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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."
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."
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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