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Grey-headed Negro-finch,©Tony Disley

10 Oct One that got away ["Mark Brown" ]
10 Oct Re: Carpinteria tamarisks [Rebecca Coulter ]
10 Oct Carpinteria tamarisks []
10 Oct Re: YG Vireo [Christopher Taylor ]
9 Oct RE: Carpinteria Creek warblers ["Lethaby, Nick" ]
9 Oct Carpinteria Creek warblers [Peter Gaede ]
09 Oct Rose-Breasted Grosebeak at our feeder ["dianna.ricky" ]
9 Oct sewerponds [nancy states ]
09 Oct Lompoc Birds ["Mark Brown" ]
9 Oct Goleta Slough birds [Dave Compton ]
9 Oct goleta sewer ponds [nancy states ]
09 Oct Solitary Sandpiper ["Andy Lazere" ]
08 Oct YG Vireo ["Kyle Braunger" ]
08 Oct 5 Common Mergansers ["sbfledgling" ]
07 Oct RE: Y-G Vireo continues ["michael_james_allen" ]
07 Oct Y-G Vireo continues ["jwd2000" ]
6 Oct I need a good tern id [Roger Millikan ]
6 Oct Reporting banded birds [Mark Holmgren ]
06 Oct Continuing Y-G Vireo in east Carpinteria this morning ["Mike Bush" ]
6 Oct Vireo update [Dave Compton ]
06 Oct River Oak Park Ibis tonight ["Mark Brown" ]
06 Oct More vireo photos, plus Tropical Kingbird & Mute Swan ["dianna.ricky" ]
05 Oct ADMIN- Group Photos: Two Locations ["Jamie Chavez" ]
05 Oct weekend odds and ends [Hugh Ranson ]
05 Oct Wood Ducks Upper Lake Cachuma ["Paul G. Rosso" ]
06 Oct Gaviota: Tennessee Warbler ["Noah Gaines" ]
05 Oct Re: Vireo credits, etc. ["Jamie Chavez" ]
06 Oct Carp. Yellow-green Vireo 5:45pm ["sbtechmy" ]
5 Oct Vireo credits, etc. ["Joan Lentz" ]
05 Oct Birds of Cachuma Lake Monday September 29 - Sunday October 5, 2008 ["liskelly" ]
5 Oct Re: Two Vireos in Carpinteria [Dave Compton ]
05 Oct Re: Two Vireos in Carpinteria ["Elizabeth" ]
5 Oct Two Vireos in Carpinteria [Mark Holmgren ]
05 Oct "possible trumpeter swan" ["robdenholtz" ]
4 Oct Re: Possible Trumpeter Swan? [Dave Compton ]
05 Oct My first white crown sparrows of the fall ["dlbzzzzz" ]
5 Oct 7th Annual Hi Mountain Open House--October 11th 2008 [Peter Dullea ]
05 Oct Re: Magnolia Warbler ["sbtechmy" ]
04 Oct Magnolia Warbler ["Noah Gaines" ]
04 Oct Ruff (Reeve) and Pomarine Jaeger ["Mark Brown" ]
4 Oct Chestnut-sided Warbler, but not much else [Dave Compton ]
04 Oct Brewer's Sparrow [Hugh Ranson ]
04 Oct Re: Possible Trumpeter Swan? ["Jamie Chavez" ]
04 Oct Possible Trumpeter Swan? ["robdenholtz" ]
04 Oct re Waller warbler ["Mark Brown" ]
03 Oct Gaviota ["Wes Fritz" ]
03 Oct Lots of Eurasian Collared Doves in Lompoc ["Paul G. Rosso" ]
03 Oct Bird Blind Meeting - change of date ["robdenholtz" ]
3 Oct Gray Flycatcher continues at Goleta Cemetery, etc. ["Joan Lentz" ]
03 Oct UCSB Campus notes [Florence Sanchez ]
3 Oct Black-throated Grey ["2Palleys" ]
3 Oct Blackpoll Warbler at Atascadero Creek [Dave Compton ]

Subject: One that got away
From: "Mark Brown" <lawoffmarkbrown AT verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:22:37 -0000
All:

I believe that Wednesday morning I had a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher on
a ranch near Sisquoc.  I just figured it out today.  Wednesday I heard
"a call I did not recognize: a sharp spweek!"  I saw movement in a
Walnut tree and expected to see a woodpecker or a White-crowned
Sparrow, but sitting there was a very green and yellow empidonax.  The
bird flew to an Oak tree and the call changed to one sounding like a
rubber ducky. No lie!  The bird flew back to the walnut tree and the
call changed back to the spweek but a little buzzier.  Finally, the
bird took off and I never saw it again.  I have been busy so it took
until this morning to use the Google for "rubber ducky call".  I found
this web page, which clued me in:
http://montereybay.com/creagrus/MTYlistYBFL.html .
Just one more that got away.

Mark Brown
Santa Maria

Subject: Re: Carpinteria tamarisks
From: Rebecca Coulter <rfcsb AT cox.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:04:29 -0700
To follow up on the tamarisks: I didn't see any being cut down, but  
definitely thinned and chipped. There were two cherry-pickers with  
workers trimming both the tams and the bamboo(?) alongside them. I  
got out of the car in front of the sheriff's station, but didn't  
bother walking down the row, as the noise was deafening and the  
machinery blocked the pathway. This work is being done on the north- 
south row between the station and the driving range; who knows how  
far south it will go. Too bad for birding there this morning, but  
perhaps this afternoon they'll be done. The bridge at 8th Street was  
quiet, as was the walk along the creek to the RR tracks--a few  
Townsend's, Orange-crowned, and Y-r warblers. I stopped by the SB  
Cemetery, which was (can't resist) dead. The north side of the  
property that slopes down toward the Bird Refuge has been completely  
cleared of undergrowth, and the oaks severely trimmed. Only a few  
Acorn Woodpeckers there busy filling up in a granary tree. At the  
other end of town, the end of Coronado willows had a nice mixed  
flock, with at least 3 C-b Chickadees, but nothing else of note.

