Carpinteria Salt Marsh, Saturday morning, April 10, 2021 HIGHLIGHTS: 3 female and one male Brown-headed Cowbirds . . . the first Green Heron I’ve seen in the Salt Marsh in several months . . . nine Ye

Bates Road Bridge, Wed., Mar 31, 2021 Mario Borunda and I spent about 45 minutes on the bridge around mid-day and were rewarded with a long look at a most cooperative singing Canyon Wren 20’ south of

Mar 6, 2021, Carp Salt Marsh FOS Rough-winged Swallow. 40+ Am.Wigeons in Santa Monica Creek. Eared Grebe continues in Franklin Creek. Three Yellow-crowned Night Herons. Pair of Red-tailed Hawks perch

Carpinteria Salt Marsh, Wed., Feb.10, 2021 Highlights: No.Harrier over Basins I & 2, Ring-necked Duck & two Cinnamon Teal in Santa Monica Creek. A beautiful morning to be out birding. Forty-five minut

A dozen+ GW Teal and a dozen+ Am.Wigeons in Santa Monica Creek . . . plus, one female Gadwall. Four YC Night Herons on the banks of Franklin Creek. Rob Denholtz Carp -- Rob Denholtz Carpinteria

This morning I birded the Salt Marsh Nature Park and west to Santa Monica Creek. There were 7 Yellow-crowned Night Herons in the Nature Park and on Franklin Creek. A pair of Peregrine Falcons flew aro

Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, 2020, Gobernador Canyon Rd., Carpinteria In preparation for the Carp CBC (Dec. 19th - to sign up, contact callender.john@...) I birded the above road with Mario Borunda

White-throated Sparrow at 7190 Gobernador. Rob Carp -- Rob Denholtz Carpinteria

8: AM, Saturday, November 28, 2020 There was a Brown Creeper about 200 yds north of the “top” of the loop on Ennisbrook Trail. Small brown bird, slightly curved beak, working its way up the trunk, fle

Happy Thanksgiving to all. This morning, I found only 4 Yellow-crowned Night Herons in the Carp Nature Park. There were 10 continuing Green-winged Teal in Santa Monica Creek. Also saw 3 fly-over White

Carp Salt Marsh, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 7 Yellow-crowned Night Herons in the Nature Park. On Santa Monica Creek, I was watching a small group of Green-winged Teal when in flew a much larger flock. I c

In addition to the high count 11 Yellow-Crowned Night Herons in the Nature Park, there were three fos Green-winged Teal in Santa Monica Creek. Also had Lincoln’s Sparrow, WT Kite, and (unexpected) Cas

11 YC Night Herons in Marsh Park Rob Denholtz Carp -- Rob Denholtz Carpinteria

Carpinteria Salt Marsh, Friday, Nov.6, 2020 High count for Yellow-crowned Night Herons: 9 birds, mostly imm. and eclipse plumage . . 8 in Marsh Park and 1 in Franklin Creek. After having birded the Ma

Carp Salt Marsh Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020 The Nature Park had 7 Yellow-crowned Night Herons - a high count for me this year. Eared Grebe in Franklin Creek and a few early Buffleheads. A White-tailed Kite

Back to Gobernador Canyon Road this morning. Very birdy but mostly common species. Did see a couple of Hermit Thrushes and a Hutton’s Vireo. Best was four Steller’s Jays . . . same location as Saturda

I made a birdingpal connection with Ryan McCollough and we birded the eastern half of Gobernador Canyon Road, up to the horse farm. Not very birdy although this road can be at hotspot times. As we got

8:30 AM, Wed. Oct 28, 2020 Pelagic Cormorant in Franklin Creek, immediately north of the footbridge (photo at https://ebird.org/checklist/S75526946). First time I’d seen one there. Also, three Yellow-

Wednesday morning, October 21, 2020 Gobernador Canyon was birdy but nothing remarkable showed up. Best were Hermit Thrush and Golden-crowned Sparrow. The resident Red-shouldered Hawks were present. Pe

Salt Marsh: 8 Yellow-crowned Night Herons (6 in the Nature Park; 2 in Franklin Creek). This is the most I’ve seen here at any one time. Basin 3: Osprey, again and again. Has become an almost daily sig