Date: 12/20/24 3:17 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Common Ground Dove (1 report)
- American Bittern (1 report)
- Greater Pewee (2 reports)
- Tropical Kingbird (2 reports)
- Song Sparrow (1 report)
- Tennessee Warbler (3 reports)
- Nashville Warbler (2 reports)
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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Dec 20, 2024 08:15 by Barbara Millett
- UCSB North Campus Open Space (formerly Ocean Meadows Golf Course), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8792197&<ll...>,-119.8792197 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S206021777 - Comments: "Continuing. Large heron half-hidden in reeds at north end of Whittier Pond. Saw most of head, part of bill, and olive-y brown plumage on back."
Greater Pewee (Contopus pertinax) (1)
- Reported Dec 20, 2024 08:34 by Alexander Yan
- Ennisbrook Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6226395&<ll...>,-119.6226395 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S206013334 - Comments: "Heard around the northern edge of the park near the creek and construction zone. Making its slurry call and chirps near where it was visually seen earlier in the day. I came back around 2pm and heard it very clearly again."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Dec 19, 2024 09:01 by David Blue
- 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/S205954217 - Comments: "Continuing in one of its typical spots: in a large, mostly bare tree on the north side of the east arm of the lake. Light gray head with a darker ear patch, long heavy black bill, a bright yellow belly with the yellow extending up to the throat, and a long notched tail."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Dec 19, 2024 09:01 by Linda Blue
- 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/S205954218 - Comments: "Continuing in one of its typical spots: in a large, mostly bare tree on the north side of the east arm of the lake. Light gray head with a darker ear patch, long heavy black bill, a bright yellow belly with the yellow extending up to the throat, and a long notched tail."
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