Rebecca Coulter
Santa Barbara

On Oct 10, 2008, at 11:00 AM,  wrote:

> I just got a call from Rebecca Coulter who reports that the  
> tamarisk trees at the Carpinteria police station are being cut down  
> and chipped and are no longer worth checking for birds. This note  
> is meant only to provide information, not start an email debate  
> about whether it's habitat destruction or eradication of an  
> invasive species.
>
> Guy Tingos
> Santa Barbara, CA
>
> 



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Subject: Carpinteria tamarisks
From: <guy.tingos AT cox.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:00:43 -0400
I just got a call from Rebecca Coulter who reports that the tamarisk trees at 
the Carpinteria police station are being cut down and chipped and are no longer 
worth checking for birds. This note is meant only to provide information, not 
start an email debate about whether it's habitat destruction or eradication of 
an invasive species. 


Guy Tingos
Santa Barbara, CA
Subject: Re: YG Vireo
From: Christopher Taylor <calbird AT kiwi.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:48:21 -0700
Thinking of heading up there this afternoon. Can anyone confirm it has 
been seen yesterday or today? Or was Wednesday the last it was seen?

Thanks

-- 
Christopher Taylor
Marina del Rey, CA
www.kiwifoto.com
http://www.kiwifoto.com/
http://www.kiwifoto.com/blog/ - BLOG



-----Original Message-----
From: Kyle Braunger [mailto:kylebraunger AT yahoo.com]
To sbcobirding AT yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, Oct 08, 2008 at 12:12 PM (PDT)
Subject: [sbcobirding] YG Vireo [1.1K]
Message-Id: 

This morning Andy Lazar and I watched the Yellow-green Vireo for about 
five minutes before it disappeared.  It was moving  with a flock of 
warblers in the tamarisk, just beyond the end of the dirt road, near 
where the golf course fence begins.
 
There was a Surfbird and a Wandering Tattler on the beach below the 
seal observation area.
 
Kyle Braunger 


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Subject: RE: Carpinteria Creek warblers
From: "Lethaby, Nick" <nlethaby AT ti.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 17:47:56 -0500
I had at least 3 Yellows and a BT Gray at the Goleta Sewage Works, which is a 
lot better than last week, so maybe there's been a fall-out. 


________________________________
From: sbcobirding AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:sbcobirding AT yahoogroups.com] On 
Behalf Of Peter Gaede 

Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 3:15 PM
To: sbcobirding AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: [sbcobirding] Carpinteria Creek warblers


S.B. Birders --

There was a Chestnut-sided (first-fall female) and Tennessee Warbler
in the willows above the 8th street bridge this afternoon.

Peter Gaede
Santa Barbara



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Subject: Carpinteria Creek warblers
From: Peter Gaede <pgaede AT earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:15:17 -0700
S.B. Birders --

There was a Chestnut-sided (first-fall female) and Tennessee Warbler  
in the willows above the 8th street bridge this afternoon.

Peter Gaede
Santa Barbara
Subject: Rose-Breasted Grosebeak at our feeder
From: "dianna.ricky" <proscript.inc AT gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:58:49 -0000
A juvenile male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak has been coming to our feeder 
this afternoon (Thursday).  Our home is between Elings Park and Bel Air 
Knolls.  Here are some photos.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27856490 AT N08/sets/72157607893121981/ 

Dianna Ricky
Santa Barbara
Subject: sewerponds
From: nancy states <bnstates AT cox.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:02:19 -0700
I am so sorry . I typed in the wrong Sandpiper. It was a Solitary  not 
a Stilt Sandpiper. Mu bad !

Nancy States
Subject: Lompoc Birds
From: "Mark Brown" <lawoffmarkbrown AT verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:06:58 -0000
All:

Yesterday October 8, 2008 I saw four White-fronted Geese at River
Park, on the grass and in the pond.  It was pretty birdy with the
regular western warblers.  At the Santa Ynez River Estuary I saw
Jamie's Baird's Sandpiper, getting kind of late.  And lots of Elegant
Terns with one Common Tern. Pictures of the Common Tern Baird's and geese:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33835670 AT N00 .

Mark Brown
Santa Maria 
Subject: Goleta Slough birds
From: Dave Compton <davcompton AT verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 10:51:23 -0700 (PDT)
I saw a couple of mildly interesting birds this morning at Goleta Slough, deep 
within Santa Barbara Airport property. An American Bittern was in the wide 
channel near the small plane runway. This was the first I've recorded on my 
regular surveys at this location. As I was watching the bittern, a Brant flew 
over to the west.  Although abundant nearshore in spring, this species tends to 
migrate a lot farther offshore in fall, so seeing one over land on the south 
coast in October is pretty unusual. 

 
Dave Compton
Santa Barbara

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Subject: goleta sewer ponds
From: nancy states <bnstates AT cox.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 09:59:11 -0700
The Stilt Sandpiper and the Pectoral Sandpiper are still on the far 
side of the left pond along with the peeps.

Unfortunately there is a dying Pelican in the middle pond. Many Stilts 
are standing on the shore and making a huge fuss over it.

Nancy States
Subject: Solitary Sandpiper
From: "Andy Lazere" <alazere1 AT cox.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:52:49 -0000
After seeing the Yellow-green Vireo with Kyle (see previous post), we 
went over to Carpenteria Creek. It was very quiet likely too late in 
the morning. I then went up to Goleta Pier and saw the Common Murre 
about 50 yards east of the end of the pier. The Goleta Sanitary District
had one Pectoral and one Solitary Sandpiper in the most northerly pond.

         Andy Lazere
Subject: YG Vireo
From: "Kyle Braunger" <kylebraunger AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:12:59 -0000
This morning Andy Lazar and I watched the Yellow-green Vireo for about 
five minutes before it disappeared.  It was moving  with a flock of 
warblers in the tamarisk, just beyond the end of the dirt road, near 
where the golf course fence begins.
 
There was a Surfbird and a Wandering Tattler on the beach below the 
seal observation area.
 
