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Craveri's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 26, 2024 12:45 by julie rush
- Offshore--northern Santa Cruz Basin, south of Santa Cruz Island (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6630859&<ll...>,-119.6630859 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200979045 - Media: 13 Photos
- Comments: "Seen very well. Identified by long bill, straight border between white throat and dark face, dark breast spur, dark underwing. Did not show cocked tail."
Craveri's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 26, 2024 12:45 by Dawn Hovey
- Offshore--northern Santa Cruz Basin, south of Santa Cruz Island (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6630859&<ll...>,-119.6630859 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201047667 - Media: 13 Photos
- Comments: "Seen very well. Identified by long bill, straight border between white throat and dark face, dark breast spur, dark underwing. Did not show cocked tail."
Craveri's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 26, 2024 12:45 by Wim van Dam
- Offshore--northern Santa Cruz Basin, south of Santa Cruz Island (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6630859&<ll...>,-119.6630859 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201000195 - Media: 13 Photos
- Comments: "Seen very well. Identified by long bill, straight border between white throat and dark face, dark breast spur, dark underwing. Did not show cocked tail."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Nov 01, 2024 13:31 by Nathan French
- Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6572856&<ll...>,-119.6572856 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201047576 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Saw it as it flew into trees in “island” behind parking lot. (34.4219989, -119.6578432) Had a large bill, dark mask, bright yellow all the way up to its white throat, and a green back. Also heard its twittery call."
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) (1)
- Reported Nov 01, 2024 10:52 by Alex Castelein
- Elings Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7349691&<ll...>,-119.7349691 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201025166 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "County bird, thanks for the great find Hugh! Drab, plainly colored longspur with very short primary projection, dark triangle in tail, and making unique single-note calls unlike other longspurs when flushed (sounded like the first note of their classic shorebird-like chatter call). Photos"
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) (1)
- Reported Nov 01, 2024 08:56 by Mark Holmgren
- Elings Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7349691&<ll...>,-119.7349691 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201016858 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "After long, langourous, and close views, the bird took off on a long flight heading east. I thought it was on its way, but I understand that Alex C. was able to refind it this later morning. Bland, sandy-colored, and poorly delineated markings throughout. Smaller, pinkish mandible and most of the maxilla, but bill color varied with the light conditions. Culmen darker. Only the greater wing coverts were visible and those were more amber-colored than the flight feathers. White eyering was most pronounced below the eye. As it flew away, it issued several 2-note calls that to my ear were almost fluty and bluebird-like."
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