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Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (9) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 05, 2024 09:22 by Conor McMahon
- Franceschi Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6943927&<ll...>,-119.6943927 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S197651669 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "[10:43] Group of five soaring over park around 10:40 AM, wheeling in tight group. At times maybe only about 40 feet overhead, great looks.
[11:44] Second group of four around 11:40.
I believe I have photos of four different individuals from the first group."
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 04, 2024 12:10 by Eric Culbertson
- Tunnel Rd, Santa Barbara US-CA 34.46487, -119.71292, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.71292&<ll...>,-119.71292 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S197603402 - Comments: "Juvenile soaring low to the NW of me for several minutes while gaining altitude and eventually moving of to the NE very high. Small and compact with pale underparts. Breast and belly showed dark streaking and there where black trailing edges to the wings and black primary ends."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 05, 2024 13:00 by Libby Patten
- UCSB North Campus Open Space (formerly Ocean Meadows Golf Course), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8792197&<ll...>,-119.8792197 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S197687964 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen and also heard twitter call around Whittier Pond. Forked tail, heavy black bill, dark lores, yellow underparts with throat a dirty yellow, head dark gray."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (1)
- Reported Oct 04, 2024 16:46 by Michael I Christie
- Jalama Beach County Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5014432&<ll...>,-120.5014432 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S197553450 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "continuing bird found by Alex Abela, and re-found by Daniel Farrar in employee courtyard by creek gate (thanks Daniel for alerting me). Heavily streaked gray-brownish sparrow with heavy bill and distinctive, large white shoulder-patch. Fs foraging on ground with California Towhee."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 05, 2024 08:38 by Linda Blue
- 7402 - 7418 Hollister Ave (Tech Park), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8908561&<ll...>,-119.8908561 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S197643597 - Comments: "A continuing bird in the middle lot refound today by Andrew McGrath. A distinctive warbler with bold black-and-white stripes over its entire body and a white throat, foraging nuthatch-like along trunks and large limbs."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 05, 2024 08:38 by David Blue
- 7402 - 7418 Hollister Ave (Tech Park), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8908561&<ll...>,-119.8908561 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S197643596 - Comments: "A continuing bird in the middle lot refound today by Andrew McGrath. A distinctive warbler with bold black-and-white stripes over its entire body and a white throat, foraging nuthatch-like along trunks and large limbs."
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