I checked a couple of spots in Carp this morning. Missed the Northern Waterthrush that has been reported from Carp creek. I waited over an hour for it to show up. My track record on this bird over the

I walked Kinevan Road this morning from the first bridge to the intersection with San Marcos Pass Road and back. I got a great shock when I arrived because an enormous Coast Live Oak had gone down nea

I walked along both creeks this morning. First, up to the Freeway and back along Maria Ignacio Creek, which was pretty quiet and I found little of note. Vegetation along the creek has been heavily pru

I found 4 female-type Hoodies on the pond about 10 a.m. this morning. Landscape work with heavy equipment was going on at the area where the Nashville Warbler normally hangs out, so I didn't try to lo

A Red-breasted sapsucker (daggetti) is apparently still hanging around the park. It showed up in October as it has done for the past couple of years; then didn't seem to be present there until today.

Maybe these date numbers are lucky, but after several tries, I finally met my goal of seeing all three species of Sapsucker in one day. In fact, it was actually 3+ species as I got both ssp. of Red-br

I too have noticed a dearth of Kites this winter on the south coast. In fact my only sighting this year so far has been a single individual perched at the edge of a scrubby field in Santa Maria. Joan

There were several birders present at various times this morning looking for the Painted Redstart. I was there form about 9 a.m. to noon. We searched the area where it was found on Tuesday and Wednesd

I started in the Santa Ynez valley at the end of Monarch Drive, waiting over 1.5 hours to see the reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, but failed once again. Lots of activity there, including both Red-b

I planned to hike Farren Road this morning but first stopped at the Tecolotito Creek open space to see if I could manage a better look at the continuing Swamp Sparrow. The look I got last week was pre

I got to the Park quite early this morning and found a different place than the birding Wasteland I encountered last gray, gloomy Wednesday. There was a lot of bird activity on the grounds all around

In a word, pretty dead bird-wise, though the weather was great and it was a lovely hike. This is my species list for the day: Acorn Woodpecker -2 Raven-1 (Heard as I was leaving) Hutton's Vireo-1 Scru

I checked out a few spots between errands this morning. First, I revisited Tecolotito Creek open space, looking for the Swamp Sparrow. I glimpsed a possible candidate foraging on the ground under the

I have been checking the east Beach/Harbor Area for a couple of weeks, trying to see if I could re-find the adult Herring Gull I saw there during the last week of December. (Has anyone seen it this mo

With the help of Mario Borunda, we located the Lucy's this morning on the far side of the railroad tracks, working on Myoporum and rushes, but most visible in a mostly bare Tree Tobacco plant. The Yel

I hit various spots in Santa Maria this morning and with a couple of exceptions, found most of what I was looking for. In Jack O'Connell Park, both the adult male Vermillion Flycatcher and a not-quite

I made another attempt to find all three Sapsuckers in one day in the Santa Ynez Valley, but didn't quite succeed. With a little help form Wes Fritz, I found both subspecies of Red-Breasted Sapsucker

I had errands to run this morning, one in Goleta, so I checked a few spots in between my chores. First, I tried again for the continuing Green-tailed Towhee in Tecolito Creek Park and had success shor

Thanks, Eric. This info is helpful. Florence

A walk around NCOS this morning produced Redheads in both the main channel and in the main North pond. The continuing Tropical Kingbird was putting on a nice show from the fence that separates the two