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Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) (1)
- Reported Nov 18, 2024 17:42 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/S202971184 - Comments: "Heard calling from the woods on the east side of the entrance road, about 300 ft north of the gate and just north of the creek crossing, here: (34.4739527, -120.2292040). This is the same spot where a likely COPO was reported yesterday to the SBCO Birding discussion group."
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (1)
- Reported Nov 17, 2024 10:05 by Linda Blue
- BLM Scrublands North of Ballinger Canyon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.497174&<ll...>,-119.497174 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S202969800 - Media: 14 Photos
- Comments: "We searched the area where Alex Castelein found a Sagebrush Sparrow the previous day, and sorted through multiple Bell’s Sparrows before finding one that stood out from all the others. Although this bird was not the same bird that Alex had photographed, it did
have conspicuous long dark steaks on its back, and a weaker, less contrasting malar (with some white streaks in it) compared to the thicker more solidly black malar of the well-marked nearby Bell’s Sparrows. This bird was studied through scopes, and photos of this bird are attached. Although we searched the surrounding area for another two hours, we found only Bell’s Sparrows."
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (1)
- Reported Nov 17, 2024 10:05 by Eunice Schroeder
- BLM Scrublands North of Ballinger Canyon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.497174&<ll...>,-119.497174 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S202969935 - Media: 14 Photos
- Comments: "We searched the area where Alex Castelein found a Sagebrush Sparrow the previous day, and sorted through multiple Bell’s Sparrows before finding one that stood out from all the others. Although this bird was not the same bird that Alex had photographed, it did have conspicuous long dark steaks on its back, and a weaker, less contrasting malar (with some white streaks in it) compared to the thicker more solidly black malar of the well-marked nearby Bell’s Sparrows. This bird was studied through scopes, and photos of this bird are attached. Although we searched the surrounding area for another two hours, we found only Bell’s Sparrows."
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (1)
- Reported Nov 17, 2024 10:05 by David Blue
- BLM Scrublands North of Ballinger Canyon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.497174&<ll...>,-119.497174 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S202969799 - Media: 14 Photos
- Comments: "We searched the area where Alex Castelein found a Sagebrush Sparrow the previous day, and sorted through multiple Bell’s Sparrows before finding one that stood out from all the others. Although this bird was not the same bird that Alex had photographed, it did have conspicuous long dark steaks on its back, and a weaker, less contrasting malar (with some white streaks in it) compared to the thicker more solidly black malar of the well-marked nearby Bell’s Sparrows. This bird was studied through scopes, and photos of this bird are attached. Although we searched the surrounding area for another two hours, we found only Bell’s Sparrows."
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