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White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 11:48 by Noah Gaines
- Noah's House near LLC, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8426241&<ll...>,-119.8426241 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198766009 - Comments: "About as large as an ECDO with obvious white leading edge to wing when folded. Grayish over all. Grayer towards vent and slightly buffier towards head. dark malar spot. Bluish gray bare parts around eye and bill. Amber eye with dark iris. Short tail with White in tail corners. When seen from below proximal half of tail is black and distal half is white. Flew down to tray seed feeder and fed for about 5 min. Seen from inside with bins at close range."
Craveri's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri) (2)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 09:56 by Naresh Satyan
- Offshore--southern Pilgrim Bank, north of Santa Barbara Island (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.1055298&<ll...>,-119.1055298 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198824254 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Black and white murrelets with black faces, long tails, dark underwings. The expected black and white murrelets, and no other species seen all day."
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 12, 2024 09:19 by Thomas Turner
- Offshore--Santa Barbara Island vicinity (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.035291&<ll...>,-119.035291 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198729856 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "One solo bird and two together. One white headed but with brown neck and back and the other two with a complete brown neck and face and back. Photo. Transect was right on top of hotspot location. Ended at 33 deg 24.300, -118 58.378."
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 09:56 by Naresh Satyan
- Offshore--southern Pilgrim Bank, north of Santa Barbara Island (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.1055298&<ll...>,-119.1055298 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198824254 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Female Brown Booby in the distance when we were watching the storm-petrels. Brown booby by coloration and flight style. Blurry photos taken, showing an adult with white belly, and dark line on the underwings presumably indicating Cocos Booby (also from distribution near the breeding colony <20 miles away)"
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 14:40 by Noah Gaines
- Noah's House near LLC, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8426241&<ll...>,-119.8426241 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198790982 - Comments: "Picked up while watching a RTHA in a thermal. Seen at medium range with bins. Obviously smaller than RTHA. Clean white underwings and underside with dark wing tips and thin dark trailing edge of wings. Dark subterminal band on tail with faint fine barring proximally. Fine streaking on sides of neck. I watched it circle and then take off to the W in a glide. When gliding, tail appeared small and square tipped. No light crescents in the wings like RSHA. Total observation time about 3 min."
Palm Warbler (Western) (Setophaga palmarum palmarum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 14:22 by Alex Castelein
- Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.228442&<ll...>,-120.228442 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198803842 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Spotted by Ryan! Small light brown warbler with yellow UTCs, white supercilium, two weak wing bars, and constantly pumping tail. Photos"
Palm Warbler (Western) (Setophaga palmarum palmarum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 14:22 by Sophie Cameron
- Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.228442&<ll...>,-120.228442 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198808555 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Spotted by Ryan! Small light brown warbler with yellow UTCs, white supercilium, two weak wing bars, and constantly pumping tail. Photos"
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 14:12 by Daniel Farrar
- Evergreen Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8909131&<ll...>,-119.8909131 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198810873 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing found by Nick Lethaby. Refound afternoon by brand new birder Hallie (sorry missed your last name). Congrats! Photos. Seen down in disc course about here (34.4366326, -119.8888195). Staying about 2/3rds up the various Eucs it flew around. Bright reddish orange male with dark bill and dusky auriculars."
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 10:20 by Barbara Millett
- Evergreen Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8909131&<ll...>,-119.8909131 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198793159 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing adult male first found by Nick Lethaby yesterday. Good views around 10:30 a.m. with several other birders after it was refound at the eastern end of the area by Tom Turner, approximately here looking north: (34.436679, -119.887287). Stocky and short-tailed, with red underparts and crown, and gray auriculars, lores, and back; wings and greater coverts were gray with red edges. One tail feather growing in was dull greenish. Photos."
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 10:20 by Eunice Schroeder
- Evergreen Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8909131&<ll...>,-119.8909131 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198787012 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing adult male first found by Nick Lethaby yesterday. Good views around 10:30 a.m. with several other birders after it was refound at the eastern end of the area by Tom Turner, approximately here looking north: (34.436679, -119.887287). Stocky and short-tailed, with red underparts and crown, and gray auriculars, lores, and back; wings and greater coverts were gray with red edges. One tail feather growing in was dull greenish. Photos."
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 09:30 by Adrian O'Loghlen
- Evergreen Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8909131&<ll...>,-119.8909131 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198783386 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Very active medium sized bird with bright orange red underparts and chest and head. Gray patch to the left and below eye, grayish back and flank. Reddish tail with single green feather. Gray feet and legs, dark gray bill. Eating bees."
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 09:30 by Pamela Viale
- Evergreen Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8909131&<ll...>,-119.8909131 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198782712 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Very active medium sized bird with bright orange red underparts and chest and head. Gray patch to the left and below eye, grayish back and flank. Reddish tail with single green feather. Gray feet and legs, dark gray bill. Eating bees. First found by Nick Lethaby."
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 09:26 by David Compton
- Evergreen Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8909131&<ll...>,-119.8909131 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198764888 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Found yesterday by Nick Lethaby and refound this morning by Andy McGrath, at around 9:30, just as I was arriving. A group of us got good but distant and backlit views of the bird as it sat stationary in a river redgum for several minutes. It then flew south to the redgums at the southern edge of the park, nearer San Rossano Drive, and became more active, but we got several good views. We then lost it as it flew east. Tom Turner, who showed up after the bird flew, then refound it about 100 yards farther east, where a group of later arrivers got very good views at the bird in a Tasmanian bluegum.