Kyle Braunger 
Subject: 5 Common Mergansers
From: "sbfledgling" <aj.lewis AT cox.net>
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:04:19 -0000
In my few years of birding I had only seen 1 merganser at a time so 
perhaps 5 together might be of interest. They were in the Santa Ynez 
River at the 'Falls' picnic area on Paradise Rd Monday.  They look like 
Common Mergansers to me.  I couldn't get close enough for a good 
picture since I was using a 150mm Macro lens instead of the 300mm bird 
lens.    

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbfledgling/sets/72157607844165171/show/

Adam Lewis
Goleta
Subject: RE: Y-G Vireo continues
From: "michael_james_allen" <michael_james_allen AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:17:26 -0000
10-7-08
In the short lunch hour between noon and 1 PM I only got one good look 
at the Y-G Vireo before it moved off not to be seen again. In addition 
were a black-throated gray warbler, a orange-crowned warbler, a 
townsend's warbler, a common yellowthroat, white-crowned sparrows and 
many yellow-rumped warblers.

Michael Allen
Oak View, CA

"jwd2000" 



Subject: Y-G Vireo continues
From: "jwd2000" <jdawson AT silcom.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:21:45 -0000
Between 10 and 11 this morning, Tuesday the 7th, Kathleen and I saw the 
Yellow-Green Vireo in the same area as previously reported, from where 
the motor sounds the loudest to further down to where the fence ends 
and the flower field starts on the left.
Yesterday a brief look at the Goleta Sanitary Ponds yielded a close 
view and photos of a (continuing?) juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper.
Jared Dawson
Santa Barbara
Subject: I need a good tern id
From: Roger Millikan <rcmillikan AT cox.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:57:59 -0700
Help me id the tern in this photo.

http://roger.chem.ucsb.edu/PhotoonSite/images/Tern.html

Roger Millikan
Goleta
Subject: Reporting banded birds
From: Mark Holmgren <maholmgren AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:09:26 -0700 (PDT)
Here are two web addresses at which you can report a banded bird.
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/homepage/call800.htm

http://www.reportband.gov/

If you forget or do not save these web addresses, you can find an address 
for the USGS bird banding lab on Jamie Chavez' Santa Barbara County Birding web 
site, which is 

http://mysite.verizon.net/res0d1yq/content4.html Look under Other Birding 
Resources 

OR
Google: "bird banding lab"  

Mark Holmgren
Santa Barbara


      

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Subject: Continuing Y-G Vireo in east Carpinteria this morning
From: "Mike Bush" <mbushii AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:30:15 -0000
Thanks to the Village who helped me find the Vagrant! And just to 
think that less than a week ago, I'd never heard the phrase, "post-
breeding wanderer" - thanks Joan!

My wife Jeanne Miller and I followed the posted directions to the 
area of the two Vireos, arriving about 9am. A few minutes later we 
were joined by Kay Regester of Ventura Co. Considerably down the 
tamarisk row near a large firewood operation, the three of us saw the 
Yellow-green Vireo at about 9:15am. I saw it again following a bluff 
overlook at about 10:15am.

After a quick and clear look at 9:15, the bird pretty much 
disappeared even though we looked in the near area for about another 
half hour.

No sign of the Red-eyed Vireo this morning.

We also saw Yellow Warblers, Common Yellowthroats and Blue-gray 
Gnatcatcher.

The Harbor Seals were in attendance below the bluffs, as was a 
Willet, a Black-bellied Plover, a Wandering Tattler, Sanderlings and 
others of the usual suspects.

Thanks to the Village People for their guidance on this one!

Good Birdin',

Mike Bush
SBCo
Subject: Vireo update
From: Dave Compton <davcompton AT verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:49:59 -0700 (PDT)
I just spoke with Curtis Marantz. He and Brian Daniels saw the Yellow-Green 
Vireo in the tamarisks east of the Carpinteria City Hall and police station, as 
I believe some others did today. Curtis tells me that they saw the vireo soon 
after arriving at about 11:30, but quickly lost it. They didn't refind it for 
more than hour, and saw it only then because they walked through the tamarisk 
to the east side and looked in another row of tamarisk that runs off to the 
west, in the gated Veneco property. Amazingly, Brian spotted the bird down this 
second tamarisk row, from about 50 yds away. They got looks at it off and on, 
with bins and scope, as it worked its way to about 100 yds west along this row. 
So, while I don't think anyone should expect to be able to find the bird by 
scanning this row of tamarisk from a distance, people should at least be aware 
that the bird can disappear from the accessible row for long periods. 

 
I don't know if anyone has seen the Red-eyed Vireo. Curtis and Brian did not. 
Maybe we'll hear about that bird from one of the other people who've been in 
Carp today. 

 
Dave Compton
Santa Barbara

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Subject: River Oak Park Ibis tonight
From: "Mark Brown" <lawoffmarkbrown AT verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:47:02 -0000
All:

I went to River Oak park in Santa Maria this evening October 5, 2008
and saw a White-faced Ibis.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33835670 AT N00/2917561580 .
Also a Green Heron. 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33835670 AT N00/2917696732 .
And a Black-crowned Night-heron.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33835670 AT N00/2917696412/sizes/o .
And a Short-billed Dowitcher.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/almiyi/1167278254 .
That is Jamie's photo from last fall.  But I had one with a small
flock of Long-billeds this evening. 
My Ruff from yesterday may not have been a Ruff, the bad picture I
took was a something else altogether.

