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Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (1)
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 15:15 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/S211187784 - Comments: "Very similar to Greater Yellowlegs, but smaller overall and with a slim dark bill that is just longer than head. Very actively feeding at edge of eastern channel in the Salicornia. Heard its too-too call twice."
Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) (8)
- Reported Jan 25, 2025 08:06 by Olivia d'Arezzo
- Cuyama River riverbed between Foothill Rd and SB Pistachio, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5094557&<ll...>,-119.5094557 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211158942 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "First 5 at 34.88888, -119.52909
1 at 34.88498, -119.52491
1 at 34.87954, -119.51894
One without coordinates
These 8 were on our way south. On our way back we also had 8 but were walking on the other side of the riverbed, so 8 total is a conservative count."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (1)
- Reported Jan 30, 2025 10:17 by Kaia Colestock
- 670–678 Kirschenmann Rd, New Cuyama US-CA 34.90430, -119.59548, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.595485&<ll...>,-119.595485 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211256463 - Comments: "Probable continuing bird. On chain-link fence with large sparrow-finch flock. Slightly larger than adjacent HOFI. White in the wing. Photos TBA."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (1)
- Reported Jan 30, 2025 10:17 by Elias Aristides Elias
- 670–678 Kirschenmann Rd, New Cuyama US-CA 34.90430, -119.59548, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.595485&<ll...>,-119.595485 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211256464 - Comments: "Probable continuing bird. On chain-link fence with large sparrow-finch flock. Slightly larger than adjacent HOFI. White in the wing. Photos TBA."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 09:02 by Lori Gaskin
- Camino Corto Open Space and Del Sol Vernal Pool Preserve, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8673469&<ll...>,-119.8673469 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211157918 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Observed with a flock of WCSP inside the stables fencing working the muck in one of the horse stalls. Large thick bill; white moustache; brown streaking on white chest; dark streaks on back; pale feather edges on back; white coverts"
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 12:45 by Mark Holmgren
- Santa Barbara Municipal Golf Course, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7371793&<ll...>,-119.7371793 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211169731 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "in Coral Tree on the west side of Tee #1. Pale belly with yellow chest and head and yellow undertail coverts. Bib and lores black, post ocular line black. Back and wings gray with two white wingbars. Anterior wing bar shows toothlike indentations."
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