My experiences with Tipus vs. Eucalyptus match what Dave and others have reported so far this fall. I’ll add a plug for one other species: I’ve had decent numbers of birds coming to any fruiting

I birded a number of spots with infested exotic trees in Santa Barbara this morning, splitting my time between a couple of recent hotspots with lerpy redgums and several places with Tipuana tipus. It

Hi All This is a reminder that Island Packers is offering an 11-hour deepwater pelagic trip from the Ventura Harbor at 7 am on Saturday October 3 and we still have some tickets available. This trip

At least one of the Blackpolls was still present this morning. It was in with a warbler flock in eucs on either side of Shoreline Drive, just south of the park itself. Other birds in the park included

9-11am Sun. had same type and quantity of birds as Sat., minus Nashville and Townsends, plus W. Tanager, Bushtits, Munias, and Starlings. Ron Hirst

In Lompoc. Around 8 AM ... Elegant, Royal and Caspian Terns. California and Western Gulls, (scanned the three flocks near the mouth for the LBBG to no avail).... Sanderlings, Least Sandpipers,

The two tall lerpy eucs in the parking lot at the Riviera Theater are teeming with warblers right now. Yellow-rumored, yellow, Wilson’s. Also Western Tanagers and bushtits. Robert Hofberg

Sunday morning, Sep 27, 2020 Four 1Y Yellow-crowned Night Herons near the Franklin Creek footbridge. White-tailed Kite and Osprey foraging over Basins 1&2. 3 Blue-winged Teal in Santa Monica

All, I started at Winchester One. There were a decent number of birds, but best was a Hermit and a BT Gray. I moved on to Logmein where there were really good numbers of warbler in the tipus, mostly

These excellent photos are an excellent comparison of overall color pattern and of bill shape and contour. Newer birders should study them well. Thank you for posting them Mark! Florence Sanchez

It was still there at 3:45 pm today north of the stairs pretty much where Mark saw it. Ria Marsh

*** Species Summary: - Curlew Sandpiper (8 reports) - Clay-colored Sparrow (1 report) - Northern Waterthrush (1 report) - Black-and-white Warbler (1 report) - Tennessee Warbler (2 reports) - Lucy's

Abundant warblers in lerpy eucs and creekside cottonwoods. Best birds were a Nashville Warbler, 2 BT Gray, 18 Yellow Warblers, 8 Wilson's Warblers, 2 Townsends, 8 OC Warblers, 2 YR Warblers, 3

I was lucky enough to get photos of the Curlew Sandpiper next to a Dunlin. I found the comparison interesting. https://ebird.org/checklist/S74094218 Mark Holmgren San Marcos Pass

All, I wanted to post a reminder about the use of photo attachments in outgoing messages. In July 2018 we sent email out to the group announcing that we were opening up the photo attachment function

I birded Carpinteria Creek this morning and didn't encountere a lot of migrants, if you don't count the White-crowned Sparrows that showed up in numbers south of 6th St. Best birds were at the very

I went back to the park this afternoon but it was hot, and bird activity was way down. I could not find the Blackpoll Warblers. I did, however, see a Nashville Warbler, a Fox Sparrow (sooty), and a

On the west beach of Goleta Bay , N of the UCSB Lot 6 staircase, MUCH closer to Goleta Beach County Park than to the staircase. At 34.41458 -119.83843. At 1:33pm. Lots of snoozing. Mark

Thanks to Peter, I was able to see and photograph a beautiful male Black-throated Gray Warbler in the oaks at Miguelito Canyon Park this morning. It makes the third time ever for me to see this

2 Blackpolls At la Mesa Park. South end of lawn in Lerpy euc. Hugh r Sb