All: Checked Devereux on Sunday afternoon. Highlights were a Ruddy Turnstone and a Red Knot, along with the usual 194 BB Plovers, 17 Long-billed Dowitcher, 2 G. Ylegs, 3+ Dunlin, + SP Plovers, Leasts

All: I did get my scope and the bird is definitely a Vermillion Flycatcher. Nick

All: Peter Gaede still have the bird yesterday evening. I forwarded this to the list because I haven't seen any other post confirming it stayed around. Nick

All: Saw the tanager in the sycamores around the utility fence (it also went to bath in the creek) at about 11.45. A few minutes later the ZT hawk flew over heading towards the airport (and Dave Compt

All: On Saturday, I joined a Ventura Audubon trip up into the Hopper Mtn NWR to look for condors. We had fantastic (binocular-filling) views of at least 12 birds, including adults and juveniles. I spo

All: While looking for the Worm-eating Warbler, I found a Merlin in the same spot, eating a Housefinch in a Euc, and then a White-throated Sparrow by the road in the parking behind the police/fire sta

In addition to the Harris Sparrow and the Worm-eating Warbler, I also successfully chased the 2 White Pelicans at Cachuma and the Common Moorhen (an immature) at the Bird Refuge on Saturday. Also at C

All: As far as I could tell on Sunday, the road to Brdbury dam is blocked and posted no trespassing. Does anyone know why or when access will be allowed again? Nick Lethaby DSP/BIOS Product Manager Te

All: This morning I found 2 Clay-colored Sparrows in Storke Ranch in Goleta today. There was also a Yellow Warbler on Phelps Road just E of Stroke Rd. If anyone needs specific directions to the sparro

All: Finally caught up with the E. Phobe by Pine Street today at the third attempt. I have heard an oriole there every visit so far but actually got to see it today a couple of times. Appears just to

All: After a failed attempt to relocate this last night, I saw the bird today about 80m to the west of Los Carneros, parallel to the fenced off utility building. So it's basically further into the fie

All: I saw a Moorhen and 4 White Pelicans at Laguna Blanca at 11.30 today. Nick Lethaby DSP/BIOS Product Manager Texas Instruments (805) 562 5106 nlethaby@ti.com

All: At 12.30 the ZT Hawk flew E over Storke Rd south of Phelps. It was being mobbed by a falcon with contrastingly dark underwing coverts (probably a Prairie but didn't have my binoculars on me to ve

Not much, but saw a Ross's Goose at the goose feeding spot at LLC on Sat. It was not coming to bread like last winter's birds. I had an Osprey over the UCSB Overlook on Sunday, along with the usual du

All: Last September, I went out to Santa Barbara Island for a three day stay and saw a few decent birds - Ovenbird, Orchard Oriole, Sage Thrasher - as well as some commoner species of interest like Me

All: After hearing Florence's report of quite a few shorebirds here, I checked it out this lunch time. Not too much with just 5 Dowitchers, 3 Least Sandpipers, 1 Wilson's Phalarope, and 2 Soras. Nick

All: I had nice views of a female Calliope along East Camino Cielo on Sat. Parked my car to look for butterflies and she was feeding from some flowers right across the road. Thanks to Joan Hardie for

Last couple of weekends, I have had a little time to look at butterflies on Figueroa Mtn and E. Camino Cielo on some family trips up there. Figueroa looks perfect for concentrating hill-topping specie

All: There was a Moorhen at the pond on Los Carneros/Mesa at lunchtime. Also 2 male GT Grackles and some Cinnamon Teal and dowitchers. 2 lingering Bufflhead were a bit of a surprise. Nick Lethaby DSP/

All: Checked the Los Carneros/Mesa Pond today and the Moorhen is still present along with the other birds recently reported. Cutting back to Storke Rd via the field behind the big SPS building, I foun