I got to the Parula spot a little after 6 a.m. this morning. Glenn Kincaid gave excellent instructions: Large sycamore overhanging Alisal road about 1 mile east of the entrance to Nojoqui Park. When I

All, I had the bird calling from the NE side of the lake this morning. Would be very difficult to see. -- Nick Lethaby Goleta, CA nlethaby@... Mobile: 805 284 6200 Work: 805 562 5106 -- Nick Lethaby G

This morning I saw what I think is a juvenile Little Blue Heron at NCOS in the western channel, just a bit east of Phelps Bridge. The bird was all white, with dull green legs and yellow feet. Bill was

SB Birders, I birded at Ocean Park and Surf Beach in Lompoc this morning. SYRE, 2 Least Terns, one Caspian Tern, 7 Greater Yellowlegs, 4 Black-bellied Plovers, 8 peeps that appeared to be Westerns at

Here's the history of Purple Martin nesting numbers in the county since the late 1970s to the present, from "Birds of Santa Barbara County, California": Purple Martins nest in cavities in sycamores an

Glenn, If you compare the data from the last couple of years to that from the first couple of years, is there any trend? Regards, Nick

By request, here’s a quick update on the Purple Martin colony in the Nojoqui Falls Park and surrounding area. This morning Adrian O’Loghlen and I made a visit to the area to check on the breeding prog

This morning, after checking on the breeding progress of the Purple Martins at Nojoqui Falls park, Adrian O’loghlen and I followed up on Peter Schneekloth’s Northern Parula report from Alisal Road yes

WT Kite over Basin 2 in Carp Salt Marsh Reserve today at 7: AM. Rob Denholtz Carp -- Rob Denholtz Carpinteria

I had been birding along the road over closer to the Alisal Reservoir and was driving slowly along back towards Nojoqui when I heard the song of a Northern Parula Warbler. I was able to find a near by

All, I spent the last two early mornings checking Refugio Canyon due to the NNW flow. Today I found a singing A. Redstart about .5 miles up from Circle BarB. At Circle BarB, I had what sounded like a

I heard a deep coo-coo-coo song from the reeds near the northwest corner of the lake today. It repeated the whole time I was there and I recorded it, although it’s pretty faint on the recording. After

This evening at Stearn's Wharf I saw a Loon sp. swimming off the pier. It appeared to be either a Pacific Loon or Common Loon in non-breeding plumage. There are poor-quality pictures in the eBird chec

At S bound 101 off ramp for Los Alamos I came across this scene of Yellow-billed Magpies perched on wires. Their combined weight was causing the wire to twist and it was quite the team effort as they

At 12:30 there was an approachable adult Horned Lark walking around on the paths on the south side of Elings Park (east of the bike jump). Interestingly, there was a family group there five years ago

I walked to the mouth of the Carp marsh yesterday afternoon at low tide but didn't see the Reddish Egret, which left me feeling a little blue. Three Long-billed Curlews and a single Semipalmated Plove

I checked out some of our marsh areas this morning. The birding overall was as dull as the skies but here are a couple of notes that might be of interest. At the Carpinteria salt marsh, I had a flyove

I’m again surprised to see 3 White-faced Ibis at Area K. Two of these birds were in quite close association, but only foraging. Noteworthy also is the lack of blackbirds carrying food into the marsh e

*** Species Summary: - Reddish Egret (2 reports) --------------------------------------------- Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert.The report below shows obse

Went back with a scope and walked up the beach from Ash Ave. Watching the bird now with John C.