded the SMRE yesterday morning from 7-9. Not much change from last week: at least three SemiSand continue along with three juv Bairds. Most interesting to have juv SeSa feeding

Figueroa Mtn. was pretty slow this morning (only 5 birds were banded in 6 hours). I did however, net and band a hatch year Hermit Warbler (passing through I'm sure as I haven't seen or heard any

Is anyone aware of Northern Shrike records from eastern SLOco? SW Kern co?

Mark Holmgren's statement that Forster's Terns could be showing up in late July on the coast (Devereux Slough) is further substantiated by what I saw at the Santa Maria River mouth yesterday: a

Hi Folks, Kevin Lafferty took andtransmitted a digital photo today of 2 Least Terns foraging at Devereux Sloughmouth. That prompted me to look at Goleta Beach and Goleta Bay forterns. There

I spent two hours this morning down at the Santa Maria River mouth. The onshore ocean breeze started just as I arrived, but did not increase to the intensity that I was feeling on the SLOCO coast

Why do you say this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Mark Holmgren, Associate Director 805 893-4098 office * Museum of Systematics and Ecology 805 893-4724