10/31 - 8:30-10:30 am Started at NCOS. White-crowned Sparrows are abundant, Yellow-rumped Warblers numerous (one Myrtle), and Scaley-breasted Munia populate every patch of reeds. Not much to report. A

Wednesday morning Oct. 30 the Palm Warbler seen by others on previous days was close to the western most bridge over Phelps Creek. Also present in the tules at this same location under the bridge was

I hiked the area around La Cumbre Peak this morning and it was pretty dead. There was nothing going on at the communication Station--I was hard-pressed to even turn up a couple of Scrub Jays. Nothing

I posted earlier about Snowy Plovers at East Beach. I just got a response from Mark Holmgren that my photo from the same date and location was a Mountain Plover. It's a species I've only seen once bef

Strolling along the beach just below Chase Palm Park I counted at least 20 Western Snowy Plovers, first foraging along waterline then resting in dry sand. I don't remember having seen them at this par

All, On Friday and Sunday AMs I spent about an hour at Gaviota checking the drinking spot on the creek and the campground, hoping for a repeat of last year’s magic. No such luck, with the best birds b

FEHAs are back at Mitchell Road and as usual are photo friendly. Also two Yellow Headed Blackbirds are in the blackbird mix by the horse corral. If you are in the North County today, might be worth a

Hi All: Libby Patten and I got out to do some birding at Stow Grove Park, where I got my first really good look at the Northern (“Ruber”) subspecies of the Red-breasted Sapsucker. Typically, we see th

Hi, I spotted this Red Crossbill today around 1:00pm @ the San Marcos Foothill Preserve. I believe it’s an adult male. I had never seen one before, but his beautiful color caught my eye as he landed o

I started the morning going over Drum Canyon to Los Alamos County Park. I spent some time going through many juncos and sparrows at the park and near the cemetery with nothing really notable. I ran in

There is a female Summer Tanager high up in the eucs east of Coronado Dr. and slightly southwest of Elwood Beach Dr., right at the bend as you reach the willows. It’s silent and fairly difficult to tr

10/25 8:30-10:00 Rob Lindsay and I crossed paths, I entering, he leaving yesterday. Like Mark yesterday at NCOS there was a notable number of White-crowned Sparrows. They were with numerous Yellow-rum

UCSB’s North Campus Open Space exposed a major ornithological event this morning (Thursday) as we conducted the monthly survey there. Yesterday (Wednesday) morning Glenn Kincaid birded NCOS. See https

This afternoon I quickly checked Armour Ranch Rd to see how the winter arrivals are doing in our current 90+ Fahrenheit. All I managed was a murder of 18 COMMON RAVEN, a PEREGRINE FALCON, 2 AMERICAN K

10/25, 7:30-9:00 am Lake Los Carneros was mostly quiet today. The best bird on most of the walk was a single Myrtle Warbler among the fairly abundant Yellow-rumps. But I did hear several Virginia Rail

I have an adult Harris Sparrow at the feeding station in front of my house today at 1 pm. Cruz Phillips Las Cruzitas Ranch

I want to put in a plug for SBCC as a good local birding spot. The southeast corner in particular has an impressive range of “habitats” and non-native vegetation of different types, plus a veg garden,

I walked Kinevan Road this morning. hoping to avoid some of the forecast heat and also hoping that I would see the Pacific Wren Mark Holmgren found earlier this week. It was definitely nice and cool i

Greetings birders, As the leaves fall and the temperatures turn chilly…well, as the leaves fall…we turn our thoughts to Christmas Bird Counts! Here is a list of dates for area CBCs with links to infor

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