http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY BIRDING Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:58:27 GMT capnbob http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13035 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13035 Thursday, 7/9, 8-10am Started at the Sewage Treatment Plant. 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 7 Western Sandpiper, 3 Caspian Tern, and a Swan in the south pond. Goleta Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:02:56 GMT robdenholtz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13034 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13034 July 9, 7:45 PM - Two Least Sandpipers on Franklin Creek in the Carp Salt Marsh . . . season's first for me. - Rob Denholtz, CSM Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:14:53 GMT Florence Sanchez http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13033 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13033 Yesterday at the UCSB lagoon near the Faculty Club, there were 3 adult Greater Yellowlegs in alternate plumage. As I haven't been down there in quite awhile, Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:52:37 GMT Lethaby, Nick http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13032 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13032 All: There has been a large arrival of Western Sandpipers, with around 360 this morning. Not much else new. Nick [Non-text portions of this message have been Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:34:35 GMT Mark Brown http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13031 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13031 All; On June 29, 2009 I saw a dark collared dove at River Oak Park. I figured it was a dark color variant or something. I just looked at the picture I took Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:10:50 GMT Hugh Ranson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13030 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13030 This morning there were several selasphorus hummers in Goleta along Atascadero Creek near the end of Walnut. One of them was a male Rufous. There was also a Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:03:58 GMT sbfledgling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13029 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13029 Tabano Hollow Open Space Friday, July 10, 2009 8:30 - 10:30 Target Birds: Songbirds, Woodpeckers Hummingbirds etc Sponsor: Santa Barbara Audubon Society Take Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:54:26 GMT Julie Koppel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13028 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13028 I was told the SB Wildlife Care Network is caring for some baby Horned Larks, but I wasn't told where they came from. To: sbcobirding@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:58:35 GMT Dave Compton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13027 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13027 Hi Hugh and everyone,   I've done some work at the SB airport over the past nine years, and I've occasionally encountered birds singing from some of the less Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:19:21 GMT Hugh Ranson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13026 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13026 I took a walk on More Mesa this morning, July 6th. I was surprised to find a flock of 4 Horned Larks. I saw them only in flight but I'm pretty sure they were Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:02:53 GMT countylines2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13025 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13025 Luke Cole 400 Species $40,000 Memorial Challenge A benefit for Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment (CRPE) September 26th and 27th, 2009 The birding Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:47:14 GMT Wim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13024 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13024 This morning I was surprised to see a Brown Creeper at the Ellwood Butterfly Preserve, which seems quite a way from their normal habitat. I saw only one, so Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:57:48 GMT Jim Greaves http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13023 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13023 RE: Yellow warblers breeding "away from" riparian areas, constant park's dept watering makes the ground "always wet" in south end of the park, and it isn't far Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:15:28 GMT Dave Compton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13022 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13022 I was surprised to hear a Western Tanager singing at Stow Grove Park in Goleta this morning, in the eucalyptus near the caretaker's house. Lehman (1994) lists Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:56:08 GMT Guy Tingos http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13021 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/message/13021 RBA * California * Santa Barbara * July 3, 2009 * CASB0907.03 - Birds mentioned Wood Duck Bald Eagle Common Ground-Dove Purple Martin - Transcript This is the