Regards,

Mark Brown
Santa Maria
Subject: More vireo photos, plus Tropical Kingbird & Mute Swan
From: "dianna.ricky" <proscript.inc AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:46:05 -0000
Hi All,

Thanks so much to Matt and Barry for pointing out the Yellow-Green 
Vireo for us, and for Nick for leading us toward the Red-Eyed Vireo, 
and especially to Joan, Marilyn, and Dave for finding and identifying 
them.  More photos are linked below.  At the Santa Barbara Bird Refuge 
this afternoon Don and I found a beautiful Tropical Kingbird flying 
back and forth between the first island and a myoporum bush next to the 
water, between the two observation platforms.  A juvenile Mute Swan was 
in the shade of the second island, then moved to the shade of the first 
island.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27856490 AT N08/

Dianna Ricky
Santa Barbara
Subject: ADMIN- Group Photos: Two Locations
From: "Jamie Chavez" <almiyi AT verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:35:52 -0700
Group,

I seem to have created some confusion so please let me clarify. Group photos 
can be seen in two different places: 


Yahoo Group Photos (link at left of page):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/

Flickr Group Pool (linked from www.sbcobirding.com website):
http://www.flickr.com/groups/sbcobirding/

Why two? Well, people sometimes ask to see a photo that has been posted in the 
members only area but they are not subscribers to the Yahoo Group. Yahoo in its 
infinite wisdom requires Yahoo membership in order to access the photos area of 
any discussion group, but this is not required for group email delivery- 
(huh?). Our group messages are posted on other internet archival sources such 
as Surfbirds.com, Birdingonthe.net and Sialia.com where people from all over 
the world can read Santa Barbara County reports. Why join a group just to see 
one photo of a rare bird? 


Flickr has become one of the most popular photo sharing sites (now a 
Yahoo-owned company) and many birders, including locally active birders, 
maintain their own personal photo collections on Flickr. Some absolutely 
amazing photos I might add. It made sense to me to set up a Flickr group where 
individual users can simply move a photo into the group pool to share with the 
birding community. There are literally thousands of different pools one can 
join or look through. All photos in a pool are simply linked from your own 
collection, and all are OPEN to the public if the photographer so chooses. 
Anyone should be able to see them by going to the pool. There is no requirement 
to "join" so this vehicle becomes much more user friendly. It is my hope that 
Yahoo Groups photos and Flickr will merge someday where there is no requirement 
to subscribe in order to view images. Wishful thinking maybe. 


I would like to encourage all to continue uploading photos to the Yahoo Group 
photo collection (separated in folders by family groups), as well as the Flickr 
pool (randomly listed) since it requires very little effort to add a photo to 
the pool. And, you are sharing your photo with others in the birding community 
which is probably why you uploaded it to Flickr in the first place. So, check 
both locations because there may be different photos in each, but I will try to 
maintain both consistently. As always, your willingness to share is greatly 
appreciated. 


______________
Jamie M. Chavez
Santa Maria, CA
sbcobirding list owner






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Subject: weekend odds and ends
From: Hugh Ranson <zonetail AT verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:09:46 -0700
Yesterday at Devereux there was a Pectoral Sandpiper and 3 Dunlin.

Today there was a Nashville Warbler on Mesa Creek (near Hendry's  
Beach). This is is the first one I've seen this fall.

Elings park continues to hold very few birds. The habitat looks  
comparable to last year; I'm guessing the fennel isn't as buggy.

Hugh R.
SB
Subject: Wood Ducks Upper Lake Cachuma
From: "Paul G. Rosso" <prrosso AT verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:47:39 -0700
This morning, Oct 5th around 8 am, there was a male and female Wood Duck in 
upper Lake Cachuma. They were visible from Rt 154, where it begins to be 2 
lanes wide northbound. 


Paul Rosso
Lompoc, CA
Cell: 805-588-4320

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Subject: Gaviota: Tennessee Warbler
From: "Noah Gaines" <skater_ako1 AT hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:42:21 -0000
Around noon today 10/5/08 I birded the Gaviota area.  Not much was
happening in the campsite.  As I headed down the road to the Fennel
patch, I had large group of swifts overhead.  Mostly White-throated
but at least 3 Vaux's were present as well.  In the Fennel, the
birding was a bit slow, but the highlight was prolonged views of a
very cooperative  adult Tennessee Warbler near the pepper tree. 
Toward the end of the road, a  Vesper's Sparrow was in the low scrub.
 At Lake Los Carneros, the Sora seen well from the bridge and I also
had a first fall Black-throated Gray Warbler.

Ron, I may have seen the same bird as you.  I saw the bird high in a
sycamore and therefore had different field marks.  The face was
noticeably gray but the throat was yellow and was separated from the
yellow body by a grayish neckband. There was slight streaking on the
flanks.  However, the most notable field mark was the black tipped
tail as seen from underneath (which clinched the ID for me).  I should
note that the bridge I saw the bird from was the 6th street pedestrian
bridge.

Noah Gaines
Santa Barbara, CA
Subject: Re: Vireo credits, etc.
From: "Jamie Chavez" <almiyi AT verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:03:05 -0700
Matt's terrific photos have been uploaded to the sbcobirding Flickr pool for 
those of you who, like me, live vicariously through your rare bird reports. 
Matt has an uncanny ability to have his camera in the right place at the 
right time. Thanks to Matt for sharing. Everyone is free to join the Flickr 
pool and send photos over from your personal Flickr site at your discretion.

Go to:
www.sbcobirding.com
and click on the Photos link near the top of the page.

______________
Jamie M. Chavez
Santa Maria, CA
www.flickr.com/photos/almiyi/


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joan Lentz" 
To: "sbcobirding" 
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 2:55 PM
Subject: [sbcobirding] Vireo credits, etc.


> Hi All:
>    It takes a village to find a vagrant, at least for me.

>    And, of course, without Matt Victoria's terrific photos, we would not 
> be
> able to share this w/ others in sbcobirding land!
>    So you see:  it does take a village!
>    Thanks to all,
>
>    Joan Lentz
>    Santa Barbara
Subject: Carp. Yellow-green Vireo 5:45pm
From: "sbtechmy" <sbtech AT aol.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:40:17 -0000
After an hour of searching the YG Vireo showed up gleaning a dark green 
leafed bush halfway up the tamarisk row near a noisy pump. No Red-eyed 
Vireo seen 4:45-6pm and only a few other passerines.  Regards, Ron 
Hirst, SB
Subject: Vireo credits, etc.
From: "Joan Lentz" <joanlentz AT cox.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 14:55:56 -0700
Hi All:
    It takes a village to find a vagrant, at least for me.
    The only reason I was at the Police Station tamarisks in Carp. this a.m. 
was because Peter Gaede (who's gone in Baja for awhile) scolded me for not 
checking them earlier when I was doing the Carp Bluffs birding thing.  This 
is actually a famous place for vagrants, or at least used to be back in the 
1980s, but we forget....& I hadn't checked it this fall.
    Next, it was Marilyn Harding who first spotted at least one of the 
vireos.  She has fantastic eyes.
    Lastly, it was Dave Compton who rushed over, after a phone call, & was 
the first to identify the Yellow-green Vireo.   I knew I had a Red-eye, but 
I wasn't sure what the other vireo was (being in shock at the fact of 2 
vagrants on site!)  Back in the day, the protocol was that whomever i.d.s 
the bird first gets the credit, not necessarily the finder.  I think that is 
still true.
    And, of course, without Matt Victoria's terrific photos, we would not be 
able to share this w/ others in sbcobirding land!
    So you see:  it does take a village!
    Thanks to all,

