With the weather due to change significantly for the next week or so, I headed up to La Cumbre Peak this morning. It was very quiet, almost no birds. No Pygmy Nuthatches, no Steller's Jay, no Townsend

Yesterday, I tried for several hours to find the American Redstart reported from Atascadero Creek without success. I know at least two other birders also tried to find it, even walking down in the Cre

I headed up to Santa Maria this morning to see if I could turn up some of the nice birds recently reported. I first stopped at Donovan Road to see if I could find the blackbird flock I saw there on my

I hiked East Pinery Road this morning but I ran into the wind that was forecast for tomorrow, not today. I'm not sure when it happened, but there is a new tree down over the road in the same spot wher

Today I went over to the valley to see if I could turn up the Brewer's Sparrow found on Casey Road by Dave Compton and re-found by Mark Holmgren a few days later. Unfortunately, I did not. I walked th

I found the Tennessee Warbler this morning in its usual bottlebrush tree in front of 354 Arroyo Rd. It was working very low in the tree, making it easy to see all the field marks. Afterwards, I looked

I checked on past reports from several spots this morning--some successes, some misses. I found the Hammonds Flycatcher in its usual spot on arroyo Burro Creek about 9 a.m. It came into the creek vege

I made one more try for the Lesser Black-backed Gull that has been seen in Lompoc by a few people but struck out again on a very chilly morning. At 8:15, there was only a single California Gull on the

Thanks to all who responded with good directions to the spot. Because I went to Ventura earlier to see a Scarlett Tanager and other things, I didn't get to the spot until after 11 a.m. I stayed until

I checked out the Dusky Flycatcher at Bella Vista Open space this morning, and thanks to Nancy States's friend Betty and her quick eyes, we soon got on the bird. Maybe I have finally broken the jinx t

I went down to the Mission Creek outfall this morning to find few birds, I noticed the gull flock had moved several hundred years down the beach (east) and across from the Hilton, where some fencing h

I don't know if this bird has been refound, but on Saturday morning, I checked out the spot after an errand at my near-by bank. I didn't turn it up, nor did a birder on the opposite bank, but we caugh

Incredible to pull this off under all the restrictions! You did yourself proud, Rebecca and CBC committee & counters. Florence Sanchez

Today I birded several places in Goleta, not all of which are in the CBC circle. At the Sandpiper this morning, I found only the white geese when I was there but my count is the same as was already re

Roadrunners also frequent the avocado orchards along Farren Road just outside of Goleta. Best way to see them is to park at the top of the first hill and then walk the road until the gate at the end.

I spent a lot of time at Lompoc Middle School this morning trying to tease out the LBB from about 2 dozen gulls on the gymnasium roof. At one point, about half of the gulls came down to the athletic f

Just thought I'd chime in with a report from yesterday. I went to the Middle School as directed and saw that there were gulls atop one of the buildings (the auditorium I think--it has a partially tile

I stoped by the park on my way to the post office this morning. I was particularly looking for Sapsuckers in the Tipu and pepper trees. I eventually found a Red-breasted Sapsucker in a pepper tree in

In that absence of any reports since Dec. 2, I decided to take a serious look for it on the UCSB East-facing beach this afternoon. It was low tide and conditions have changed somewhat since I birded t

I was hoping to find a Yellow-headed Blackbird as it's been a while since I've seen one, and for once, I was successful. I did not have have it where John Deacon reported seeing a couple; I started at