I drove up to the mountains today in search of a little sun and different habitat. It was overcast and foggy all the way up the road until I reached the upper limit of the Sedgwick property. The Natio

I. stopped at the Mission Creek outfall this morning around 8:30 and found the Wood Duck swimming in the muck as Adam Searcy reported yesterday. I moved down the walk a little bit to start on the gull

I'm glad Nick posted this. I made a similar comment to Dave Compton a few days ago because I noted that in a couple of the eBird postings, the accompanying photos were of a Dunlin, not a Curlew Sandpi

I got to the Garden about 4:15 this afternoon. I met Hugh Ranson who had had the Catbird in its usual spot about 10 minutes before I arrived. I waited until almost 5:00 before it put in an appearance

A lot of people looked for the warbler this afternoon without success. I arrived later than most of the lookers, some of whom had been there for almost two hours. I offer my congrats to anyone who was

I arrived at the proper spot around 7:45, just after Larry Ballard found it. It did not put in an appearance again until around 8:30, and that appearance was so brief that only a couple of people saw

This link works. Scot Pipkin is a very good birder. His report is creditable. Florence Sanchez

Thanks, Dave. Putting those coordinates into Google maps makes it very clear, especially in satellite view. Florence Sanchez

Both birds were present on the UCSB east-facing beach between 3:30 and 4:30 this afternoon in spite of heavy beach activity from people and dogs. Understandable, as the beach was probably the only pla

I decided to check out Carpinteria this morning. With the exception of the Cackling Goose, none of the rarities recently reported put in an appearance and the creek was pretty quiet overall. As for th

Our Curlew Sandpiper was present this afternoon around 4:15 p.m. on the UCSB east beach. It was about 200 yards up the beach from the stairs, near the driftwood tepee on the beach. AS usual, it was ha

Thank you Larry for this post. However, I saw no posting to sbco birding about either the Pacific Wren or the Scott's Oriole. Folks, if you post to e-bird or through the notifyme app, please also post

I hiked up to the end of Farren Road and back again this morning, starting at 7:30 a.m. It was not terribly birdy there this morning and it warmed up very fast. This year, the weeds and grasses along

I made it up to the Hawk Watch spot on Bella Vista Drive late this morning, where I encountered Carpinteria Birders Tom an dLaurel who had been there a little while. Though it was very warm for us, co

I took a walk up the beach today, starting about 9:30 a.m. The tide was coming in, which caused a lot of movement among the birds, but there still was a great assortment of shorebirds present and view

One more time--this was my post from this morning about Riviera Business Park and MacKenzie Park. Florence Sanchez ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Florence Sanchez <sanchezucsb11@...> To: SB

For some reason, my post from this morning did not go through, so I'm trying again. I also never got Ron Hirst's post form this afternoon. Not sure what is happening with the listserve. Based on Ron's

I waited until about 9 a.m. to go to MacKenzie Park but it still was pretty overcast and viewing wa harder than when I was there on Monday. Consequently, many warblers in the lerpy Eucs went unidentif

I wanted a change of pace from lerpy eucs do headed to the Peak to see if there was anything of interest there. The answer: not much! Steller's Jays continue at the Peak but otherwise, no montane bird

I checked MacKenzie Park today on my way to and from errands at Loretto Plaza. I did not turn up a Black and White Warbler, But the lerpy eucs Adams noted in his report continue to be full of birds, w