SB Co Birders, Many of you are aware of this, but I wanted to offer others the opportunity to join the San Luis Obispo county Rare Bird Alert Email system. The service focuses on rare or unusual birds

Hi folks, At noon today, Monday, 23 Aug 99, at the Gol. San Dist, Morgan Ball and I had a Solitary Sandpiper (white spotted form), a Wood Duck, 1 Wilson's Phalarope, 2 common terns, and 2 or 3 Forster

Saturday evening, about 8:30 PM I heard at least two Northern Saw-Whet Owls in the tall stand of Eucalyptus trees across the street and just a little west of The Hitching Post in Casmalia. However, ev

Could someone check this out today, please???? Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick McNulty <mcnulty@...> To: Joan Lentz <jelentz@...>; Dave Compton <DCompton@...>; Karen Bridgers <kbridge

False alarm. Sorry. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick McNulty <MCNULTY-P@...> To: <sbcobirdin-@...> Cc: <dcompton@...>; <holmgren@...>; <kbridgers@...>; <jelentz@...> Sent: Tuesday, Aug

(My apologies if this message appears more than once on the list. I am having trouble getting it posted, and I did want to get this message out before lunch so people don't decide to go to the sewage

The Solitary Sandpiper found yesterday was still at the Goleta sewage plant early this afternoon, moving in and out of the vegetation in the middle pond, along with seven other species of shorebirds.

Is my face red!! Sorry, folks. The Saw-Whet Owls of Casmalia metamorphosed in two days into two soprano Barn Owls. Moral of the story: Never trust the audio-memory or a deaf guy. Gene Lynch

Rebecca and I had a Red Knot yesterday afternoon along the beach south of the Sandpiper Golf Course, between the creek mouth and the old pier. We did not see the Solitary Sandpiper at the GSTP earlier

A quick check of birds at the SYRmouth this evening yielded two SemiSandpipers, five Lesser Yellowlegs, and increasing numbers of fresh juv Sanderlings. Conditions remain very good; have been all week

Cher and Bruce Hollingsworth report a Wandering Tattler today, Saturday, at Destroyer Rocks on south Vandenberg AFB. It was about noon. Gene Lynch

A steady increase of shorebirds feeding north of the parking lot at Ocean Pk. Saturday morning. Hundreds moving around by late morning. Species of interest included: 2 SemiSandpipers, 5-6 Lesser Yello

Hi Folks, We've got our first Western grebe chick of the season at Cachuma Lake. Just one with parents spotted so far. They hang around the log line in Santa Cruz Bay. Also, Neal Taylor reported seein

This morning Marilyn Harding was hiking up San Ysidro Creek and saw a dipper about 50 feet below the swimming hole, which is about a mile up from the trailhead. To reach the trailhead, take San Ysidro

Monday afternoon, about 5:30, I had two Dippers at the swimming hole on San Ysidro Creek. They both appeared to be juveniles: lightish throat and breast area, and pale orangish bills. One of them was

Dave Compton and I found a female Painted Bunting around 5:30 Tuesday afternoon on Atascadero Creek. The bird ranged from about 100 to 250 meters upcreek from the small check dam which is near the end

Hi Folks, At 7:15 am on 31 Aug 1999, I heard 1 or 2 Mtn Chickadees on Kinevan Rd. This was at the lower end of Kinevan Rd between hwy 154 and the junction of Kinevan and W Camino Cielo Rd. I was not a

This evening I had 5 juv's and 1 adult Red Knot and a single juv Pectoral Sandpiper at Ocean Pk. Conditions continue to be good. } } }

Karen is in the process of updating the Santa Barbara RBA. Please get any updates to her asap. The last report of the Painted Bunting is from Wednesday. Thanks, Guy

I'm looking for an address and/or phone number for a birding magazine. I'm told it is called "Bird Watching" or something very close to that. Anyone know of it? Gene Lynch Lompoc