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Date: 6/5/25 5:25 pm From: Bradley Hacker via groups.io <bradley.r.hacker...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Madulce Peak
I had a go at Madulce Peak today to try to get a decent June survey; having only been there briefly in March & April some years ago. eBird data for this area are pretty scarce and there are not many mentions in Lentz (1993)--other than that it is a good spot for Olive-Sided Flys, which is certainly true. I found a few new local birds (for me), including Bell's Sparrow, which like every other Bell's Sparrow I've seen this year was doing its best not to be easily seen. My goal was to hike from the Big Pine road out to the site of the old fire lookout, but about a mile short of my objective, making progress on the "trail" became too time consuming and dispiriting due to fallen trees and dense bushes, so I gave up. In a few years, the trail from the Big Pine road may also be lost to overgrowth. Post-fire, the densest conifer-dominated forest is the section downslope from the the 3-way junction of the trail to Big Pine Rd, the trail to the old lookout, and the trail to Madulce Camp. -- Bradley Hacker Goleta CA 93117 USA flickr bird photos <https://www.flickr.com/photos/bradley_hacker/> eBird photos <https://media.ebird.org/catalog?sort=rating_rank_desc&userId=USER413715&mediaType=photo> eBird data <https://ebird.org/profile/NDEzNzE1/world> iNaturalist <https://www.inaturalist.org/people/brhacker> <https://hacker.faculty.geol.ucsb.edu/> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#38588): https://sbcobirding.groups.io/g/main/message/38588 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/113495996/858290 -=-=- For everything birding in Santa Barbara County: http://www.sbcobirding.com Read the County Reporting List guidelines: http://www.sbcobirding.com/countyreportinglist.html Updated status and distribution of Santa Barbara County birds: http://www.sbcobirding.com/lehmanbosbc.html SB Breeding Bird Study: Contribute at http://santabarbaraaudubon.org/santa-barbara-county-breeding-bird-study/ For guides to birding eBird Hotspots in SB, see https://birdinghotspots.org/us/california/santa-barbara-county -=-=- Group Owner: main+<owner...> Unsubscribe: https://sbcobirding.groups.io/g/main/unsub [<lists...>] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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