    Joan Lentz
    Santa Barbara
 
Subject: Birds of Cachuma Lake Monday September 29 - Sunday October 5, 2008
From: "liskelly" <mkelly AT co.santa-barbara.ca.us>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:55:16 -0000
Howdy Folks,
Mass movement of 60-75 TURKEY VULTURES yesterday; flying very high 
and moving northwest. 
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS are back at Cachuma. 
An adult BALD EAGLE and four OSPREY were flying/fishing over the 
marina Sat morning. 
We're hard up for birding news here. 



Birds of Cachuma Lake   Monday September 29  -  Sunday October 5, 2008

Mostly sightings by Liz Mason and Melissa Kelly


Pied-billed Grebe	Podilymbus podiceps
Western Grebe	Aechmophorus occidentalis
Clark's Grebe	Aechmophorus clarkii
Double-crested Cormorant	Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Blue Heron	Ardea herodias
Great Egret	Ardea alba
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
Gadwall	Anas strepera
Common Merganser	Mergus merganser
Ruddy Duck	Oxyura jamaicensis
Turkey Vulture	Cathartes aura
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Accipiter striatus
Red-shouldered Hawk	Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk	Buteo jamaicensis
Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
California Quail	Callipepla californica
American Coot	Fulica americana
California Gull	Larus californicus
Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura
Band-tailed Pigeon	Columba fasciata
Great Horned Owl	Buboo virginianus
White-throated Swift	Aeronautes saxatalis
Anna's Hummingbird	Calypte anna
Belted Kingfisher	Ceryle alcyon
Acorn Woodpecker	Melanerpes formicivorus
Nuttall's Woodpecker	Picoides nuttallii
Northern Flicker	Colaptes auratus
Black Phoebe	Sayornis nigricans
Western Scrub-Jay	Aphelocoma californica
American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos
Tree Swallow	Tachycineta bicolor
Oak Titmouse	Baeolophus inornatus
Bushtit	Psaltriparus minimus
White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis
Wrentit	Chamaea fasciata
Western Bluebird	Sialia mexicana
American Robin	Turdus migratorius
California Thrasher	Toxostoma redivivum
European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris
Common Yellowthroat	Geothlypis trichas
Spotted Towhee	Pipilo maculatus
California Towhee	Pipilo crissalis
White-crowned Sparrow	Zonotrichia leucophrys
Song Sparrow	Melospiza melodia
Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis
Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater
Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus
Brewer's Blackbird	Euphagus cyanocephalus
Great-tailed Grackle	Quiscalus mexicanus
House Finch	Carpodacus mexicanus
Lesser Goldfinch	Carduelis psaltria
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus

Melissa Kelly
Ass't Naturalist
Cachuma Lake County Park
Santa Barbara County, CA

Subject: Re: Two Vireos in Carpinteria
From: Dave Compton <davcompton AT verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:40:02 -0700 (PDT)
Here are some more details about how to get to this location, in case anyone is 
coming from out of town. Carpinteria Ave parallels US 101 on the south (ocean) 
side of the highway. The police station is on the south side of Carpinteria 
Ave, between the Casitas Pass Rd exit to the west (north, by the freeway signs) 
and the Baillard Ave exit to the east (south). The police station and city hall 
are in one complex. There is parking off the street in the police station and 
city hall lots and on the street in front of city hall. The best way to get 
from here to the area where Joan and Marilyn found the vireos is to start by 
walking south on the west side of the tamarisk row until you reach the end of 
the path. Then you cross under the tamarisk following a path that leads to the 
east side, nearer the driving range. From here you can easily continue south 
between the driving range fence and the tamarisk trees. 

 
Good luck.
 
Dave Compton
Santa Barbara

--- On Sun, 10/5/08, Mark Holmgren  wrote:

From: Mark Holmgren 
Subject: [sbcobirding] Two Vireos in Carpinteria
To: "SBCo Birding" 
Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 9:36 AM

Today Sunday  AT  9am Marilyn Harding and Joan Lentz found a Red-eyed Vireo and a
Yellow-green Vireo together in a tamarisk row on the E side of the Carpinteria
Police Station. The birds are 200m S of Carpinteria Ave., which is at the far S 

end of the solid row of tamarisk.  Additional locators are the SW corner of the
driving range, at the NW corner of the flower field.  Have fun!

Mark Holmgren
Santa Barbara



      

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Subject: Re: Two Vireos in Carpinteria
From: "Elizabeth" <i787i AT aim.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:01:35 -0000
At around 10:50 a.m., my sister, Dianna, and her husband Don Ricky,
called to report they had just seen the Yellow-Green Vireo at the
previously reported location, at the northwest corner of the flower
field.  Matt Victoria and Barry Rowen were already in the area when
they arrived and kindly pointed it out to them.  She said it was
hopping around in the Tamarisk trees, moving north to south (toward
the ocean)in the row of trees.

