- RBA
* California
* Santa Barbara
* February 9, 2007
* CASB0702.09
- Birds mentioned
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
Red-necked Grebe
American White Pelican
Bald Eagle
Zone-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Crested Caracara
Black Skimmer
Common Ground-Dove
Hammond's Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Lucy's Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Painted Redstart
Summer Tanager
Orchard Oriole
Tri-colored Blackbird
Swamp Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
- Transcript
This is the Santa Barbara Audubon Society's rare bird report being recorded
on Friday, February 9 at 1 p.m. If you have a rare bird sighting to report,
call Karen Bridgers at 964-1316. For those of you who are getting the
transcript on the Internet, the rare bird alert number for Santa Barbara is
(805) 964-8240.
The wintering PAINTED REDSTART on the UCSB campus is still present. Park in
the Mesa parking structure and walk south, past Campbell Hall. Look near the
Coral Tree Cafe (in the coral trees), or further on, in the open area where
the eternal flame is. A LUCY'S WARBLER continues in the bottlebrush trees
inside the courtyard at the Counseling and Career Center. Both birds were
seen on the 3rd.
[ The Eurasian Wigeon was seen in the Goleta Slough this morning ( and
yesterday
too) and was visible from the viewing platform near the Beachside Café.]
A wintering female BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER is in Stow Grove Park, at
the southernmost end of the park, in the smaller trees on the lawn and in
the large row of eucalyptus. The bird was still there on the 3rd. Along the
wooden fence line in the same area is a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
On More Mesa, a CRESTED CARACARA was found on the 2nd, and remained on the
3rd, but has not been seen since. A COMMON GROUND-DOVE was present on the
3rd.
A HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER is wintering at Bohnett Park, off San Andreas Street
near the intersection with Victoria. That bird was still present on the 4th.
The ZONE-TAILED HAWK has returned for its 14th winter. The bird was first
found at the top of North Fairview Avenue at Cuesta Verde in Goleta, which
is the best place to look for it in the early morning or late afternoon. It
was seen on the 2nd, in west Goleta, heading toward Winchester Canyon.
There is a RED-NECKED GREBE off Goleta Beach, and it was seen on the 3rd.
At Stow House, a female SUMMER TANAGER was seen in the eucalyptus trees
yesterday.
At Devereux Slough, a TROPICAL KINGBIRD was still present on the 7th, near
the second observation pullout. A ROSS’S GOOSE was present on the 4th.
Two ROSS'S GEESE remain in the pond at the Rancho Goleta Mobile Home Park at
the end of Ward Drive in Goleta.
BLACK SKIMMERS are still wintering on East Beach.
In Montecito, a female ORCHARD ORIOLE was still present on Wednesday at the
northwest corner of the tennis courts at the Biltmore Hotel. An adult male
and an immature male ORCHARD ORIOLE have also been seen here in the last
week.
Highlights at Cachuma Lake last week included 2 adult and 4 immature BALD
EAGLES, 1 ROSS’S GOOSE, 2 CACKLING GEESE, up to 12 WHITE PELICANS, 2 adult
PEREGRINE FALCONS, and a TRI-COLORED BLACKBIRD.
In the North County, a SWAMP SPARROW was at the City Park at River Oaks in
Santa Maria yesterday. Eleven WHITE PELICANS were also here.
A VESPER SPARROW was reported from the Santa Maria Sewage Plant on Monday.
At Waller Park in Santa Maria, Both the CACKLING GOOSE and the ROSS'S GOOSE
remain in the front pond, and were seen on the 3rd.
In blackberry bushes in the southeast corner of Old La Purisima Mission
Park, off south G Street in Lompoc, there is a wintering WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW.
That is all the bird news for now, but, again, if you have a rare sighting
to report, call Karen Bridgers at 964-1316. Good birding in Santa Barbara
County.
- End transcript
* California
* Santa Barbara
* February 9, 2007
* CASB0702.09
- Birds mentioned
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
Red-necked Grebe
American White Pelican
Bald Eagle
Zone-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Crested Caracara
Black Skimmer
Common Ground-Dove
Hammond's Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Lucy's Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Painted Redstart
Summer Tanager
Orchard Oriole
Tri-colored Blackbird
Swamp Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
- Transcript
This is the Santa Barbara Audubon Society's rare bird report being recorded
on Friday, February 9 at 1 p.m. If you have a rare bird sighting to report,
call Karen Bridgers at 964-1316. For those of you who are getting the
transcript on the Internet, the rare bird alert number for Santa Barbara is
(805) 964-8240.
The wintering PAINTED REDSTART on the UCSB campus is still present. Park in
the Mesa parking structure and walk south, past Campbell Hall. Look near the
Coral Tree Cafe (in the coral trees), or further on, in the open area where
the eternal flame is. A LUCY'S WARBLER continues in the bottlebrush trees
inside the courtyard at the Counseling and Career Center. Both birds were
seen on the 3rd.
[ The Eurasian Wigeon was seen in the Goleta Slough this morning ( and
yesterday
too) and was visible from the viewing platform near the Beachside Café.]
A wintering female BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER is in Stow Grove Park, at
the southernmost end of the park, in the smaller trees on the lawn and in
the large row of eucalyptus. The bird was still there on the 3rd. Along the
wooden fence line in the same area is a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
On More Mesa, a CRESTED CARACARA was found on the 2nd, and remained on the
3rd, but has not been seen since. A COMMON GROUND-DOVE was present on the
3rd.
A HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER is wintering at Bohnett Park, off San Andreas Street
near the intersection with Victoria. That bird was still present on the 4th.
The ZONE-TAILED HAWK has returned for its 14th winter. The bird was first
found at the top of North Fairview Avenue at Cuesta Verde in Goleta, which
is the best place to look for it in the early morning or late afternoon. It
was seen on the 2nd, in west Goleta, heading toward Winchester Canyon.
There is a RED-NECKED GREBE off Goleta Beach, and it was seen on the 3rd.
At Stow House, a female SUMMER TANAGER was seen in the eucalyptus trees
yesterday.
At Devereux Slough, a TROPICAL KINGBIRD was still present on the 7th, near
the second observation pullout. A ROSS’S GOOSE was present on the 4th.
Two ROSS'S GEESE remain in the pond at the Rancho Goleta Mobile Home Park at
the end of Ward Drive in Goleta.
BLACK SKIMMERS are still wintering on East Beach.
In Montecito, a female ORCHARD ORIOLE was still present on Wednesday at the
northwest corner of the tennis courts at the Biltmore Hotel. An adult male
and an immature male ORCHARD ORIOLE have also been seen here in the last
week.
Highlights at Cachuma Lake last week included 2 adult and 4 immature BALD
EAGLES, 1 ROSS’S GOOSE, 2 CACKLING GEESE, up to 12 WHITE PELICANS, 2 adult
PEREGRINE FALCONS, and a TRI-COLORED BLACKBIRD.
In the North County, a SWAMP SPARROW was at the City Park at River Oaks in
Santa Maria yesterday. Eleven WHITE PELICANS were also here.
A VESPER SPARROW was reported from the Santa Maria Sewage Plant on Monday.
At Waller Park in Santa Maria, Both the CACKLING GOOSE and the ROSS'S GOOSE
remain in the front pond, and were seen on the 3rd.
In blackberry bushes in the southeast corner of Old La Purisima Mission
Park, off south G Street in Lompoc, there is a wintering WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW.
That is all the bird news for now, but, again, if you have a rare sighting
to report, call Karen Bridgers at 964-1316. Good birding in Santa Barbara
County.
- End transcript