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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I walked along Atascadero Creek between Ward Drive and Patterson this morning, but it was failry quiet and I had little of interest there. I then parked at the end of Ellwood Beach Road and walked the

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Monday 21, afternoon a female Black-and-White Warbler came to the Coronado Seep. Otherwise Red-breasted Nuthatches were frequent as well as the usual Townsend's Thrush, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow-rum

A very brown, heavily streaked, juv sapsucker gave inadequate views. Posting in case others have time to look I when the gardener is gone. Peter schneekloth Buellton

Both Sooty and Thick-billed Fox Sparrows probably winter out there, with Thick-billed easy to see up towards Montagnon Ridge.

Hi All: Got out birding some Carpinteria areas on a very warm morning yesterday. Joined by Marilyn Harding, and eventually by Libby Patten, we first hit the police station tamarisk row in Carp. Still