Birding with Jerry Rounds we birded the Santa Maria Waste Water Plant and a few spots along Black Road. The weather definately a factor, we felt lucky to find a Northern Pintail and American Wigeon at

Hi all, I birded a few spots this morning in preparation for next week. Highlights were a Prairie Falcon at the intersection of Armor Ranch and Happy Canyon roads. A Merlin and 3 Tri-colored

Today I failed to find a RL Hawk in the Cuyama. Raptors out there included 9 Ferruginous (1 dark), 2 Prairie Falcons, 3 Merlins, 2 N. Harriers, and a Golden Eagle. I drove back to Goleta via Foxen

This morning I walked from east Isla Vista to the mouth of Devereux Slough. Highlights: Costa's Hummingbird-- a young male in a pink-flowering shrub between 6509/6515 Pardall Road in IV. Nashville

They seem to return to Anisq'Oyo Park in Isla Vista around the time the students leave (and it is possible to park on the streets). They are not members of the Merga genus - as the biological name

This morning (12/20) there was a Common Gallinule on the North shoreline of the Southeast Cove at Lake Los Carneros (34.441580, -119.846707). Spotted by Gage Ricard just after I finished telling her

This morning I did some Cachuma CBC scouting at De la Guerra Spring Area. Despite reasonable numbers of WHITE-CROWNED , GOLDEN-CROWNED, SAVANNAH, and LINCOLN'S and one RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW, I did

A full crew performed the weekly survey at Sedgwick starting with an overcast and chilly morning which soon warmed to a pleasant late morning. We amassed 62 species with both Canyon and Rock Wren

on Summit Rd in Montecito, same place as one on last year's count. A nice sharp male. -- Bill Murdoch Santa Barbara

After reading Peter and Nick's posts, David, Janice, Peggy and I departed at 8 AM to check out Foxen Canyon Road. Had not been up there in many years. After a fruitless foray up Happy Canyon Rd for

All: I made a quick stop at Mud Lake in Orcutt this afternoon and was pleased to find 2 Canvasbacks, 8 Ring Necked Ducks and a few Ruddy Ducks. We had Canvasbacks here last winter and they remained

This Warbler was easily found this am (Tues) on the west side of the wooden bridge described in Ron's post (34.413635, -119.848942). Adrian O'Loghlen Goleta

Yesterday noon there was a Nashville Warbler at the little wetland wooden bridge near the bike shop. A few days before there was a RB Nuthatch there. Ron Hirst, SB

SB Birders, Cruz and I went out for some windshield style scouting in the residential area. We did not find any megas or anything rare, but we noted that the Phainopeplas and Cassin’s Kingbirds,

Late this morning I birded a small area immediately surrounding the upper parking lot and children's playground. It was quiet with no other people around. First off I saw a Townsend's Warbler, then

The 11th Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count took place Saturday, December 14. Weather was mostly clear, but strong winds made things difficult later in the day. Gale warnings kept our pelagic crew on

All: Peter Schneekloth, Jerry Rounds, Sarah Toner and I birded the referenced area that included; Hibbits Ranch, River Park, Miguelito County Park, Sweeney Road and the Mission. While I haven't

All, After seeing Peter's list yesterday, I decided to check this area this morning. Fog made raptor watching impossible until about 9.30. I killed time by birding around a winery with decent tree

Hi, Simon & I went for our usual weekend walk through Miguelito Park; Thank you to whoever put out the bird-chum....it's working with a busy junco flock. I was going to check for Varied Thrush.

12/14, 8:00-10:00 am I led a group of 32 birders around Lake Los Carneros this morning. Biggest disappointment was NO American Bittern. Bird numbers and diversity generally were quite low. However, a