Post for Dianna and Don Ricky
by Liz Muraoka
Santa Barbara

--- In sbcobirding AT yahoogroups.com, Mark Holmgren  wrote:
>
> Today Sunday  AT  9am Marilyn Harding and Joan Lentz found a Red-eyed
Vireo and a Yellow-green Vireo together in a tamarisk row on the E
side of the Carpinteria Police Station.  The birds are 200m S of
Carpinteria Ave., which is at the far S end of the solid row of
tamarisk.  Additional locators are the SW corner of the driving range,
at the NW corner of the flower field.  Have fun!
> 
> Mark Holmgren
> Santa Barbara
> 
> 
> 
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Subject: Two Vireos in Carpinteria
From: Mark Holmgren <maholmgren AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 09:36:23 -0700 (PDT)
Today Sunday  AT  9am Marilyn Harding and Joan Lentz found a Red-eyed Vireo and a 
Yellow-green Vireo together in a tamarisk row on the E side of the Carpinteria 
Police Station. The birds are 200m S of Carpinteria Ave., which is at the far S 
end of the solid row of tamarisk. Additional locators are the SW corner of the 
driving range, at the NW corner of the flower field. Have fun! 


Mark Holmgren
Santa Barbara



      

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Subject: "possible trumpeter swan"
From: "robdenholtz" <robdenholtz AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:04:51 -0000
The "possible trumpeter swan" turns out to have been an "im-possible 
trumpeter swan" having been identified by two of our experts as a 
juvenile Mute Swan.  I hope not too many people rushed down to Carp to 
see the bird only to be disappointed that early speculation proved to 
be misguided.

Remember the meeting on the Carp Salt Marsh Blind on Tues. evening!  
Call me for more information.

Rob Denholtz
684-4060
Subject: Re: Possible Trumpeter Swan?
From: Dave Compton <davcompton AT verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 19:39:44 -0700 (PDT)
I was hoping there would be a follow-up on this post so that people would know 
that this bird was photographed and the photos show the identity conclusively. 
I'm taking it upon myself to let people know that this bird is a juvenile Mute 
Swan, since I'm sure many people would consider driving for miles to see a 
Trumpeter Swan. 

 
Incidentally, Mute Swan is really the only plausible swan at this date. The 
earliest Tundra Swan for Santa Barbara County was recorded on 31 October. The 
earliest Trumpeter Swan for California, at least through 2003, was recorded on 
8 November, and that was far to the north, in Lassen County. If people have 
been following posts of late, they will know that there have been several 
sightings of newly arrived Mute Swans in the area in the past week or so. 

 
Dave Compton
Santa Barbara

--- On Sat, 10/4/08, robdenholtz  wrote:

From: robdenholtz 
Subject: [sbcobirding] Possible Trumpeter Swan?
To: sbcobirding AT yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 9:17 AM

Tom Magill came over this morning with a possible sighting of a 
Trumpeter Swan in the Santa Monica Creek, by the RR tracks.  
Bird described as VERY large, neck 30+ inches, bill pink above, all 
black below with black "lipstick" mark on tip.  Small black circle 
around nostrils.  Lore was all black, no yellow spots or tinge ... 
black included eye.  Light brown-gray mottled back.  Light tan 
underparts.  Underwings whitish, unmarked.

This bird is not on the SB Co. Checklist.  Does anyone know of any 
sightings?


Rob Denholtz


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Subject: My first white crown sparrows of the fall
From: "dlbzzzzz" <davelb4 AT cox.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:09:48 -0000
We had three white crown sparrows at our ground feeders this morning.  
First of the season.

On another note, the pair of mallards that have spent the breeding 
season with us the past two years still remain on the koi pond.  We 
have enjoyed watching the dramatic molting of the male who the past 
week has returned to his full breeding season coloration.  We never 
realized that the male looks very much like the female in late summer.

dave brown
san antonio creek area in Santa Barbara
Subject: 7th Annual Hi Mountain Open House--October 11th 2008
From: Peter Dullea <pdullea AT hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 01:05:32 +0000
 
 
 
7th Annual Hi Mountain Open House--October 11th 2008
 
You Are Invited To AttendThe Seventh Annual Hi Mountain California Condor 
Campout andOpen House event at the Hi Mountain Lookout.Where: Hi Mountain 
Condor Lookout, San Luis Obispo County, Los Padres National Forest. For driving 
directions and the open house schedule of events visit the website at 
condorlookout.org 

When: Saturday October 11, 2008
What: Hi Mountain Lookout has been restored as a biological field research 
station and interpretive visitor center. The visitor center has California 
condor and other local wildlife display items. The day will include California 
Condor radio tracking demonstrations, native plant identification field trip, 
bird watching, geology overview, and in the evening guest speaker powerpoint 
slide presentations and astronomy telescopic observations of the evening sky. 
Overnightcamping is optional.For more information go to www.condorlookout.org 
To register for the event please call Steve Schubert at # (805) 528-6138 or 
e-mail to s_schub AT webtv.net 

 
Note: Published with the express permission of the list owner.Peter Dullea 
LompocKI6PWE 


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Subject: Re: Magnolia Warbler
From: "sbtechmy" <sbtech AT aol.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:39:02 -0000
Hi Noah,  Thanks for seeing this bird. I probably saw the same bird 
around 11am about 50 yards upcreek from the bridge loosely associating 
with bushtits, a Warbling Vireo and a Townshends & a few Wilsons 
Warblers. The odd thing about the bird upcreek was that it seemed to 
have a grayish throat and chin with only hints of yellow there, not 
solid like in the filed guides. The back also seemed a limier color 
similar to a Chestnut-sided Warbler. At first I thought the bird was a 
hybrid of a Chestnut-sided and a Magnolia but I could definitely be 
wrong because a) never seen such a hybrid, or a recent 1st fall 
Magnolia b) difficult bird to watch for the 10 minutes I saw it in 
bushes/willows from 50 feet. c) lighting was all washed out and glary 
at the time. d) bird was often wet.
A prominent thin white wing bar first was outstanding along with the 
yellow chest ending at the belly with white lower belly and 
undercoverts. The eye ring was viewable and a flash of limish green 
back. Two thin wing bars and non-descript face from a distance. The 
coloration and wing bars and eye ring and flash of limish back were the 
main things that stood out for me at the time along with the smallish 
size and smallish bill. Between 10-11am there were also a couple Bl-
headed Grosbeaks at 6th St and a Nashville 100 yards below 8th St. plus 
a Pac.-Slope Flycatcher.  Good birding!   Regards Ron Hirst
--- In sbcobirding AT yahoogroups.com, "Noah Gaines"  
wrote:
>
> 10/4/08
> 
> Around noon from the bridge at Carpinteria Creek, I saw a first fall
> Magnolia Warbler.  Other birds of note were Townsend's Warbler,
> Nashville Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Yellow Warbler, and a Bullock's
> Oriole.
> 
> Noah Gaines
> Santa Barbara, CA
>

