Hi all This morning (Sat.) Jim Hodgson was looking for the Painted Bunting (no luck there) and found a Chestnut-backed Chickadee in the same location, about 150 yards above the check dam near the end

On Monday afternoon ca. 4 pm I saw two dippers in the same area below the swimming hole along San Ysidro Creek.

Cher and Bruce Hollingworth report that the Dippers remain in the vicintity of the swimming hole on San Ysidro Creek. They report seeing one adult and one juvenile bird this morning Sat. Sept 4. Becky

Hi Barbarians, As you may have seen recently in the News Press, I'm just back from a few weeks in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. I'm still just recovering from the shock of re-entry to "civilization

Hi Robb, Sounds like an interesting trip, I'm envios. I have been craving pelagics since I left the west, Florida waters are a virtual desert. I finally couldn't take it anymore and took a pelagic out

Don't forget the other birds - but there are also other birds of note. Kathleen and I saw 2 STELLER'S JAYS less than a quarter mile above the Dipper spot on Sunday (5 Sept 99). These are significant b

I will be in Santa Barbara on Thursday, any hope that the dippers will still be there? Pat W.

The female Painted Bunting on Atascadero Creek west of Patterson Avenue was seen again Wednesday afternoon around 5:30. It was with Blue Grosbeaks and Lazuli Buntings about 150 meters upcreek from the

COME HELP SAVE JOAN LENTZ'S (VOLUNTEER) JOB! Hey birders! You wouldn't want me without a (volunteer) job would you??? A very important journal, "North American Birds" formerly "Field Notes", has been

Mist netting/banding in September & October Anyone interested, the following are the dates I have scheduled for mist netting/banding for September & October: Chorro Flats: Sept. 11, Sept. 25, Oct. 16,

Some nice birds at Atascadero Creek yesterday evening. I saw a Bobolink and a Brewer's Sparrow in the S curve about midway between Turnpike and Walnut on Atascadero Creek, just before sunset. This is

Hi all -- Don't forget to stop by after work at 5:30 PM tomorrow (Thursday) for a birding trip around Devereux Slough. Ron Hirst <sbtech@...> leads us and will also bring us up to speed on the current

At about 4:30 today, Fri, an ibis sitting with 2 snowy egrets on the telephone wire above the creek at the end of Walnut Lane. 20 mins later circled over the S-bend in the creek along with (presumably

The Goleta sewage plant remains a pretty birdy spot, and a good place to go for anyone interested in looking at shorebirds in the Santa Barbara area. Nothing better today than one Pectoral Sandpiper a

Hi All, This morning Cher, Terry and I went back to Montecito to let Terry get a look at the Dipper. We found the juvenile calling and working the creek above and below the swimming hole. On the fire

Hi all...Maxine and I found the Brewer's Sparrow on Atascadero Creek today (Thursday) at about 4:45 pm. We first saw it in the bushes between the bike path and the creek about one hundred yards upstre

Hi All, I failed to mention this in the posting about the Willow Flycatcher but yesterday as we were watching the flycatcher on San Ysidro Creek, Terry states that he saw a "very yellow warbler with a

We hiked up San Ysidro Canyon to the "swimming hole" today (Friday, 9/10) -- the Dippers were not all cooperative, but the two Steller's Jays (see Jim Greaves Posting #96) were in the oak trees direct

Sorry...the untitled posting should be titled San Ysidro Steller's Jays

The La Purisima AS bird walk to the Waterfowl Natural Resources Area produced 61 species of birds this morning, Saturday. Most notable among them were Black & White Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warble