Here an update on the wing tagged Turkey Vulture I saw this morning at Gaviota: “AJ” was tagged as an adult in 2016 near Anaheim Lake in Orange County. The last resight we had was in 2017, also in San

I kicked around Gaviota Hot Springs trail a bit this AM. I managed a list of 35 birds, perhaps the most interesting find was a wing tagged Turkey Vulture. I've submitted to Bird Banding Lab and will u

Hi Everyone: Just to let you know that the historic Snowy Plover adult is still sitting at the nest, now in the enclosure on Carp State Beach just east of the Carp Creek estuary. I want to thank local

Tom Beland alerted me this evening that the snowy plover nest at Carpinteria State Beach had hatched, so I headed down and joined several other people observing the new arrivals. Some photos are in th

All, I have had a couple of birds the past two days that I could use some help with/insight on. I visited the bird refuge yesterday evening (June 7) and walked from the parking lot to the third platfo

After seeing relatively few Pine Siskins this past winter, I had three adult females visit my backyard fountain today. I do not ordinarily expect to see this species in the coastal lowlands at this se

While not exactly swarming with birds, Farren Road did have a number of hoped for species. These included Lark Sparrow(3+), a Violet-green Swallow, Pacific-Slope Flycatcher(1), Ash-Throated Flycatcher

Hi all, This evening, in about an hour and a half, I counted nearly 8,000 Sooty Shearwaters from Coal Oil Point. About half of them passed by within an interval of 15-20 minutes, which made for quite

All, I have been checking the Santa Ynez river estuary most days the last 3 weeks as I have been working up on Vandenberg. I managed to miss the only good bird there - the Franklin's Gull but have had

In checking the range maps in various birding books, online and on my birding apps, I don't see Wild Turkeys listed for this area. I saw three on the hill behind the park itself. Lots of bird activity

Just took the last bird walk for the "Feathered Dinosaurs of UCSB" course that Dan Conroy-Beam and I have been teaching, and today's venue was NCOS. Things were pretty quiet there with most species in

SB birders, Birding this week. Santa Maria Sewage ponds on Black Road, In the clarifies there were 52 Red-necked Phalaropes, one by one count. A dozen or so Yellow-headed Blackbirds. A few appeared to

Somewhat of note yesterday afternoon were 2 WHITE-FACE IBIS flying by Buellton. In District I these are "very rare" although last year 2 or 3 of them were at Lake Cachuma during the late spring and su

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My mom took some photos of a Red-winged Blackbird at Jalama beach yesterday and asked me about its long beak. She shared the photos and I thought it might be a case of AKD. Has anyone else seen this b

Today I saw and recorded a Vireo at Piño Alto that I considered might be a Plumbeous. I got very good close-range looks and saw only a slight hint of yellow (faded yellow-orange-olive-chestnut) color

Hi All: In case anyone has wondered where the Ortega Ridge colony of cormorants have gone, I went down to Butterfly Beach with Marilyn and Mario, and we saw a tree of 48 nests at the corner of Butterf

There was a Lesser Nighthawk sitting to the side of the trail at about the 2,100 foot elevation close to the crest of the Santa Ynez Range which is 2,500 feet here. The NIghthawk was flushed by us hik

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Capital birding at Sweeney Road, as usual, Monday morning. Rock Wren, Swainson’s Thrush and spectacular views of the cliffs and oxbow. Then at the Santa Ynez River Estuary, a Redhead female with five