While jogging today along Hunt Drive in Summerland, very near where the Reservoir Trail meets Hunt Drive I had 8 of the continuing crossbills fly over low, calling and headed towards their usual haunt

What must be the same male Baltimore Oriole was tonight at Heath Ranch Park a short distance from Santa Monica Creek. I found the oriole while scoping the enormous, white-blooming eucalyptus in the ce

A chestnut-sided warbler was a real surprise foraging high in a neighbors black locust this evening. I had been watching several species feed begging young in the yard (including a cowbird being tende

Hi all, I’ve had a singing yellow warbler in our Carpinteria neighborhood off and on since June 7th (heard today ). Because we are well away from riparian habitat I’m wondering if this bird has initia

In regards to moonwatching: I’ve found that attaching a smartphone to your spotting scope using a digiscoping adapter and watching the moon face on video mode gives you a clear picture without the nee

I was at Romero Canyon this morning in hopes of seeing passing migrant landbirds. I started in the creek ~100 yards upstream of Bella Vista Rd. 77F with strong wind out of the north when I arrived. By

As others have noted it was busy out there today! Here’s most of what I could identify passing during 7 hours spent along Ortega Ridge Road behind Summerland: 372 western kingbird 32 swainson’s hawks

With the high cloud cover late this morning I decided to make a stationary count from the yard and hope something flys over. I was rewarded just before noon when two swainson’s hawks paused high overh

This morning I was able to count 45 kingbirds passing over the yard in groups beginning at 0745 hrs and continuing for about 40 mins. Although all were likely western I only managed to identify six as

Continuing this afternoon in Carpinteria. Today in northeastern corner of pond. Eric Culbertson Carpinteria

My last visit to Jocelyn on January 5th found only seven green-winged teal compared with the thirty to forty+ I saw there regularly back in December. I can see that water levels have increased since t

One was along the southern edge of the tipu filled Commuter Lot at the intersection of W Carrillo St and Castillo St in Santa Barbara this afternoon. Eric Culbertson Carpinteria

This afternoon a solitary sandpiper was at Lake Jocelyn in Carpinteria. The bird was in and out of view walking amongst the stalks of cut tule in the far northwest corner of the pond. It seems possibl

Hi all, Early this morning the northern waterthrush continued in Carpinteria Creek at Sixth Street. Later in the morning I walked some residential streets off Carpinteria Avenue in downtown Carpinteri

Hi all A late bird is in Carpinteria Creek between the train trestle and Sixth street today at 1045. Eric

All, Under drizzly conditions I had 16 BLACK SWIFT in the span of about 15 minutes starting at 1350hrs from Ortega Ridge Rd X Hunt Drive. The birds in two groups (11,5) were very low and and following

Santa Barbara birders I’m watching a pretty great movement of Swainson’s Hawks right now from Ortega Ridge Rd behind Summerland. I’ve had 16 since 1:30. Birds are moving generally W/SW towards Santa B

His all, Four Swainson’s Hawks this afternoon (3,1) between 1620 and 1825. Based on what I’ve seen the last several days I decided to try a much lower spot on east Ortega Ridge Rd behind Summerland. B

All, I again watched for hawks this afternoon from Romero Canyon Hawk Watch Site. Between 1620 and 1805 I had twelve Swainson’s Hawks in three groups (5,6,1). Today’s migration was further south than

All, Four this afternoon from Romero Canyon Road Hawk Watch Site included one light morph adult between 1625-1850. Most exciting were the two birds at around 1825. I didn’t see these birds approach, i