Hi Eric and others -- Nice work, it is indeed a juvenile Pigeon Guillemot. It was first seen on July 31 from the Condor Express by Wes Fritz and also later that day by myself and Nick Lethaby. I'm not

Hi Birders -- Wes Fritz just called to say he is looking at a REDDISH EGRET right now at the slough, visible from the east end of the parking lot. Peter Gaede Santa Barbara

Hi All -- George Roland IDed a WHITE-EYED VIREO earlier today by song behind the Santa Barbara Cemetery and I was able to get a visual confirmation about 15 minutes ago. I left the bird near the inter

Birders -- The highlight of today's pelagic trip on the Condor Express, chartered by the American Cetacean Society, was a HORNED PUFFIN. As we were motoring past the northwest tip of Santa Cruz Island

Hi all -- A first-spring male Summer Tanager sporting its red-splotches-on- yellow plumage was along Carpinteria Creek this morning, just below the 8th street bridge. It was calling frequently. Peter

S.B. Birders -- Yesterday I birded around the county with Mark Billings, Jeff Davis and Jeff Seay. We were surprised to find not one but two SWAINSON'S HAWKS in completely different locations. The fir

Hi all: Interesting discussion and nice photos. The first set of 5 photos (the bird with the dark malar stripes), is the most interesting bird to me, and appears to have features mostly consistent wit

S.B. Birders -- This morning I made a quick stop at the tamarisk trees at the north end of Bailard Ave. and found a MAGNOLIA WARBLER. This location is reached by taking the Bailard exit in Carpinteria

S.B. Birders -- There was a Chestnut-sided (first-fall female) and Tennessee Warbler in the willows above the 8th street bridge this afternoon. Peter Gaede Santa Barbara

S.B. Birders: I went out on the 2.5 hr. Condor Express whale trip this afternoon. We stayed relatively close to shore (~5 miles) due to swells and limited time. We found and had outstanding looks at 7

S.B. Birders: Yesterday, Mark Billings, Wes Fritz and I went on a birding adventure around the county to record as many species as possible in a 24-hour period, beginning at midnight on 25 April. We f

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Hi all: One was in the fennel on top of the hill at the end of Calle Montilla this afternoon (Dusky Warbler spot, near the wooden bike ramp), along with a Chipping Sparrow. Peter Gaede Santa Barbara

Hi all: Really not much to report. I checked the creek and a couple other migrant areas for warblers, but unfortunately not much action. At Johannies Flowers behind the Tee Time Driving Range, there w

Birders -- There was a Rufous-crowned Sparrow at the Andree Clark Bird Refuge this past Wednesday. I flushed the sparrow and made a positive ID about 30 yards west of the main parking area at the edge

Hi Birders -- A White-faced Ibis flew overhead and towards UCSB/S.B. Airport while I was checking Goleta Slough this morning. One winter-plumaged Royal Tern remains on the sand bar near the easternmos

S.B. Birders -- Two were at the Andree Clark Bird Refuge this morning, working the tules and willows in the northwest corner. Also present were 3-4 Ash- throated Flycatchers. Peter Gaede Santa Barbara

Hi all: There was a Yellow-billed Magpie in Santa Barbara this afternoon, seen in the San Roque neighborhood near the corner of Calle Palo Colorado and Calle Madera (just south of Foothill Rd). It see

S.B. Birders -- A calling individual was along Carpinteria Creek this morning, below 6th street. It was seen on both sides of the creek, close to the northeast corner of the sanitation plant. Peter Ga

Hi all: I just made a quick visit to La Mesa Park in Santa Barbara and found a BREWER'S SPARROW and a very late Lincoln's Sparrow. The Brewer's Sparrow was near a single pine tree that is surrounded b

S.B. Birders -- This morning I walked a short section of the creek just east of Patterson Ave. and found the willows full of migrants. It seems that there's a big push of Wilson's Warblers moving thro