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This morning (Tues.) at about 10:00 a.m., Fred Emerson observed the Zone-tail with Turkey Vultures, apparently rising off a roost in Stow Park. The Zone-tail broke away from the TVs and flew north,

By Karen Bridgers <kbridgers@...> · #343 ·

East Beach Snowy Plovers and Black Skimmers

22 Nov 99, 1:30 p.m. East Beach, Santa Barbara: 26 Snowy Plovers, east of SB St. outfall 93 Black Skimmers, near bath house **************************************** David M. Hubbard Natural Areas

By David Hubbard <hubbard@...> · #342 ·

White-throated Sparrow

This morning, Betsy and I had a "tan-stripe" White-throated Sparrow in our back yard. New yard bird! Guy

By Guy Tingos <gtingos@...> · #341 ·

just across the county line.........

While doing a survey on the north side of the Santa Maria River on Sunday Walter Wehtje and I witnessed spectacular numbers of southbound Pacific Loons migrating about 3/4 mile offshore. Several

By Kathleen L. Whitney <kwhit@...> · #340 ·

swamp sparrow

There was a swamp sparrow at Lake Los Carneros this morning just north of the bridge. There was also a flock of siskins flying around on the east side of the lake. Grant Weyburne

By Grant Weyburne · #339 ·

Santa Ynez Valley; 11/21/99

Chris and Rebecca Coulter, Barb Millett, and I spent some time birding in the Santa Ynez Valley Sunday morning. We saw 2 Golden Eagles, but no Lewis's Woodpeckers, at Zaca Vista Road just off the

By Guy Tingos <gtingos@...> · #338 ·

Saturday at VAFB

Hi All, This morning, Bill Murdoch, George Roland, and I observed no less than two Lapland Longspurs feeding with the Horned Larks in the dirt pasture east of the ponds. Seen nearby was a

By brad hines <bkhnca@...> · #337 ·

Re: Bird stuff

I know this is late-- but we've got about a half-dozen pine siskins frequenting our feeders along with about twenty American goldfinches. We live about a half mile from the flag pole in Los

By Peter Dullea <pdullea@...> · #336 ·

Comparing the ponds with other birding hot spots

By John Ayres <jayres37@...> · #335 ·

Why the Ponds?

Received this from John Ayres today. Interesting reading and a good question. Gene Lynch Out of curiosity I have made a comparison of the ponds with other hot spots along the coast between Monterey

By Gene Lynch <grlynch@...> · #334 ·

Live from Los Olivos

Hi! Today I went up ZacaStation Road for my third look at the Lewis's woodpeckers, just because I thinkthey're spectacular birds. There were two inthe usual oak tree. There was also

By Peter Dullea <pdullea@...> · #332 ·

Zaca Station Road

Hi all ...we went to Zaca Station Road this morning, following the excellent directions, parked in the shade near the old water tower, and saw at least three Lewis's Woodpeckers in short order. As a

By GeorgeR244@... · #333 ·

Lewis' Woodpecker

One Lewis' Woodpecker in the fog on Zaca Station Rd. this morning. Not much moving about except the magpies. Further up the road around the wineries were a large flock of Yellow-rumps, a couple of

By Gene Lynch <grlynch@...> · #331 ·

Lapland Longspur VAFB

Hi All This afternoon I returned to the dirt fields along Terra Rd. on VAFB.The weather conditions were perfect for Longspur hunting: No Wind! I had a calling bird fly overhead within minutes of

By brad hines <bkhnca@...> · #330 ·

Update--Lewis's Woodpeckers

Hi All, As an addendum to yesterday's posting for the Lewis's Woodpeckers on Zaca Station Road near 101.... Cher and I went back out there today for another look with our families. We found at

By bhoban@... · #329 ·

If You're in the Mood for Plovers

Hi Everybody: I passed a just-turned ag. field NW of Orcuttthis afternoon (13 Nov 99) at about 4:00 PM. There were (183) killdeer(feel free to count them), (52) black-bellied plovers, and (1)

By John Storrer <jstorrer@...> · #328 ·

longspur, etc.

Today, on both sides or Terra Rd., east of the ponds at Vandenberg, Grant Weyburne, Brad Hines, and I had a longspur that was either a Chesnut-collared or a McCown's. We all on several occasions heard

By Dave Compton <DCompton@...> · #327 ·

White-throated Sparrows at La Purisima Mission

Good Morning All, Birding with Becky and her group this morning, we located two White-throated Sparrows feeding under the Catalina Cherry bushes in the north end of the garden. The cherries

By brad hines <bkhnca@...> · #326 ·

Skimmers & Short-eared Owl

Hi All: Just got a message that John Storrer had a Short-eared Owl on More Mesa on Nov. 11. Also, Bob Hansen reports only 20 Black Skimmers at East Beach on Nov. 1 and NONE there on Nov. 11. What

By Joan E. Lentz <jelentz@...> · #325 ·

black-throated green warbler

There was a black-throated green warbler in the garden area east of Stow House late this afternoon. (It was also there early yesterday, but I didn't get good enough looks at it to report it). Grant

By Grant Weyburne · #324 ·

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