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County Statistics 
Current county list: 476 
Top county lister: 444 (Brad Schram; 94%) 
Top Big Year: 337 in 2000 (Joan Hardie and Dave Comption; tied) 
Top Big Day: 187 on 1 May 2004 (J.N. Davis, W. Fritz, P. Gaede, M. Iliff)
"Best Bird": Little Curlew (16 Sep-14 Oct 1984 Santa Maria R. valley)
 Close second: Dusky Warbler (22-23 Oct 1993 Goleta) 
Compiler for North American Birds: Dave Compton
736 Cieneguitas, #F
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
davcompton@verizon.net

Statistics last updated 10/04; see "explanations of county statistics" for details. Thank you to Paul Lehman, Joan Lentz, Dave Compton, Brad Schram, and Peter Gaede for providing some of the information here.
Bird Clubs
Santa Barbara Audubon Society, Santa Barbara
La Purisima Audubon Society, Lompoc, CA 93438
Birding Sites
Santa Barbara County Birding
Central Coast Birding Trail, Santa Barbara County
Goleta Point - Seawatching
Santa Barbara County Coast
UCSB Campus Lagoon
Goleta Slough
Andree Clark Refuge
Carpinteria Salt Marsh
Rincon Creek
Santa Barbara City Parks
State Parks
Point Sal
Vandenberg Ponds
Coal Oil Point Reserve
Santa Cruz Island
Santa Barbara Island
San Miguel Island
Santa Rosa Island
Los Padres National Forest
Other Birding Resources
Santa Barbara County Birding - Email discussion group
Santa Barbara Rare Bird Alert
Recent Sightings - Lompoc area
Southern California Birding Field Trips Calendar - Compiled by Steve Sosensky
Southwest California - Central Coast Wildlife - Jim Greaves
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Museum of Systematics and Ecology - University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Zoological Gardens
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Channel Islands - Nautical maps
Condor Express - Pelagic Birding Trips
Truth Aquatics - Channel Island excursions
Channel Islands Aviation - Flights to Santa Rosa Island
Checklist of Birds of the Channel Islands National Park
Vandenberg Air Force Base - Checklist
Checklist of Vandenberg Air Force Base Ponds - For access information click here.
Birds of the San Marcos Foothills
Island Scrub-Jay
Brown Pelicans in the Channel Islands National Park
Yearly Bird Lists for Santa Barbara County
Endangered Species - Contributed by Mark Holmgren
Recommended Reference
Birds of Santa Barbara County (1994) by Paul E. Lehman
Those wishing to purchase this book may call or e-mail Mark Holmgren at the Museum of Systematics and Ecology 805 893-4098, holmgren@lifesci.ucsb.edu
A Birder's Guide to the Lompoc Valley (revised edition 1997) by Gene Lynch
Please send corrections, additions or updates to Joe Morlan: jmorlan@ccsf.org
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