Logmein, feeding on keeps in the euc tree nearest the NE corner of the euc grove. Pamela Viale Goleta

*** Species Summary: - Greater White-fronted Goose (7 reports) - Cackling Goose (1 report) - Black Scoter (3 reports) - Least Flycatcher (1 report) - Tropical Kingbird (1 report) - Gray Catbird (2

All, The Wood Thrush appears to have gone. Many rarities remain including the Catbird, Dickcissel and Indigo Bunting. I did not find anything new with the possible exception of a Mac. Nick Lethaby,

I still get newsletters from the Indiana Audubon society. In their most recent "Notes from the Field," the following article about documentation caught my eye: Finding and identifying a rare bird can

Went to LLC this morning but did not turn up the Vesper Sparrow after a diligent search. A tropical Kingbird continues in the trees along the western edge of the lake and there was an Ibis present at

Birders were disappointed not to find the Chestnut-sided Warbler this morning. Lots of Yellow-rumped and a Tornsend's warbler greeted me, as well as the beautiful and endangered Monarch Butterflies.

*** Species Summary: - Greater White-fronted Goose (17 reports) - Cackling Goose (6 reports) - Sora (1 report) - Green Heron (1 report) - Short-eared Owl (1 report) - Western Wood-Pewee (1 report) -

Thanks to the prompt reporting by the UCSB lads (thanks!), I was able to change my trip to Scorpion from Tuesday to today. I thought I'd lost my chance at seeing a Wood Thrush in the county after

Hi all, Without scaring anyone, I wanted to put it on your calendars that the Santa Barbara Christmas Bird Count date is SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, New Year’s Eve. Seems a long way off but…it’s not.

Next to the parking lot I had a Yellow-rumped Warbler and a Dark-eyed Junco which looked like it might be a Pink-sided (different from all the others there). Then two American Robins on the ground

State Park had a Chestnut-sided Warbler, apparently the same bird continuing since at least Sept. 29. A Northern Pintail and a few Greater-white Fronted Geese the only other birds of

Thanks to Jay Bishop for finding these two Warblers at Tech Park this morning (Mon). When Pam and I first saw the Chestnut-sided it was foraging low down in the flowering Euc at the 'Vireo viewing'

Hi all, I had another Vesper Sparrow just now at LLC here: 34.4412428, -119.8503320 At the edge of the trail, initially in the shade under a Toyon. The last I saw it, it moved off slightly along the

I had the good fortune to be able to draft in the wake, so to speak, of Max, Alex, and Jeremy. I traveled to Scorpion Harbor on the same 8 a.m. Island Packers boat they took, but then was able to stay

*** Species Summary: - Greater White-fronted Goose (10 reports) - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2 reports) - Lewis's Woodpecker (1 report) - Tropical Kingbird (6 reports) - Western Kingbird (1 report) -

Hi all, I just had a Palm Warbler feeding in weedy areas between garden plots at the GHGP here: 34.4204816, -119.8592302 The bird was confiding and let me digiscope a video from ~15 ft away. It's

Good afternoon everyone, This morning we, "The UCSB Crew" (Max Laubstein, Alex Castelein, and Jeremy Cowan), departed for Scorpion Harbor on the 8am boat. Once we crossed into Santa Barbara waters

The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker first reported by Jeremy Cowan on 13 Oct continued to be present at Mentor Dr. Business Park this morning (Sun). It was in the Tipu trees in the north-west parking lot

To add to the bonanza of Black-and-White Warblers, I had another today in the cottonwoods by the parking area on Shoreline Dr. for the Atascadero Creek Mitigation Ponds. Jeremy et al. had one at a

And a White-faced Ibis foraging in the reeds at the west end of the dam. -- Steve Hovey