Sorry about my earlier report. When I referred to LA WTP I should have written Los Alamos Wastewater Treatment Plant. -- John Deacon Orcutt

Same area as yesterday, currently behind the blue handicapped sign. Larry Ballard, Carpinteria CA

All: I birded the LAWTP, Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds, Mud Lake and SMCC this morning. The LAWTP was worth the trip. Highlights included a Palm Warbler, 2 Northern Pintails, 4 American Wigeons and a bu

At 34.43072 -119.8897 12:50pm On ground mostly, in Ivy, south-facing slope immediately N of the Euc Grove. With CoYe, MacGillivray’s, Orange-crowned, kinglet, Townsend’s warblers. Very nice find Dave

Someone reported a Gray Catbird from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden parking lot today. Not a lot of detail in the report, but it sounds promising, nonetheless: https://review.ebird.org/admin/reviewS

...Lompoc, CA -- headed north after crossing at the closed mouth of the river. Upon our return, it was open again and we had to wade through a bit. Birding list with photos is on eBird https://ebird.o

Hi folks, A lot of people have gotten to see the Mourning Warbler this afternoon. Thanks especially to Nick Lethaby, Brad Hacker, and Adrian O'Loghlen for helping refind the bird. I think when others

Now at the LogMeIn complex. Nick, Adrian, Brad, and I are here. The bird is associating with an adult male Mac at north end of euc grove in the depression in the center of the complex, in low vegetati

While walking the Carpinteria Creek creekbed this morning I flushed a small sparrow from the side of the creek near the north end of the wastewater treatment plant. The bird flew into the vegetation o

Hi All: This morning, Marilyn Harding, Ron Hirst, and I met at the confluence of Park Ln., Bella Vista, and Mariposa, all in the foothills of Montecito. This is the location mentioned previously where

At 10:45 or 10:50am, I saw a juvenile, light morph BROAD-WINGED HAWK soaring just north of Bella Vista Open Space in northwest Goleta. Not a lot else happening there. A Red-breasted Nuthatch, however,

My checklist, which also shows a flock of 16 Cackling Geese flying overhead, is here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S74974970\ Lisa D Walker-Roseman, Fort Bragg -- Lisa D Walker-Roseman, Fort Bragg, CA

This AM I drove to the east end of E Camino Cielo at Romero Saddle--plenty of Common Poorwills on the way--where the USFS gate is still closed. I rode my bike down the dirt road to the S Ynez River cr

Hi all! I had never seen Scaly-breasted Munias in the wild until today. There were a flock of them near the bathrooms along the railroad tracks in some bushes. I at first glance thought they were Hous

Nico and I took a lunch time walk at the lake. Surprising was the American Bittern that stood out in the open for at least half an hour; we saw it looking across the lake from the east end of the dam.

Here is one photo of a "Nutmeg Mannikan" (Scaly-breasted Munia). Ocean Park, Lompoc Lisa D Walker-Roseman, Ft Bragg CA -- visiting Lompoc through November -- Lisa D Walker-Roseman, Fort Bragg, CA (vis

There is a Red-naped Sapsucker at Miguelito Park in Lompoc, seen across from the ranger's wooden fence. I thought that I briefly saw a bit of a white chin, before a Red-breasted Sapsucker pounced on i

Hi All: Around noon today, Marilyn and I decided to check out the hawk watch site. Since there were lots of workers parked along the wall, and no shade was available, we drove to the next promontory w

Both birds were present on the UCSB east-facing beach between 3:30 and 4:30 this afternoon in spite of heavy beach activity from people and dogs. Understandable, as the beach was probably the only pla

I decided to check out Carpinteria this morning. With the exception of the Cackling Goose, none of the rarities recently reported put in an appearance and the creek was pretty quiet overall. As for th