I hiked the marvelous and flowing Davy Brown Creek this morning. I also cut my way through the two overgrown springs on the Willow Springs Trail. Lots of Poison Oak on the Willow Springs Trail. Highli

Hi all, I’ve had a singing yellow warbler in our Carpinteria neighborhood off and on since June 7th (heard today ). Because we are well away from riparian habitat I’m wondering if this bird has initia

This morning I took advantage of a minus low tide and very pleasant temperatures to walk the entire length of the beach from Coal Oil Point to Ellwood, rounding the point to the west where I had a cle

Because the only breeding record from ACBR this spring was Larry Ballard’s house sparrow, I thought there was a need to gather some breeding evidence. I walked and scoped the entire lagoon edge except

This morning at the “Ranch Entrance” to Alisal Ranch along Alisal Road (where the cattle pens are), Adrian O’Loghlen and I observed an interesting Kingbird / Hawk interaction. As we arrived at the sit

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A nice Father's Day visitor was a Lark Sparrow at my feeders. Per Lehman they are rare at feeders, this mirrors my experience here as this is only the second time and they are common in areas of the v

John Callender reported 7 Horned Larks from Carpinteria this morning. At 11:40 7 Horned Larks flew in to Elings Park from the east. They lit briefly, and in that time I saw 3 clearly, one adult and tw

I birded around the Reyes Peak area yesterday, stoping at two spots before hiking a mile or so of the trail. It was great weather for birding. I ran into no one on the trail, but the campgrounds were

This morning I saw a group of 7 Horned Larks near the Bailard Avenue parking at the Carpinteria Bluffs. The were in a flock that would rise, flit about the area making their twittering flight calls, t

This morning, June 19th, there was a singing Wilson's Warbler in my SB Westside yard. I'm not sure what to make of this one: it seems late for a migrant (Mr. Lehman gives a late date of June 9th, 2016

Three White-faced Ibises flew in to LLC this morning. Currently along southern dam. Betsy Mooney Santa Barbara/Goleta Sent from my iPhone because I’m out birding.

I went to look for this bird this morning and am pretty confident I was at the right location (a large partially broken sycamore arching over Alisal Road just a mile E. of the entrance to Nojoqui Fall

LLC continues to amaze me. It has such a complete combination of resources that attract species other areas can't support. Full surveys of natural areas at this time of year (after migration, before d

There was a Wilson's Phalarope in breeding plumage at NCOS this am (Wed). It was in the pond nearest the path at the north-west end of the Open Space. As previously reported, there was a single White-

Dear Santa Barbara County birders, Paul Lehman has once again updated his "The Birds of Santa Barbara County, California" and this June 2020 edition can be freely downloaded (as an epub or pdf file) h

A No-show this morning, even with half a dozen birders checking both where it was seen yesterday and up and down the canyon from that spot. The posts in today's eBird update indicate the correct locat

Hi, I'm pretty sure lightening doesn't strike twice in same spot … Anyone recently bird the golf course near Alisol where the Miss. Kite spent a few days 2 years ago? Ron Hirst, SB

Pam and I had some great views of the Red-eyed Vireo found by Nick Lethaby this am at Refugio Rd. Brad Hacker located the bird initially by its persistent singing and it remained in view in some Sycam

After a bit of morning birding along Quiota Creek where I had expected birds only, I made a quick stop at the Northern Parula spot on Alisal road and found the bird singing away in his usual spot. Pet