Date: 5/10/25 8:22 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Common Ground Dove (1 report)
- White-winged Dove (1 report)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (4 reports)
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White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) (1)
- Reported May 08, 2025 07:52 by Toby Fowler
- Goleta Slough Ecological Reserve--Area N, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8524774&<ll...>,-119.8524774 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S235280752 - Comments: "(34.423122,-119.853050). Associating loosely with the MODO. Larger, with a noticeable white leading edge to the wing. Flew up onto the wires, and then the flock flew off (sorry, probably!). There were some doves flying around after, so it was probably still around."
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 09, 2025 13:15 by Carol Vandenberg
- Coronado Butterfly Preserve West, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8914286&<ll...>,-119.8914286 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S235282571 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Single adult male at feeder and on tree branch in backyard adjacent to western Coronado Butterfly Preserve between Newport Dr and creek. Typical breeding male with distinctive triangular red breast."
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