Author: David Levasheff

Program: The Russian Far East: Birding in a Sea of Sorrow

Wednesday, April 28th, 2021, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Presentation will be via Zoom Meeting ID:  899 7437 4519    Passcode: 922779Or Join the Zoom Meeting with your web browser at:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89974374519?pwd=UHZla0YrNjluTCtremo3eXlZK2dhQT09 For proper viewing of the program the desktop application version must be at 5.2.3 or greater! Version 5.5.2 is the current version available as… Read more »

Program: The Breeding Bird Study of Santa Barbara County –
Five Years on, What Have We Learned?

Wednesday, March 24th, 2021, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Presentation will be via Zoom Meeting ID:  864 5811 0697     Passcode: 798433Or Join the Zoom Meeting with your web browser at:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86458110697?pwd=NUxQSzI0L1RQTE9BNUVzeWltRGt6QT09 For proper viewing of the program the desktop application version must be at 5.2.3 or greater! Version 5.5.2 is the current version available as… Read more »

El Tecolote: Spring 2021

Santa Barbara Audubon Society’s Spring 2021 issue of El Tecolote is now available. In this issue:  • Report of our 121st CBC • Eyes in the Sky news • Meet Board Members Scot Pipkin & Maureen McFadden • Backyard bird fountains • April Winter Bird Count 4 Kids • Biden’s action of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act • Conservation Committee’s response… Read more »

SBAS Comments on Manzana Wind Farm

By Steve Ferry, Project Leader [Editor’s note: This is the full article referred to on page 8 of El Tecolote March-May 2021.]  SBAS is tilting at windmills again!  After a years-long effort to make the Strauss Wind Energy Project near Lompoc safer for birds (article here), SBAS has tackled the Manzana Wind Power Project. The… Read more »

Salmonellosis Outbreak Causing Songbird Deaths

From the CA Fish & Wildlife site: Since December, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and wildlife rehabilitation centers have been inundated with calls from residents who are finding sick or dead finches at bird feeders. Most reports have come from locations on California’s Central Coast, the San Francisco Bay Area and Sierra… Read more »