*** Species Summary: - Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (1 report) - Hermit Thrush (2 reports) - Baltimore Oriole (1 report) - Northern Parula (1 report) --------------------------------------------- Thank

Hi All: Like everybody else, I’m waiting for returning shorebirds and not having much luck. Marilyn Harding and I had a pleasant hour at Goleta Beach. Only shorebird was a Long-billed Curlew, but we s

I made a quick stop to see if the Northern Parula was still hanging out west of Nojoqui Park and sure enough he's still there. I watched him forage for about 10 minutes near the now dry creek which pa

*** Species Summary: - Reddish Egret (2 reports) - Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (2 reports) --------------------------------------------- Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> Santa Barbara County Ra

Sorry for the late post but still may be of interest to some, especially those keeping track of returning shorebirds. Devereux Sough was not quite devoid of avian life forms. There were a few of the e

I walked about 100 meters upstream and downstream of the Bates Rd bridge in Rincon Creek this morning. Lovely walk, and you can more or less keep your feet dry without rubber boots, at least where I w

*** Species Summary: - Common Ground Dove (1 report) - Reddish Egret (1 report) - Cattle Egret (2 reports) - Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (2 reports) --------------------------------------------- Thank

Order has been restored for the two kind of eBird alerts that were automatically forwarded to sbcobirding : - The daily eBird alerts of rare county birds is active again on sbcobirding as this seems t

Breeding-plumaged adult. I found this bird on the mud peninsula in the estuary mouth where the gulls rest. After a few minutes, it took off and flew upstream. I relocated it in the Night Heron roost n

On 8 and 9 July I walked Tecolote Creek bottom covering more than 3 miles. Where neighborhoods border the creek the streamside habitat is generally in excellent condition. Further upstream avocado orc

*** Species Summary: - Reddish Egret (2 reports) --------------------------------------------- Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert.The report below shows obse

Thanks to Nick for posting my sighting in a timely manner, since I did not have access to the Internet at that time. I first heard the Vireo while walking on the asphalt path to Coal Oil Point and San

Hi All This is a reminder that Island Packers is offering a 12-hour deepwater pelagic trip from the Ventura Harbor at 7 am on Sunday July 12. This trip will allow us to get to offshore waters beyond t

We are on our way. Marge and Din

All, Florence Sanchez just called to say she is looking at singing Red-eyed Vireo at Coal Oil Point. It is swapping between some elderberry bushes and eucs around the buildings close to the point (but

I returned to the estuary this morning at mid-tide. I found that the large influx of Western Sandpipers that filled the mudflats when I was there last week has moved on and not much has taken its plac

I changed the Flickr image so that the composite photo now shows the LHS of 'both' birds. It's the same link - https://flic.kr/p/2ji4uD5 Adrian O'Loghlen Goleta

Shorebirds still don't seem to be using these beaches yet. Conditions about 6;30 this morning were just about ideal for them, but no takers on either the east-facing or west-facing beaches. (Further w

Hi Adrian and everyone, Using photos taken more than a month apart can be tricky for establishing the Ellwood bird is not the same as the IV bird. And for a bird of this rarity, I think the burden sho

Last night I took a leisurely walk out to the 3rd viewing platform and sat there for a while. I observed 5 Snow Egrets, 5 Black Skimmers skimming and one resting on the small island, a Mallard with he