Late-breaking information from the sewage plant is as follows: There will be no access on Sundays. The plant has agreed to be open for birders THIS SATURDAY (8/14) ONLY, from 9-4, which is a great dea

The Curlew Sandpiper was still at the Goleta Sewage Plant at 5:30 this evening (Wed.). The people at the plant have really gone out of their way to welcome birders. If you go straight ahead as you com

Land migration is underway now at Atascadero Creek in Goleta. Last night, between 6:00 and 6:30, there were at least two male Indigo Buntings and three Blue Grosbeaks, mixing with good numbers of Lazu

SBCO Birders: For those interested, the Morro Coast Audubon Society's eight hour pelagic trip out of Morro Bay is scheduled for Sunday, 26 Sep '99. As of this AM there are about 10 spots still open ou

Hi all, FYI, I received a message from eGroups that the web site and mail service will be taken down this Sunday, August 15, for nine hours to upgrade the database system. Three new database servers w

For those of you who haven't heard, Morro Coast Audubon is hosting its annual Pelagic Trip out of Morro Bay on Sunday, 26 September 1999. The boat will leave from Virg's at 6:45AM and return about 3 P

Hello all , I birded the Santa Ynez River mouth this evening. At 5:40 I located a very colorful adult Curlew Sandpiper feeding along the wet edge west of the train trestle on the north side. The midwa

Hi all Brad Hines managed to re-locate the Curlew Sandpiper he found last night at the Santa Ynez River Mouth. Last night it was feeding west of the railroad trestle, on the north side along the wet e

Brad Hines managed to re-locate the Curlew Sandpiper he found last night at the Santa Ynez River Mouth. Last night it was feeding west of the railroad trestle, on the north side along the wet edge nea

Cool Bird, Brad! On Thursday, 12 August, some UCSB folks, accompanied by Liz Mason of the Park, entered the closed areas of Lake Cachuma to look at late season indications of breeding. There was very

Hello all, The Curlew Sandpiper was relocated this morning on the brackish pond approximately 300 yards NW of Ocean Pk. The fog made viewing difficult early on. The persistant folks were rewarded. The

Forgot to include the 3-5 Bairds and the Lesser Yellowlegs. Also many shorebirds feeding west of trestle at midday; Shearwaters just offshore.

Last evening, an adult Curlew Sandpiper in nearly complete breeding plumage was found at the Goleta Sewage Plant on William Moffet Place (between the airport and Goleta Beach). The plant can be reache

Hi folks, I birded Santa Ynez River mouth this evening. Good numbers of shorebirds remain. Two SemiSandpipers, three juv Lesser Yellowlegs,and a Bairds were the highlight species. No time to look for

Can anyone give me an update on the Curlew Sandpiper? Last I heard was that it was still there Sunday, but I still have out-of-town birders calling me for the status. Even if you looked and didn't fin

Has anyone checked Goleta STP this week?

Hi birders: I was on S. Rosa Is. all weekend & returned to find my e-mail messages re a Curlew Sandpiper at SYRE. OK. I need your help. Is there ANYBODY who got photos of the SYRE bird? We will need t

Hi Birders! Yesterday Joan Hardie brought by some excellent slides of the Goleta Sewage Treatment plant bird. If only we could get some decent ones of the SYRE bird, separation (or merging?) of the 2

My morning search for the Curlew Sandpiper on VAFB was unsuccessful. Five Bairds remained along with two Lesser Yellowlegs.

What began as a trickle Friday morning, became a raging river late Sat or early Sunday. Those of you familiar with the Santa Ynez River mouth in summer, know that it may be full of water well into Dec