- RBA
* California
* Santa Barbara
* September 16, 2005
* CASB0509.16
- Birds mentioned
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose
White Pelican
Black Skimmer
Osprey
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Red Knot
Common Ground-dove
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Tropical Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Tennessee Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Palm Warbler
Northern Parula
American Redstart
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Canada Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Orchard Oriole
Black-throated Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Indigo Bunting
- Transcript
This is the Santa Barbara Audubon Society's rare bird report being recorded
on Friday, September 24 at 2 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.
This morning, an adult male BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was found at Refugio
State Beach. It was first seen in the first eucalyptus tree on the west of
the creek, just after you enter the campground. It then flew to pepper trees
near the railroad tracks. On Wednesday, an ORCHARD ORIOLE and a BLACKPOLL
WARBLER were present here.
At El Capitan State Beach this morning was a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, which
was in an oak at the end of the nature trail, where it comes into the
entrance road. A HERMIT WARBLER was in the same tree, and a CHESTNUT-BACKED
CHICKADEE was about halfway along the nature trail. A BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER was found inside the lower campground yesterday.
At Brandon School in west Goleta, a TENNESSEE WARBLER and a PALM WARBER were
in the bottlebrush trees near the parking lot yesterday.
At the south end of Coronado in Goleta, a NORTHERN PARULA was found on
Wednesday.
Laguna Creek, just across the railroad tracks from the new Chase Palm Park,
still had one LUCY'S WARBLER on Wednesday, along with a BELL'S VIREO
foraging in willows and weedy vegetation. Walk east along the railroad track
for about 100 yards from Garden Street and look in the fennel. A
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found on the north side of the railroad tracks on
Monday, 10 yards west of Laguna Street. A juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was
reported from the wetland at Ninos Drive, south of Cabrillo, on Sunday. At
the Garden Street outfall, there were 80 BLACK SKIMMERS on Saturday the
17th.
A TENNESSEE WARBLER was found in the small wetland area in Girsh Park, just
north of Phelps Road in Goleta, on the 19th.
On Monday, there was a continuing LUCY'S WARBLER seen from the UCSB overlook
to Goleta Slough, which is just opposite the Environmental Health and Safety
building on campus. It was below the bluff with a flock of bushtits. A
TENNESSEE WARBLER was seen here on Sunday the 18th.
Another TENNESSEE WARBLER was seen on the 17th on the south side of Elings
Park in Santa Barbara. It was just beyond where Calle Montilla deadends at
the park.
At Devereux Slough, yesterday were three WHITE PELICANS and two PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS. [In addition, 2 OSPREY were seen there today.]
At Carpinteria Creek, a NORTHERN PARULA was present on Tuesday about midway
between Carpinteria Avenue and 8th Street. On the 17th, there was a
continuing AMERICAN REDSTART near the 8th Street bridge, and a NOTHERN
WATERTHRUSH about a quarter mile above the Hwy 101 bridge.
Birds found on private property this week in the South County include a
RED-EYED VIREO, a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, a CANADA WARBLER, two ORCHARD
ORIOLES, an INDIGO BUNTING and a COMMON GROUND-DOVE.
Kinevan Road, near the top of Highway 154, had on the 17th two HERMIT
WARBLERS and one BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER.
At Cachuma Lake, a juvenile BLACK-THROATED SPARROW was seen on Tuesday on a
trail that leads out of the Harvey's Cove parking lot. Also seen on the boat
tours last week were eight WHITE PELICANS, and a juvenile BLACK SKIMMER.
At the Guadalupe Sewage Plant, seven PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and two
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS were seen on the 19th.
The Santa Maria River Mouth is now open for birding. A TROPICAL KINGBIRD was
found on Tuesday in the pasture weeds and on the power lines to the right,
just beyond the S bend as you drive through the entrance to Guadalupe Beach.
A RED KNOT was reported from the river estuary on the 18th.
At Waller Park in Santa Maria, the CACKLING GOOSE and the ROSS'S GOOSE were
still in the front pond on the 15th.
