- RBA
* California
* Santa Barbara
* October 7, 2005
* CASB0510.07
- Birds mentioned
Ross's Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Blue-winged Teal
American White Pelican
Common Moorhen
White-faced Ibis
Wild Turkey
Cattle Egret
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
American Golden-plover
Pacific Golden-plover
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Ruff
Wandering Tattler
Common Ground-dove
White-winged Dove
Red-naped Sapsucker
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Vermillion Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-green Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Hermit Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Bobolink
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
- Transcript
This is the Santa Barbara Audubon Society's rare bird report being recorded
on Friday, October 7 at 3:30 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.
A YELLOW-GREEN VIREO was found on Tuesday at El Capitan State Beach. The
bird was on the entrance road, between the creek crossing and the road that
leads off to the left on the east side of the creek. We have no further
report. The same day, a TROPICAL KINGBIRD was vocalizing in the field on the
west side of the creek, between the creek and the day use parking area. A
BLACKPOLL WARBLER was in the area on Wednesday.
On Monday, a SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was found in Summerland, just west
of the QAD building. That bird could not be refound the next day. Go east
(right) on Ortega Ridge Road from the Sheffield exit until just past Ortega
Hill Road, where you turn right into the QAD driveway. Stay right in the
parking lot and park about 50 yards short of the loading dock. Look in the
oaks.
A RUFF, found last weekend in a pasture northwest of the Guadalupe Sewage
Plant in the North County was still present at the beginning of the week,
along with two PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVERS, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, two
BOBOLINKS, several PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and a CATTLE EGRET. From the
intersection of West Main Street, or Highway 166, and Highway 1, continue
west on West Main, beyond the public school and housing development. Look
for Jack O'Connell Park on the right just beyond the last neighborhood at
Calle Cesar Chavez. Continue just past this street to an unnamed road next
to the park lawn. The entrance is marked "City of Guadalupe Wastewater
Treatment". Drive up this road until you get to the end and scope into the
pasture to the west, just over the green gate. Please stay on the road and
do not block the entrance to the gates. There have been no sightings this
week of the NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW that was found a week ago. On
Monday, a juvenile BRAOD-WINGED HAWK was seen soaring over Highway 1, a few
miles south of Guadalupe.
The Bird Refuge in Santa Barbara had a COMMON MOORHEN yesterday, along with
10 CANADA GEESE and a BLUE-WINGED TEAL.
In Goleta, a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER has returned for its third winter to the
pepper tree near the tennis courts on Kellogg Avenue.
At the Goleta Sewage Plant, three PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and some BLUE-WINGED
TEAL were present on Tuesday.
No word this week on the MAGNOLIA WARBLER that was found last week on the
UCSB campus. This is possibly the same bird that wintered at the same
location last year. Look in the alder trees between Kerr and North Halls and
the old gym wetlands.
At Devereux Slough, the three WHITE PELICANS were still present on
Wednesday, along with a CATTLE EGRET, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and a juvenile
WHITE-FACED IBIS. A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was there on Tuesday.
There were two WANDERLING TATTLERS at the Santa Barbara Harbor sandspit on
Wednesday.
On Sunday the 2nd, a VERMILION FLYCATCHER and a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH were
seen on Santa Cruz Island, at Prisoner's Harbor.
Birds found on private property last week include a TROPICAL KINGBIRD, a
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, and a COMMON GROUND-DOVE.
At Cachuma Lake, highlights from last week include a CATTLE EGRET, two adult
and one immature BALD EAGLE, two WHITE PELICANS, and 19 WILD TURKEYS.
There was a report of two adult GOLDEN EAGLES from Figueroa Mountain Road at
milepost 2.53 on Wednesday.
In the North County, a HERMIT WARBLER was found in Miguelito Canyon Park in
Lompoc on Wednesday. On Monday, two CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES were in the
park.
Also in Lompoc, a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was still present this week on electric
wires in the alley between south E Street and south F Street, south of E.
Locust Ave.
At the Santa Maria Sewage Plant, a SWAMP SPARROW was reported from the pond
surrounded by reeds that is northwest of the first big pond.
At Waller Park in Santa Maria, the CACKLING GOOSE and the ROSS'S GOOSE were
still in the front pond on the 15th of September. A PLUMBEOUS VIREO was seen
in the lower pines around Area 3 on Monday.
