Date: 2/23/25 4:56 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Tropical Kingbird (1 report)
- Palm Warbler (2 reports)

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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Feb 23, 2025 10:16 by James Rounds
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Dune Pond, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.881839&<ll...>,-119.881839
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S215073916
- Comments: "High tittering call gave it away"

Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 22, 2025 12:27 by Libby Patten
- 5200–5238 Sixth St, Carpinteria US-CA (34.3947,-119.5195), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.519474&<ll...>,-119.519474
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S214933407
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Seen flitting between multiple trees at intersection between Walnut Ave. and Sixth St. Sometimes on ground at base of palm (haha) and in shrubby oak on north corner by playground. Very active. Constant pumping of tail. Bright yellow undertail coverts, brown-streaked underparts, yellowish eyebrow, rufous crown, some yellow on throat, brown upperparts. Chipping with sharp loud chip often and indeed that’s how I found it and followed its circuit on the eastern side of this intersection."

Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (1)
- Reported Feb 23, 2025 11:40 by Grace Sanchez
- 5200–5238 Sixth St, Carpinteria US-CA 34.39467, -119.51941, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.519406&<ll...>,-119.519406
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S215088480
- Comments: "Bobbing tail, chestnut on crown, white supercilium. Flew from corner school side to opposite side at 6th and walnut and then flew south. Seen both perched on a bush by Supersprings international business and foraging on the ground."

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