All: At lunch I caught up with the Juv Baird's and also found a Solitary Sandpiper. Numbers of other shorebirds, especially Wilson's Phalaropes seem to be down a bit. Nick Lethaby DSP/BIOS Product

More on parking at UCSB: the right place to park is not on the grass at the overlook. Campus parking regulations require that one must park within marked stalls at all times of day. If you park on

Sorry about 2 day delay. Nojoqui park area did NOT have any purple martins on Monday (13 August), and no swallows of any kind (about noon). Few "summer visitor" birds noted, and likely all that were

Late this morning a Sharp-shinned Hawk flew over the Isla Vista vernal pool area towards the Isla Vista School. It soared in circles as sharpies often do. Oddly, it also hovered kestral-like over

The female or juv Lesser nighthawk was again at the Campus overlook to Area K this evening from about 7:45 to shortly after 8pm. A Blue Grosbeak was calling from somewhere below the bluff. A

Group, I am curious to know who else might be experiencing the slow message problem. Either with delivery or not seeing your message being posted on the group home page. Please reply to me off list.

Hi all I posted a message to sbcobirding fairly early this morning, and it has not appeared in my Inbox yet (it's 4:30-ish now), but it did appear on the sbcobirding web page quite a bit earlier.

All: I checked the UCSB overlook at lunch for about 45 minutes. There were several other birders present. There are now a lot more peeps around, both Least and Westerns. Also there were 2

Hi folks, The UCSB Overlook of Goleta Slough is often referred to as Area K and sometimes as the hardpan mudflats. The term Area K comes from a Santa Barbara Municipal Airport consultant’s document

Marilyn Harding reports that the Reddish Egret was at Devereux Slough (just out from the first turn-out) this morning (Tues). Karen Bridgers kbridgers@...

Lots of Wilson's Phalarope, several Lesser Yellowlegs, but we failed to see any Pectoral or Stilt Sandpipers. However, Dave Hubbard and I watched more than 1000 crows gather along the N side of the

All, Morgan Ball took some stunning photos of the Goleta Reddish Egret recently and thanks to Mark Holmgren for sending them to me, we now have nine available for viewing at the group home page (link

Just to fill in a some of few Sunday hours still unaccounted for at The UCSB Overlook of Goleta Slough (often referred to as Area K), I was out there about 9-10:15 am but could find no Stilt

All: Did a couple of hours birding Sunday evening. Checked the old oil platform off Bell's Creek for boobies, Frigatebirds, etc. but no luck. Devereux had nothing of interest. Missed the Pectoral at

On Sunday, between 4-4:30 p.m., we also checked out the overlook area. No sign of the Stilt Sandpiper, but as others have reported, we saw both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpiper,

George and I saw a White-winged Dove at about 9:30 this morning. It was flying west from the Dune Pond which is west of Devereux. There were at least 8 Least Terns (2 adults, 6 juvs) and probably

Birders, sorry for the late posting. Yesterday, Saturday between 2:00 and 4:00, Devereux slough had a reddish Red Knot, a probable juv. Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Wilson's Phalaropes, an Osprey fly

All: Rechecked Devereux at 5.00 and found mostly summer plumaged Red Knot. Rechecked the UCSB Overlook at dusk. No sign of the Stilt Sandpiper, but heard a Baird's or Pectoral calling a few

The bird I saw had obvious barring on its flanks. In addition it had worn dark upperparts with some basic feathers coming through. Juveniles would have clean pale edging to the scaps, no barring on

All: There was an adult Stilt Sandpiper at the UCSB overlook at noon today - on the E. end of the main pond. Also 20 Greater Legs, 4 Lesser Legs, 11 Dowitchers (1 juv SB), and 20 Wilson's Phals. The