This afternoon I walked part of the north slope of Santa Ynez Mountains, along Refugio Rd. While my attention was on bugs, I did get to enjoy the usual breeding birds there (because of its geography this is not a good spot for migrants): Wild Turkey, Warbling Vireo, Hutton's Vireo, Steller's Jay, Yellow Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Black-headed Grosbeak, Black-chinned Hummingbird. Because of the flowers, water in Quiota Creek, and devastation of the past raining season I can highly recommend this stretch for a weekday exercise. Wim -- Wim van Dam (Solvang, CA) SBCO #398: Plumbeous Vireo |
v1.35 - 11/22/22 - Finally rewrote code to handle new Groups.IO web structure v1.30 - 01/05/16 - Revamped cloud logic, optimized database queries, linked to eBird rarities. v1.23 - 12/08/11 - Added direct link to CBRC records. v1.22 - 12/03/11 - Corrected GMT offsets on dates. Added last 5 posts at top. v1.21 - 11/24/11 - Added direct link to range map for NA birds. v1.2 - 11/23/11 - Greatly improved graphing technology - separates month vs. year by posts. Added species auto-complete functionality. v1.14 - 11/22/11 - Added cloud bubble for common thread topics. v1.13 - 11/22/11 - Added integrated photos where available. v1.12 - 11/22/11 - Added multiple input boxes for additional refinement, negative search criteria (eg. -keyword). v1.11 - 11/22/11 - Added banding code, species look-up. Also direct link to recent eBird observations. v1.1 - 11/22/11 - Added 'date' functionality. Shows top 'month/year' combinations for a query. Restrict results to that 'month/year'. v1.0 - 11/21/11 - Initial version coded. Currently archiving 'lacobirds' and 'calbirds'.