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Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi) (1)
- Reported Nov 17, 2024 07:47 by Mark Holmgren
- Andrée Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara US-CA 34.42189, -119.65776, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.657765&<ll...>,-119.657765 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S202828181 - Comments: "Seen close but against a bright sky. Chaetura swift. Dark ventrally but becoming slightly paler at the throat. I could not say that this bird was not a Chimney Swift."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 17, 2024 07:47 by Mark Holmgren
- Andrée Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara US-CA 34.42189, -119.65776, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.657765&<ll...>,-119.657765 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S202828181 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Sturdy long bill with faint dark rectangular line through the eye. Tail brown and slightly forked. Belly yellow up to upper chest."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 17, 2024 11:15 by Adrian O'Loghlen
- 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/S202857291 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Small, very active black and white striped warbler, foraging along tree branches and trunks. Continuing bird, found today by Dave Compton."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 17, 2024 11:15 by Pamela Viale
- 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/S202857013 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Small, very active black and white striped warbler, foraging along tree branches and trunks. Continuing bird, found today by Dave Compton."
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