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American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) (1)
- Reported Sep 25, 2024 06:59 by Alex Castelein
- 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/S196442543 - Comments: "Continuing, nice find by Lynn Scarlet and ID by Nick Lethaby! First picked up when it flushed from the upper beach, and made a call very distinct from BBPL, a sort of “ko-wee”, though seemed a little different from the recordings I listened to. In flight the overall dusky color with golden speckling and lack of any black in axillaries were obvious. Overall somewhat duskier and a little smaller than BBPL, with smaller bill, mix of yellow and white speckling on back and wings, no black in axillaries, more crisply marked breast. Told from PAGP by overall colder appearance and very long primary projection. Wings extend well past tail and at least 4 primaries extend past tertials. Wings were crossed in a scissor shape with the intersection about where the tail ends. What a nice bird!!"
American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) (1)
- Reported Sep 23, 2024 09:20 by Reef Comer
- 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/S196361229 - Comments: "Continuing, loosely associating with black belly’s. Long primary projection, pale eyebrow against dark cap, and gray underwings all noted. A bit brighter yellow overall than I would expect for American, but then this is only second good sighting of one I’ve ever had. Heard it give a couple sharp queedle calls in flight. Awesome bird, very accommodating!"
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Sep 24, 2024 17:44 by Ryan Seppala
- Goleta Beach County Park (including east end of Goleta Slough), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.829812&<ll...>,-119.829812 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196392941 - Comments: "Continuing about 100 yds west of pier, making some passes over mixed flock of terns/gulls but never landing. Black cap extending between the auriculars along the nape, with a white forehead, forked tail, dark red lower mandible, and dark leading edge of wings."
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Sep 24, 2024 14:30 by Pamela Viale
- Goleta Beach County Park (including east end of Goleta Slough), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.829812&<ll...>,-119.829812 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196382909 - Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Smallish tern mingling with a group of royal terns and a large mixed flock of California, Western, and Heermann’s gulls. Darker pink legs, forked tail, grayish tipped wings, with distinctive reddish bill with dark tip. Dark black cap."
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Sep 23, 2024 13:10 by Libby Patten
- Goleta Beach County Park (including east end of Goleta Slough), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.829812&<ll...>,-119.829812 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196397329 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Reported earlier today by Rebecca Coulter. Hunkering down in the sand near a gull flock, a little west of the entrance bridge. Got flushed out to sea for a few minutes but ultimately returned to the same area. Saw the heavily forked tail as it was coming in to land. About half the size of the nearby Royal Terns. Medium gray upperparts, light gray underparts, black crown, white forehead, bicolor bill - mostly black with red on the bottom. Reddish legs. Long tail. Seen with Toby Fowler who got much nicer pics than mine."
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Sep 23, 2024 10:30 by Reef Comer
- 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/S196380271 - Comments: "Rare for the county apparently. Long yellowish bill, rich brown neck stripes, black malar, unspotted brown body, and greenish legs. Very slow gait, holding neck up and out. Seen close to sunning turtles at SW corner of lake."
Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) (1)
- Reported Sep 24, 2024 09:36 by Jeremy Carberry
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196357003 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Thrush shaped and sized but with curved thrasher bill. Streaked belly and evil look in its eye. See photo. Foraging along the south fence around the ranch house"
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) (1)
- Reported Sep 24, 2024 09:59 by Steve Colwell
- Atascadero Creek--Patterson Ave. to Ward Dr., Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8178063&<ll...>,-119.8178063 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196376983 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird feeding busily in myoporum hedge, in mixed flock of Orange-crowneds and a Western Tanager, on the north side of path near 34.423581,-119.816929. After about 15 minutes it flew south into the creek."
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) (1)
- Reported Sep 24, 2024 09:59 by Sue Cook
- Atascadero Creek--Patterson Ave. to Ward Dr., Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8178063&<ll...>,-119.8178063 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196385459 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird feeding busily in myoporum hedge, in mixed flock of Orange-crowneds and a Western Tanager, on the north side of path near 34.423581,-119.816929. After about 15 minutes it flew south into the creek."
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