Yesterday (11/2/19) I saw two flying over the high bridge on Foothill Road that crosses Steven's Park in the San Roque neighborhood of Santa Barbara. I suspect they nest under this bridge but was mild

Hi Birders: Marilyn Harding & I walked from the parking lot at the Bird Refuge to the southwest corner to look for Mark Holmgren’s Northern Waterthrush seen yesterday. No luck today, but we did see th

I drove Figueroa Mtn Rd this morning and early afternoon, and I made a couple of extended stops, one along the road in the conifer forest at Ranger Peak and one along Catway Rd. The most notable birds

I had a Prairie Falcon along Miguelito Canyon. No Varied Thrushes at the park. I walked the beach between between the river mouth and Wall Beach hoping for Mountain Plover, but no luck. Not much in th

As was to be expected given the abundant Red-breasted Nuthatches this Fall, PINE SISKINs are moving in as well. I had two of them at my Solvang feeder today. Wim -- Wim van Dam (Solvang, CA) SBCO #385

This morning there was a Black-and-White Warbler at Bohnett Park which is on the westside of Santa Barbara. It was along the creek at the east (Anapamu St) end. Also there was a Red-breasted Nuthatch.

Late yesterday (11/1) afternoon an Osprey was on the telephone (actually cable TV) wires along Calzada, east of 154, eating a 10" fish. I don't know of any nearby water. Jerry Rounds

This morning starting at the SW corner of the Andree Clark Bird Refuge (closest to the beach volleyball courts), I walked all of East Beach hoping to see Dika’s Mountain Plover from two days ago. I di

More or less on schedule, there were two handsome males at Goleta Slough this afternoon Steven Gaulin Santa Barbara

Today a Peregrine often chased pigeons resident on the pier, an Osprey flew by, and a committee of Vultures eyed a dead seal.. The vultures are planning a wake. In the last couple weeks a Peregrine, t

I checked out these spots this morning. It was a lovely day to bird and there was abundant bird activity throughout the Park at LLC, though I found nothing rare. Habitat is excellent for wintering bir

Just had a Plumbeous Vireo at the Ellwood Mesa Open Space in Goleta, in the ravine past the beach access sign. It was only a short ways down, in the first small pine on the right side of the trail as

SB Birders, Cruz Phillips and I bounced around the SMV yesterday 10-30-19 and saw a few cool birds. We started at the Los Alamos County Park in Los Alamos and it was kinda birdy, but nothing notable.

All, I had a (presumed) Yellow-billed Magpie from the freeway between El Cap and Refugio this AM. I drove back on the side road to the spot but it was gone. Nothing at Gaviota. The stream mouth has bl

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