I had a Tropical Kingbird today 9:40 at the bird refuge. It was in the same place as a TK I saw last Oct. In the dead shrub limbs between platform 2 and 3. If it is the same bird, it looks to have bec

Thank you to Rob Lindsey for inspiring me to hit Lake Los Carneros(And being one of my birding mentors). Found the American Bittern 3:23 sitting out in the open at the west side of the lake next to th

I had a female type Summer Tanager in the SB zoo this morning at 9:45. It was near the pond with the big fish sculpture iIt was in a tree with purple berries and a palm tree growing up into it. Also t

At 11:45 Los Carneros and Hollister in Goleta, I had a really cool looking Red-tail. About one third of this birds feathers are white. The bird looks like it spent the night under a Great Blue Heron n

This morning at area K 11:15 I had a male Blue-winged Teal and probably it’s mate. Also what I believe was a Eurasian Wigeon in non breeding plumage. It didn’t have the thick off white crown stripe bu

This afternoon (4:38pm) the Short-eared Owl was on the west side of More Mesa. A photographer pushed it off its spot, and it flew farther toward the ocean. Same time a Barn Swallow flew west to east.

Surfbird with Black Turnstones on breakwater wall near Yacht club. 10:40am Jay Bishop

There was a Tropical Kingbird and a Snow Goose at the Andree Clark bird refuge yesterday at 10:45. Jay Bishop Santa Barbara

Hello Birders, Today at 9:40 I had 2 Pygmy Nuthatches at the peak. About ten minutes later I had a novice trumpet player begin his two hours of practicing. Super rude and frustrating. I walked down th

Hello all, Yesterday at around 10:15 to 11:30 I walked from the foot bridge to the coast at Carpinteria Creek. The water in the creek was much higher than usual. I think the high tide and surf pushed

Cassin’s Finches (1Male, 2Females) continue at Peter Schneekloth’s backyard feeder in Buellton. Thank you to Peter for granting me access, putting out a chair and stocking the feeders. The CaFi’s were

At Ocean Beach park (9:06am) the Lesser Black-backed Gull continues. The bird was not there at 8:30 but then flew in off the ocean. The white spots on the wings gave this bird away as it flew in and l

At least one Adult male Scott’s Oriole continues at the end of Farren rd(8am) in the Eucs at the end of the road. The MacGillvray’s Warbler continues in the same fallen Euc branches covered in ivy at

Hello All, Just west from Patterson Bridge on Atascadero creek, I refound the Solitary Sandpiper. I could see it from the bridge. 130pm -2:45pm. Last little mud island in center of the creek. Also two

I checked the trees on the north side of Patterson just passed Cathedral oaks around 1130. Nothing rare but 11 Townsend’s warblers in two trees. One Orange crown and a handful of Yellow rumps and RC K

Went to the end of Farren rd. looking for Ground doves. No doves but had 3 adult male Scott’s Orioles. They were in the Euks from the first opening in the trees to the gate at the end of the road. The

Had the Sapsucker around noon in a Tipu tree with dead ivy on trunk on west end of parking lot.Near the fenced driveway that leads to the housing complex. It was only there for less then a minute and

Hello All, Had 2 continuing Yellow-crowned night herons one adult one juv. among 17 Black-crowned NHs. And a flyby of a Bonaparte’s Gull at Goleta Beach this afternoon. And one Pine Siskin at Bella Vi

Hello All, Had a Hooded Oriole at 10:40 on Carpinteria Creek in the big round conifer on the east side of the yellow school. I heard this bird singing and chattering before I saw it. No Chat but did h

I too have looked twice for the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker because it is so close to my house but no luck. There are many trees in that MacKenzie park in which it could hide but I had only a Red-breaste