Goleta Slough

Here are a few pictures of birds at the Goleta Slough.

Goleta Slough where it meets the ocean

Gulls and Stilts

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron, Juvenile

American Coot

Double Crested Cormorant

Black-Necked Stilt

Black-Necked Stilt

Black-Necked Stilt

Mallard

Northern Mockingbird

A Surprise Guest in the Birdbath!

This Lessor Goldfinch has a surprise guest in the birdbath!

More activity in the birdbath

Here is a White-Crowned Sparrow getting a morning drink out of the birdbath.

White-Crowned Sparrow

A Lessor Goldfinch and two House Finches.

Lessor Goldfinch on left and two House Finches on right.

And I can always count on a Scrub-Jay to visit the birdbath.

Lessor Goldfinches in the Birdbath

Here are some Lessor Goldfinches in the birdbath.

Lessor Goldfinch

Townsend's Warbler in the birdbath

Townsend's Warblers winter in Santa Barbara and here is one visiting the birdbath.

Townsend's Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

Here is a 39 second video.

Unkown bird in the Cape Honeysuckle

I was able to get a few pictures of this unknown bird eating the nectar of this Cape Honeysuckle flower (Tecoma Capensis).  I had the lens on manual focus, so I was able to get these four shots rather quickly.  The bird was only around for about 15 seconds and I never saw it again.

Lessor Goldfinch

Here is a Lessor Goldfinch that I photographed in the garden.

Lessor Goldfinch

Lessor Goldfinch

I really like this one in the pine tree.

Lessor Goldfinch

And then it flew away.

Lessor Goldfinch