The newest addition to the eBird listing program is eBird Alerts! where you can view a web page listing of all the national rarities posted to eBird. You can also receive these through an email subscription. eBird Alerts! displays rarities using the ABA rare bird codes of 3 or higher. Check out this new feature here:

Channel Islands Live EagleCam

The Channel Islands Bald Eagle nest-cam is now online for the 2010 nesting season. Watch live video-stream nest activities from Santa Cruz Island. Follow observation messages on the discussion forum and sign up to report your own sightings to the group.

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13th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count

The 13th annual Great Backyard Bird Count sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society takes place February 12 - 15, 2010. This winter census counts birds at your feeders and in local parks. Join tens of thousands of participants across the continent in this free event. Read more at the following link:

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33rd CBRC Report - 2007 Records

The latest report of the California Bird Records Committee has been published detailing all accepted and not accepted decisions from 2007. Eleven records were accepted from Santa Barbara County. You can read the full text of the report from the CBRC website below:

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Nothing to do? Play the American Birding Association "Online Bird Photo Quiz". A new quiz is offered each month and is a great way to test your bird ID skills.

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County Bird List

The complete Santa Barbara County bird list:                LINK

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Visit the sbcobirding Flickr pool to see rare bird images from SBA county:            LINK

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Tides

(map) Pt. Arguello

(map) Gaviota

(map) Santa Barbara

(map) Santa Cruz Is.

(map) San Miguel Is.