Date: 5/27/25 7:44 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Northern Pintail (1 report)
- Ring-necked Duck (1 report)
- Lesser Scaup (1 report)
- Common Ground Dove (1 report)
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron (1 report)
- American Redstart (1 report)

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Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) (1)
- Reported May 25, 2025 07:44 by Eunice Schroeder
- UCSB North Campus Open Space (formerly Ocean Meadows Golf Course), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8792197&<ll...>,-119.8792197
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S242668829
- Comments: "Female, in pond at northwest corner."

Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) (2)
- Reported May 26, 2025 09:05 by John Callender
- 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/S243331358
- Comments: "Continuing males; photos."

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) (2)
- Reported May 26, 2025 17:30 by Scott Craig
- lake los carneros, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.850268&<ll...>,-119.850268
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S243316392
- Comments: "continuing- Male, female pair at north west branch of lake"

Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 26, 2025 09:05 by John Callender
- 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/S243331358
- Comments: "Heard giving characteristic rising hoots from the top of the hillside south of the driveway."

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 26, 2025 11:39 by Sheccid Rivas T
- Goleta Beach County Park (including east end of Goleta Slough), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.829812&<ll...>,-119.829812
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S243314929
- Comments: "Adult foraging against the rocks close to the lot"

American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1)
- Reported May 27, 2025 11:00 by Marc Bierdzinski
- Nojoqui Falls County Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.1769972&<ll...>,-120.1769972
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S243654424
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Recording attached. Did not see bird but the chip note at 20 seconds in sounds like a redstart. Was located a short ways up trail by first fire ring."

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