Field Notes from Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, California
Field Notes froim Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, California
Mareca americana. A pair seen June 25, 1921, in a tule-bordered lagoon near the mouth of the Santa Clara River, Ventura County.
Marila valisineria. A male seen June 25, in the same lagoon, perhaps a wounded bird.
Sayornis sayus. Nesting in a barranca just off the Coast Highway three miles west of Ventura. On June 24 the parents were feeding young on insects which they caught on the beach about an eighth of a mile away.
Molothrus ater obscurus. Frequent in willows and about a stock-pen near the mouth of the Santa Clara River, Ventura County. One egg found in a nest of the Longtailed Chat. A few seen repeatedly at the mouth of the Ventura River, and a male observed on July 15 at Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County.
Ammodramus savannarum binaculatus. Frequent on June 25 along the dry, gravelly flood-plain of the Santa Clara River, Ventura County, near its mouth.
Ralph Hoffmann
Carpinteria, California, July 16, 1921
