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California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (2)
- Reported Nov 16, 2024 12:20 by Linus Blomqvist
- Ballinger Canyon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4829702&<ll...>,-119.4829702 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S202699675 - Comments: "Barn door sized raptors, pronounced primaries, mostly black with some white underneath. Poor photos. Seen from within Santa Barbara County but I'm not sure which county they were in. I was three miles from the Ventura County line and the birds were distant, but not sure if they were within SBA or not."
Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri) (7)
- Reported Nov 16, 2024 11:18 by Linus Blomqvist
- Scrublands north of Ballinger-Access Complicated, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.497506&<ll...>,-119.497506 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S202735503 - Comments: "Minimum count, this species is known to winter in the area in small numbers. I had a minimum of 5 in one spot along my walk (3 in one view, and at least 2 more in the vicinity) and meanwhile Linus had 2 some ways way. Both of us have photos"
Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri) (7)
- Reported Nov 16, 2024 11:18 by Alex Castelein
- Scrublands north of Ballinger-Access Complicated, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.497506&<ll...>,-119.497506 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S202735502 - Comments: "Minimum count, this species is known to winter in the area in small numbers. I had a minimum of 5 in one spot along my walk (3 in one view, and at least 2 more in the vicinity) and meanwhile Linus had 2 some ways way. Both of us have photos"
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (1)
- Reported Nov 16, 2024 11:18 by Linus Blomqvist
- Scrublands north of Ballinger-Access Complicated, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.497506&<ll...>,-119.497506 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S202735503 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Mamma mia! I was hoping to find one among the canescens out here, but didn’t think it would actually work. A lot like a canescens Bell’s, but with a very indistinct malar (nearly completely absent) and distinctly streaked back. Guess that pigment from the malar had to go somewhere. This bird immediately jumped out to me as different from the nearly 100 canescens I had seen today, and is the only bird that prompted me to pull my camera out all day. The field marks are very consistent with other records of wintering Sagebrush in socal deserts. I originally saw what was likely this bird about an hour in, but when I pulled my camera out I couldn’t refind it. I brought Linus back to this spot, and luckily I spotted it and we were both able to get great looks and many photos. I never heard this individual call or sing, though the Bell’s Sparrows nearby would call incessantly and sing occasionally"
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (1)
- Reported Nov 16, 2024 11:18 by Alex Castelein
- Scrublands north of Ballinger-Access Complicated, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.497506&<ll...>,-119.497506 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S202735502 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Mamma mia! I was hoping to find one among the canescens out here, but didn’t think it would actually work. A lot like a canescens Bell’s, but with a very indistinct malar (nearly completely absent) and distinctly streaked back. Guess that pigment from the malar had to go somewhere. This bird immediately jumped out to me as different from the nearly 100 canescens I had seen today, and is the only bird that prompted me to pull my camera out all day. The field marks are very consistent with other records of wintering Sagebrush in socal deserts. I originally saw what was likely this bird about an hour in, but when I pulled my camera out I couldn’t refind it. I brought Linus back to this spot, and luckily I spotted it and we were both able to get great looks and many photos. I never heard this individual call or sing, though the Bell’s Sparrows nearby would call incessantly and sing occasionally"
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 16, 2024 10:34 by Mark Holmgren
- Cachuma Lake, Storke Flat, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9206101&<ll...>,-119.9206101 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S202709783 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "At 34.56507,-119.92405. I spent about 1/2 hour trying to get a photo of this bird. Very secretive. Many call notes heard. I never saw the breast and belly, but I see that I did get a couple of crummy photos. The head was patterned much like Song Sparrow but slightly grayer. The wing was extensively red."
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 16, 2024 07:00 by Lynn Scarlett
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S202702911 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "bright rusty wings and back, light chestnut sides, whitish throat, dark line behind eye, notably smaller than white-crowned that were nearby; oddly, not in marsh but foraging in grasses along with white-crowned sparrow"
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 16, 2024 09:04 by Rob Farber
- Rocky Nook Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7114365&<ll...>,-119.7114365 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S202715577 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "A white-throated variety foraging along the trunks and branches of the oak trees here: 34.443489, -119.710313 Black and white stripes on the back and black diamond smudges on the undertail coverts distinguish it from Black-throated Gray Warbler. [EM]"
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 16, 2024 09:04 by Eve Martin
- Rocky Nook Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7114365&<ll...>,-119.7114365 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S202699878 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "A white-throated variety foraging along the trunks and branches of the oak trees here: 34.443489, -119.710313 Black and white stripes on the back and black diamond smudges on the undertail coverts distinguish it from Black-throated Gray Warbler. [EM]"
Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) (1)
- Reported Nov 16, 2024 10:51 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/S202705538 - Comments: "Continuing. I saw a lemon yellow warbler butt, which struck me as decidedly not orange-crowned-like. White patch with yellow UTC. Lost track of it for a second, but my next view was a warbler with a visibly unbroken white eyering on a grey head. We could not refind it."
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