Hi All: This morning in bird class there were 2 Ross's Geese on the sandspit near the Mission Crk. outfall just east of Stearns' Wharf along East Beach. I am not sure whether they might be new individ

Hi All: In bird class yesterday at Carp. Salt Marsh Nature Park, we had the Little Blue Heron (continuing since last summer!) and 8 Blue-winged Teal. The Little Blue Heron is looking more & more of a

Hi All! At about 9 a.m. this morning, the Worm-eating Warbler appeared at the S. B. Cemetery. We heard it's "zeep-zeep" call downslope (west) from the Storke Mausoleum coming from a group of oaks w/ n

Hi folks: I'd never seen this before, but thanks to the recent post, I was watching to see if the pair of Belted Kingfishers would be at their nest hole. Sure enough, we were able to see the male appr

Hi all: I wish today had been the Migration Count :-( Marilyn & I hit some spots in No. Goleta & it was extremely birdy. Lots of migrants waiting for the strong north winds to die down before they hea

Patrick, Jamie & All: This is something I'd like to "second" & thank Patrick for phrasing it so nicely. Jamie, we can't manage w/out you here in S.B. County, & sbcobirding has been a lifesaver for all

Hi All: Yesterday at the Goleta Sew. Treat. Ponds, I saw an adult Baird's Sandpiper. I had never seen an adult Baird's before & they are rather rare in S. B. Co., since most of the Baird's we see are

Hi All: With Jamie's permission, I would like to recommend an extraordinarily well-written article by an essayist, Jonathan Franzen, published in the recent Aug. 8 & 15 issue (it's a double issue) of

Hi All: Marilyn Harding just called to tell me she'd seen a Northern Waterthrush this a.m. on San Ysidro Crk. It was hanging around the upper bridge & could be seen from the green space trail that run

Hi All: Marilyn Harding & I had the No. Waterthrush that she found yesterday on S. Ysidro Crk., about 100 yds. south of the upper stone bridge, as you walk along the Ennisbrook trail. Further up the t

Hi all! Marilyn Harding & I went to see all the vermivoras at the vacant lots north of Chase Palm Park. Pretty neat. I think we almost had a "sweep", bec/ there was a warbler that we could never compl

Hi all: We had a Black-and-white Warbler in Rocky Nook Park this morning in Wed. bird class. It was in the general area of the northeasternmost parking areas, creeping around on the trunks of the oaks

Hi All: Just wanted to call your attention to the delights of birding Devereux Slough this time of year, when the water levels are so perfect & it is packed w/ a variety of shorebirds. Let me assure y

Hi All: This morning, in the course of a bird survey on Carpinteria Crk. from Casitas Pass Rd. down to the creek mouth, Marilyn Harding & I found a female type Blackburnian Warbler. It is possibly an

Hi All: Alas, Wed. bird class either missed the Red Knot that has been at Devereux Slough for some time, or it's NOT there anymore :-( The 3 White Pelicans remained in the middle of the slough & all t

Hi All: This morning Karen & I had the Chestnut-sided Warbler at El Capitan (near the service road that takes off from the entrance road just before you cross the bridge to get to the kiosk) and the C

Hi All: I finally got Dave Compton to give me a list of the awesome birds he & others (Wes Fritz, Peter Gaede among them) have found today! This is pretty exciting, & I hope I have it correct, but her

Hi All: In a rather brief check w/ Wed. bird class, we were only able to locate the Blackburnian Warbler in the lerped euc. just west of the bridge over the creek at Refugio campground. Numbers of wes

Hi All! Thanks to Jamie for letting me post this first announcement of the date of Santa Barbara Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count on Sat., Dec. 31, '05! What a great way to spend New Year's Eve

Hi All: This morning in Wed. bird class, we had an adult male Bullock's Oriole in the eucalyptus trees behind the caretaker's cottage. Those trees were very birdy -- full of Am. Robins, a couple of Re