Date: 5/19/25 7:51 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)
- Bufflehead (3 reports)
- Common Ground Dove (2 reports)
- Hammond's Flycatcher (1 report)
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Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) (1)
- Reported May 17, 2025 09:54 by John Callender
- Quatal Canyon (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4588733&<ll...>,-119.4588733 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S239306841 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "In the southern end of the grove running along the west side of Highway 33. Originally entered as Empidonax sp.; changing after helpful feedback supporting my initial thought that it might be a Hammond’s."
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