Date: 12/1/25 8:33 am From: Miguel Christie via groups.io <christiemiguel...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Campus Birds
I mean Rob, sorry
On Mon, Dec 1, 2025, 08:19 Miguel Christie via groups.io <christiemiguel=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> Much the same in the Lompoc área, Mark. Even White-crowned Sparrows are
> scarce ...
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2025, 07:50 Rob Hofberg via groups.io <rhofberg=
> <gmail.com...> wrote:
>
>> The general low bird population is depressing. I have yet to have a good
>> day of passerines this autumn. Water birds seem to be the only birds in
>> good numbers.
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM Conor McMahon via groups.io
>> <conormcmahon22...> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> This morning I took advantage of the last day of Thanksgiving break to
>>> check some flowering trees around the depopulated UCSB campus, hoping to
>>> find some stuff which might stick around for the CBC. I mainly birded the
>>> northwest quadrant of campus, including the Coral Tree Cafe, bus loop, 'Old
>>> Gym Wetland,' Counseling/Career Services bottlebrush, Thunderdome tipus,
>>> and Student Health eucs/bottlebrush. I also did a very cursory look at
>>> Pearl Chase Park and the bottlebrush/aloe near the Chancellor residence.
>>>
>>> The Nashville from the tipu lot seems to be sticking around for at least
>>> its third winter, assuming it's the same bird. I didn't see the Lucy's
>>> which stayed here the previous two winters alongside it (and haven't seen
>>> it on a couple prior checks this fall). I had a small but wide-ranging pack
>>> of Swinhoe's White-eyes seen at various spots in the NW of campus. There
>>> was also one Western Tanager in some eucalyptus north of the bus loop.
>>>
>>> Lots of Eucalyptus are flowering, in roughly decreasing order:
>>> lemon-scented gum, blue gum, red ironbark, red gum, and red box. Most of
>>> the bottlebrush have a few flowers but not a ton, and weren't especially
>>> birdy. Only a few coral trees had any flowers. The tipus were reasonably
>>> active but not bustling. The sweet gums both by the campus bus loop and
>>> near where I live have just started to bring in some finches, too, so worth
>>> keeping an eye out for Siskins etc.
>>>
>>> I've been trying everywhere I go and have continued to strike out on
>>> orioles. Hopefully some more are found before the CBC.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Conor McMahon
>>> Goleta
>>>
>>>
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>> Rob Hofberg
>> Santa Barbara
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> Miguel Christie
> Lompoc
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