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American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) (1)
- Reported Sep 22, 2024 06:50 by John Callender
- Coal Oil Point, Devereux Beach, Sands Beach, and bluff trails, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8783064&<ll...>,-119.8783064 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196083845 - Comments: "Continuing bird found by Lynn Scarlet. Photos. On the beach with black bellied clovers near signpost 300. Flushed by Beachwalker and flew about a half mile to the west before landing back on the beach."
American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) (1)
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 09:30 by Lynn Scarlett
- Coal Oil Point, Devereux Beach, Sands Beach, and bluff trails, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8783064&<ll...>,-119.8783064 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S195989309 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "amid a large group of black-bellied plovers; very evident golden flecked plumage, slightly smaller bird than black-bellied plovers--long primary projection beyond tertials, no yellow wash in face, relatively thin bill--validated by two other experts--see photos"
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 09:15 by Pamela Viale
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S195976512 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Medium sized heron with caramel colored front striping on chest, whitish throat, long light colored bill. Flew from center island in reeds west to opposite bank."
Plumbeous Vireo (Vireo plumbeus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 10:04 by Caleb P.
- Tecolotito Creek, north of Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8583293&<ll...>,-119.8583293 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S195973582 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "first hotspot record. overall gray, darker on top, more pale on the bottom, and bold white “spectacles”. i did not notice any yellow wash on its sides. foraging at a semi slow pace but continuously on the move."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 10:54 by Zach Nett
- Newport Dr bridge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8919964&<ll...>,-119.8919964 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S195977105 - Comments: "continuing bird. overcast backdrop initially had me thinking it was a nuthatch, but soon realized it was not. initially seen in the top of the eucalyptus tree here: 34.4262596, -119.8920551. lost it for a while, but relocated and watched it creep around high in the trees for about five minutes (while lying in the bed of my truck). white chest, black and white striped crown and body"
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 16:16 by Toby Fowler
- 50 Castilian Drive, Goleta, California, US (34.435, -119.864), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8640179&<ll...>,-119.8640179 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196014527 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Foraging mid-level in the canopy of the eucs across the train track (34.435271, -119.864199). Fairly active but sat still a few times. Vibrant yellow, minus some white by the legs and tail. Striking beak. Came over to the parking lot side (around 34.434774, -119.864189), where the benches are, briefly but never got a great view. Saw again at 5:45ish, back in the eucs it had originally been in. Lost it when I pulled my camera up to my eyes.
Thank you Ryan for pointing it out :)!"
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 14:25 by Sue Cook
- Near 101 and Castillian Dr, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8640172&<ll...>,-119.8640172 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196008339 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found by Andy McGrath near 34.4350679, -119.8637403. Hanging out in two tall eucalyptus trees right near the freeway, moving around often on the main trunks. Luckily it decided to just sit for a while so all the birders got good looks."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 14:25 by Steve Colwell
- Near 101 and Castillian Dr, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8640172&<ll...>,-119.8640172 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196004798 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found by Andy McGrath near 34.4350679, -119.8637403. Hanging out in two tall eucalyptus trees right near the freeway, moving around often on the main trunks. Luckily it decided to just sit for a while so all the birders got good looks."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 14:42 by Linda Blue
- Tecolotito Creek, north of Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8583293&<ll...>,-119.8583293 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196010748 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "A stunningly brilliant yellow lightbulb glowing amidst the foliage! Bright yellow head and body, blue-gray wings, white undertail coverts, and a large pale bill. First discovered earlier by Andrew McGrath. Seen with him and many other observers looking north across the railroad tracks at the eucalyptus trees from here: (34.4350782, -119.8641594)"
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 14:42 by David Blue
- Tecolotito Creek, north of Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8583293&<ll...>,-119.8583293 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196010747 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "A stunningly brilliant yellow lightbulb glowing amidst the foliage! Bright yellow head and body, blue-gray wings, white undertail coverts, and a large pale bill. First discovered earlier by Andrew McGrath. Seen with him and many other observers looking north across the railroad tracks at the eucalyptus trees from here: (34.4350782, -119.8641594)"
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 14:35 by Ryan Seppala
- Tecolotito Creek, north of Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8583293&<ll...>,-119.8583293 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196011730 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing bird by the railroad tracks found by Andy McGrath. When I first arrived there was a small but rapidly growing mob of observers. The bird spent the bulk of the afternoon in some large eucalyptus trees between the railroad and the 101. Closer to the evening, though, it made occasional forays into the creek area. On several occasions it would make loud "seep" calls, and mostly frequented the middle canopies."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 14:30 by Andrew McGrath
- Tecolotito Creek, north of Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8583293&<ll...>,-119.8583293 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S195999379 - Comments: "Warbler with lemon yellow face, throat, breast, and belly. White undertail coverts. Dark wings without wing bars. First seen in brush within creek channel. Later flew north across train tracks to eucalyptus. Later seen and photographed by other birders."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 14:19 by Caleb P.
