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

CHECKLIST S74494508 2 Yellow-crowned Night Herons at Franklin Creek footbridge; 1 at confluence of Franklin and Santa Monica Creeks. 1 Lincoln’s Sparrow in Basin 1 WT Kite perched low and Osprey in Ba

Carpinteria Bluffs, seal rookery: oystercatcher sp. and fos Say’s Phoebe Rob Denholtz Carp

I’m posting to ask for comments on a Red-shouldered Hawk I saw today on Gobernador Canyon Rd., in Carp. I had long, close-up looks at this particularly beautiful bird as it fed on the ground and flew

Gobernador Canyon Road - at the horse ranch, 3 Lark Sparrows, a small flock of Munias, and a Red-shouldered Hawk on the ground pecking at unidentified prey. Birding was slow except for the crown of th