Welcome to Santa Barbara County Birding. Please feel free to post messages to the group whenever you have bird related items to share such as an unusual sighting, to comment on something posted, or to

Hello, While checking out the shorebird situation at the Santa Maria River estuary this morning, I had a single juvenile Baird's Sandpiper. It was on the mud at the southeast end nearer the parking

Hello Nascent E-Group: We (Dave Compton, Morgan Ball, Melissa Kelly, and I) met Jamie Chavez at theestuary and he alerted usto what he suspected was a Semipalmated Sandpiper and a Baird's Sandpiper.

Mist netting and banding at Pino Alto Picnic Area (Figueroa Mtn.) this morning I caught an adult Northern pigmy owl (great little bird). Couldn't tell gender. Interestingly enough about 2 weeks ago

Last week I sent to Steve Laymon digital photos of the two Yellow-billed Cuckoos that have been captured and banded in SLO Co. this summer. He viewed them and wrote the message below. Perhaps Paloma

Dick Norton, Topanga, CA ae327@... submitted the report below of a TK at the BR. Following that is response from Paul Lehman. Karen exhorts us to find a Couch's Kingbird! Mark ~~ ~~

Thanks, Mark. Now everyone will know I'm an idiot! K.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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