Hello all! After struggling, but finally succeeding in finding street parking on Whittier Dr. I noticed that the parking lot is finished! All the green fencing is removed! It’s so nice to be able to w

Hi all, At UCSB, the White-winged Scotor, a probable Greater Scaup (very distant) and an Osprey. At Area K, all 3 teal species and a nice assortment of ducks. At Devereux the American Avocet was along

Since Spencer Seale refound the adult male orchard oriole along the Santa Monica Creek bike path in Carpinteria on March 2 I've been visiting the spot regularly hoping to get a look at the bird. It ha

There was a couple of Dunlin foraging with a flock of Least Sandpipers on the 'island' opposide the slough viewing plarform at Goleta Beach Park yesterday afternoon (Fri). https://flic.kr/p/2n8degC Th

To piggyback on Peter Schneekloth's post about his first of the year Warbling Vireo, I heard a Pacific-slope Flycatcher along Atascadero Creek whilst biking into work this morning. I've biked every da

I started in Casmalia hoping to turn up a Yellow-headed Blackbird or two, but did not find large flocks of blackbirds resting on the wires. I drove around on Black Road and other roads, checking out w

Surprised to hear a kind of early Warbling Vireo at Nojoqui Park this morning singing along with House Wrens, Purple Finch and Dark-eyed Junco's. A White-throated Sparrow (possibly 2) continue as well

A 2-day visit to Santa Barbara. On Thursday morning, an early seawatch from coal oil point produced one adult black-legged kittiwake and one northern fulmar barely beyond the kelp and one common murre

*** Species Summary: - Greater Scaup (1 report) - White-winged Scoter (12 reports) - Swamp Sparrow (2 reports) - Painted Redstart (1 report) --------------------------------------------- Thank you for

I’ve rarely had a photo opp like this this morning. Both Red-breasted Merganser female and Common Merganser females swam around together in the Carpinteria Creek estuary for 20 minutes. See photos in

Along with a Yellow Warbler in Willows opposite 3505 Padaro Ln. between the railroad tracks and the highway. Seen very briefly then not seen again. Mark Holmgren San Marcos Pass

This morning I checked the area around Kiwanis Meadows (upper end of Tucker's Grove Park) and its adjacent parking lot; then walked along San Antonio Creek as far as the check dam and back. Lots of ac

While birding the old railroad grade between Shoreline Drive and the west end of More Mesa, a Raven flew eastward over Atascadero Creek. I was able to get a recording of several calls. A couple crows

The male White-winged Scoter was still at the UCSB Campus Lagoon this afternoon. Same area as reported previously. Mark Bright Santa Barbara

In this evenings wind, two Brant flew by Coal Oil Point. They are the first I have seen this year. A flock of 81 Long-Billed Curlew also flew into Devereux Slough to roost. There is an Avocet there as

Went midday and almost gave up hope of finding the snipe originally found by Florence Sanchez recently in the mucky shallow pond nearest the road. Finally I scanned the grasses next to the pond with m

Nice push of swallows over Muni Golf course right now: Violet-green, Tree, and Northern Rough-winged, maybe 300 birds so far. Cool! Rebecca Coulter SB

I walked a stretch of Figueroa Mountain road for about 1.5 miles starting at the hairpin right at the NW corner of Sedgwick. I heard what I though would be a Pygmy Owl and after bushwacking about 100

All, There has been a hybrid male Mallard at NCOS for a few weeks, It was first reported as a Mallard x Black Duck. I then suggested to the original observer that they change this to a Mallard x Mexic

While looking at the photos from Wednesday's unsuccessful quest for the MacGillivray's Warbler at the Hollister Business Park I discovered that what I had thought was a pair of Oregn Dark-eyed Juncos