Hi all: A BREWER'S SPARROW was in a small flock of birds feeding in the fennel on top of Elings Park this morning. The fennel growing on the hill is more extensive and spread out this year, so there i

One was at Elings Park South yesterday (9/2) in Santa Barbara. The flowering fennel patches on the hill near the paragliding area look somewhat promising, but there have been few birds here during the

Not seen as of 11:15 this morning. The only birds of note were a GH owl along the creek and a female MacGillivray's warbler in the poison oak tangles down from the museum water feature on the north si

Hi All: This evening there was a SOLITARY SANDPIPER along the river approximately 1 mile northeast of the USFS Pine Canyon Station along Hwy 166. I walked down to the riverbed where there was some sta

Hi All: I spent the evening yesterday through this morning at the Cachuma Lake campground. Weather was pleasant and few campers. Two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were seen this morning along the shoreline

350 Common Murres were offshore from Tajiguas Landfill this morning, a respectable number from shore for South Coast SB County. Best viewing (spotting scope needed) was from Arroyo Quemada Lane, a fro

Lots of birds in general at Lake Los Carneros, but nothing too unusual. Best were four Western Tanagers together in the Eucs near the main parking area, and an obliging Virginia Rail walking out in th

S.B. Birders -- A SWAMP SPARROW was at Evergreen Open Space in Goleta this afternoon in the marshy area near frisbee target #15. At nearby Bella Vista Park, the continuing GRACE'S WARBLER was easily f

Whoops -- that last e-mail got away before I had a chance to finish. Anyway, look for them between the Lacrosse and Softball fields. Peter Gaede SB

Hi All: There were two Clay-colored Sparrows in the athletic fields off Stadium Way this afternoon. Both birds were foraging in the open and were easy to see. They seemed to prefer hanging out at the

One of each was present today from the viewing platform, along with 50 Bufflehead. Peter Gaede Santa Barbara

Birders -- I saw an Empidonax flycatcher today at the end of Armitos Ave on San Jose Creek. The looks I had were too brief to make any type of call on this bird. Although I have an initial impression

At El Capitan State Park today there was a Hermit Warbler at the creek crossing just before the entrance kiosk. Not much else was in the campground. In the protected cove just east of the park was a g

Birders: I visited Twin Lakes Golf Course (near the corner of Fairview and Hollister) this afternoon and found a CASSIN'S VIREO (ph) in the willows directly behind the Pro Shop. At the other end of th

SB Birders -- A first-year male BALTIMORE ORIOLE was in Euc trees along the drainage behind 600 Pine Ave in Goleta. Also present in the nearby Cottonwoods a few hundred feet east of Pine Ave was a BLA

Two first-year birds were on the sandspit at the end of the Santa Barbara Harbor jetty this evening. The gull roost here is up to about 450. Peter Gaede Santa Barbara

Birders: The Blackpoll Warbler found October 20 just off Hwy 101 at the Dos Pueblos Canyon offramp was still present today. It was seen this afternoon in the same lerpy Euc where first found. See my e

Hugh Ranson just called to report this bird from San Jose Creek, seen approximately 100 yards downstream of the Berkeley Road bike bridge in Goleta. Peter Gaede

SB Birders -- There are a few lerp-infested Eucs just off Hwy 101 at the Dos Pueblos Canyon exit. Yesterday afternoon (10/19) there were good numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers, three Western Tanagers,

From the first pull-out: American Golden-Plover 1 Pacific Golden-Plover 1 Black-bellied Plover 531 Semipalmated Plover 47 Dunlin 7 Long-billed Dowitcher 11 Greater Yellowlegs 8 Whimbrel 2 Western Sand