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Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) (1)
- Reported Feb 17, 2025 07:55 by Colin Dillingham
- stakeout Painted Bunting (Carpinteria Sanitary District, 2023-2024), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.517327&<ll...>,-119.517327 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S214114027 - Comments: "Adult male. All rufous back without any green on center of back, with a few green flecks in the back of neck area. Excellent view of perched male showing back."
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) (1)
- Reported Feb 17, 2025 07:55 by Angela Dillingham
- stakeout Painted Bunting (Carpinteria Sanitary District, 2023-2024), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.517327&<ll...>,-119.517327 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S214114028 - Comments: "Adult male. All rufous back without any green on center of back, with a few green flecks in the back of neck area. Excellent view of perched male showing back."
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) (1)
- Reported Feb 17, 2025 14:15 by Nathan Bradford
- stakeout Painted Bunting (Carpinteria Sanitary District, 2023-2024), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.517327&<ll...>,-119.517327 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S214186987 - Comments: "Continuing rarity. Heard kinglet-like repetitive "kek". Clean view on road side of the willow thicket. White above and behind eye. Clean throat - lacking gorget- similiar in color to "eyebrow". Relatively wide bill with orange lower mandible."
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1)
- Reported Feb 17, 2025 10:55 by Eve Martin
- 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/S214125467 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Possibly the continuing rarity last reported on Dec. 17th. An active phoebe flycatching over the stream, frequent wagging of the tail when perched, small all dark bill and dark head with a white throat. No vocalizations. I watched it for about half an hour before losing track of it. At the second stone bridge creek crossing from the south San Leandro entrance approximately here: 34.431521, -119.621931"
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (1)
- Reported Feb 17, 2025 10:14 by Tim Lister
- stakeout Painted Bunting (Carpinteria Sanitary District, 2023-2024), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.517327&<ll...>,-119.517327 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S214115667 - Comments: "Mostly yellow and brown warbler with brown cap and brighter yellow under the tail. Seen at intersection of 6th & Walnut in the flowering aloe stalks and on the fence of the SuperSprings International opposite"
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (1)
- Reported Feb 17, 2025 10:14 by Rachel Street
- stakeout Painted Bunting (Carpinteria Sanitary District, 2023-2024), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.517327&<ll...>,-119.517327 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S214115668 - Comments: "Mostly yellow and brown warbler with brown cap and brighter yellow under the tail. Seen at intersection of 6th & Walnut in the flowering aloe stalks and on the fence of the SuperSprings International opposite"
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1)
- Reported Feb 17, 2025 14:04 by John Callender
- stakeout Painted Bunting (Carpinteria Sanitary District, 2023-2024), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.517327&<ll...>,-119.517327 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S214182670 - Comments: "Continuing adult male. Seen before we got out of the car; an unmistakable bright red, blue, and green bird in the top of the willows west of the Sanitary District offices. Flew away toward Carpinteria Creek before I could get photos."
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