Subject: Magnolia Warbler
From: "Noah Gaines" <skater_ako1 AT hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:20:26 -0000
10/4/08

Around noon from the bridge at Carpinteria Creek, I saw a first fall
Magnolia Warbler.  Other birds of note were Townsend's Warbler,
Nashville Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Yellow Warbler, and a Bullock's
Oriole.

Noah Gaines
Santa Barbara, CA
Subject: Ruff (Reeve) and Pomarine Jaeger
From: "Mark Brown" <lawoffmarkbrown AT verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:48:49 -0000
All:

I saw a Pomarine Jaeger bothering Elegant Terns at the SMRE this
morning.  It would follow the terns on land hounding them for their
fish.  It had nice long spoons and was brawny with a complete ring of
dark brown on the breast. At the Guadalupe sewage pasture was an adult
female Ruff.  

Mark Brown
Santa Maria
Subject: Chestnut-sided Warbler, but not much else
From: Dave Compton <davcompton AT verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 15:47:07 -0700 (PDT)
This morning, Nick Lethaby, Curtis Marantz, and I birded Gaviota State Beach 
and environs. The best bird was a Chestnut-sided Warbler in the top of a 
sycamore along the entrance road, just north of the creek crossing that is just 
outside the park entrance. It seems to be a good year for this species. 

 
The fennel along the road that parallels the west side of the creek was pretty 
dead. The park had a few warblers, but nothing better than a Black-throated 
Gray. 

 
I also briefly birded Refugio State Beach, where the migrants were only some of 
the most common warblers and a couple of Western Tanagers. Stowe House was 
similarly uninteresting, with a couple of Black-throated Gray Warblers and a 
Cinnamon Teal the best I could do. 

 
Dave Compton
Santa Barbara

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Subject: Brewer's Sparrow
From: Hugh Ranson <zonetail AT verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:06:27 -0700
I stopped briefly at Elings Park in Santa Barbara this morning. Only  
bird of note was a Brewer's Sparrow. NO migrant warblers.

Hugh R.
SB
Subject: Re: Possible Trumpeter Swan?
From: "Jamie Chavez" <almiyi AT verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:58:02 -0700
Hi Rob,

A few years ago a tagged Trumpeter Swan was found in Goleta. It's origin was 
traced to a relocated tagged and released bird originating from Idaho and 
thus determined not to be of "natural origin" in CA and SBA county according 
to the CBRC. A few links below on this particular bird. Now, that's not to 
say that a wild Trumpeter can't be found (Brad Schram photographed one on 
the Carrizo Plain many years ago) but it's origin would obviously be suspect 
if it had any markings or tags.

Photo from 2004:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/8791

From the sbcobirding message archive:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/6181
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23971969 AT N03/2303355020/

______________
Jamie M. Chavez
Santa Maria, CA
www.sbcobirding.com
www.flickr.com/photos/almiyi/


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robdenholtz" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 9:17 AM
Subject: [sbcobirding] Possible Trumpeter Swan?


> Tom Magill came over this morning with a possible sighting of a
> Trumpeter Swan in the Santa Monica Creek, by the RR tracks.
> Bird described as VERY large, neck 30+ inches, bill pink above, all
> black below with black "lipstick" mark on tip.  Small black circle
> around nostrils.  Lore was all black, no yellow spots or tinge ...
> black included eye.  Light brown-gray mottled back.  Light tan
> underparts.  Underwings whitish, unmarked.
>
> This bird is not on the SB Co. Checklist.  Does anyone know of any
> sightings?
>
>
> Rob Denholtz
>
>
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>
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>
>
>
> 
Subject: Possible Trumpeter Swan?
From: "robdenholtz" <robdenholtz AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:17:02 -0000
Tom Magill came over this morning with a possible sighting of a 
Trumpeter Swan in the Santa Monica Creek, by the RR tracks.  
Bird described as VERY large, neck 30+ inches, bill pink above, all 
black below with black "lipstick" mark on tip.  Small black circle 
around nostrils.  Lore was all black, no yellow spots or tinge ... 
black included eye.  Light brown-gray mottled back.  Light tan 
underparts.  Underwings whitish, unmarked.

This bird is not on the SB Co. Checklist.  Does anyone know of any 
sightings?


Rob Denholtz
Subject: re Waller warbler
From: "Mark Brown" <lawoffmarkbrown AT verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:55:48 -0000
Thanks, hamiltonrobb for the input.  I now consider it to be a
"Blue-winged Warbler with a bit of Golden-winged genes in its past"
From the Fallarones blog:

"On the 17th, we found the island's 2nd Blue-winged Warbler on Corm
Blind Hill. It was a neat looking bird in that it probably has a bit
of Golden-winged genes in its distant past. The mask extended back a
little further than a typical BWWA with a little downward curl at the
posterior end of the mask. Other than that, it looked just like an
adult male BWWA."


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1zIHPEuZ4Xw/SOPUwTwwTrI/AAAAAAAAAg4/JrhcNaV29S8/s1600-h/BWWA15+copy_cropped.JPG 

.

That is what my bird looked like.  I saw it Thursday evening in poor
light. I was unable to refind it today Friday October 3, 2008.  

Mark Brown
Santa Maria

Subject: Gaviota
From: "Wes Fritz" <wes-fritz AT verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:27:49 -0700
S.B. birders,

I birded Gaviota this morning, the birds of note are one Lesser Nighthawk on 
road/path to the Fennel patch. A Lucy's Warbler was in the Fennel patch by the 
pepper tree. A Prairie Warbler was seen in the trees by the campground host's 
trailer. 


