On Monday I photographed a grebe at the Santa Barbara Harbor that I think might be a hybrid between Western and Clark's. Some features were intermediate between the two species. The bill was quite yel

This morning there was a non-vocalizing Tropical-type Kingbird at More Mesa, close the the western boundary. I paid a quick visit to Laguna Blanca on the way home, and it is FULL of birds. Highlights

Many thanks to Eric for finding yet another great SB County bird. Perhaps not of the Gray Hawk/White Ibis quality, but a bird that has eluded me in the county for 36 years. This was a tough bird to ph

The Warbling Vireo has returned to Bohnett Park on Santa Barbara's Westside for its 5th winter. It was in willows at the bottom of the steps that lead into the park from San Andres. Another noteworthy

This morning at 8:30 am the flock of geese at La Cumbre Junior High had swelled to 28 birds, 22 Greater White-fronted and 6 Cackling. A quick look at 10:30 revealed that 4 of the white-fronts had scar

Late this afternoon, and not for the first time this fall, there was a flock of geese feeding on the playing field at La Cumbre Junior High School (Modoc Road). There were 13 Greater White-fronted Gee

There are 2 Palm Warblers at Elings Park. They were mostly in fennel around the stone bench, north of the paraglider take off spot. They were, however, quite mobile, and the last I saw of them they we

Just heard from Maggie Sherriffs that she is watching the plover just west of the Carpinteria Creek mouth. Hugh Ranson SB

I had jury duty this morning but wasn't required to stay, so that freed up some unexpected time for birding and dragonflying. First stop was Elings Park, which was dull. After the courthouse I went do

This morning the wandering flock of Greater White-fronted Geese was back at La Cumbre Junior High on Modoc. The flock now totals 9 birds. Hugh Ranson SB

Presumably the same flock of 8 geese that Wes saw at Pershing Park on Friday were grazing on the field at La Cumbre Junior High (Modoc St) this morning. There was a dead Sora on the road at Modoc and

This evening at Elings Park in Santa Barbara were 2 Vesper and 1 Brewer's Sparrow. They were on the dirt paths to the south-east of the stone bench. Hugh Ranson Santa Barbara

A flock of a dozen Cackling Geese spent the morning on the playing field at Hollister School in Goleta till they were chased off by a group of fifth grade girls (not members of my class, I hasten to a

This morning, Peter and Julian Gaede, our bird dogs, and I looked around the top of Elings Park. Best bird was a Brewer's Sparrow that was close to where the paragliders take off. There were also 1 or

A brief lunch time stop at Atascadero Creek in Goleta produced a Blue Grosbeak and a Lazuli Bunting. They were together approx. 200 meters west of the S curve (which is between Turnpike and Walnut). A

Peter A. Gaede and I checked the south plateau of the park this morning. The fennel is in full bloom, but there were very few warblers present. We saw at least 19 Cliff Swallows. This species has larg

A quick visit to the south end of Lake Los Carneros this afternoon was fairly productive. The hybrid swan is back -- or did it ever leave? The bill pattern and coloration appears to be identical to ho

This morning at the SB harbor breakwater there were 7 Black Turnstone, 7 Whimbrel, and a Surfbird. It was good to see a juvenile Heerman's Gull, which have been in short supply in recent years. Hugh R

This morning there were 9 Common Mergansers (1 mom and 8 youngsters) on the middle Santa Ynez River along Paradise Road. Photo here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zonetail/ Also seen: Green Heron, Osp

I believe Liz Muraoka photographed the bird on May 20th at the Rancho Goleta lake. Hugh Ranson Quoting "Dave Compton davcompton60@... [sbcobirding]" <sbcobirding-noreply@...>: