Joan, Any other pictures of the bird that show the wing-tips better and size in relation to other gulls? Of course, maybe I should go and look myself! Nick

GW Teal especially prefer very shallow water (1- 3 inches) over mud

The Mexican Duck hybrid is back down by the broken bridge. Also a Pintail, the Eurasian Wigeon, and 10 Redheads.

All, The CBRC has officially accepted the Alder Flycatcher record from LLC. Thanks to Kristie Nelson for making this very difficult identification and getting the word out. Nick

I saw a Prairie Falcon at NCOS this morning. Water levels are still rising as Devereux Creek is still flowing. Very wet along the Ellwood Trails.

All, Sorry to keep up the doom and gloom on ducks, but I wanted to find out if folks have seen any Redheads on the south coast in the last week or so. Ebird shows that 10-15 birds arrived around Nov 1

All, We had an inch of rain in Goleta last night and Devereux has filled up considerably to very bird-friendly level. Already there were quite a few ducks using it this morning, mostly mallards. Shove

Wes, Brad, and I checked the SMRE. Pretty much the same species as I reported last weekend but pelican and gulls numbers were down. At Miguelito x Sudden, we had very nice looks at Golden Eagle and Pr

It seems like Surf Scoter numbers have completely collapsed the last couple of years.

All, There is a male Eurasian Wigeon at the GSD now. Still lots of BW Teal and other dabbling ducks. Nick Lethaby Texas Instruments 6750 Navigator Way, Suite 250 Goleta, CA 93117 USA Email: nlethaby@t

All, I checked this on Sat PM for about an hour. Still hundreds of Brown Pelicans and gulls, including 7 Herring a GW. A RB Merganser was the most interesting duck and 14 Aleutian Cackling Geese were

All, I spent the weekend on the north coast and in the Cuyama in fruitless search for RL Hawk. I did see 19 Ferruginous Hawks, 2 Golden Eagles, 2 Merlin's, a Bald Eagle, a Prairie Falcon and a Peregri

All, I ran into Tom while walking around Devereux and COPR. I went to the eucs and found a couple of Bullock's Orioles but missed the Orchard. The slough had 3 Pintail and there was a juvenile Whitefr

All, I checked out GSD at lunch today. There were an impressive 54 Blue-winged Teal. Just one Cinnamon and about 15 Green-winged. There were 22 A. Wigeon. Didn’t count the Mallard (numerous), Gadwall

All, As an FYI, I and another birder spent a couple of hours looking for the Rusty Blackbird yesterday AM, so it may not be that reliable. We did find the blackbird flock and it was not with them. I a

All, I followed mostly in Wes's footsteps today. The large BB Plover flock just west of Jack McConnell Park held 2 adult Pacific Goldens. I had about 8 Ferruginous Hawks on the area, virtually all ult

All, I had a (presumed) Yellow-billed Magpie from the freeway between El Cap and Refugio this AM. I drove back on the side road to the spot but it was gone. Nothing at Gaviota. The stream mouth has bl

All, On Friday and Sunday AMs I spent about an hour at Gaviota checking the drinking spot on the creek and the campground, hoping for a repeat of last year’s magic. No such luck, with the best birds b

Both Sooty and Thick-billed Fox Sparrows probably winter out there, with Thick-billed easy to see up towards Montagnon Ridge.

All, On Sunday 8 of us got together various spots in the Lompoc/VAFB area to see how many rarities/interesting birds we might find. Unfortunately it turned out that it was more like Roundup had applie