Date: 4/12/25 3:15 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Snow Goose (3 reports)
- Hooded Merganser (2 reports)
- American x Black Oystercatcher (hybrid) (1 report)
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Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) (2)
- Reported Apr 11, 2025 14:01 by Noah Gaines
- Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden and Alameda Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7060287&<ll...>,-119.7060287 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S224671208 - Comments: "Male and female in lake. Hammerhead appearance female all brown. Male with white patch on head crest from behind eye on a widening wedge to the back of the head. Entire head bordered in black. Male black above white chest and chestnut sides. Black/white/black spur between chest and flank. Golden eye. Narrow white lines in fancy tertials."
American x Black Oystercatcher (hybrid) (Haematopus palliatus x bachmani) (2)
- Reported Apr 11, 2025 09:47 by Sangeet Khalsa
- San Miguel Island / Tuqan (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.373038&<ll...>,-120.373038 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S224702551 - Comments: "Oystercatchers with white undersides. Pretty clean black breast border, would probably rate high on Jehl scale, but reluctant to call pure American without photos to analyze."
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