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
* September 16, 2005
* CASB0509.16
- Birds mentioned
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose
White Pelican
Black Skimmer
Osprey
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Red Knot
Common Ground-dove
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Tropical Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Tennessee Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Palm Warbler
Northern Parula
American Redstart
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Canada Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Orchard Oriole
Black-throated Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Indigo Bunting
- Transcript
This is the Santa Barbara Audubon Society's rare bird report being recorded
on Friday, September 24 at 2 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.
This morning, an adult male BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was found at Refugio
State Beach. It was first seen in the first eucalyptus tree on the west of
the creek, just after you enter the campground. It then flew to pepper trees
near the railroad tracks. On Wednesday, an ORCHARD ORIOLE and a BLACKPOLL
WARBLER were present here.
At El Capitan State Beach this morning was a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, which
was in an oak at the end of the nature trail, where it comes into the
entrance road. A HERMIT WARBLER was in the same tree, and a CHESTNUT-BACKED
CHICKADEE was about halfway along the nature trail. A BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER was found inside the lower campground yesterday.
At Brandon School in west Goleta, a TENNESSEE WARBLER and a PALM WARBER were
in the bottlebrush trees near the parking lot yesterday.
At the south end of Coronado in Goleta, a NORTHERN PARULA was found on
Wednesday.
Laguna Creek, just across the railroad tracks from the new Chase Palm Park,
still had one LUCY'S WARBLER on Wednesday, along with a BELL'S VIREO
foraging in willows and weedy vegetation. Walk east along the railroad track
for about 100 yards from Garden Street and look in the fennel. A
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found on the north side of the railroad tracks on
Monday, 10 yards west of Laguna Street. A juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was
reported from the wetland at Ninos Drive, south of Cabrillo, on Sunday. At
the Garden Street outfall, there were 80 BLACK SKIMMERS on Saturday the
17th.
A TENNESSEE WARBLER was found in the small wetland area in Girsh Park, just
north of Phelps Road in Goleta, on the 19th.
On Monday, there was a continuing LUCY'S WARBLER seen from the UCSB overlook
to Goleta Slough, which is just opposite the Environmental Health and Safety
building on campus. It was below the bluff with a flock of bushtits. A
TENNESSEE WARBLER was seen here on Sunday the 18th.
Another TENNESSEE WARBLER was seen on the 17th on the south side of Elings
Park in Santa Barbara. It was just beyond where Calle Montilla deadends at
the park.
At Devereux Slough, yesterday were three WHITE PELICANS and two PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS. [In addition, 2 OSPREY were seen there today.]
At Carpinteria Creek, a NORTHERN PARULA was present on Tuesday about midway
between Carpinteria Avenue and 8th Street. On the 17th, there was a
continuing AMERICAN REDSTART near the 8th Street bridge, and a NOTHERN
WATERTHRUSH about a quarter mile above the Hwy 101 bridge.
Birds found on private property this week in the South County include a
RED-EYED VIREO, a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, a CANADA WARBLER, two ORCHARD
ORIOLES, an INDIGO BUNTING and a COMMON GROUND-DOVE.
Kinevan Road, near the top of Highway 154, had on the 17th two HERMIT
WARBLERS and one BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER.
At Cachuma Lake, a juvenile BLACK-THROATED SPARROW was seen on Tuesday on a
trail that leads out of the Harvey's Cove parking lot. Also seen on the boat
tours last week were eight WHITE PELICANS, and a juvenile BLACK SKIMMER.
At the Guadalupe Sewage Plant, seven PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and two
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS were seen on the 19th.
The Santa Maria River Mouth is now open for birding. A TROPICAL KINGBIRD was
found on Tuesday in the pasture weeds and on the power lines to the right,
just beyond the S bend as you drive through the entrance to Guadalupe Beach.
A RED KNOT was reported from the river estuary on the 18th.
At Waller Park in Santa Maria, the CACKLING GOOSE and the ROSS'S GOOSE were
still in the front pond on the 15th.
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