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
* October 7, 2005
* CASB0510.07
- Birds mentioned
Ross's Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Blue-winged Teal
American White Pelican
Common Moorhen
White-faced Ibis
Wild Turkey
Cattle Egret
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
American Golden-plover
Pacific Golden-plover
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Ruff
Wandering Tattler
Common Ground-dove
White-winged Dove
Red-naped Sapsucker
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Vermillion Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-green Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Hermit Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Bobolink
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
- Transcript
This is the Santa Barbara Audubon Society's rare bird report being recorded
on Friday, October 7 at 3:30 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.
A YELLOW-GREEN VIREO was found on Tuesday at El Capitan State Beach. The
bird was on the entrance road, between the creek crossing and the road that
leads off to the left on the east side of the creek. We have no further
report. The same day, a TROPICAL KINGBIRD was vocalizing in the field on the
west side of the creek, between the creek and the day use parking area. A
BLACKPOLL WARBLER was in the area on Wednesday.
On Monday, a SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was found in Summerland, just west
of the QAD building. That bird could not be refound the next day. Go east
(right) on Ortega Ridge Road from the Sheffield exit until just past Ortega
Hill Road, where you turn right into the QAD driveway. Stay right in the
parking lot and park about 50 yards short of the loading dock. Look in the
oaks.
A RUFF, found last weekend in a pasture northwest of the Guadalupe Sewage
Plant in the North County was still present at the beginning of the week,
along with two PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVERS, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, two
BOBOLINKS, several PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and a CATTLE EGRET. From the
intersection of West Main Street, or Highway 166, and Highway 1, continue
west on West Main, beyond the public school and housing development. Look
for Jack O'Connell Park on the right just beyond the last neighborhood at
Calle Cesar Chavez. Continue just past this street to an unnamed road next
to the park lawn. The entrance is marked "City of Guadalupe Wastewater
Treatment". Drive up this road until you get to the end and scope into the
pasture to the west, just over the green gate. Please stay on the road and
do not block the entrance to the gates. There have been no sightings this
week of the NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW that was found a week ago. On
Monday, a juvenile BRAOD-WINGED HAWK was seen soaring over Highway 1, a few
miles south of Guadalupe.
The Bird Refuge in Santa Barbara had a COMMON MOORHEN yesterday, along with
10 CANADA GEESE and a BLUE-WINGED TEAL.
In Goleta, a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER has returned for its third winter to the
pepper tree near the tennis courts on Kellogg Avenue.
At the Goleta Sewage Plant, three PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and some BLUE-WINGED
TEAL were present on Tuesday.
No word this week on the MAGNOLIA WARBLER that was found last week on the
UCSB campus. This is possibly the same bird that wintered at the same
location last year. Look in the alder trees between Kerr and North Halls and
the old gym wetlands.
At Devereux Slough, the three WHITE PELICANS were still present on
Wednesday, along with a CATTLE EGRET, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and a juvenile
WHITE-FACED IBIS. A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was there on Tuesday.
There were two WANDERLING TATTLERS at the Santa Barbara Harbor sandspit on
Wednesday.
On Sunday the 2nd, a VERMILION FLYCATCHER and a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH were
seen on Santa Cruz Island, at Prisoner's Harbor.
Birds found on private property last week include a TROPICAL KINGBIRD, a
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, and a COMMON GROUND-DOVE.
At Cachuma Lake, highlights from last week include a CATTLE EGRET, two adult
and one immature BALD EAGLE, two WHITE PELICANS, and 19 WILD TURKEYS.
There was a report of two adult GOLDEN EAGLES from Figueroa Mountain Road at
milepost 2.53 on Wednesday.
In the North County, a HERMIT WARBLER was found in Miguelito Canyon Park in
Lompoc on Wednesday. On Monday, two CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES were in the
park.
Also in Lompoc, a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was still present this week on electric
wires in the alley between south E Street and south F Street, south of E.
Locust Ave.
At the Santa Maria Sewage Plant, a SWAMP SPARROW was reported from the pond
surrounded by reeds that is northwest of the first big pond.
At Waller Park in Santa Maria, the CACKLING GOOSE and the ROSS'S GOOSE were
still in the front pond on the 15th of September. A PLUMBEOUS VIREO was seen
in the lower pines around Area 3 on Monday.
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