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Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) (1)
- Reported Oct 01, 2024 17:23 by Toby Fowler
- 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/S197199424 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "With some grebes offshore. Puffy cheeks, rounded head, thick bill with a thick black tip. Green sheen, not that that means much.
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 02, 2024 11:29 by Eric Culbertson
- 889 Toro Canyon Rd, Santa Barbara US-CA (34.4478,-119.5620), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.562039&<ll...>,-119.562039 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S197281294 - Comments: "At 1156, in the company of two Accipiter this hawk shot the gap between where I stood and the high ridge to my north. Luckily this bird stopped to soar and so reappeared above me before continuing east. Juvenile. Small compact bueto with pale underparts and dark trailing edge to wings and dark primary ends."
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 01, 2024 16:21 by Eric Culbertson
- 996–1040 Ladera Ln, Santa Barbara US-CA (34.4482,-119.5793), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.579279&<ll...>,-119.579279 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S197279939 - Comments: "Spotted while still in my car driving up Ladera lane to Bella Vista Drive. Stopped and parked quick enough to watch it circle once low overhead before it continued east. Juvenile. Small compact bueto with pale underparts and well defined black trailing edge to wings and matching dark primary ends."
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 02, 2024 14:09 by Alex Castelein
- Camino Corto Open Space and Del Sol Vernal Pool Preserve, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8673469&<ll...>,-119.8673469 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S197287449 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Beautiful adult male!!! My first actual red start rather than the usual fall yellowstarts. Mostly jet black warbler with white ventrum and striking reddish-orange flanks, wing bars, and tail flashes. Foraging in the riparian area west of the main bridge. Camera was in backpack and the bird was out of view by the time I got it out, but I refound it closer to the bridge and got some shots off. Self found county bird #321!!"
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 02, 2024 08:40 by Eunice Schroeder
- 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/S197262497 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen from the street looking north (34.4260060, -119.8921442). Lime-green cap and back, white eyering, yellowish wingbars, pale grayish underparts. Photo to follow."
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