This year the Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count will take place on Saturday, December 14, the first day of the three-week count window. Last year we had 92 participants and 158 species; I hope we have

This morning at 10 a.m. as George and I stood at the dam at Lake Los Carneros, we watched an American Bittern fly across the water from west to east. We reacquired it around 10:30 a.m. in the south-ea

I went to the area where Sandhill Cranes have been found (Happy Canyon X Alisos Road) but none were present this morning. However, I had a very pleasant morning birding, especially along the north por

Sorry, just testing out my email issues, please forgive me. Good birding Wes Fritz 805 895 0685 wes-fritz@... Solvang CA

To follow up on Florence's post from yesterday, I've been seeing a huge increase in Robin numbers over the past week. They are devouring the Toyon berries, which are at various ripeness levels all aro

Gayle Hackamack and Adrian O’Loghlen refound the 6 cranes reported by Cruz Phillips yesterday. They are at 34.62878 -120.00035, and best viewed from north Alisos Road (N of Happy Cyn Rd) then looking

All: On my way to Colson Canyon today, I witnessed about 100 Wild Turkeys in the newly cut fields near 4273 Tepusquet Road. While I often see Wild Turkeys in these fields, this was by far the most I'v

The weekly survey at Sedgwick Reserve netted a total of 51 species with some highlights being the continuing Sage Thrasher and a Wilson's Snipe which is unusual on the Reserve. Full list here: https:/

I did my frequent loop walk through the backyard of the SBMuseum of natural History and Rocky Nook Park this morning. What was new this morning was a large number of Robins on the Museum Property--the

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I met up in Ventura with friends from Florida yesterday and we took the Island Packers boat out to Santa Cruz Island. There was not a lot of seabird activity on the way out, butwe did encounter a huge

Greetings! Please check website or Facebook page for directions, meeting time information or updates regarding our upcoming events: November 16 Field Trip: Las Cruzitas Ranch Meet at 9:00 AM, 1100 Ali

Observed on and around the lake today: 50+ Band-tailed Pigeon This flock has been growing steadily, likely because of the copious amounts of acorns 5 Dark-eyed Junko 5 Acorn Woodpecker 2 Western Scrub

This morning, Marge and Don Thornton and I saw two Yellow-crowned Night-Herons in the Black-crowned Night-Heron roost at Goleta Beach. I think these birds are different ages, or at least their appeara

Tuesday: We finally had 5 Ring-billed Gull at LLC and it looked like 3 more were arriving. The lake also sported 1 Bufflehead. No sign of Green Heron. The water spigots east of the ranger quarters at

I went to the bird-desert-formerly-known-as-Figueroa Mountain this AM. I have been to this site fairly regularly over the last few years and never seen so few birds. The road had some birds, but the P

Nothing too exciting while birding LLC on Friday morning, although it was enjoyable to watch the Red-tailed Hawk pair in their courting display. There were also eleven White-tailed Kites perched on tw

All: These little ponds continue to harbor a Tropical Kingbird. I also had 8 Wilson's Snipes there today. If you plan to visit this site, park at the far western end of the huge FedX parking lot. Ther

A surprise this morning was seven Red Crossbills calling, flying over on the eastern side of North Campus Open Space. Otherwise, 2 Greater White-fronted Geese hung with the Canada Geese. A Tropical Ki

All, I ran into Tom while walking around Devereux and COPR. I went to the eucs and found a couple of Bullock's Orioles but missed the Orchard. The slough had 3 Pintail and there was a juvenile Whitefr