Probably continuing bird, seen among the olive trees to the Southeast of Stow House at 2:50pm today. Hopefully one picture will be permitted. -- Steve Hovey

I spent the gorgeous morning by checking out various spots in Carpinteria, mainly looking for waterfowl. Nothing exceptional turned up but it sure was impressive looking out over the completely

Regarding the status of this location as the eBird hotspot "Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)": https://ebird.org/hotspot/L338397 It's not possible to hide a hotspot, and we should not want to

Okay, I'll add my 2-3 cents to this discussion. I believe that the pasture area, that is such a good birding spot, is where "clean" water from the treatment plant can legally be spread. So, the

For the first time in a month, I had time to just go birding, so I concentrated on the Goleta Area today. I. missed the Green-tailed Towhee at the park on Tecolotito Creek by about 15 minutes, but

*** Species Summary: - Common Merganser (2 reports) - Short-eared Owl (2 reports) - Red-naped x Red-breasted Sapsucker (hybrid) (2 reports) - Eastern Phoebe (4 reports) - Vermilion Flycatcher (3

Dear Cher, I had the unfortunate experience of encountering that same angry individual on my last trip to Jack O'Connell Park several months ago. I was still on park property when he drove by, saw my

The farmer there is a total nut job. Nick Lethaby, Goleta, CA -- Nick Lethaby Goleta, CA

Hi all, Cher is mostly right and she just reported what she experienced. So, way back in the days when it was cool to bird out there. It became a “ Ebird Hotspot” this brought all kinds of birders

sbcobirders, It is a long standing issue that this road is private and birders are not welcomed. Years ago I visited the City of Guadalupe offices to inquire about the status of the road since many of

Greetings Birders, We had fine sunny weather although very chilly in the mountains for the Santa Barbara CBC on Saturday, January 1, 2022. Approximately 200 field participants found a preliminary

I was assigned Jack O'Connell Park & all of Guadalupe for the SM/Guad CBC. The manager of the WTP told me to drive up to the west entrance to do the wastewater treatment plant (he would see the car

All: Nothing really unusual to report from my trip to the Lompoc area this morning. The Cackling Goose and the 2 Greater White Fronted Geese continue at River Park. Also at River Park, there was a

Continues at the same spot, west side of the grassy area in the bushes, foraging and singing from one of the dormant trees. Jim Hodgson Santa Barbara

*** Species Summary: - Greater Scaup (1 report) - Common Merganser (3 reports) - Brown Booby (1 report) - Short-eared Owl (4 reports) - Eastern Phoebe (2 reports) - Tropical Kingbird (5 reports) -

Carp Salt Marsh, Sunday morning, Jan.2, 2022 GW Teal, Am.Wigeon (4), Hooded Merganser, and Osprey fly-over at Santa Monica Creek. Rob Denholtz Carp -- Rob Denholtz Carpinteria

Lehman cites only one report of Scaly-breasted Munia in Vandenberg Village. I just had one at my feeder - a cylindrical Pyrex container on a stool, actually. It took over inside the bowl, making

The Green-tailed Towhee that Steve Colwell found yesterday on the SB CBC continues at the north end of Tecolotito Creek in the little park just south of the 101. It was seen in the bushes along the

Hello all, the eBird trip report for the Santa Barbara CBC can be found at the link below. This is not a complete tally of all bird reported, but represents all eBird checklists shared to the sb-cbc

Just in time for the SB CBC, a couple of Ross's Geese flew in to Storke Field this morning (Sat) while Gayle and I were checking out the Snow and Canada Geese. https://flic.kr/p/2mUNmod Adrian