Finally got around to checking out the Tipu trees at the business park between 9:00 and 11:00 am today. It was fairly birdy though I think I was too late for the Northern Parula Warbler that had been

Not too much excitement. White-Winged Dove at Gaviota, where I had a thorough look. Cursory look at Refugio. Bradley R. Hacker hacker.faculty.geol.ucsb.edu www.petrochronology.com -- Good birding, Bra

With hopes of finding a Pacific Wren, we spent a while in the 6th Street area of Carp Creek without success. We did get a look at the Cackling Goose grazing north of the RR bridge. From one angle it d

On the west shore of Goleta Bay beneath UCSB at 7:54am. 34.41359 -119.83997 Right at the teepee of logs. This is closer to Goleta Beach then it is to the Lot six staircase. Curlew Sandpiper present al

All Brad Hacker and I visited Prisoner's today. The overall numbet of migrants was rather low but quality was high with a female BT Blue and a Nelson's Sparrow. Other birds of minor intetest were YB C

HI there, Today mid-morning I found what is believed to be a Pacific Golden Plover while paying a visit to our local Curlew Sandpiper at UCSB "east" beach. The Golden Plover was loosely associating wi

After much-appreciated input from a couple of experienced birders I've changed the ID to Clay-colored Sparrow. As one of them wrote to me, "There's very little streaking on the nape, the supercilium i

One in Carp Creek just above the railroad bridge may be a minima. I didn't see the Vermilion Flycatcher, Pacific Wren or Scott's Oriole reported there yesterday. Larry Ballard Carpinteria CA

I had what I believe was a Brewer’s Sparrow along Santa Monica Creek in Carpinteria this morning. The bird was in a weedy fence line on the west side of the concrete creek channel just north of El Car

Our Curlew Sandpiper was present this afternoon around 4:15 p.m. on the UCSB east beach. It was about 200 yards up the beach from the stairs, near the driftwood tepee on the beach. AS usual, it was ha

At LLC yesterday ~ 3pm. Saw a bittern, picture attached. Seen across the east side of the lake from the asphalt path near my dad’s (Roger Millikan’s) bench. It was at the edge of the reeds and walked

Today at San Lorenzo Seminary I had a FERRUGINOUS HAWK and at 154 x 246 was a PRAIRIE FALCON. All while registering a balmy 101 Fahrenheit. Wim PS: Can somebody please submit the LogMeIn location as a

I hiked up to the end of Farren Road and back again this morning, starting at 7:30 a.m. It was not terribly birdy there this morning and it warmed up very fast. This year, the weeds and grasses along

Hi everyone, The NORTHERN PARULA is still present at the LogMeIn tipus as of 10:40am today. It’s in exactly the same spot that Joan Lentz had it yesterday — the northern corner of the parking lot, bor

Hi All: Today, I went w/ Florence Sanchez to check out the Tipu trees at this business park off Hollister Ave. in Goleta. We met a number of other birders there, including Adrian O’Laughlin who refoun

SB Birders A Broad-winged Hawk is currently moving with the Turkey Vultures at Waller Park in Santa Maria. Good birding Wes Fritz 805 895 0685 wes-fritz@... Solvang CA

Salt Marsh: 8 Yellow-crowned Night Herons (6 in the Nature Park; 2 in Franklin Creek). This is the most I’ve seen here at any one time. Basin 3: Osprey, again and again. Has become an almost daily sig

Interesting to see, but escapes and exotics are not standard subject matter for sbcobirding. Thank you, -- Moderator -- Jamie Chavez Santa Maria, CA

My partner Don and I observed the 2 Northern Bobwhite in the path down on the path down to the bridge at Lake Los Carneros this morning, 10/12 at 8:45 AM.

I made it up to the Hawk Watch spot on Bella Vista Drive late this morning, where I encountered Carpinteria Birders Tom an dLaurel who had been there a little while. Though it was very warm for us, co