All: High points for some miscellaneous birding in the Santa Maria area this morning include a Vermilion Flycatcher and Lesser Scaup at the Santa Maria Country Club. The VEFL is very active mid mornin

Still present at Bella Vista Open space now. Barb Millett SB Sent from a phone

Thanks to more experienced birders for helping me locate the Dusky Flycatcher yesterday: https://ebird.org/checklist/S78627563 Betsy Mooney Santa Barbara/Goleta

This morning I was out at Ocean Park and saw and photographed a Large-billed Savannah Sparrow. Photos attached Also saw California, Western, Herring, Mew and Glaucous-winged Gulls (no sign of the LBGU

Greetings birders, Thanks to all who participated in yesterday’s Santa Barbara CBC—for following Audubon’s protocols, and mostly for starting the new year off with a dose of much-needed birding good n

Today I followed up on a couple of interesting reports from yesterday's Santa Barbara CBC. The first was an EMPID found by Gage Ricard at Arroyo Burro, about 100 meters upstream from the Calle de los

I saw the male Scott's Oriole at the end of Farren Road late morning. Nick Lethaby, Goleta, CA -- Nick Lethaby Goleta, CA

Today's Santa Barbara CBC was a mixed bag in the mountains. In general it seemed very quiet, but despite some misses we also managed to get some hits. My own area was East Camino Cielo, and La Cumbre

Dear CASB Committee and Santa Barbara birders: Today’s CBC and tonight’s Zoom were nothing short of amazing, and if Patrick can mention my name, I’m gonna shout out how thrilled and proud I was of our

The Compilation Dinner of Zoom That was a shockingly good job of volunteers in their spare time merging new technology to save a community's beloved tradition. (And anyone who knows me knows that "bel

Hi all, Just FYI for those of you birding today on the Santa Barbara CBC, we are closing the shared Google sheet for species status updates at 5:30 PM. It will be viewable but not open to editing afte

Hi all, would anyone care to give feedback on the gull in this checklist I have identified as Iceland? It may be the only one for today’s CBC, I would like to get some confirmation. https://ebird.org/

Hello birders, We look forward to birding our count circle tomorrow, together in spirit if not in person. Our CBC is a treasured community event, and though we won’t gather at the Museum of Natural Hi

Today I birded several places in Goleta, not all of which are in the CBC circle. At the Sandpiper this morning, I found only the white geese when I was there but my count is the same as was already re

Thanks to Peter for allowing me to view from the side yard in Buellton where I got one female at about 8:20. He found one there at 7:20 before I got there and we both looked for another hour without s

I encountered a few birds worthy of attention on CBC Day tomorrow. At UCSB’s Campus Point were 3 Barn Swallows. Photos at https://ebird.org/checklist/S78425368 The Eastern Phoebe, originally found by

During a CBC scouting trip this am (Thurs), Gayle and I found a Hermit Warbler in one of the small trees in the entrance courtyard of the UCSB Student Health Center. In general the area around the Hea

This afternoon I had some brief looks at what I think is probably a first-year female Northern Parula at David Love Place in Goleta. The bird was foraging in the tipu canopy near eye level on the east

Today, at Tierra de Fortuna Park in Isla Vista, I had what was probably a female Orchard Oriole in a flowering euc north of the playground. Looks were fleeting and obstructed enough that I couldn't el

There were about 3 dozen White-throated Swifts flying below the high clouds this afternoon, roughly over the Tabano Hollow open space. I often see them when I’m looking at other soaring birds. This ti