Date: 9/5/25 12:14 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Common Merganser (1 report)
- Rock Pigeon (1 report)
- Common Tern (2 reports)
- Swinhoe's White-eye (2 reports)
- Northern Waterthrush (7 reports)
- Lucy's Warbler (1 report)
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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 04, 2025 08:11 by Peter Schneekloth
- 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/S271470265 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Medium sized Terns with obvious dark carpal bar, photos. There may have been several more but there were so many birds milling around they were difficult to track."
Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) (Exotic: Provisional) (1)
- Reported Sep 04, 2025 12:15 by Steve Hovey
- Coronado Dr.--south end (Goleta Monarch Grove), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8898008&<ll...>,-119.8898008 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271499451 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Small yellowish bird with distinctive white eye ring. It was seen in a couple of trees along the path just east of Coronado Dr. (photo)"
Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) (Exotic: Provisional) (1)
- Reported Sep 04, 2025 12:15 by Dawn Hovey
- Coronado Dr.--south end (Goleta Monarch Grove), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8898008&<ll...>,-119.8898008 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271496872 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Small yellowish bird with distinctive white eye ring. It was seen in a couple of trees along the path just east of Coronado Dr. (photo)"
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1)
- Reported Sep 04, 2025 18:05 by Kim Stackpole
- Carp Creek Downstream From Bridge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5169062&<ll...>,-119.5169062 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271511729 - Comments: "Continuing from Spencer S-. Rich Dark brown back and top of head. Thick brown streaks on light breast. Dramatic white eyebrow, wandering along shoreline under brush. bobbing regularly while walking, but a more deliberate, relatively slower, but 'bigger' bob than spotted sandpaper. Pinkish legs. At one point, it flew and called. Almost thought there were two. Merlin picked it up. Stayed around for about 60 minutes in and out of brush. Pix to follow"
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1)
- Reported Sep 04, 2025 18:19 by Mario Ramos
- 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/S271515314 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing: Observed this evening at Carpinteria Creek. Bird was foraging low along the muddy edges and shaded areas, frequently pumping its tail. Good prolonged views as it moved along the creek channel."
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 04, 2025 14:05 by Eunice Schroeder
- 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/S271498516 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing, foraging on east side of creek; seen from west side here (34.392173,-119.517664). Brown upperparts; pale, heavily-streaked underparts; long, pale supercilium; bobbing tail constantly. Photo."
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