During the La Purisima Audubon Society bird rally this morning, Brad Hines, Kathleen Whitney, Mark Holmgren, and I found a Canada Warbler at the Vandenberg waterfowl management ponds, in the second se

The 1999 Central Coast Birding Rally was held today in northern Santa Barbara County and the results have been posted on the webpage, along with a complete list of birds identified, 143 species in 5 h

Rebecca Coulter and I had a nice warbler flock in Stow Grove Park on Sunday morning. One or two Hermits, a Nashville, a Black-throated Grey, and several Yellows and Townsend's were in the eucs south o

Hello all, Last Saturday, a UCSB Environmental Affairs Board hiking group and I scared up a short-eared owl in the boulder fields on the West side of the San Marcos Foothill property. I wonder if the

This morning I saw a tennessee warbler - most likely the same one seen on Friday - at the Lake Los Carneros parking lot. Grant Weyburne.

Nothing too unusual at the ponds off Fowler Rd at lunch today. Wood Duck 1 Blue-winged Teal 2 Long-billed Dowitcher 9 Greater Yellowlegs 9 Western Sandpiper 0 Least Sandpiper 75-90 Dunlin 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Hi all About 11:00 this morning (Fri.), Joan Lentz and I had a male Scarlet Tanager in the famous Catalina cherry bush near the bathrooms and campsite 10 at El Capitan State Beach. The bird appears to

Hello all This morning I birded the ponds on VAFB with some success. The following Warblers were seen in the entrance willows 0840-0930: Two Black-throated Green Warblers ( HY female and a HY male/adu

Hi all Although the Scarlet Tanager at El Capitan State Beach was missed this morning, it was seen in the large Catalina cherry bush across from campsite 10 and adjacent to the restrooms about 11:00.

A quick look at Stow Park this morning at 9 turned up quite a large flock of warblers in the eucs along La Patera, although nothing unusual: I saw only Yellow Rumps, Townsend's, one Yellow, and Orange

This morning we banded a HY Swamp Sparrow at Atascadero Creek. For those of you who are familiar with the site we caught it in net 10 on the berm at about 0840. For those of you who haven't been bandi

Hi all! Both Karen & I feel it would be helpful, & I hope Jamie Chavez agrees, that people would post brief accounts of their birding & the locations thereof so we could have an idea of how much cover

Hi All, An adult Peregrine Falcon was seen at Goleta Beach Park east of the Goleta pier at about 9:45 this a.m. The bird was first seen hunting the flocks of gulls and pigeons on the beach, but it fai

Rebecca Coulter and I gave a quick look at Stow Grove Park and Lake Los Carneros Wednesday afternoon. There were noticeably fewer warblers at both places. Nothing but a few Yellow-rumps at Stow Grove

A Cooper's hawk just killed himself by crashing into my living-room window. I think it's a Cooper's-- it's way too big for a sharpie, but these suckers sure are hard to tell apart. Anybody know if the

Subject: White -Throated Sparrow Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 22:12:24 -0700 From: prrosso@... We had a White-Throated Sparrow at the feeder at our house in Lompoc on Tuesday October 26th at 2:30pm. A good

Hi all! This a.m. Karen & I birded Refugio & El Capitan State Beaches. At El Capitan it was quite birdy, espec. around the campsites & the amphitheater, but we could not find anything of note. Lots of

Hello Fellow Birders, Here is a post to the SLOCo bird group. The Ibis are technically in SLO County but the more important issue is the parking situation at the Santa Maria River estuary which affect

Hello Birders This morning I had brief looks at a brightly colored Black-throated Green Warbler in the entrance willows at the VAFB ponds. This may be one of the birds I encountered last week. These b

Hi all This is just a reminder that I always change the SB County bird tape Friday afternoons, usually between 1 and 3 p.m. It would be great if you could all get your Friday morning reports in to me