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Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 06, 2025 14:26 by Betsy Mooney
- Goleta Beach County Park (including east end of Goleta Slough), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.829812&<ll...>,-119.829812 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208337028 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing immature, as observed by other birders, west of restrooms on bike rack. In between Area A and restrooms."
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 04, 2025 13:52 by Ali Nygaard
- Goleta Beach County Park (including east end of Goleta Slough), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.829812&<ll...>,-119.829812 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208337892 - Comments: "Continuing. Foraging near the tree with the red flowers behind the bathroom and later on the rocks on the beach in front of picnic area A. Patchy red on chest."
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 04, 2025 13:52 by Sophie Cameron
- Goleta Beach County Park (including east end of Goleta Slough), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.829812&<ll...>,-119.829812 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208337893 - Comments: "Continuing. Foraging near the tree with the red flowers behind the bathroom and later on the rocks on the beach in front of picnic area A. Patchy red on chest."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 07, 2025 08:23 by Lucia Snowhill
- Andrée Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara US-CA 34.42197, -119.65766, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.657663&<ll...>,-119.657663 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208418145 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Large flycatcher with gray head, white throat, yellow underparts and large bill. Fly catching at western corner of refuge by outflow to ocean. Photos."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 07, 2025 08:23 by Tom Beland
- Andrée Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara US-CA 34.42197, -119.65766, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.657663&<ll...>,-119.657663 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208417899 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Large flycatcher with gray head, white throat, yellow underparts and large bill. Fly catching at western corner of refuge by outflow to ocean. Photos."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 07, 2025 08:23 by Laurel S Luby
- Andrée Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara US-CA 34.42197, -119.65766, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.657663&<ll...>,-119.657663 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208416997 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Large flycatcher with gray head, white throat, yellow underparts and large bill. Fly catching at western corner of refuge by outflow to ocean. Photos."
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) (1)
- Reported Jan 07, 2025 11:30 by Matt Brady
- Stow Grove Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.846034&<ll...>,-119.846034 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208424446 - Comments: "Continuing bird, buried deep in the bottlebrush hedge at the NW corner of the park, in the vicinity of the blue barrels. Very uncooperative, I managed a couple of glimpses, only enough to tell what the bird was. My composite view was of a medium-sized, long-tailed bird, white below with dense black streaking contrasting with a rufous back and a long, stout bill. No view of the face or wings."
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 06, 2025 15:34 by Ali Nygaard
- Stow Grove Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.846034&<ll...>,-119.846034 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208338348 - Comments: "Continuing. Much more generous looks this time on the park side along the fence. Foraging for about 5 minutes or so just to the right of the blue trashcan on the fenceline. Able to see the yellow eye this time, along with the characteristic streaky belly, white wing bars, and reddish-brown wings and back."
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 06, 2025 15:34 by Sophie Cameron
- Stow Grove Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.846034&<ll...>,-119.846034 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208338349 - Comments: "Continuing. Much more generous looks this time on the park side along the fence. Foraging for about 5 minutes or so just to the right of the blue trashcan on the fenceline. Able to see the yellow eye this time, along with the characteristic streaky belly, white wing bars, and reddish-brown wings and back."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 06, 2025 09:30 by Sue Cook
- West Campus and Camino Corto, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.86954&<ll...>,-119.86954 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208318105 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Refound by Adrian O'Loghlen. Large blue-grey bill, lateral throat stripe, brown upper parts, brown stripes on white underparts, white edge on greater coverts."
Lucy's Warbler (Leiothlypis luciae) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 06, 2025 15:31 by Lori Gaskin
- Dwight Murphy Field Parking Lot, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.670591&<ll...>,-119.670591 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208341894 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Soft pale gray-white below on chest and breast and slightly deeper gray upper parts. Rust rump. Black piercing eyes and very slight white around eye. Visible feeding on one tipu tree in parking lot."
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