Date: 6/23/25 10:11 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Common Ground Dove (2 reports)
- White-rumped Sandpiper (4 reports)
- California Condor (4 reports)
- Red-breasted Sapsucker (4 reports)
- Dusky Flycatcher (10 reports)
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White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 21, 2025 16:00 by Alex Abela
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S253187164 - Comments: "Returned shortly after 7 pm with a large group of Semipalmated Plovers after having been absent for 3+ hours. Closer to the west side shore. Photos."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 20, 2025 14:34 by Mark Holmgren
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S253193569 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "By golly, it has an all white rump! Found 19 June by an inquisitive Lynn Scarlett thinking that 'ho-humm, I'd better count all those Semipalmated Plovers. Hey, what's that Calidris?' The rest is history."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1)
- Reported Jun 20, 2025 09:12 by Marty Freeland
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S253280590 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Cont., found yesterday by Lynn Scarlett. Viewed from stakeout on road east of slough. Fairly cooperative and allowed good studies, though somewhat distant. Poor digiscopes. Details to CBRC."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1)
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 16:42 by Peter Gaede
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252204207 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Found earlier today, seen by multiple observers through the evening. Better lighting was achieved when viewed from the west side of the slough at this time of day, but the bird was still distant. Viewed with a spotting scope. Attenuated body with long wings. The dark streaks/chevrons were visible on white undersides extending from the breast down along the sides of the wing and onto the flanks. The bill was mostly dark, relatively short with a slight drop, and with a fairly obvious orange coloration extending from the base of the lower mandible to about half way to the tip. Long, pale supercilium visible over the eye extending towards the back of the head. Primarily foraging, but white rump visible when preening. No calls heard."
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (1)
- Reported Jun 21, 2025 09:15 by Bradley Hacker 🦜
- Big Pine Mountain--Big Pine Summit Trailhead to Alamar Saddle, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6395315&<ll...>,-119.6395315 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S253282730 - Comments: "Bird seen in flight traveling in a northeast direction away from us across the Upper Sisquoc drainage from the Big Pine Mountain summit area. Large size, all dark above. Broad wings with bulging secondaries and long primaries spaced apart and appearing as "fingers" with some of the tips angling upwards. During our observation period, the bird traveled the entire canyon without flapping or banking.
Note: Two adults were seen (and photographed) just prior to this observation soaring over the forested area just west of of the Big Pine Mountain summit by Jenny Slaughter and Craig Murray, who were walking north to south along Buckhorn Road."
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (1)
- Reported Jun 21, 2025 09:15 by Peter Gaede
- Big Pine Mountain--Big Pine Summit Trailhead to Alamar Saddle, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6395315&<ll...>,-119.6395315 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S253274886 - Comments: "Bird seen in flight traveling in a northeast direction away from us across the Upper Sisquoc drainage from the Big Pine Mountain summit area. Large size, all dark above. Broad wings with bulging secondaries and long primaries spaced apart and appearing as "fingers" with some of the tips angling upwards. During our observation period, the bird traveled the entire canyon without flapping or banking.
Note: Two adults were seen (and photographed) just prior to this observation soaring over the forested area just west of of the Big Pine Mountain summit by Jenny Slaughter and Craig Murray, who were walking north to south along Buckhorn Road."
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (2)
- Reported Jun 21, 2025 10:05 by Jenny Slaughter
- Big Pine Mountain--Ceanothus patch, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6576845&<ll...>,-119.6576845 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S253321384 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Two massive vultures soaring in from the west and circling directly overhead. On Buckhorn Road on northwest flank of Big Pine Mountain. Both birds with single wing tag. Photos."
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (2)
- Reported Jun 21, 2025 10:05 by Craig Murray
- Big Pine Mountain--Ceanothus patch, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6576845&<ll...>,-119.6576845 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S253318765 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Two massive vultures soaring in from the west and circling directly overhead. On Buckhorn Road on northwest flank of Big Pine Mountain. Both birds with single wing tag. Photos."
Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri) (2)
- Reported Jun 21, 2025 07:09 by Peter Gaede
- Big Pine Mountain--Ceanothus patch, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6576845&<ll...>,-119.6576845 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S253284304 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Singing on territories in this area. Understory extensive, tall and uniform with limited edges and few openings which are probably less suitable for this species than in previous years."
Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri) (2)
- Reported Jun 21, 2025 07:09 by Bradley Hacker 🦜
- Big Pine Mountain--Ceanothus patch, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6576845&<ll...>,-119.6576845 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S253286129 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Singing on territories in this area. Understory extensive, tall and uniform with limited edges and few openings which are probably less suitable for this species than in previous years."
Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri) (2)
- Reported Jun 21, 2025 07:09 by Craig Murray
- Big Pine Mountain--Ceanothus patch, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6576845&<ll...>,-119.6576845 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S253287637 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Singing on territories in this area. Understory extensive, tall and uniform with limited edges and few openings which are probably less suitable for this species than in previous years."
Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri) (2)
- Reported Jun 21, 2025 07:09 by Jenny Slaughter
- Big Pine Mountain--Ceanothus patch, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6576845&<ll...>,-119.6576845 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S253321390 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Singing on territories in this area. Understory extensive, tall and uniform with limited edges and few openings which are probably less suitable for this species than in previous years."
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