In between heavy rains that left nearly an inch of slush on San Marcos Pass summit, I scoped the bay at the mouth of DeVaul Canyon. I saw a Horned Grebe, the first I've seen on the lake in nearly 2 de

All: Remember when you were excited to see a Scaly Breasted Munia? I've got a flock of 20-30 on my feeders almost continuously over the last few weeks. Of more interest is a White Throated Sparrow who

Was already out and about so ran out Santa Rosa Road outside of Buellton to check some vineyard ponds. Birds were not there earlier in the week but had a pair of Hooded Merganser, pair of Ring-necked

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I set out to check Basin K of Goleta Slough, to see if there was any water after the rains, and found no standing water there are all. So, I ended up birding around the St

The tipu trees at the Music Academy were deathly quiet at 1:15 (usually there are at least many YRs chipping). In the trees on the east side, facing Butterfly Lane, there were a b&w, an o c, and a Tow

I took a look at Laguna Blanca late this afternoon, sans scope. There are pretty good numbers of waterfowl out there. Ruddy Ducks were most numerous, followed by Bufflehead (20+), with smaller numbers

All, Sorry to keep up the doom and gloom on ducks, but I wanted to find out if folks have seen any Redheads on the south coast in the last week or so. Ebird shows that 10-15 birds arrived around Nov 1

In spite of the weather a small group of our Wednesday birders worked around the downpours and found 43 species. A decent count despite being limited to the area around the ranch buildings. Best birds

All, We had an inch of rain in Goleta last night and Devereux has filled up considerably to very bird-friendly level. Already there were quite a few ducks using it this morning, mostly mallards. Shove

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 &