At the southern end of the tams next to city hall, aloong with lots of the usual migrant warblers. Larry B. Carpinteria

Two birds flying east to west this morning around 8:10, seen from the bluffs at the end of Calle Ocho. Follow the short path across the tracks to the two benches. The birds were about 200 meters out a

The Chesnut-sided Warbler was fly-catching emerging termites along the sidewalk planting just west of the Carp city hall tamarisks, in association with a few kinglets, Townsend's, Yellow-rumps and gna

Yes, a Cape May was photographed this morning by a visiting birder from Seattle. It was chipping in the eucalyptus next to the parking lot. Larry

The ten Pectorals and one Western Sandpiper left the pond and flew off to the west around 5 this afternoon. There may be enough water left to hold the ibis for another 5-7 days. Today I got a call fro

Six of the ten nests that had sitting birds on them June 10 were apparently abandoned. Of the four successful nests, two produced three young each and the others produced two, and all ten of those fle

Four juvenile Cooper's Hawks were out of their nest on More Mesa yesterday. The nest was along the trail in a Coast Live Oak on the north facing slope about 100 yards east of where Shoreline ends and

Among the 18 Canada Geese at the east end of Lake Cachuma are four goslings. There was an adult Bald Eagle there on the 7th of June. Larry

Several more egret nests were found by Carol Shulmistras two days ago, so I met her there yesterday and we spent some time getting an accurate count. The count has increased with each visit. There are

There are four Snowy Egret nests in the night-heron colony at the intersection of Cabrillo and Castillo. Two of these nest have have young birds in them and the others may have been constructed within

Two hybrid American x Black Oystercatchers were at the Carpinteria seal colony this afternoon along with one Black Oystercatcher. They were first noted by Carol Shulmistras and Joan Kent and later see

A Snowy Egret continues to sit on a nest in the heron colony at Bath and Cabrillo. It's in the easternmost fig tree, and was first noted by Carol Shulmistras on May 10. Larry

What used to be at best an occasional roosting spot for Double-crested Cormorants now supports an active breeding colony. There are at least 42 nests in three Eucalyptus trees, with 3 nests in the wes

For the past three days a Snowy Egret has been standing on a pile of sticks at the very top of the westernmost Ficus tree at the intersection of Cabrillo and Castillo. On Tuesday there were five Snowy

A White-faced Ibis was foraging in Atascadero Creek at the end of Walnut Ave. this afternoon, and a female Hooded Merganser was in the channel north of the viewing platform at Goleta Beach. Larry Ball

A hybrid American Oystercatcher was present yesterday afternoon from 2-3 pm at the Carpinteria seal colony. This is a pretty clean looking bird, with only a few black flecks on the undertail coverts a

There were two young but fully grown Great Blue Herons on a nest accompanied by an adult in Carpinteria today . They were quite vocal in the morning, but the nest and even the birds can be difficult t

Two Black Oystercatchers were at the seal colony, where there are presently more than 70 seal pups. Western Gulls quickly approach any mother that begins her two minute delivery, and immediately devou

The train-spotting E. Phoebe was still along the railroad tracks at the end of Estero in Carpinteria, with small numbers of Violet-green Swallows moving up-coast over the marsh. Larry Ballard

A Pacific Wren was along the bike path next to Carp Creek, about 20 yards past the second light post as you walk north from Carpinteria Ave. Larry Ballard