Hello all, Yesterday at around 10:15 to 11:30 I walked from the foot bridge to the coast at Carpinteria Creek. The water in the creek was much higher than usual. I think the high tide and surf pushed

On Christmas Count I saw an adult male American Redstart near lower Atascadero Creek, and location was asked about during the compilation. It was in the semi-private forest on the ocean side of lower

Hi All: Just sat down outside enjoying the lovely evening, when a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT decided to take a bath in my pond! Wow! I had a very similar bird visit on Oct. 10, 2020, so now trying to figure

As I biked home from work today an oriole chattered from a euc as I rode past. Luckily I had my dragonflying binocs with me and got to see the bird, and it was an apparent Baltimore Oriole. It had a m

I checked on past reports from several spots this morning--some successes, some misses. I found the Hammonds Flycatcher in its usual spot on arroyo Burro Creek about 9 a.m. It came into the creek vege

Deveraux is still full of water with lots of waterfowl. Ducks included Mallard, Ruddy Duck, American Wigeon, Gadwall, Green-Winged Teal (15 at first pullout), Redheads (12 at second pullout) and Canva

I made one more try for the Lesser Black-backed Gull that has been seen in Lompoc by a few people but struck out again on a very chilly morning. At 8:15, there was only a single California Gull on the

I'm assuming this is the same bird that appeared here briefly on December 5th but not seen since but a Clay-colored Sparrow was at my feeders today. I have not seen a Cassin's Finch here since last Sa

Today I birded Casey Road in the Santa Ynez Valley. Casey Rd is off Mora, which is between Roblar and Baseline. My intent was to find the 2 species seen by Dave Compton on the Cachuma CBC on 30 Dec 20

Thanks to all who responded with good directions to the spot. Because I went to Ventura earlier to see a Scarlett Tanager and other things, I didn't get to the spot until after 11 a.m. I stayed until

I had a good look this morning for the Glaucous Gull reported at Santa Maria river estuary, and did not see it Bradley Hacker Goleta -- Good birding, Bradley Hacker Goleta CA https://www.flickr.com/ph

Just had two Cassin's Kingbirds in my mother's yard in Lompoc. Aren't they supposed to be in Mexico? They were singing and waving their wings at each other. Lisa -- Lisa D Walker-Roseman, Fort Bragg,

FYI- this message was posted to slocobirding earlier today... A GLAUCOUS GULL was located at Guadalupe Beach near the SM River estuary seen just off the parking lot. This is probably the same gull fou

I checked out the Dusky Flycatcher at Bella Vista Open space this morning, and thanks to Nancy States's friend Betty and her quick eyes, we soon got on the bird. Maybe I have finally broken the jinx t

All, I and a number of other birders were able to see the Arroyo Burro empid this morning and many good photos were taken. The consensus is that this is a Hammond's. The bird was in the area described

This morning my mother was scheduled for some pre-op preparation with surgery to follow in the early afternoon in Santa Barbara. We got there so early that I decided to take in the Andree Clark Bird R

I went down to the Mission Creek outfall this morning to find few birds, I noticed the gull flock had moved several hundred years down the beach (east) and across from the Hilton, where some fencing h

After a decent wait around noon today, I finally got a quick look at the continuing Swamp Sparrow near the outflow of the Bird Refuge. Since I last saw it a couple of weeks ago the water level in the

In creek behind YMCA, near puddles and the tunnel with graffiti. I thought it was a garish red plastic bird and then it moved. Photos here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S78417109 Ron Hirst, SB

Happy new birding year everyone! Many thanks to the organizers of the CBC for pulling off such a successful event. I spent about seven hours on the CBC day seawatching from Campus Point. The highlight