The Lompoc (La Purisima) CBC will be Wednesday, December 19. Birders are needed for all areas of the valley. Each year we tally about 170 species, and each year we pledge we will make significant

11:30 AM Just observed the Zone Tail hawk circling above the north end of Patterson Ave. near San Jose Creek. Got the telescope out and by that time a Red Tail hawk was harassing the ZT. The ZT

Mission Hills Wastewater Treatment Plant: Now that the fallen Eucalyptus trees have been cleared out you can see into the ponds pretty easily from the hillside. This morning- 2 Hooded Mergansers

Hi Tom and others, I sent an e-mail to Geoff LeBaron at National Audubon about not yet receiving the CBC Issue from last year. He wrote back that they had tried a new "on-line" method of

Everyone, As it is quickly approaching the beginning of the CBC count period, I was hoping to have the CBC issue for last year in my hands prior to this years count. I for one have not received

Greetings all, We will have guests from England over the holidays, and would like to attempt a Condor sighting. Our schedule does not allow a trip to see the birds that have been reported in

Hi All: Along with the sandpipers and ducks--all of theexpected species for the date, and plenty of them--at the Santa Maria rivermouth this morning there were four species of geese: Canada (2

Hi all Bob Hansen reports 3 Greater Scaup from the Bird Refuge this morning, and a 'mystery duck' that is associating with the scaup - a much smaller duck, according to him.. If someone wants to

Grant Weyburne and I saw a few birds of minor interest thismorning, but mostly things that have been reported. One Brown Creeper was aroundthe intersection of Kinevan and West Camino Cielo. A flock of

Hello, There was a Palm Warbler in the lerpy eucs on the west side of the creek at Refugio Beach this morning. A Black-throated Gray was slightly further west in the camp site area. El Cap was

This morning I saw a White-tailed Kite from my back yard perched atop a tree in Lompoc's Evergreen Cemetery. While the kite has become a relatively common sight elsewhere, this is the first time I

Regarding overwintering birds: For 11 years, a red-breasted sapsucker showed up in our yard every November. It would stay 2-3 weeks, dividing its time between the gingko tree and the black walnut.

Hello, It is quite lovely on Kinevan road--the Sycamore's are turning, the Madronne is in full berry--lots of robins and waxwings. Saw Grant's flock of Golden-crowned Kinglets at about the

Corinne Ardoin reports a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak visited a backyard feeder today at her home in Santa Maria near the north side of Allan Hancock College. Gene Lynch

KCET is showing it Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 2 PM this week. Good birding, Steve <mailto:steve@...> Steve Sosensky, photographer

Hi all, There wasn't anything rare but on Saturday at Lake Los Carneros there was a Ross's Goose and 9 Pine Siskins, a Nuttall's Woodpecker, W. Tanager, 2 Cassin's Kingbirds, lots of YR and

Just returned from birding San Jose Creek. We saw a pair of phainopeplas (M/F) in the sycamores at Cathedral Oaks and Patterson. There are tons of cedar waxwings flying around today. The

If you don't need to find rarities to float your boat (and I'm not implying that there are none at this site, only that I found none) you really should get out to the Santa Maria River mouth and take

Late this morning, Grant Weyburne and I had one LaplandLongspur in the field immediately to the east of the Vandenberg ponds. Birdingall day in the Santa Ynez and Santa Maria valleys didn't turn up

Late this morning, Grant Weyburne and I had one LaplandLongspur in the field immediately to the east of the Vandenberg ponds. Birdingall day in the Santa Ynez and Santa Maria valleys didn't turn up