*** Species Summary: - Ring-necked Duck (1 report) - Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (1 report) --------------------------------------------- Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> Santa Barbara County R

Continuing the theme of possibly resurfacing rarities gone AWOL, I found a pretty adult looking Neotropic Cormorant at Devereux Slough in Goleta around midday, today. The bird was perched alongside a

I checked out Devereux Slough first and not much was happening there. Shorebird species found were Black-necked Stilts and Greater yellowlegs, all probably over-summering birds. I then walked down to

Intrigued by Nick's report on the shorebird situation at the Santa Ynez River mouth, I headed there late this morning. There were Western Sandpipers in large flocks flying and landing on almost all th

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This morning Adrian O’Loghlen and I made one of our regular visits to check on the progress of the Purple Martins in and near Nojoqui Falls Park. In the vicinity of the park we believe there are at le

This morning I hiked up onto Hurricane Deck from Nira Campground. Almost killed me, but highlights were a pair of peregrine falcons, a Pygmy owl seen and heard, two immature red-tailed hawks with the

For those interested in comparing vocals of BhGr to RbGr, Zena Casteel, working on Santa Cruz Island, got great recordings of the calls and song of one RbGr. Listen here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S

All, The SYRE mouth is still tidal although the tidal range is pretty limited. Yesterday evening, there were lots of migrant shorebirds, including 440 Western Sandpipers, 2 Least Sandpipers, a Semipal

Sunday, yesterday, while searching for the Least Bittern and Rose-breasted Grosbeak at Lake Los Carneros (I found neither), I heard a tanager call once slightly SE of Stow House. The tanager most like

Found and photographed by Joan Kent in the cottonwoods along Carp Creek at the 6th St. nursery school in Carpinteria at around 10:30. She will post photos to eBird.

The male Northern Parula was present on the south side of Alisal Road, singing off and on this morning. It covered a wide area, mostly between the two pink flags, but later was singing southeast of th

All: I headed to Colson Canyon Road today to escape the fog. On the way to Colson Canyon, I saw 54 Wild Turkeys in the open fields on the west side of the road. I didn't bother to count adults vs poul

A non-birder friend who does garden maintenance around Stow House sent me a very clear iPhone photo of a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak today. He saw the bird late this morning at a feeder in the caretak

I needed to get out of the June gloom for a while, so went up to Kinevan Road this morning, which was just barely above the fog. It was a nice morning for a walk and is one place in June where there i

Lori Gaskin and I rented a boat and in just over 6 hours we covered much of the lake except the area SE of Bradbury Dam. Both measuring devices I used show that we traveled about 22 miles in the boat.

All: Today I quickly birded Jim May Park, Preisker Park, North Blosser Pond, SMWTP and A Street Ponds. Nothing rare but I was mildly surprised to find 41 Wilson's Phalaropes at the SMWTP. I saw a stun

Two were singing east of the parking area at Arroyo Hondo Preserve this morning. Larry Ballard Carpinteria

I did a beach walk at UCSB this morning to take advantage of the minus low tide, but there was nothing to see! The beaches were practically devoid of birds, except for a few gulls. I had a fly-by of 2

This below from San Luis Obispo County. We too should be on the lookout for banded birds and those fitted with tracking devices. The question arises, whom to call to report banded or tagged birds? Goo