This is the same stretch where I had good viewing about 3 weeks ago. It's wide open facing north so it's easy to see a lot of raptors at one time. That stretch west to Tres Hermanas Vinyard (where the

I hiked Farren Road this morning. While it was a crisp, lovely morning for a hike, bird activity was not remarkable. Neither Common Ground Doves not Roadrunners deigned to be seen or heard today. Howe

I birded both locations this morning. I failed to turn up the Common Goldeneye again at Laguna Blanca, even though I walked to several vantage points to view as much of the lake as possible. Ringnecke

I looked for the continuing Common Goldeneye today but did not find it. However, I was looking through a scope way across to the far side of the lake where the ducks were, so could have missed it. Is

I walked around the entire perimeter of the reserve this morning. It was a lovely morning but land bird activity was quite low. In addition, the ducks numbers and variety were also down--Mostly Shovel

Today I birded Carpinteria and found it pretty quiet. First stop was Santa Monica Creek where I spent some time but the Orchard oriole did not show. Is it still around? My net stop was Carpinteria Cre

This morning I walked round the Lake and ground at lake Los Carneros. I did not see an American Bittern. More than one Sora also called periodically. Otherwise, a pleasant morning here but nothing rem

I hiked East Pinery Road this morning. It was a beautiful morning and there was a fair amount of bird activity in places, especially near the start of the trail, but I failed to find anything remarkab

I checked out the Tipu trees on David Love Place this morning but did not pull out a Lucy's Warbler. However, I got a later start than I would have liked. I checked out some of NCOS next. I did not lo

I don't know if these were found earlier during Christmas Count routes this morning. I decided to walk around the Lagoon this lovely afternoon and while I was there, 3 White Pelicans flew in and settl

I found a Townsend's Solitaire in the Coulter Pines along the road about .5 miles east on ECC from the parking area at the Peak. It was feeding actively in the pines on either side of the road and pre

Joan Lenz and I also birded the Valley today, concentrating on the Happy Canyon Area. It was a beautiful morning to be out. We spotted the flock of Cranes in the air over N. Alisos Road. They eventual

This morning I walked the trail by Santa Monica Creek from Calle Real to Foothill and back. I did not see or hear an Oriole on the way up, but on the way back I heard a blackbird like "check" from the

I went to the area where Sandhill Cranes have been found (Happy Canyon X Alisos Road) but none were present this morning. However, I had a very pleasant morning birding, especially along the north por

I did my frequent loop walk through the backyard of the SBMuseum of natural History and Rocky Nook Park this morning. What was new this morning was a large number of Robins on the Museum Property--the

I met up in Ventura with friends from Florida yesterday and we took the Island Packers boat out to Santa Cruz Island. There was not a lot of seabird activity on the way out, butwe did encounter a huge

After reading Dave Compton's report about some montane species he found in the area, I decided to hike East Pinery Road this morning. I did not find Townsend's Solitaire, Pine Siskins, or Golden-crown

I checked out these spots this morning. It was a lovely day to bird and there was abundant bird activity throughout the Park at LLC, though I found nothing rare. Habitat is excellent for wintering bir

I hiked the area around La Cumbre Peak this morning and it was pretty dead. There was nothing going on at the communication Station--I was hard-pressed to even turn up a couple of Scrub Jays. Nothing

I walked Kinevan Road this morning. hoping to avoid some of the forecast heat and also hoping that I would see the Pacific Wren Mark Holmgren found earlier this week. It was definitely nice and cool i