Date: 4/22/25 4:57 pm From: Florence Sanchez via groups.io <sanchezucsb11...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Quiota Creek and other recent birding notes
I walked along Quiota Creek (Refugio Road in the Santa Ynez Valley) today. It was gray and cool but there was lots of bird activity from Yellow Warblers, Warbling Vireos, Bullock's Oriole, Ash-throated Flycatchers and other newly-arrived breeders. As I've found elsewhere* so far this spring, migrants (especially migrant warblers) were hard to come by. I had only one Wilson's Warbler, for example. A Steller's Jay continues in the area with multiple bridges and there were Turkeys calling on the hillside to the west.
Afterward, I stopped at Nojoqui Park to see if the Purple Martins were in. Activity was low with gray skies at midday, but I did get a great look at a single male Martin.
Florence Sanchez*This is very similar to my walk up Refugio Road on the coastal side of the mountains yesterday. Again, lots of activity from newly-arrived breeders, but few migrants.
