http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY BIRDING Sat, 25 May 2013 22:32:05 GMT ash34958 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19497 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19497 Saturday, May 25, 2013, noon, Ellen and I just returned from checking out the Estero Way path through the western sector of the Marsh and out to the lagoon. Sat, 25 May 2013 22:15:03 GMT Paul Rosso http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19496 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19496 Sat, May 25th, 11 am upstream from the Santa Maria River mouth, where it bends away from the road, there were 24+ female and male Red-necked Phalaropes and a Sat, 25 May 2013 20:04:01 GMT Florence Sanchez http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19495 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19495 A sign that Yellow Warblers are still on the move was one singing in the trees above the stalls at today's Farmers' Market on Cota Street. Florence Sanchez Sat, 25 May 2013 18:55:12 GMT Wes Fritz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19494 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19494 Hi all, I have been birding in the East Mojave for the few days and I am currently birding in the Spring Mountains just out side of Las Vegas. Migration is Sat, 25 May 2013 16:56:56 GMT Lethaby, Nick http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19493 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19493 Shorebirds this AM were: Dowitcher sp. - 9 first-summers. If someone can check these to hear them call it would be good. I am out of town for the Holiday. Sat, 25 May 2013 02:51:10 GMT Adam http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19492 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19492 The account of this bird in Williamson's 'Hummingbirds of North America' mentions it constantly pumps its tail in hovering flight. Sibley and BNA on-line are Sat, 25 May 2013 00:39:36 GMT Mark Holmgren http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19491 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19491 You bring up good points, Jim. I think migration does continue for Yellow Warbler, grosbeaks, and thrushes into June, but I agree that we probably wouldn't see Fri, 24 May 2013 22:43:46 GMT tfallsjim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19490 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19490 Also, Wilson's warblers were never confirmed breeders in the area, though they actually started migrating [presumably post-breeding] in mid to late June. Fri, 24 May 2013 22:06:01 GMT Spencer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19489 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19489 Hi all, long time follower of SBco birding, first time posting. Today at Rancho Guadalupe Park we had 4 White Face Ibis, 8 American White Pelicans, 1 American Fri, 24 May 2013 21:54:25 GMT tfallsjim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19488 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19488 Mark et al - It surprises me that Yellow warblers and Black-headed grosbeaks are "migrant" so late - in not too distant past, they would have already been with Fri, 24 May 2013 16:38:35 GMT Mark Holmgren http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19487 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19487 On Wednesday, 22 May 2013, Patrick Lieske and I hiked the area between Mono Debris Dam and Gibralter Reservoir to determine the presence of Least Bell's Fri, 24 May 2013 06:29:10 GMT Dave Compton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19486 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19486 A little more on the White-crowned Sparrow at UCSB. Based on the song and the appearance (including a nice orangish pink bill), I believe the bird was a Thu, 23 May 2013 17:24:17 GMT Dave Compton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19485 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19485 Another late individual singing at UCSB, this one atop an ornamental tree southwest of the student health building and directly west of Segovia Rd in Isla Wed, 22 May 2013 22:02:40 GMT Teresa Rounds http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19484 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19484 Greetings: I saw a few weeks ago that there were possible sightings of an Orchard Oriole at LLC -- has anyone seen it recently? Yesterday around 5 pm in the Wed, 22 May 2013 20:52:47 GMT Wim van Dam http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19483 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/19483 A male, breeding plumaged Rose-breasted Grosbeak was a new yard bird for me today: http://www.flickr.com/photos/van_dam/8791938316/ Wim van Dam (Solvang, CA)