All:
I kind of did a Big Day yesterday. I started inland to try and escape the early dense fog in the Santa Maria Valley. At the Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds and found 4 Blue Winged Teal and 8 Cinnamon Teal. I then moved to the Sisquoc Bridge. Not much happening there except a couple of somewhat late Barn Swallows. From there I went to Rancho Sisquoc. My best bird of the day was a Broad-winged Hawk at rest in the Eucalyptus trees along the 2-mile road into Rancho Sisquoc. Unfortunately, I misidentified it. I've never seen one perched like that before. Anyway, thanks to John Callender for catching my mistake.
From there I birded north Long Canyon Road. Here I found several Yellow Billed Magpies and two Greater Road Runners. Sometimes I'll go a year and never stumble on even one.
On the way to the Los Alamos Water Treatment Plant, I found a Golden Eagle soaring above Palmer Road just south of Sisquoc.
Birding at the Los Alamos Water Treatment plant was slow. The settling ponds are dry. I did find at least 3 Cassin's Kingbirds harassing each other in the Eucalyptus trees east of the plant.
I finished at my property in Orcutt where I added the very reliable Scaly Breasted Munia, Chestnut Backed Chickadee and Great Horned Owls.

Big Day North SB County - eBird Trip Report

John Deacon
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John Deacon
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