Date: 9/4/25 10:44 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Common Ground Dove (3 reports)
- White-winged Dove (1 report)
- Reddish Egret (1 report)
- Black-chinned Sparrow (2 reports)
- Northern Waterthrush (3 reports)
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Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 03, 2025 08:28 by Linda Blue
- Farren Road, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9237752&<ll...>,-119.9237752 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271301778 - Comments: "We stopped to say, “Hi,” to Sue Cook, and she had just seen and photographed a Common Ground Dove. After pulling over we got to hear it calling. This was on the east side of the road immediately south of the reservoir."
Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 03, 2025 08:28 by David Blue
- Farren Road, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9237752&<ll...>,-119.9237752 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271301777 - Comments: "We stopped to say, “Hi,” to Sue Cook, and she had just seen and photographed a Common Ground Dove. After pulling over we got to hear it calling. This was on the east side of the road immediately south of the reservoir."
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 03, 2025 10:31 by Spencer Seale
- 1722–1804 Cravens Ln, Carpinteria US-CA (34.4165,-119.5384), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.538357&<ll...>,-119.538357 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271296977 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Grayish-brown dove with conspicuous white wing patch. Perched along the fence line on Cravens just north of Foothill. iPhone 11 photo attached."
Black-chinned Sparrow (Spizella atrogularis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 03, 2025 06:31 by Guy Tingos
- Sedgwick Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.0405478&<ll...>,-120.0405478 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271312009 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Medium gray below with no streaking or marks of any kind. Gray head with small amount black around a pink bill. Contrasting brown back. Dark tail with no white feathers."
Black-chinned Sparrow (Spizella atrogularis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 03, 2025 06:31 by Peter Schneekloth
- Sedgwick Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.0405478&<ll...>,-120.0405478 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271312395 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Medium gray below with no streaking or marks of any kind. Gray head with small amount black around a pink bill. Contrasting brown back. Dark tail with no white feathers."
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1)
- Reported Sep 04, 2025 07:33 by Linda Blue
- Carpinteria Creek, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5140259&<ll...>,-119.5140259 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271440952 - Comments: "Continuing bird seen in the creek across from the school, just 30 feet from the road. Dark brown upperparts with white underparts that were heavily streaked, and a long narrow dull white supercilium. Heard its sharp chink call multiple times."
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1)
- Reported Sep 04, 2025 07:33 by David Blue
- Carpinteria Creek, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5140259&<ll...>,-119.5140259 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271440951 - Comments: "Continuing bird seen in the creek across from the school, just 30 feet from the road. Dark brown upperparts with white underparts that were heavily streaked, and a long narrow dull white supercilium. Heard its sharp chink call multiple times."
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 03, 2025 12:39 by Spencer Seale
- Carpinteria Creek, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5140259&<ll...>,-119.5140259 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271318272 - Media: 1 Photo, 1 Audio
- Comments: "Large brown warbler with heavily streaked underside foraging along the edge of the creek east of the sanitation facility. It incessantly bobbed its rear end and eventually let out a few ‘spwik’ calls. Audio recording and iPhone photo attached."
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