Dear all: This sticky post explains some best practices for managing your sbcobirding.groups.io account. The groups.io system is much more powerful than the old Yahoo one, and tweaking your settings

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I've been informed that the construction is finished and that Oso Flaco Lake is now open. Mike Stiles Los Osos

Thursday, 10/25, 8-11 am Began at the bridge pull-out at Deveraux hoping for, but missing, a Tropical Kingbird, though I didn't stay there very long. When I arrived, a Greater Yellowlegs (of three

Sorry Nick, et. al., those were Spotted Sandpiper at the sewage treatment plant this morning. Rob Lindsay

Rob: The past years GSD has had quite a few successful nests of Black-necked Stilts, maybe that's where they came from. I too can confirm the surge in wintering sparrows. My Solvang backyard had its

As for breeding by stilts, or what's been documented of breeding by any other species in the county, one need not wonder. I'm sure, after the many emails by Mark Holmgren promoting this tool and

I wanted to reply to Cuyler's comment below because it deserves some follow-up. Cuyler has found a good way to mine the information but I must disagree with the statement that, "Breeding bird data is

Hi Jamie, Thanks for your input and your contributions to eBird. I agree that eBird has very valuable data beyond breeding codes. However I think an important qualifier was missed in my email

Hi, There is one aspect to this topic that also affects others, under other circumstances: the inability to contact the person(s) who entered that (breeding) data to ask for specifics. This is

I just received a call from Don Hoechlin who is birding in Santa Barbara right now.  He has a Tropical-type kingbird active at the bird refuge that called while interacting with a Cassin's Kingbird.

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Hi All: Just wanted to give an update about the presence or I should say absence of any kind of Tropical Kingbird during my brief chase down there this morning. As you heard from Brad Schram, an

It appears I had a short viewing of a Red-eyed Vireo in IV with my class on Wednesday morning. I'm just getting a chance to review my student's photos. At the time I could tell it was a vireo, but

My mistake - location was just west of Camino Majorca (not Del Playa) and at the southern tip of West Campus Lane (road in housing complex). Apologies! Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

FYI: I did spend an hour and a half looking for this bird this morning without luck. -Tom.

I spent some time at the Bird Refuge in Santa Barbara this morning, looking for the bird reported as a possible Couch's Kingbird. There are photos of this bird in eBird,

Sorry to hear that, Tom. I was able to get more photos of this bird from my student, Pam Lombardi. I've added some to my eBird list in case anyone wants to scrutinize it further.

A pair in the eucs on the north side of the railway depot. Two w tanagers were in these trees a few days ago. -- Bill Murdoch Santa Barbara

During a walk through Waller Park this morning I spotted a flock of 35 or so Band-tailed Pigeons that dropped into one of the taller Monterey Pines inside the park. They eventually flew off to the