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

A couple people have pointed out that the hummingbird I saw at the Botanical Garden could also have been a Ruby-Throated, which seems true. I hope someone is motivated to look for it, as I can’t imagi

All, I spent the weekend on the north coast and in the Cuyama in fruitless search for RL Hawk. I did see 19 Ferruginous Hawks, 2 Golden Eagles, 2 Merlin's, a Bald Eagle, a Prairie Falcon and a Peregri

I was in the right place at the right time to see the continuing group of 6 Sandhill Cranes at Alisos Road north of Happy Canyon Road today. As I was walking the road I heard barking and then the trum

We were at the Botanic Garden this morning and saw what appeared to be an adult male Black-Chinned Hummingbird. I am about 95% sure, but I didn’t eBird it because I think it would be exceptional for t

11/16, 9:00 am-12:30 pm 45 birders (!) met for the SBAS Field Trip to Las Cruzitas Ranch this morning hosted by Cruz Philips and led by Wes Fritz. While Wes had them earlier in the day, none of us saw

Friday at 4:45 there were 3 YC Night Herons on a wire next to the viewing platform. They seem to very much like the wire at dusk. It was a good opportunity to take many photos. 2 are about 1.5 years o

I birded the Music Academy of the West this afternoon. All was quite dull until I came to two Tipu trees outside the shop at the north side of the property (close to the freeway). These trees were loa

I birded the Santa Barbara Cemetery and the Andree Clark Bird Refuge earlier today. The only bird of note that had not been reportedly previously, at least that I can recall, was a YELLOW WARBLER in t

I visited Davey Brown Campground and lower trail as well as part of Munch Canyon Trail off of Sunset Valley Road. Best bird was a Varied Thrush at Munch Canyon trail head. I had Pine Siskin at Davey B

I had good views of a Solitary Sandpiper at Lake Jocelyn in Carpinteria this morning. Photo in this eBird list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61495738 With the December 14 Carp CBC still 4 weeks away i

This afternoon I quickly checked the two subject locations. At Armour Ranch Rd I finally had some SAVANNAH SPARROW, but I'm still missing Bluebirds and Horned Larks here. There were also 3+ AMERICAN K

John Deacon recently found a Tropical Kingbird at the corner of Fairway Ave. and A Street in Santa Maria where there are a couple of remaining ponds at what used to be the site of a nine-hole public g

This year the Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count will take place on Saturday, December 14, the first day of the three-week count window. Last year we had 92 participants and 158 species; I hope we have

This morning at 10 a.m. as George and I stood at the dam at Lake Los Carneros, we watched an American Bittern fly across the water from west to east. We reacquired it around 10:30 a.m. in the south-ea