Date: 5/18/25 6:24 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Ring-necked Duck (1 report)
- California Condor (1 report)
- Bank Swallow (1 report)
- Black-throated Sparrow (1 report)
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California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 17, 2025 11:19 by Benjamin Byerly
- Santa Barbara Canyon--FS gate at 2nd creek crossing to Santa Barbara Canyon Trailhead (4.2 miles), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.572205&<ll...>,-119.572205 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S239419914 - Comments: "Unmistakable huge black birds with white underneath. Long primary “fingers” both with yellow wing tags. first seen alone in vicinity of Dry Canyon. Could not make out wing tags but the viewing wasn’t as good. Later saw two from cox flat heading North mobbed by Ravens. Wing tags obvious. So possibly 3 total birds."
Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 17, 2025 05:29 by John Callender
- Deer Park Canyon (access complicated; SBA Co), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.463974&<ll...>,-119.463974 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S239277714 - Comments: "Singing near (34.863481,-119.470988). Seen but not photographed; looked like the same bird photographed in the same location the day before. See photo in this checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S238996006. Sparrow with a black throat and prominent white eyebrow and white whisker mark."
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