I'll try to get over there on my lunch hour. Unfortunately, all I have with me today are my crummy binoculars. But since there was a solitary sp there yesterday, It's very possible that there could

Could someone check this out today, please???? Karen

Saturday evening, about 8:30 PM I heard at least two Northern Saw-Whet Owls in the tall stand of Eucalyptus trees across the street and just a little west of The Hitching Post in Casmalia. However,

Hi folks, At noon today, Monday, 23 Aug99, at the Gol. San Dist, Morgan Ball and I had a Solitary Sandpiper (whitespotted form), a Wood Duck, 1 Wilson's Phalarope, 2 common terns, and 2 or

SB Co Birders, Many of you are aware of this, but I wanted to offer others the opportunity to join the San Luis Obispo county Rare Bird Alert Email system. The service focuses on rare or unusual

What began as a trickle Friday morning, became a raging river late Sat or early Sunday. Those of you familiar with the Santa Ynez River mouth in summer, know that it may be full of water well into

My morning search for the Curlew Sandpiper on VAFB was unsuccessful. Five Bairds remained along with two Lesser Yellowlegs.

Hi Birders! Yesterday Joan Hardie brought by some excellent slides of the Goleta Sewage Treatment plant bird. If only we could get some decent ones of the SYRE bird, separation (or merging?) of the

Since I received no response to my query on Curlew Sandpiper sightings, I assume no one in SB County has looked for the bird recently. An LA birder did confirm that the bird was seen on Monday

Joan and others, As we were standing at the VAFB pond looking at it Sunday morning, Brad Hines mentioned to me that there were a couple of guys attempting to photograph the bird on Saturday. Perhaps

Oops. I guess my vote would have to be to change the Reply function. I don't always notice who messages were sent to. Just my opinion.

Hi Joan I saw the CuSa, but got no photos. Saw it poorly, anyway. I don't join in the assumptions that this is probably the same bird, until someone offers a little proof. Did you fly to Santa Rosa

Hi birders: I was on S. Rosa Is. all weekend & returned to find my e-mail messages re a Curlew Sandpiper at SYRE. OK. I need your help. Is there ANYBODY who got photos of the SYRE bird? We will

Has anyone checked Goleta STP this week?

It was still there when I left at 11 am on Sunday--Bob Smith, Santa Maria

Hi folks, I birded Santa Ynez Rivermouth this evening. Good numbers of shorebirds remain. Two SemiSandpipers,three juv Lesser Yellowlegs,and a Bairds were the highlight species. Notime to look

Can anyone give me an update on the Curlew Sandpiper? Last I heard was that it was still there Sunday, but I still have out-of-town birders calling me for the status. Even if you looked and didn't

A reminder of something Brad Hines mentioned in one of his notices. 1. It is not legal to walk across the trestle at Ocean Park, in addition to being very dangerous. 2. The pond north of the trestle

Forgot to include the 3-5 Bairds and the Lesser Yellowlegs. Also many shorebirds feeding west of trestle at midday; Shearwaters just offshore.

Hello all, The Curlew Sandpiper was relocated thismorning on the brackish pond approximately 300 yards NW of Ocean Pk. Thefog made viewing difficult early on. The persistant folks were