Yesterday, I birded on the Condor Express, during a whale watching trip. The 
birds of note are, at least to me. 1 Pacific Loon, 1 Common Loon, 8 Pink-footed 
Shearwaters, 175 Black-vented Shearwaters, 10 Sooty Shearwaters, Some migrating 
Surf Scoters, 5 Pomarine Jaegers, 2 Parasitic Jaegers, 1 Sabine's Gull, 4 
Common Murres, 16 Cassin's Auklets and 1 Rhinoceros Auklet. I have heard 
roomers of a Booby out in the channel, it has been seen a few times over the 
last couple of months. It was seen last week or the week before. I don't know 
what kind it is, he just said it looked like a Masked booby with out the mask. 
This is a second hand report. 


The next pelagic trip is on Oct. 18th, it leaves from Ventura and goes out to 
the Channel Islands, If you are interested and want more information go to 
http://www.SoCalBirding.com 


Good birding,
Wes Fritz
Solvang, Ca. 
(805) 895-0685 
wes-fritz AT verizon.net


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Subject: Lots of Eurasian Collared Doves in Lompoc
From: "Paul G. Rosso" <prrosso AT verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:49:39 -0700
This morning, Oct 3rd -- I saw 52 Eurasian Collared Doves on South E St.
Last week, there were 36 Eurasian Collared Doves on North V St.
While, these are becoming very common -- the numbers are getting very large.

Paul Rosso
Lompoc, CA
Cell: 805-588-4320

Note: this is a new email address-- prrosso AT verizon.net

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Subject: Bird Blind Meeting - change of date
From: "robdenholtz" <robdenholtz AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:21:52 -0000
Please note that the meeting to discuss a possible Bird Blind for the 
Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park will be held on Tuesday, Oct.7,  AT  
7:30 pm instead of Wed., Oct.8 as previously stated.  Location remains 
Silver Sands Village Mobile Home Park, 349 Ash Ave., in the clubhouse.

Thank you.

Rob Denholtz
Subject: Gray Flycatcher continues at Goleta Cemetery, etc.
From: "Joan Lentz" <joanlentz AT cox.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:57:19 -0700
Hi All:
    This morning Karen & I had the same idea as Dave Compton & Holly Keefe:
to visit the cemetery and to go to Atascadero Crk. bet/ Turnpike and the "S"
curve.
    Turns out they missed the Gray Flycatcher at the cemetery and we missed
the Blackpoll Warbler at Atascadero.  Isn't birding fun?
    Anyway, the Gray Flycatcher, refound this year by Mark Holmgren, is
presumably the same bird found on the CBC by Robbie Hamilton last winter.
You can get really good looks of the flycatcher by driving to the southeast
corner of Goleta Cemetery off San Antonio Rd. (which runs north from
Hollister), and watching the fence that borders the baseball field to the
south.  The flycatcher was there at 10:30 a.m.
    Afterwards, I decided to go to Bohnett Park on the West side (bet/ San
Andres St. and San Pascual).  This little pocket park has been replanted &
restored & is neat on a weekday morning.  Lots of birds in there, huge
Bushtit flock, but I couldn't pull out anything other than a Black-thr. Gray
Warbler and a couple of Orange-crowned Warblers.  But the willows and
sycamores are  growing large & a little creek runs thru it.  Note:  they are
working on installing a big playground facility in the top area of the park,
so don't enter from the San Andres St. side -- at least temporarily -- but
park on San Pascual.  This park was the site of a wintering  Hammond's
Flycatcher a couple of years ago.

    Good birding!

    Joan Lentz
    Santa Barbara
Subject: UCSB Campus notes
From: Florence Sanchez <sanchez AT polsci.ucsb.edu>
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:49:25 -0700
The old gym wetland area was quiet at noon today, on a much nicer day for 
bird activity than last Wednesday, when there was lots of activity at this 
location.  Go figure.  One Oak Titmouse and 1 orange-crowned Warbler were 
about the only things hanging around there.

The alder trees between Kerr and North Halls and a couple of Townsend's 
Warblers, and orange-crown, and 1 Hutton's Vireo.  There are also 
Townsend's Warblers hanging around the trees outside of Ellison Hall.

I had two people stop me on my walk today to tell me that our campus Mute 
Swan "has a buddy."  From their descriptions, it sounds like a juvenile 
Mute Swan has joined him/her, possibly one of the individuals at Rancho 
Goleta that Liz displayed in her photographs.  I did not have time today to 
walk to the part of the Lagoon (the east end) where the two of them were 
hanging out at noontime.

Florence Sanchez
Subject: Black-throated Grey
From: "2Palleys" <2palleys AT cox.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:36:07 -0700
            This morning on our usual hike up the Jesusita Trail, Kenny and
I spotted a black-throated grey warbler flitting about very actively high in
a sycamore tree. I'm thinking it was likely a juvenile because I couldn't
see any streaks on the breast or belly.  Up by the water fountain, the
olives were perfectly ripe, but nothing was eating them.     Alex Palley


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Subject: Blackpoll Warbler at Atascadero Creek
From: Dave Compton <davcompton AT verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:31:42 -0700 (PDT)
This morning, Holly Keefe and I birded the Goleta Cemetery and Atascadero Creek 
(Goleta) from Turnpike east to the S curve near Via Miguel. We struck out on 
the Gray Flycatcher at the cemetery (but I think we can expect a post on that 
location from Joan Lentz), but we found a reasonable number of migrants at or 
just upstream of the S curve at Atascadero Creek. The best bird was a BLACKPOLL 
WARBLER just upstream (east) of the S curve. It was a fairly well-marked bird 
compared to most of those we see here in fall, with pretty distinct streaking 
dorsally and ventrally. Otherwise, we had a couple of Warbling Vireos, maybe 15 
Orange-crowned Warblers, 1 Yellow, 5 Yellow-rumpeds, 2 Townsend's, and a 
Western Tanager. 

 
Dave Compton
Santa Barbara

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