Date: 10/24/24 8:00 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Pacific Golden-Plover (1 report)
- Short-billed Dowitcher (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (2 reports)
- Swamp Sparrow (1 report)
- Orchard Oriole (1 report)
- Tennessee Warbler (1 report)

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Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2024 10:11 by Daniel Farrar
- Vandenburg SFB--Shuman Creek (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6091232&<ll...>,-120.6091232
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200146235
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Golden plover when short primary projection, very golden upperparts and face, and pronounced ear spot. Flew and gave a call similar to the 3rd call on the Sibley app. In a restricted area. VSFB pass required."

Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) (1)
- Reported Oct 22, 2024 11:00 by Tom Riederer
- Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6633525&<ll...>,-119.6633525
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200048711
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "The bird was at the parking lot beach. The bill was noticeably shorter than the LB I saw recently. The bird was overall smaller too."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2024 08:51 by Patty Enger
- 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/S200121131
- Comments: "Heard and saw near Whittier Pond. Bright yellow, notched tail."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (2)
- Reported Oct 24, 2024 09:15 by Daniel Farrar
- Vandenburg SFB--San Antonio Beach (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6237909&<ll...>,-120.6237909
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200145313
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Photos. Kingbirds with large bills and yellow chest. Notchd tail. At San Antonio River mouth flycatching from the bull rush with a Black Phoebe. Note restricted access. VSFB pass required."

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1)
- Reported Oct 23, 2024 09:06 by Sue Cook
- 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/S200048896
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Photos. Dark rufous wings, brown streaked back, buffy cheek and sides, light gray chest slightly streaked."

Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2024 08:10 by John Callender
- Santa Monica Creek, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5278168&<ll...>,-119.5278168
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200104984
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing bird giving soft vocalizations and skulking in the cape honeysuckle hedge just south of the footbridge."

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2024 16:22 by Toby Fowler
- UCSB--campus, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8450041&<ll...>,-119.8450041
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200147901
- Comments: "Saw a warbler with too much green and white for the very yellow OCWA I had been watching. Noticed white UTC. Later it was calling, and that matched what I was hearing online."

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