Date: 5/1/25 7:15 pm From: Patrick McNulty via groups.io <mcnulty...> Subject: [sbcobirding] McGillivray's Warbler - Sansum Pesetas north entrance path to parking lot yesterday
McGillivray's Warbler - Sansum Pesetas north entrance pathto parking lot (34.442972, -119.759139).
Yesterday, April 30, at about 11:50 AM.
There is a sidewalk extending from the main entrance northto the parking lot. Perhaps 20 yards down this sidewalk, there is a bench on theleft. I was leaning against a stanchion across from this bench, and the birdpopped up from behind the hedge behind the bench, looked around for eight orten seconds and then dropped back down behind the hedge. I was very surprised but otherwise involved at the time. By the time I was able to move cautiouslyaround and look on the other side of the hedge, all was quiet.
I was able to get back there from about 5:10 until 6:30tonight, Thursday night, but found nothing except a lot of juncos and somefinches and crows.
However, that hedge is not exactly a Santa Barbara hotspot.And I think there are at least a couple of places within a few hundred yards ofthere that have attracted and then held some interesting birds in the past.Maybe some of the veterans of this list can suggest some other spots in thatimmediate area that might be worth checking.
Patrick McNultymcnulty at gte dot net805-455-2119Northern Southern Cal
