Date: 5/1/25 12:15 pm From: Peter Schneekloth via groups.io <peterschneekloth...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Figueroa Mountain - Buntings, Pygmy Owl, Swainson's Hawk
I drove up the east side of Figueroa and stopped at Ranger Peak. The Lazuli Bunting show continued with at a very minimum 70 birds between De La Guerra springs trail head and the peak. The heaviest concentration was the last mile or so as I approached the peak. At one point on the way up I had at least a dozen Western Tanager in a single tree. Best birds of the day were a Northern Pygmy Owl I heard calling off the side of the road just above Cachuma Saddle and a Swainson's Hawk harassed by an American Crow at Gainy Vineyard.
