Re: Red-eyed Vireo Did anyone else miss where and when this bird was seen or was it just me. Jim Long Santa Barbara Virus-free. www.avast.com

Hi Jim, The vireo was found on private property in Goleta yesterday. I wish that it would've been possible to share this information with everyone. I apologize to anyone who feels excluded. But

All, On Sunday 8 of us got together various spots in the Lompoc/VAFB area to see how many rarities/interesting birds we might find. Unfortunately it turned out that it was more like Roundup had

This isn't about a bird I saw (though I wish I had). But several different people reported an unusual dark buteo yesterday, or perhaps more than one of them, and I'd be interested in hearing opinions

Thanks to John Callender for his interesting comments. My opinion is that both birds were correctly identified by the original observers (Zone-tailed on Bates Road, and Broad-winged on Farren Road,

I birded LLC Monday evening until dusk. A Wilson's Snipe flew in near the NE shore of the lake. It's a new bird for me. Checklist with photos: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60446713 Betsy

The birding was still going on when I left so will share the entire list for the weekly survey once I have it. Wanted to share we stumbled on a new bird for the reserve today a Green-tailed Towhee. A

Leading a group at Lake Los Carneros this morning turned up a calling Summer Tanager around the olive tree row near Stow House that leads toward the lake. Adult female or young male, with orangey

The weekly survey at Sedgwick Reserve ID'd 53 species plus an unidentified Accipiter and two distant swallows. Highlights were Green-tailed Towhee (as previously reported), Canyon Wren, Fox Sparrow

This morning around 7:30 I saw what I believe is probably the same bird in the same location. The bird I saw was mostly red overall with some lighter splotches; I'd be curious if anyone who saw the

Almost certainly a different bird. The one we saw--though not all that well--was way more blotchy overall, not nearly as red. Cool! Rebecca Coulter SB

I just received a couple of photos from one of the students in the birding class, and it does indeed look like it’s probably the same bird. The olive leaves lent a splotchy appearance to the bird,

Birders, Once again I've had unusual evidence of migration at my doorstep. This time, not my doorstep per se, but at my feet. Walking alongside the Butterfly Pavilion at the Museum of Natural History

Okay this is strange, because I stepped out of my house in Claremont (Los Angeles County) late yesterday afternoon and was astounded to see a Western Meadowlark on the narrow strip of glass between my

A flock of about 300 Black Skimmers has shown up a couple of times during the past week at East Beach near the base of Milpas St. The wind had them grounded yesterday afternoon and I was able to count

I too had an out of place Meadowlark. It was over the ocean in the SB channel last week. Right around the middle of the channel. Not your typical habitat either, however they can be found on the

The Summer Tanager observed at LLC by Rebecca Coulter and John Callender was still present this morning in the olive trees around 9:00 a.m. Beautiful bird! My checklist with three photos:

Hi All: Today Mark Holmgren & I got out for some birding here & there: it was warm! At East Beach Mission Creek outfall it was quiet, shorebird population way down. Part of Larry Ballard’s flock

I made an AM visit to Refugio Canyon. * The campground is still jammed with people and the back-dune pond extends underneath the bridge, meaning that the usual riparian habit is now a lake

Thanks to Steve Tucker for pointing out the sensitive access situation at the Laguna Rd. tams. The local residents obviously do not like birders walking along Laguna Rd, so in my opinion this location