Date: 9/11/25 9:08 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- White-winged Dove (3 reports)
- Solitary Sandpiper (1 report)
- Caspian Tern (1 report)
- Common Tern (4 reports)
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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 07:35 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/S272753659 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing small tern with black hindcrown and black bill with some orange around gape and base of lower mandible. Black scapular above medium gray wings. Short orange legs."
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 08:45 by DairaMorrigan Torres
- 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/S272675225 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Smaller term, black hood with white crown exposed, gray wings with contrasting charcoal scapulars. Small orange feet, mostly black bill with some lingering orange as it’s transitioning into a nonbreeding stage. In flight, white below. Wings bright white blending into gray towards the distal end."
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 08:45 by Chloe Kwon
- 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/S272673184 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Smaller term, black hood with white crown exposed, gray wings with contrasting charcoal scapulars. Small orange feet, mostly black bill with some lingering orange as it’s transitioning into a nonbreeding stage. In flight, white below. Wings bright white blending into gray towards the distal end."
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Sep 06, 2025 18:30 by Chloe Kwon
- 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/S272673725 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Pictured: a Common Tern among Elegant Terns spotted on Sands Beach by the slough mouth. Black cap, soft black scapular, orange feet and bill with black top mandible and an orange black-tipped lower mandible. Size can be seen as much smaller relative to surrounding Elegant Terns."
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