Singing from sycamore on the west side of Lions Club Park in Carpinteria around 9am. Larry Ballard reports that the bird is still there singing at noon and this time a short distance east near the gaz

A pair was feeding three young at a nest along Bella Vista Dr. in Montecito near Romero Canyon this morning. The nest was placed high in a eucalyptus and within a large stand of eucalyptus. One of the

Quality (although limited) habitat exists for shorebirds within Carpinteria Creek lagoon right now. Today at lunch I had one Lesser Yellowlegs, six or so each Western and Least Sandpiper, and three Do

All, Some activity this morning at the Carp Tams with the best birds being a Willow Flycatcher and Tropical Kingbird. Otherwise several Warbling Vireo, 2-3 Wilson's Warblers, 1 Yellow Warbler, 1 Weste

All, 12 red crossbill spent 45 minutes foraging in a stand of pine in Summerland this morning staring just after 8am. These pines start at the very north end of Calle Culebra where the road ends and a

Merry Christmas All, I again had red crossbills in the pines at the end of Calle Culebra in Summerland today beginning just after 1pm. I first found the birds as they moved east to west upslope toward

One female type today in Tipuana tipu trees along Cactus Lane (behind Robitaille's Candy on Linden Ave) in Carpinteria around 10:30am. Eric Culbertson Carpinteria

All, This evening I had a total of 10 Swainson's Hawks from the 2 mile mark (Frank's Bench) of the Franklin Trail in Carp. The first group of 5 flew past low at roughly 7pm. This late in the day this

All, Returned to again to Franklin Trail this evening to watch for hawks. I arrived at the 2 mile point of the trail around 5:30pm and twenty minutes later I had three Swainson's Hawks soaring fairly

Hi all, Myself and Larry Ballard watched for hawks at the 2 mile point of Franklin Trail this evening in Carpinteria. At 5:25pm we had a group of 5-6 Swainson's Hawks and one Red-tailed Hawk pass toge

This morning from just inside the mouth of the estuary I hada dozen Western sandpiper, a Greater yellowlegs (breeding plumage), threedowitcher, three Semipalmated plover and forty+ Willet. Also there

250 Western sandpiper on the flats just inside the mouth of the estuary thismorning before high-tide. Six Short-billed dowitcher and two Greater yellowlegswere probably new as well. Eric Culbertson Ca

All, Two Baird’s Sandpipers were together at the mouth ofCarpinteria salt marsh reserve this morning. The continuing immature ReddishEgret was also here. Over at the marsh park the Yellow-crowned Nigh

A quick walk along Ogan Rd today in Carpinteria found 21 western kingbirds, 3 cassin's kingbirds and an ash-throated flycatcher between Camino Trillado and Casitas Pass Rd. As Larry B. reported on 8/1

All, One Solitary sandpiperalong the south bank directly below the train trestle thismorning. Through a scope I could see it shaking its leg in the waterapparently stirring up food items. Five Cinnamo

The Solitary sandpiper continued below the train trestle on the south side of the creek around 9am this morning. Eric C Carp

A White-winged dove was below 6th street, opposite side of the creek in a cottonwood this evening. The continuing Solitary sandpiper was in the creek at 6th street headed upstream. The tams at Carpint

I found one in the tamarisk row adjacent to Carpinteria City Hall (Carpinteria Ave) late this morning in a fast moving group of bushtit. Interestingly Peter Gaede had three here September 11, 2014. Th

All, I had an actively migrating Broad-winged hawk while standing near 2762 Bella Vista Drive in upper Montecito today a few minutes after noon. The hawk descended towards me from high up and to the n

All, A few minutes after 4pm today I had an incredible kettle of nine BROAD-WINGED HAWKS very low over Bella Vista Drive in upper Montecito. I was standing at the high point on the road just above 274