Date: 4/17/25 10:11 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Solitary Sandpiper (1 report)
- Bank Swallow (1 report)
- Brown Thrasher (3 reports)
- Orchard Oriole (1 report)
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Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1)
- Reported Apr 16, 2025 12:49 by Spencer Seale
- Lake Jocelyn, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4772805&<ll...>,-119.4772805 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S226219189 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Likely the same bird found by J. Callender on 4/4. Small tringa with white spectacles, dull greenish legs, and speckled backside. Observed foraging along the northern edge of the lake."
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) (1)
- Reported Apr 16, 2025 07:56 by John Callender
- Carpinteria Creek Estuary, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5198238&<ll...>,-119.5198238 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S226101940 - Comments: "Small swallow, smaller than nearby Cliff Swallows. Solid brownish back, white throat with distinct dark band across the upper breast. I did not see a central spike descending from the breast band. I got good looks at the bird in flight through binoculars several times from about 100 feet away, but was unable to get photos."
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) (1)
- Reported Apr 16, 2025 07:42 by Tom Beland
- LuBeeland, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.507798&<ll...>,-119.507798 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S226104337 - Comments: "Medium sized thrasher with down curved bill, rufous back, pale underparts with black streaks, white and black wing bars. Very long tail. Yellow eyes. Forging on the ground. Second time I have seen it in the yard but first time wasn’t convinced I was really seeing a Brown Thrasher. This time had longer looks at it. Bill not as long and curved down as CA Thrasher and bird not as large."
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) (1)
- Reported Apr 16, 2025 07:42 by Laurel S Luby
- LuBeeland, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.507798&<ll...>,-119.507798 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S226104435 - Comments: "Medium sized thrasher with down curved bill, rufous back, pale underparts with black streaks, white and black wing bars. Very long tail. Yellow eyes. Forging on the ground. Second time I have seen it in the yard but first time wasn’t convinced I was really seeing a Brown Thrasher. This time had longer looks at it. Bill not as long and curved down as CA Thrasher and bird not as large."
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (2)
- Reported Apr 17, 2025 07:27 by John Callender
- Santa Monica Creek, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5278168&<ll...>,-119.5278168 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S226339500 - Comments: "[07:40] Adult male that looked fairly dingy on the orange parts; some yellowish tones on the belly and flanks, and strong light-colored edging on the back and wing coverts. Seen well through binoculars. Was giving characteristic "chuck" calls. In the large sycamore south of El Carro Lane, then in the bottlebrush trees by the footbridge.
[07:54] Later I got good looks at a second adult male that was more the expected appearance: a smallish oriole with an extensive black hood, dark wings and tail, and a chestnut body. It was giving characteristic "chuck" calls and also singing. In the large sycamore south of El Carro Lane."
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