Date: 5/5/25 3:30 pm From: Florence Sanchez via groups.io <sanchezucsb11...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Lake Jocelyn May 5
I birded Lake Jocelyn this morning in the hope of turning up the Bank Swallows so nicely-photographed by John Callander last week. Though there was a lot of Swallow activity over the pond, I did not pull out a Bank Swallow from the mix. With the swallow storm were a few Vaux's Swifts.
Waterfowl on the pond included a pair of Canada Geese, two male Mallards, two late-ish male Ring-necked Ducks and a pair of Pied-billed Grebes. The only shorebirds around the pond were two Spotted Sandpipers, actively chasing each other back and forth and all around the pond; and an unexpected RED-NECKED PHALAROPE.
I also kept hearing the distinctive call of a Common Ground-Dove from the top of the hill to the east of the pond. There are orchards aplenty up there so the habitat is right; however, I don't recall having heard them before in Carpinteria.
Florence Sanchez
