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Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) (1)
- Reported Jan 11, 2025 14:10 by Josh Lefever
- 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/S208925823 - Comments: "Continuing, foraging on the ground under the bushes outside the fence at the northwest corner of the park- (34.4506025, -119.8465467). Undeterred by picnickers and volleyball players just a few yards away."
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) (1)
- Reported Jan 11, 2025 09:28 by David Compton
- Stow Grove Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8464203&<ll...>,-119.8464203 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208869282 - Comments: "Large passerine on the ground and in the bottle brush hedge in the northwestern part of the park, seen by a small group of birders. Long tail, overall elongated look, and medium to longish bill for a passerine that had a slight downward curve and pointed tip. Pale eye contrasting with gray-brown face. The head and upper parts were otherwise a fairly bright reddish brown (crown, mantle, rump, tail, and wings), except for two narrow but distinct white wing bars. The underparts were whitish washed with buff (strongest on the flanks) and overlain with bold black streaking."
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) (Passerculus sandwichensis [sandwichensis Group]) (10)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 10:35 by Scott Berglund
- 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/S208818771 - Comments: "Loose flock in the higher elevations. All seemed like the nominate subspecies group - smaller, rufousy, brighter yellow lores, peaked crowns."
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) (Passerculus sandwichensis [sandwichensis Group]) (10)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 10:35 by Warren Wolf
- 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/S208784003 - Comments: "Loose flock in the higher elevations. All seemed like the nominate subspecies group - smaller, rufousy, brighter yellow lores, peaked crowns."
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) (Passerculus sandwichensis [sandwichensis Group]) (10)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 10:35 by Nina Wolf
- 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/S208784005 - Comments: "Loose flock in the higher elevations. All seemed like the nominate subspecies group - smaller, rufousy, brighter yellow lores, peaked crowns."
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) (Passerculus sandwichensis [sandwichensis Group]) (10)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 10:35 by Josh Lefever
- 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/S208784002 - Comments: "Loose flock in the higher elevations. All seemed like the nominate subspecies group - smaller, rufousy, brighter yellow lores, peaked crowns."
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) (Passerculus sandwichensis [sandwichensis Group]) (10)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 10:35 by Alex Lamoreaux
- 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/S208781565 - Comments: "Loose flock in the higher elevations. All seemed like the nominate subspecies group - smaller, rufousy, brighter yellow lores, peaked crowns."
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) (Passerculus sandwichensis [sandwichensis Group]) (10)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 10:35 by Kees de Mooy
- 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/S208784006 - Comments: "Loose flock in the higher elevations. All seemed like the nominate subspecies group - smaller, rufousy, brighter yellow lores, peaked crowns."
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) (Passerculus sandwichensis [sandwichensis Group]) (10)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 10:35 by Kevin Tutt
- 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/S208795579 - Comments: "Loose flock in the higher elevations. All seemed like the nominate subspecies group - smaller, rufousy, brighter yellow lores, peaked crowns."
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) (1)
- Reported Jan 11, 2025 09:36 by Jenny Slaughter
- Carpinteria State Beach Campground/Carp Creek, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.521358&<ll...>,-119.521358 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208867331 - Comments: "Continuing bird, large brown sparrow with greenish sides, rufous crown and bright white throat. See in hedge on the outside corner of Santa Cruz loop close to the roundabout of the main entrance."
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