Date: 12/8/24 1:20 am
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Common Poorwill (1 report)
- American White Pelican (2 reports)
- Vermilion Flycatcher (2 reports)
- Tropical Kingbird (1 report)
- Tennessee Warbler (2 reports)
- Nashville Warbler (3 reports)
- American Redstart (1 report)
- Palm Warbler (2 reports)
- Summer Tanager (2 reports)
- Black-headed Grosbeak (1 report)

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Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) (1)
- Reported Dec 07, 2024 02:37 by koan kam
- 93437, Lompoc US-CA 34.71943, -120.53191, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.531912&<ll...>,-120.531912
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204672824
- Comments: "Out side of a office it was stunned by the bright lights when spooked and didn’t know where to fly"

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) (19)
- Reported Dec 04, 2024 10:34 by Ron Vasaturo
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204699320
- Comments: "Soaring over water along the north SCI coast—as seen from the North Bluff Trail. Flock moving in squadron-like formation. Very familiar w/species as they winter near our SW FL home."

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) (19)
- Reported Dec 04, 2024 10:34 by Gaylene Vasaturo
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204700012
- Comments: "Soaring over water along the north SCI coast—as seen from the North Bluff Trail. Flock moving in squadron-like formation. Very familiar w/species as they winter near our SW FL home."

Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2024 11:44 by Jenny Slaughter
- Carpinteria Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.539597&<ll...>,-119.539597
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204728432
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Juvenile male with red crown and underparts. Flycatching and perched on headstone with name “Carton” in center of loop road. Photos."

Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2024 11:44 by Craig Murray
- Carpinteria Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.539597&<ll...>,-119.539597
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204727580
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Juvenile male with red crown and underparts. Flycatching and perched on headstone with name “Carton” in center of loop road. Photos."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2024 08:00 by Noah Gaines
- 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/S204706928
- Comments: "Conspicuous. Seen from dam on Willow on W side of lake. Calling trilling song and bright yellow belly and gray head."

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2024 13:54 by Tom Beland
- LuBeeland, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.507798&<ll...>,-119.507798
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204752060
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Small warbler with olive green uppers and white chest, belly and under tail. White eyebrow with dark eyestripe. Photos"

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2024 13:54 by Laurel S Luby
- LuBeeland, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.507798&<ll...>,-119.507798
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204751779
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Small warbler with olive green uppers and white chest, belly and under tail. White eyebrow with dark eyestripe. Photos"

Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2024 13:54 by Tom Beland
- LuBeeland, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.507798&<ll...>,-119.507798
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204752060
- Comments: "Continuing at peanut butter feeder"

Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2024 13:54 by Laurel S Luby
- LuBeeland, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.507798&<ll...>,-119.507798
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204751779
- Comments: "Continuing at peanut butter feeder"

Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) (1)
- Reported Dec 07, 2024 13:14 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/S204768452
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Grey head, white eyering, yellow body. Still being pushed around by the other warblers."

American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1)
- Reported Dec 07, 2024 13:14 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/S204768452
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Small grey warbler, super active, like a ruby-crowned kinglet. Watched it fan its tail, and saw the light notches that start halfway up. It appeared to be doing a circuit, and I also think I might've seen it land on the roof of the one story section of the nearby building."

Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 06, 2024 12:40 by Andrea Bruce
- 610 Palm Ave, Carpinteria US-CA 34.39364, -119.51801, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.518005&<ll...>,-119.518005
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204697283
- Comments: "Drab olive upper parts. Grayish streaked chest and belly. Yellow under tail coverts. Head has dull rufous crown and long pale eyebrow. First seen in tree at 630 Palm Ave. It flew directly across the street into trees in school field, along the sidewalk."

Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2024 12:52 by Christina Colby
- Palm Ave, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.518411&<ll...>,-119.518411
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204731345
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "in the tree in the front yard, then foraging in the driveway. pics."

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2024 08:33 by Lucy London
- Maria Ygnacio Creek--north of US 101, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8033118&<ll...>,-119.8033118
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204713213
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Unmistakable bright red male; uniformly red robin-sized tanager. Flying back and forth across the creek foraging at 34.44383° N, 119.80459° W."

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 06, 2024 08:15 by Hugh Ranson
- Modoc Preserve, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7633147&<ll...>,-119.7633147
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204718181
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "In willows along Cieneguitas Creek, alongside bike path, close to Modoc. Perhaps a young male with orange UTC and reddish in crown. Deformed bill."

Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) (1)
- Reported Dec 07, 2024 09:10 by John Engle
- Coronado Butterfly Preserve West, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8914286&<ll...>,-119.8914286
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204728176
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing siting of female/immature individual on feeder in backyard of house backing up to west portion of Coronado Butterfly Preserve between Newport Drive and the dry creek bed."

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