COME HELP SAVE JOAN LENTZ'S (VOLUNTEER) JOB! Hey birders! You wouldn't want me without a (volunteer) job would you??? A very important journal, "North American Birds" formerly "Field Notes", has

Looked for Painted Bunting on Sunday, Sept. 5, no luck. Present were an Osprey and Sora, plus a couple of empids, and not much else. No sign of Chestnut-backed Chickadee or Manikins. Florence

I will be in Santa Barbara on Thursday, any hope that the dippers will still be there? Pat W.

Don't forget the other birds - but there are also other birds of note. Kathleen and I saw 2 STELLER'S JAYS less than a quarter mile above the Dipper spot on Sunday (5 Sept 99). These are significant

Oops didn't intend for my last message to hit the entire list Pardon Kurt

Hi Robb, Sounds like an interesting trip, I'm envios. I have been craving pelagics since I left the west, Florida waters are a virtual desert. I finally couldn't take it anymore and took a

Hi Barbarians, As you may have seen recently in the News Press, I'm just back from a few weeks in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. I'm still just recovering from the shock of re-entry to

Cher and Bruce Hollingworth report that the Dippers remain in the vicintity of the swimming hole on San Ysidro Creek. They report seeing one adult and one juvenile bird this morning Sat. Sept

Dave Compton and I failed to find the Painted Bunting on Atascadero Creek on Saturday afternoon. Mark Holmgren, Melissa and Helene were also birding the area and did not see it either. We did find 2

This morning (September 5) Jim Greaves and I went to San Ysidro Creek in search of the Dipper(s) and finally found one sub-adult about 1/4 mile downstream of the pool where the others have apparently

Hi all This morning (Sat.) Jim Hodgson was looking for the Painted Bunting (no luck there) and found a Chestnut-backed Chickadee in the same location, about 150 yards above the check dam near the end

Any South Coast Santa Barbarians interested in car-pooling for this? Reminder received today from Gene Lynch <grlynch@...> Subject: Central Coast Birding Rally [Lompoc/Santa

I'm looking for an address and/or phone number for a birding magazine. I'm told it is called "Bird Watching" or something very close to that. Anyone know of it? Gene Lynch Lompoc

Karen is in the process of updating the Santa Barbara RBA. Please get any updates to her asap. The last report of the Painted Bunting is from Wednesday. Thanks, Guy

This evening I had 5 juv's and 1 adult Red Knot and a single juv PectoralSandpiper at Ocean Pk. Conditions continue to be good. } } }

The female Painted Bunting on Atascadero Creek west of Patterson Avenue was seen again Wednesday afternoon around 5:30. It was with Blue Grosbeaks and Lazuli Buntings about 150 meters upcreek from

Hi Folks, At 7:15 am on 31 Aug 1999, I heard 1 or 2 Mtn Chickadees on Kinevan Rd. Thiswas at the lower end of Kinevan Rd between hwy 154 and the junction of Kinevanand W Camino Cielo Rd. I was not

Cher Hollingworth and I went back down to Montecito again this a.m. to look for the Dipper, this time paying special attention to detail so that we could help direct other birders to the spot. Thanks

Here's what I can offer to anyone having difficulty finding this place (Monday was MY first time on this trail--any Montecito regulars out there might be able to enlighten further): The first part of

Dave Compton and I found a female Painted Bunting around 5:30 Tuesday afternoon on Atascadero Creek. The bird ranged from about 100 to 250 meters upcreek from the small check dam which is near the