I birded around Goleta this morning. I started with the Camino Corto open space area again as in spite of having been nearly dead yesterday, this spot has been a bit of a migrant trap in the past. It

All, Despite the wind being more WNW today, plenty of migrants came through the watch area today, with double what I had yesterday. Highlights were Northern Parula, 3 celeta OC Warblers and a celata x

All, When finishing up at Refugio this AM, I stopped by the riparian strip by where the cars park just north of the freeway. I heard a vireo singing in there that might be interesting, but it was a li

Birding Carp Creek with Casey Richart and he spotted a second-year male AMERICAN REDSTART at the end of Sixth Street. The bird is rich yellow rather than deep orange and has just the beginnings of bla

Yesterday on 12 May I e-biked up Pato Canyon on the W side of the Cuyama River. Starting at about 10 AM I found very little of interest in this Pinyon-Juniper Canyon. On Santa Barbara Cyn Road, 12 May

I looked for the Northern Parula this morning for a good hour, both where it has been seen and along Slough Road, but it did not turn up. I also checked the nearby Camino Corto open space next to Fort

At Goleta Beach yesterday, there was a otherwise pretty adult-looking BC Night-heron with a gray back. I had a bird like this many years ago at Devereux. I would be interested if anyone can gat some g

All, With the return of the north winds, I have checked Refugio Canyon early the last two mornings before work. Yesterday, had just a few dozen migrants through the watchpoint area, but today was prob

The bird was resting on the mud at Goleta Beach at 5 pm. Also present: Yellow-crowned Night Heron and Osprey. Hugh Ranson Santa Barbara

I decided to bird the area of the Santa Ynez River near Buellton where a Northern Parula was found on Sunday. Obviously, if that was my sole goal for the day, I should have gone to Devereux to look fo

This AM (Wed) Pam Viale and I had good views of a Grasshopper Sparrow on Farren Rd. at the location where Libby Patton reported hearing one on Mon. It was on the west side of the road along the flat s

Saw a Pied-bill Grebe mom and 5 chicks today at Bird Refuge pond. Chicks have patterned and colorful heads. Observed them from the bike path. Never saw that before! Ria Marsh East Beach

Found in the Atascadero Creek channel at 3 p.m., well upstream from the eastern viewing platform and the gas company pipes. I walked up the bike path past the gas pipes almost to the bridge over the i

I am behind on posting so please pardon the lack of timeliness on these reports. Last Friday, I birded East Camino Cielo, Starting at La Cumbre Peak a little before 7 a.m. There was a fair amount of a

A few notes from Devereux this morning: -A Northern Parula was singing in a eucalyptus grove at the bridge to nowhere (the last pullout on Slough Road before the gate). -The Neotropic Cormorant was ro

Sorry about the late post. On Saturday, I birded Triangle Pond at the west end of San Antonio Road. The Pied Billed Grebes were really vocalizing. I recorded it and it is included in this EBird checkl

On a pontoon boat with Cachuma Naturalist Kristin Loft, we covered 18 miles of eastern and central Cachuma Lake and its bays. The headlines were the species we did not see. Only one pair of Canada Gee

From 4:30-5 with Nick Lethaby we saw 7 WF Ibis and 2 RN Phalaropes and a Cattle Egret along with some ducks and egrets and riparian birds. I photo'd a Cassin's Kingbird eating a hummingbird (Alive at

I birded Alisal Road and Barka Slough yesterday (Sunday). Alisal Road was pretty much [glorious] expected birds, but it was fun to see lots of breeding activity (including Violet-green Swallow, Ash-th

I gather it's not unusual to have big groups of sooty shearwaters around here but I really enjoyed the show they put on outside Coal Oil Point yesterday afternoon. I counted about 60 in a short time s