Dave Compton and I had a Virginia's Warbler at Lake Los Carneros County Park off Los Carneros Road in Goleta Tuesday at sunset. Look in the lerps-infested eucalyptus trees east of the parking lot

Hi Birders! Hope all of you are getting out & birding coastal creeks & other migrant traps as this weather is perfect for fall vagrant chasing. This a.m. on Atascadero Crk in Goleta I had 3 Bobolinks

Rebecca Coulter and I saw the Prothonotary Warbler at El Capitan Beach State Park Wednesday afternoon. The bird was in a large, mixed warbler flock near campsite 12. Guy Tingos Santa Barbara,

Sept. 14. Immature begging dipper and adult atthe previously designated swimming hole 1&1/2 miles up trail. About 11 am. Fred Keller & Don Johnson

Good Evening All, I checked El Cap this morningfor lingering Protho Warbler and other goodies. The flock was feeding intrees near campsite 9 and amphitheater. Protho was observed the entiretime

Hello all, Some of you may remember Dave Quesenberry. Dave is visiting CA with a birding friend this week in search of CA lifers. I decided to tag along as they birded the south coast. We stopped at

Dave Compton and I saw the Prothonotary Warbler again this morning at El Capitan, this time it was west of the amphitheater with a small warbler flock. It appears to be a female. We also found a

I didn't have time to look this up before but I did find a notation onalbinism in Sooty Shearwater in the National Audubon Society's Encyclopediaof North American Birds by John K. Terres: "A

Rob Hamilton and I birded the Glen Annie Golfcourse this morning and found an Indigo Bunting. Winter birds are beginning to appear; Lincoln's Sparrow and White-crowned Sparrow have both returned. We

Hi All, I was able to spend some time birding the VAFB ponds thismorning. No large flocks to report but I did see the following: White-WingedDove, Red-Eyed Vireo, Blackpoll Warbler, 1 calling ??

Add Hermit Thrush to the Sunday morning list for El Capitan. Based on Paul Lehman's book, isn't this quite early? ...george roland georger244@...

Along Atascadero Creek this morning between Patterson and the check dam were a Peregrine Falcon, Common Snipe, and other migrants such as Lazuli Bunting, BH and Blue Grosbeaks, and Western Tanagers.

This morning, Sunday, Bill and Joan Murdoch, George and Maxine Roland, and I were at El Capitan. We arrived about 7:30 and found two other birders at the amphitheatre who had just seen

This a.m., Sunday, I had an (imm. female) Lark Bunting at the confluence of Maria Ygnacio & Atascadero Crks. The bird was in the dead, twiggy stuff on the north bank of Maria Ygnacio bet/ the bike

Hi, I'm going to Asilomar next week and will have a car. Does anyone have suggestions for good birding spots in the area, especially for species that might not get down here? Bill M

Sorry this is late getting on; I don't have e-mail at home. On Saturday evening I had a black and white warbler in the cottonwoods at 6th Street on Carpinteria Creek. There were many western migrants

Hi Birders! Well, it's decided. After much agonizing on my part & with input from as many people as possible & considering the availability of a room for the compilation dinner at the Museum, we are

Hi All, In a 3 September message to Calbird, Kimball Garrett asked people to consider monitoring bird use of lerp-infested eucalyptus groves. In Davis, Steve Hampton indicated heavy use of infested

This evening about 6:45 at Stow House, the top 20 feet or so of probably the same row of Eucalypts (between the parking lot and the train tracks) contained at least 15 and maybe 20 Yellow Warblers.

Today's ebirding digest brought up an interesting point - from Robb Hamilton, who expressed that it does not surprise him that birds are slurpin the lerp... Meaning no disrespect, I have a couple of