Lisa Nelms, Elaine Tan, and I boated on Cachuma on Monday, 25 Nov. Highlights were 1 Snow Goose, 5 Greater White-fronted Geese, 2 Peregrines, 1 Lewis Woodpecker, and end-of-breeding breeding evidence

This morning I came across a Warbling Vireo in Bohnett Park on Santa Barbara's Westside. Presumably this is the returning bird, now back for its SEVENTH winter. I missed the bird last winter despite c

I've been wondering what the Pied-billed Grebes at the Whittier Pond (east end of NCOS) have been eating and this am I was lucky enough to see at least one item that's on their 'menu'! Adrian O'Loghle

Hi all, Early this morning the northern waterthrush continued in Carpinteria Creek at Sixth Street. Later in the morning I walked some residential streets off Carpinteria Avenue in downtown Carpinteri

Hi All: Got out this morning with Libby on this gorgeous day, birded the Music Academy thoroughly, including the tipu trees there: nothing to report. (seriously) As of yesterday, the Yellow Warbler fo

All, I walked around Devereux via NCOS. The TK was by the Dune Pond. There were 3 Pintails and a Sora on the pond by the entrance to NCOS. I had snipe at both these locations. There were 6 Dunlin on t

Wes, Brad, and I checked the SMRE. Pretty much the same species as I reported last weekend but pelican and gulls numbers were down. At Miguelito x Sudden, we had very nice looks at Golden Eagle and Pr

Went out to do a bit of scouting for Cachuma CBC and was able to find two targets, Pacific Wren and Varied Thrush, along Davey Brown Trail. The wren was right at the old cabin site, the thrush about 1

It seems like Surf Scoter numbers have completely collapsed the last couple of years.

SB Birders, I made my first stop at the pond on Hwy 246 just east of Campbell Road. This pond is nearly dry now with only three A. Coots remaining. My next stop was the garden area at La Purisima Miss

All, Mark Holmgren and Adrian think they want to close out the 2019 BBS data real soon. With birding so slow, why not go back to your photos from years past. Check especially March, April, May, June &

This morning I was able to photograph the adult male Orchard Oriole that Florence Sanchez reported recently along Santa Monica Creek. Eric Culbertson had seen the bird earlier today and told me about

All, There is a male Eurasian Wigeon at the GSD now. Still lots of BW Teal and other dabbling ducks. Nick Lethaby Texas Instruments 6750 Navigator Way, Suite 250 Goleta, CA 93117 USA Email: nlethaby@.

Hi all A late bird is in Carpinteria Creek between the train trestle and Sixth street today at 1045. Eric

It was an "If you don't like the weather wait a minute and it will change" kind of day for our weekly survey at Sedgwick Reserve. The best birds were continuing Sage Thrasher, Chipping Sparrows and a

While participating in the Project Feeder counts today, I saw a couple of reddish and light yellow-green finch type birds. After taking a picture, I noted that they had crossbills, a female and a coup

This morning I walked the trail by Santa Monica Creek from Calle Real to Foothill and back. I did not see or hear an Oriole on the way up, but on the way back I heard a blackbird like "check" from the

Continues at Lake Jocelyn 1:28 pm. Also 8-10 GW Teal and Klldeer. Rib Denholtz Carp -- Rob Denholtz Carpinteria

For those of you that have not contacted me already we are looking for a show of hands of those wishing to participate in the Cachuma CBC on Friday, December 27th. Many good birds are being seen aroun

All, I checked this on Sat PM for about an hour. Still hundreds of Brown Pelicans and gulls, including 7 Herring a GW. A RB Merganser was the most interesting duck and 14 Aleutian Cackling Geese were