The bird was generally very red, with the brightest areas being the throat, breast, and under tail coverts. It was browner above, on the auriculars, and on the underside of the tail. The wings were brown with red edges, giving them an appearance of a more subdued red color when seen from a distance. The brown face contrasted with the red on the throat and above the eye/on the cap. The bill was entirely dark gray and small than that of a Summer Tanager. One odd feature was that the single green outer right retrix that appeared to be growing in, as the feather was short and looked pretty fresh. I was not sure what to make of this."
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 08:40 by Steve Hovey
- Evergreen Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8909131&<ll...>,-119.8909131 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198765861 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found by Nick Lethaby yesterday morning. Refound today at 9:30am by Andy McGrath high up in a euc in the creek bed near where the bird had been seen the day before by Alex and Ryan. Bird was feeding on flying bugs and moved to the eucs near San Rossano where better views were had. Bright red head and neck, dark lores with reddish-grey ear patch, robust beak with slight downward curve, darker back and wings, greyish flanks. This bird had one yellow tail feather shorter than the rest."
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 08:11 by Linda Blue
- Evergreen Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8909131&<ll...>,-119.8909131 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198854831 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "First discovered here yesterday by Nick Lethaby and most likely the same bird that Nick found at this location as an immature last year. A large, chunky tanager very similar to a Summer Tanager, but with grayer tones to the plumage. It had a thick silver bill, and was bright red with a gray cheek patch, a grayish back washed in red, and a dusty wash on the sides. First seen high up in a eucalyptus in the creek bed (34.4372798, -119.8885434) then it flew south to the eucalyptus grove east of the north end of San Rossano Drive (34.4369574, -119.8893343)."
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 08:11 by David Blue
- Evergreen Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8909131&<ll...>,-119.8909131 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198811067 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "First discovered here yesterday by Nick Lethaby and most likely the same bird that Nick found at this location as an immature last year. A large, chunky tanager very similar to a Summer Tanager, but with grayer tones to the plumage. It had a thick silver bill, and was bright red with a gray cheek patch, a grayish back washed in red, and a dusty wash on the sides. First seen high up in a eucalyptus in the creek bed (34.4372798, -119.8885434) then it flew south to the eucalyptus grove east of the north end of San Rossano Drive (34.4369574, -119.8893343)."
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 12:57 by Steve Hovey
- Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.228442&<ll...>,-120.228442 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198811927 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird seen in the campground area near the creek. Female/immature male. Foraging alongside the painted bunting. They moved around to different parts of the campground together. See photos."
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 12:57 by Dawn Hovey
- Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.228442&<ll...>,-120.228442 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198811505 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird seen in the campground area near the creek. Female/immature male. Foraging alongside the painted bunting. They moved around to different parts of the campground together. See photos."
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 12:42 by Wim van Dam
- Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.228442&<ll...>,-120.228442 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198778168 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Bunting sized bird was loosely associating with the Painted Bunting and the White-crowned Sparrow. As the photo shows this bird had a thick bill, noticeable buffy wing bars, splotches of blue on its back and flanks, and a buffy breast. This bird looked different from the Lazuli Bunting that Peter Schneekloth photographed earlier in the day."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 15:43 by Eunice Schroeder
- Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.228442&<ll...>,-120.228442 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198817380 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing immature, found this morning by Peter Schneekloth. Seen foraging on the ground in the open about 20 ft from here (34.4721389, -120.2281751). Still foraging in this area, with the Lazuli Bunting, when I left about an hour later. Splotchy bright green above, paler yellow-green below, pale eyering, thick bill. Some of its juvenile fleshy gape still visible. Photos."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 13:44 by David Blue
- Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.228442&<ll...>,-120.228442 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198815747 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "First discovered here earlier this morning by Peter Schneekloth. This was a small, green, House Finch-sized bird: brilliant green above, especially the back and wings, and yellowish green below. It had a thin pale eyering and a thick bill, dark above and lighter below. It was seen foraging with a Lazuli Bunting on the ground in the northeast campground area near the creek (34.4725765, -120.2279716) and also immediately north of the long row of parking spaces (34.4721481, -120.2282428)."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 13:44 by Linda Blue
- Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.228442&<ll...>,-120.228442 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198854854 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "First discovered here earlier this morning by Peter Schneekloth. This was a small, green, House Finch-sized bird: brilliant green above, especially the back and wings, and yellowish green below. It had a thin pale eyering and a thick bill, dark above and lighter below. It was seen foraging with a Lazuli Bunting on the ground in the northeast campground area near the creek (34.4725765, -120.2279716) and also immediately north of the long row of parking spaces (34.4721481, -120.2282428)."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 12:57 by Steve Hovey
- Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.228442&<ll...>,-120.228442 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198811927 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird seen in the campground area near the creek. Green female/immature male. Foraging alongside the lazuli bunting. They moved around to different parts of the campground together. See photos."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 12:57 by Dawn Hovey
- Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.228442&<ll...>,-120.228442 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198811505 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird seen in the campground area near the creek. Green female/immature male. Foraging alongside the lazuli bunting. They moved around to different parts of the campground together. See photos."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 12:42 by Wim van Dam
- Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.228442&<ll...>,-120.228442 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198778168 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing bird. Originally found by Peter Schneekloth earlier this morning. Bunting-sized bird that was foraging on dirt patches around the parking lot/campground. As the photo shows it had a thick bill and was overall green colored without any distinct markings, thus ruling out any kind of warbler or other bunting. The photo also shows a yellow gape, indicating that this is a first year bird."
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