Date: 8/28/25 12:49 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Common Merganser (1 report)
- Common Tern (1 report)
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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (5)
- Reported Aug 27, 2025 07:58 by Glenn Kincaid
- Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Preserve, including Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6473815&<ll...>,-120.6473815 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S269909825 - Comments: "Good scope views as ducks were resting on estuary shore. Female-type plumage. Distinguished from Red-breasted by darker head, straighter bill, and strong white chin. Uniformly gray back with large white wing patches showing"
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (2)
- Reported Aug 27, 2025 07:58 by Glenn Kincaid
- Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Preserve, including Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6473815&<ll...>,-120.6473815 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S269909825 - Comments: "Possibly 3. Medium sized tern, smaller than nearby Royal Tern. Distinguished from Forster’s Tern by black cap extending solidly down onto nape, Underside light gray."
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