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Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) (1)
- Reported Nov 22, 2024 16:04 by Toby Fowler
- UCSB--Campus Lagoon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.845165&<ll...>,-119.845165 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203326996 - Comments: "Continuing male. I believe there were two around (this and a fem-type), so I'll check my photos. Clearly larger than nearby Lessers, rounder and larger head. They were all off in the distance when I saw them on this checklist, but I should have photos of them on my other, earlier, checklist that hopefully are off the Greater."
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) (1)
- Reported Nov 22, 2024 16:28 by Betsy Mooney
- More Mesa Open Space, Santa Barbara US-CA 34.42341, -119.80218, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.802178&<ll...>,-119.802178 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203311534 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Buffy, short, blunt body, with dark brown streaks on chest; white face, yellow eyes encircled black. Hunting on eastern side."
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (1)
- Reported Nov 23, 2024 07:54 by Laurel S Luby
- 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/S203369641 - Comments: "Continuing adult male. Brief, partially obscured view in the cape honeysuckle hedge south of the footbridge. Brief partial view through binoculars, but no photos. Ochre-colored body, black hood, and oriole beak."
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (1)
- Reported Nov 23, 2024 07:54 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/S203361952 - Comments: "Continuing adult male. Brief, partially obscured view in the cape honeysuckle hedge south of the footbridge. Brief partial view through binoculars, but no photos. Ochre-colored body, black hood, and oriole beak."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1)
- Reported Nov 22, 2024 08:42 by Mark Holmgren
- Tecolote Creek Neighborhoods, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.915269&<ll...>,-119.915269 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203305929 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Seen near the north-most point on our walk. Seen about here: 34.45054, -119.91699. A black and white warbler with a mostly white face and a black post-ocular line. No yellow in the lores. Black lateral crown stripes bordered by a white central crown stripe and a white supercilium. Strong black spots on under-tail coverts. Foraged mostly nuthatch-like on larger branches."
Virginia's Warbler (Leiothlypis virginiae) (1)
- Reported Nov 22, 2024 15:30 by Janet Wright
- My backyard in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4957376&<ll...>,-119.4957376 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203308265 - Comments: "Hopping around my backyard with other birds mentioned. Showed up with the Lincoln's Sparrow. I have two seed feeders, a hummingbird feeder, and a cup of dried worms. It seemed most interested in the worms, but also hopped around the ground picking up whatever he could find. He moved too quickly for a picture. I vacillated between Virginia's and Tennessee because the amount of gray vs. yellow, but Virginia's seemed to match best. It was mostly gray around the head, with a bib of yellow, gray belly and a yellow rump. Underside was light. Appeared to have a complete eye ring."
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