Date: 6/12/25 9:49 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Ring-necked Duck (3 reports)
- Common Ground Dove (1 report)
- American Golden-Plover (2 reports)
- Eastern Kingbird (6 reports)
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American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 11, 2025 09:40 by Armando Aispuro
- Coal Oil Point, Devereux Beach, Sands Beach, and bluff trails, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8783064&<ll...>,-119.8783064 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S249243417 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Breeding plumage male. Solid black belly, sides and flanks. Back and crown black with distinctive golden edging to the feathers. Broad white shoulder patch and side of nape, forehead patch also relatively large and white. Plain gray underwing coverts seen during flight. Slightly smaller than the Black-bellied Plovers with which it was flocking. It was foraging on the beach and then flew with other plovers to the south shore of Devereux Slough where it was roosting with its bill tucked into its feathers, seemingly resting from migration."
American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 11, 2025 09:40 by Samson Grunwald
- Coal Oil Point, Devereux Beach, Sands Beach, and bluff trails, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8783064&<ll...>,-119.8783064 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S249317943 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Breeding plumage male. Very dark belly, sides and flanks. Back and crown black with distinctive golden edging, slightly smaller than Black-bellied Plover."
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 11, 2025 07:36 by David Blue
- Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5353699&<ll...>,-119.5353699 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S249274902 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird first found here by John Callender two days ago. Seen from the south end of Pear Street. (34.4017293, -119.5307414). Dark gray above, all white below, with a blacker head, and a white tail tip."
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 11, 2025 07:36 by Linda Blue
- Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5353699&<ll...>,-119.5353699 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S249274903 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird first found here by John Callender two days ago. Seen from the south end of Pear Street. (34.4017293, -119.5307414). Dark gray above, all white below, with a blacker head, and a white tail tip."
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