So this morning after running errands, I finally got back to Farren Road for my original purpose for going there yesterday: To look for woodpeckers in the oaks and pepper trees. On the way up, I met a

Farren Road where I found the Zone-tailed Hawk was my last stop this morning. Previously, I walked around Lake Los Carneros. I found no Lewis's Woodpeckers but saw several other species, including 8 N

This morning shortly after 11 a.m. I had a Zone-tailed Hawk on Farren Road. I stopped to check out an apparent Turkey Vulture on the way up to the first turn-out but found it was a Zonetail! I lost si

I too birded this area this morning on my way to an errand. I found much the same birds. The eucs in the parking lot and behind the white building are worth checking, as are the tipu trees. I also wal

The previously reported Green-tailed Towhee at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden was still there this morning around 9:30 a.m. It was foraging under the Summer Holly near the northeast end of the Meado

As recently reported on eBird by Steve Colwell, well done! That was a beautiful photo taken on a whale-watching trip Sept. 25. (I'm still looking for one is SB County.) I am wondering if this fall and

Joan Lentz and I tried two hawk-watching sites later this morning. We spent an hour at the site on Hunt Road and then moved over to Bella Vista Drive. We did not pick up any migratory movement at eith

I stopped at Elings Park for a brief time this morning and got the Sage Thrasher sitting on top of the large blooming yucca that you can see as you reach the top of the hill from the entrance on Calle

I didn't post yesterday because I saw nothing worth mentioning, but thought perhaps these comments could be useful. I didn't get out until after 9 a.m., starting at the Carpinteria Tamarisks next to t

That's a couple of YEARS ago when I went, not weeks! Florence

Folks, I went on this trip a couple of weeks ago and it was a lot of fun. Weather prevented us from going as far up the channel as Dave describes, but if you can, the birds should be pretty good, and

If I remember an earlier post correctly, the one with the pink band would be a juvenile that was rescued when it fell off the barge where the Bolsa Chica colony decided to nest this year? Florence San

A host of vireo-chasers were out again this morning. The Yellow-green Vireo made a couple of brief appearances but not everyone got to see it--I got only the tail end of the bird Mark Holmgren and Lou

This morning I walked west from Coal Oil Point along Sands Beach until the incoming tide prevented further walking around the point that separates this beach from Haskell's Beach. Though it was very f

I walked the UCSB beaches this morning, found very little to report. The east-facing beach north of the stairs was again pretty much devoid of birds. Most of the kelp was gone this morning but I don't

I started at the LogMeIn tipus, where I found that birders had already located the Canada Warbler seen over the weekend and a new arrival, a Chestnut-sided Warbler. We spent some time searching the eu

I got there a little after 3:30 and found reasonable snatches of bird activity with quiet periods in between. I stayed until about 5. I spotted a Tennessee Warbler in the sedges in the reflecting pond

Forgot to post, nothing monumental. I birded Coal Oil Point and Sands Beach yesterday morning. It was high tide, but high overcast made viewing conditions good. The beach was dominated by Sanderlings

It's nice when you don't have to work hard to see your desired birds! I pulled into the parking lot of the Bird Refuge this morning and in front of me on the "Beach" was the juvenile Baird's Sandpiper

Oh I can indeed second that warning! That mud is deceptive and you can break through the crust into a mass of sticky goo that will hold your foot and leg tight. I made the mistake of doing that when w