Date: 3/18/25 7:29 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Greater Scaup (1 report)
- Western Cattle-Egret (1 report)
- Baltimore Oriole (2 reports)
- Black-and-white Warbler (2 reports)
- Summer Tanager (1 report)

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Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) (1)
- Reported Mar 17, 2025 07:45 by Lynn Scarlett
- UCSB--Campus Lagoon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.845165&<ll...>,-119.845165
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S219197605
- Comments: "continuing male--rounded head, flat top of head, large nail on bill; seen also by Toby Fowler and Lisa Stratton"

Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) (1)
- Reported Mar 18, 2025 10:52 by Susan Sherwood
- Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.228442&<ll...>,-120.228442
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S219263721
- Comments: "Too small to be a great egret, all yellow legs"

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) (1)
- Reported Mar 17, 2025 17:38 by Zach Nett
- Mesa Rd. at Los Carneros Rd.--SW, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.86055&<ll...>,-119.86055
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S219153525
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Toby’s continuing oriole. Seen in SE corner of campus housing parking lot near Mesa Rd. Did not see the Hooded Oriole though. Phone died after I took this great picture. Will be back in the morning when it’s hopefully less windy."

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) (1)
- Reported Mar 18, 2025 11:18 by Eunice Schroeder
- Storke apartments (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8629427&<ll...>,-119.8629427
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S219300301
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female first found on 3/14 by Toby Fowler. Seen here: (34.421895, -119.861804), in canopy of a tall pine at the SE corner of the Storke Apartments parking lot. Seen from beneath only. Black splotches on face and throat. Orange coloration was brightest at the chest and paler at belly, with somewhat brighter UTC and orange-ish undertail. Photos."

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1)
- Reported Mar 18, 2025 10:05 by Nicholas DeLuca
- Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.710266&<ll...>,-119.710266
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S219272472
- Comments: "Bar code pattern. Moving across branches upside down, nuthatch-like."

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1)
- Reported Mar 18, 2025 08:29 by Rebecca Coulter
- Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.710266&<ll...>,-119.710266
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S219252064
- Comments: "In oaks near Campbell bridge."

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Mar 17, 2025 17:50 by Jennifer LeMay
- Rocky Nook Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7114365&<ll...>,-119.7114365
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S219160555
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "In tree near northern edge of parking lot, near restrooms at Rocky Nook Park, at 6:50 p.m."

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