Hi All: Yesterday (5/22), Halden Peterson, Will Knowlton and I saw a CALIFORNIA CONDOR flying high overhead from Laguna Lake. The bird appeared to come in from the north, circled a few times, and depa

The adult male HARLEQUIN DUCK continues at Avila Beach. It was seen today just offshore, standing on kelp next to the Cal Poly Pier. Easiest access is to walk out to the beach from the little park at

Correction, that would be south of Hwy 166 in the directions below, not north.

Hi All: I drove south through the Carrizo National Monument this afternoon, and I didn't see too much (no juncos of any race at the CV Fire Station, etc.). I did see about half-dozen Mountain Bluebird

Hi All: I made a few quick stops in the Cuyama Valley yesterday afternoon. Five Brewer's Sparrows were seen at two locations: 3 in a weedy ditch next to an agriculture pond on the side of Highway 33 j

Greetings All: I birded the Carrizo today with Will Knowlton and Jeremy Pohlman. We started at the southern end near Highway 166 and worked north to Highway 58. Our highlight was a CANADA WARBLER at t

It was also seen in the afternoon at the same location, around 3:30PM by Jeff Seay, Jeremy Pohlman and I. Park at the very end of Coleman Drive and look south. Bring your spotting scope, at this locat

Hi All: This afternoon there was a SOLITARY SANDPIPER at a small agricultural pond with 3 Least Sandpipers off Highway 33. The pond is on the east side of the highway, 2.2 miles from the Highway 166 j

Greetings All: I spent a long day birding around the Carrizo yesterday and was joined by Will Knowlton for most of it, and several others for part of it. Our goal was to check areas with groups of tre

The American wigeon flock (at least 45) was at the wetland this afternoon at the end of Estrada Ave in Santa Margarita, and with it was the male EURASIAN WIGEON. It was showing nicely for a few minute

Hi Everyone— Greg Salas and Will Knowlton report that the Santa Margarita HARRIS'S SPARROW showed up in the yard with feeders today at 4:00PM. Cheers, Peter Gaede

Hi All: I saw a winter-plumaged HARRIS'S SPARROW at 5PM today in Santa Margarita. It was where Estrada Ave dead ends in the southeast corner of town. There is a tule-lined ditch with standing water th

Hi all: John Deacon, Peter Schneekloth, Lucas Gaede and I birded around the Carrizo today. We had the continuing male Williamson's Sapsucker at the Carrisa Plains Elementary School (not seen during a

Hi All: One was at the private pond at Hwy 58 and Tule Elk Lane today. This is the obvious pond visible from the highway just east of Bitterwater Road. Peter Gaede Santa Barbara

Kaaren, You might also check with Yasuko Suzuki, out of Oregon State, who was (is) working on a banding project for this particular species. There have been two adult color-banded Caspian Terns that s

Hi Birders -- Today there was a male WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER at the Carrisa Plains Elementary School along Highway 58. It was first seen in a cottonwood tree at the western edge of the property about m

Hi All: This evening there was a SOLITARY SANDPIPER along the river approximately 1 mile northeast of the USFS Pine Canyon Station along Hwy 166. I walked down to the riverbed where there was some sta

Hi All: Today there were 14 SWAINSON'S HAWKS on the Carrizo, seen together in a loose group off Hwy 58, approximately 2 miles east of the junction of Hwy 58 and Soda Lake Road (north side). All were i

I made a quick run through the Carrizo this afternoon, from the north end at Highway 58, south on Soda Lake Road to Highway 166. I didn't have too much time to veer off Soda Lake Road, but did check f

Hi All: It's apparently not too late to see these birds migrating north. Three birds (all immatures; one dark and two light) were standing in a tilled field along Highway 58 east of Bitterwater Road t