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Greater Pewee (Contopus pertinax) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:30 by Conor McMahon
- 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/S210040124 - Media: 2 Photos, 2 Audio
- Comments: "(34.433813,-119.621328) continuing in sycamore, ranging from ~5 to 15 m up (maybe half the tree's height). Initially found based on soft pipping sound.
I actually heard the bird several times throughout my visit, ranging from that location north along the creek to approx (34.43587, -119.62014), but the call is so soft that I always thought it was still far away in the next stand of trees. When I finally saw the bird I realized that I might have already been very close to it without realizing it. The very soft recording here was taken with my cell phone while I watched the bird from ~ 10 m away."
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 11:50 by Jamie Chavez
- VSFB--FamCamp & Open Spaces, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.55173&<ll...>,-120.55173 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210081450 - Comments: "Continuing male across from the FamCamp. Observed flycatching from the construction fence opposite the overflow area around the maintenance facility under construction. Bright red and brown flycatcher, smaller than Say's Phoebe."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 08:58 by Eunice Schroeder
- 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/S210083758 - Comments: "Continuing, one seen from here (34.4420200, -119.8502716), on path on west side of lake looking west. Perched atop large shrub and sallied repeatedly, then flew a couple hundred yards north and gave twittering call. Large bill, notched tail, dark smudge behind eye, lemon yellow extending up to pale light-yellow breast. The other one heard from SE area of lake."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 08:19 by Rebecca Coulter
- 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/S210086324 - Comments: "Two birds continuing at different locations around the lake. Both twittering quite a lot, bright yellow breast going right up to the “chin”, slightly forked brown tail. Occasionally chasing Cassin’s off perches."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 08:19 by R Dennis Ringer
- 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/S210100292 - Comments: "Two birds continuing at different locations around the lake. Both twittering quite a lot, bright yellow breast going right up to the “chin”, slightly forked brown tail. Occasionally chasing Cassin’s off perches."
Plumbeous Vireo (Vireo plumbeus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 12:16 by Diego Perez
- Chase Palm Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6832574&<ll...>,-119.6832574 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210084370 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "continuing. Got lucky and it was the first bird I saw! On the Garden street side of the park (west of carousel). Initially seen in pine tree near carousel house close to train tracks. Popped around the bare trees in the courtyard and flew across Cabrillo to the pine tree in the beachside parking lot. White spectacles, mostly gray with a very slight yellowish tint to some feathers (which was much more noticeable when the bird was in the shade?). photos."
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 17:03 by Kim Stackpole
- 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/S210110923 - Comments: "Continuing. Green Tailed Towhee seen almost daily along the fence separating the first campgrounds to the left when entering from Palm Ave. Mixed in w WC sparrows. Foraging on ground. Rufous crown, white streaky chin. Long greenish tail vibrant in the sun. Got a good look at his raised crown when some dogs came by, but otw it was pretty bold"
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 16:22 by Conor McMahon
- Chase Palm Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6832574&<ll...>,-119.6832574 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210060863 - Comments: "Continuing (34.415035,-119.685576) in sycamores immediately north of bridge. Moving relatively deliberately through canopy with tail in an interesting, somewhat cocked position (maybe 30 or 45° above horizontal) for most of the time I was here.
Green on crown and back, dark gray or blackish on wings with two sharp wing bars, gray in face and armpits, clean white below including in undertail coverts except for a smudgy series of chestnut streaks along side. Maybe a faint whitish eyering but hard to make out. Remiges dark grayish above and light grayish below. Some dark streaking through the green on back but not on crown.
Initially seen overhead in sycamores, eventually came down to the edge of the water, so really satisfying looks at both the dorsal and ventral sides, although light already fading. Heard a single chip note while watching it, sweet and downslurred like a yellow warbler but slightly different, maybe "rounder?""
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