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

I went to the area where Sandhill Cranes have been found (Happy Canyon X Alisos Road) but none were present this morning. However, I had a very pleasant morning birding, especially along the north por

Sorry, just testing out my email issues, please forgive me. Good birding Wes Fritz 805 895 0685 wes-fritz@... Solvang CA

To follow up on Florence's post from yesterday, I've been seeing a huge increase in Robin numbers over the past week. They are devouring the Toyon berries, which are at various ripeness levels all aro

Gayle Hackamack and Adrian O’Loghlen refound the 6 cranes reported by Cruz Phillips yesterday. They are at 34.62878 -120.00035, and best viewed from north Alisos Road (N of Happy Cyn Rd) then looking

All: On my way to Colson Canyon today, I witnessed about 100 Wild Turkeys in the newly cut fields near 4273 Tepusquet Road. While I often see Wild Turkeys in these fields, this was by far the most I'v

The weekly survey at Sedgwick Reserve netted a total of 51 species with some highlights being the continuing Sage Thrasher and a Wilson's Snipe which is unusual on the Reserve. Full list here: https:/

I did my frequent loop walk through the backyard of the SBMuseum of natural History and Rocky Nook Park this morning. What was new this morning was a large number of Robins on the Museum Property--the

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I met up in Ventura with friends from Florida yesterday and we took the Island Packers boat out to Santa Cruz Island. There was not a lot of seabird activity on the way out, butwe did encounter a huge