I birded the area at lunch the last few days and best bird was a crisply marked Hammond's Flycatcher on Tues. in the willow/euc area at the end of Ellwood. Thurs 12:30 was very quiet and birdless. Bir

Early this morning I watched for raptors from three different positions on San Miguelito Canyon Road, between Lompoc and South Vandenberg AFB. A burst of 70 vultures were up and moving shortly after d

During the weekly bird survey at Sedgwick Reserve (restricted access) several interesting birds were found including two Solitary Sandpipers, Bell's Sparrow and a continuing Western Wood-Pewee that ga

There was what I believe was a Vesper Sparrow at Lake Los Carneros this am (Tues). It had a conspicuous complete eyering and a small patch of rufous feathers on its shoulder. When it flew off I could

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While birding at the Ortega Ridge Pines above Summerland today I was lucky enough to spot an Ovenbird walking on the ground under the brush canopy. There also were a number of Red-breasted Nuthatches;

I had an odd bird in the backyard yesterday. Prominent black and yellow striping on its head—reminiscent of a Townsend’s—but with rust on it’s upper chest and not much streaking. It showed quite a bit

Saturday, 9/21, 8-10 am Led a field trip for SBAS this morning which began at the SB Harbor breakwater. Not very birdy though 7 Black Turnstone on the beach were nice to see. On the other hand, no loo

Yesterday at LLC I got all excited by an odd looking rail, until I figured out that it was a partially leucistic SORA: https://www.flickr.com/photos/van_dam/48769914266/ Pretty fun nevertheless. Also

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SB Birders, I first checked out the pond on Hwy 246 and Campbell Road just west of Buellton, looks great but no birds of interest to report. I then went to Guadalupe and birded the Agg fields, again n

Did a quick stop at Devereux today, 19 September, with Larry Sansone, who spotted the Neotropic Cormorant perched with several Double-cresteds in the lower part of the slough. A couple of Avocets were

The Virginia's Warbler found yesterday by Nick Lethaby was still at Carpinteria Creek this morning around 8:00, foraging in the understory foliage on the west bank of the creek about 150 feet north of

EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION UPDATE: A mountain lion was spotted in the area of the West Campus Child Care Center this morning. Police are in the area. Avoid area until further notice. California Fish and W

HI, Something to watch for if you are birding near UCSB/Devereux/Ellwood....The lion was near Campus Lagoon yesterday afternoon. .... A mountain lion was spotted in the area of the Devereux Lagoon. Po

Virginia's warbler by 8th Street bridge -- Nick Lethaby Goleta, CA

All, Jeff and I started at NCOS as I have an Audubon Central Coast Council meeting bird walk there on Saturday. The east foot bridge had a nice Green Heron, a couple of young Black-crowned Night-Heron

Very quiet. I checked the Tams between City Hall and the driving range--a lot of common residents species (House Finches, Western Bluebirds, Bushtits) but pretty much no migrants. I found 1 young male

I'm going to be the grinch who stole fall birding. Every year we receive these "first of fall" messages for a commonly returning/wintering species and it is probably not necessary to report. Peter Sch

All: I got the opportunity to bird Alisal Lake today. Great spot. Hopefully I'll get a chance to get back there with some regularity. Nothing unexpected for this habitat. Fun to see a Bald Eagle and t