Along Atascadero Creek this morning between Patterson and the check dam were a Peregrine Falcon, Common Snipe, and other migrants such as Lazuli Bunting, BH and Blue Grosbeaks, and Western Tanagers. A

This morning, Sunday, Bill and Joan Murdoch, George and Maxine Roland, and I were at El Capitan. We arrived about 7:30 and found two other birders at the amphitheatre who had just seen the Prothonotor

This a.m., Sunday, I had an (imm. female) Lark Bunting at the confluence of Maria Ygnacio & Atascadero Crks. The bird was in the dead, twiggy stuff on the north bank of Maria Ygnacio bet/ the bike bri

Hi, I'm going to Asilomar next week and will have a car. Does anyone have suggestions for good birding spots in the area, especially for species that might not get down here? Bill M

Sorry this is late getting on; I don't have e-mail at home. On Saturday evening I had a black and white warbler in the cottonwoods at 6th Street on Carpinteria Creek. There were many western migrants

Hi Birders! Well, it's decided. After much agonizing on my part & with input from as many people as possible & considering the availability of a room for the compilation dinner at the Museum, we are h

Hi All, In a 3 September message to Calbird, Kimball Garrett asked people to consider monitoring bird use of lerp-infested eucalyptus groves. In Davis, Steve Hampton indicated heavy use of infested tr

This evening about 6:45 at Stow House, the top 20 feet or so of probably the same row of Eucalypts (between the parking lot and the train tracks) contained at least 15 and maybe 20 Yellow Warblers. Th

Today's ebirding digest brought up an interesting point - from Robb Hamilton, who expressed that it does not surprise him that birds are slurpin the lerp... Meaning no disrespect, I have a couple of q

Hi Jim & the rest of SB, FYI here's a copy of what Kimball Garrett posted to Calbird on 3 Sept. 1999: -Robb Hamilton >>Calbird: Most of you are aware of the extent to which birds in the coastal region

Hi all, This morning a male Summer Tanager, Hermit Warbler, Western Tanagers, and so much more, were all feeding in the euc's east of the parking lot. }}}

Any South Coast Santa Barbarians interested in car-pooling for this? Reminder received today from Gene Lynch <grlynch@...> Subject: Central Coast Birding Rally [Lompoc/Santa Ynez Valley area] Less tha

Thanks Kimball, and Robb, for passing lerp information along to the lists - raised the very serious issue of native v. non-native plants and their associates! I suppose it is too late to give back to

I have not been to Australia to see this myself, but it is not unusual for biology grad students or post-docs to come from Australia to UCSB and comment that the stands of Eucalypts they see in Califo

Hello, Thursday's report from Kinevan Road includes Steller's Jays, Mountain Chickadees, and a Brown Creeper. Does this signal another cold winter? Joan Hardie

Hi all, This evening a Virginia's Warbler was feeding with Yellow, Wilson's and others in the euc's behind the caretakers residence. This was around 6pm. }}}

Hi Gang, Bird Refuge Report. American Bittern, pair Wood Ducks, 2 Blue-winged Teal, 1 Least Tern and an Ash-throated Fly. J. Hardie

Hi All, I just received a phone call from Janet Weatherall in Santa Maria. She reports 2 mystery birds that have returned for 2 days in a row to perch behind her home on the 3rd light pole east of the

Good evening all, This morning a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak and two Black-headed Grosbeaks were feeding in the cherry bush across from campsite 9. Western Tanagers, Yellow, and Wilson's Warblers cont

Hi all Dave Compton just called me (10 a.m.) and feels he has a Brown-crested Flycatcher at the Bird Refuge. From the parking lot, walk west toward the zoo. Walk past the mound on your right, and the