- Tecolotito Creek, north of Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8583293&<ll...>,-119.8583293 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196022382 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "found by Andy McGrath. I birded the creek earlier, went to grab lunch and then saw the report of the prothonotary so i came back to photograph it. bright yellow, grayish wings, white undertail and large bill."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 15:15 by Eunice Schroeder
- Village at Los Carneros Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8612975&<ll...>,-119.8612975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196002058 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Found by Andrew McGrath at around 2 pm this afternoon. Seen with many other birders. Beautiful golden-yellow warbler with unmarked dark-grayish wings and white undertail.. Photo."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 14:25 by Dawn Hovey
- Village at Los Carneros Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8612975&<ll...>,-119.8612975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196013073 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found by Andy McGrath along the Tecolotito creek on the west end of the Village at Los Carneros Open Space. A brightly colored small warbler with yellow breast and head, dark green-to-grey wings, white undertail coverts, and a light bill. Foraging in a small stand of eucalyptus trees along the train tracks."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 14:25 by Steve Hovey
- Village at Los Carneros Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8612975&<ll...>,-119.8612975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196012985 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found by Andy McGrath along the Tecolotito creek on the west end of the Village at Los Carneros Open Space. A brightly colored small warbler with yellow breast and head, dark green-to-grey wings, white undertail coverts, and a light bill. Foraging in a small stand of eucalyptus trees along the train tracks."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 12:50 by Toby Fowler
- Coronado Dr.--south end (Goleta Monarch Grove), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8898008&<ll...>,-119.8898008 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S195990605 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Putting this bird here for now, so apologies if this is a wild goose chase. Def could be a very washed out OCWA. Grey head and greyish-green wings, pale green chest fading to white by the UTCs. I wouldn't say it had a "strong eyeline" which is what's giving me some hesitation. I feel like if it was an orange-crowned, purely anecdotally I would expect more uniform coloring underneath, or at the very least more color towards the UTCs. Every other OCWA I saw today was super vibrant, which might be throwing me off.
Foraging about a foot off the ground in some weeds. Later views, if it was the same bird, showed less white, but still not giving me OCWA? Might just be that I need to broaden my view of what they can look like..."
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 16:16 by Toby Fowler
- 50 Castilian Drive, Goleta, California, US (34.435, -119.864), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8640179&<ll...>,-119.8640179 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196014527 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Ryan picked it out before I showed up and it stayed pretty hidden for most of the time we were there. Was part of a mixed flock of the chickadees, titmouse, bushtits, and the townsend's, but I never saw it with them. Eventually it showed up ~5:30 in the same euc the pronothotary had been / was in (34.435271, -119.864199). Finally got a picture of it at the very top, so apologies for the dismal quality of whatever photo I end up uploading for it...
Grey above, white below, yellow chest, part of an eyering.
Thank you Ryan for pointing it out :)!
Screenshot of a cropped photo attached + original for metadata."
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 14:35 by Ryan Seppala
- Tecolotito Creek, north of Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8583293&<ll...>,-119.8583293 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196011730 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Flushed initially as I was heading back to my truck. Frequented cottonwoods and eucs along the creek right near where the Prothonotary was found, including at one point in the same eucs on the other side of the railroad tracks. The majority of sightings were about here: (34.4347887, -119.8640427). This was a gray warbler with white wingbars, a yellow throat/breast with a faint band of red-orange (suggestive of a male), and a broken white eyering. I don’t distinctly recall getting looks of the mantle. The bird made occasional “sip” calls and frequented the mid to upper canopies."
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 16:40 by Steve Hovey
- Village at Los Carneros Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8612975&<ll...>,-119.8612975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196013403 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Found by Ryan Seppala at the west end of Village at Los Carneros Open Space, adjacent to the parking lot on the South side of the creek. A small bird with bright yellow chin and upper breast, duller yellow nape and back, light body, darker wings with two prominent wing bars."
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 16:40 by Dawn Hovey
- Village at Los Carneros Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8612975&<ll...>,-119.8612975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196013704 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Found by Ryan Seppala at the west end of Village at Los Carneros Open Space, adjacent to the parking lot on the South side of the creek. A small bird with bright yellow chin and upper breast, duller yellow nape and back, light body, darker wings with two prominent wing bars."
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1)
- Reported Sep 21, 2024 17:00 by Caleb P.
- Newport Dr bridge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8919964&<ll...>,-119.8919964 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196006852 - Comments: "pointed out by John C. when the bird was right above me. pale underneath, pale wing bars (2) and a hint of yellowish-green on top. very active and often with an angled tail. it flew off before i could obtain satisfactory photos. i think John got a few shots."
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