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Date: 9/17/25 3:13 pm From: Bradley Hacker via groups.io <bradley.r.hacker...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] [CALBIRDS] Apparent Dark-sided Flycatcher at Charleston Marsh, Santa Clara County
A friend of mine from the UK has seen Garrett Lau's picture and says this Muscicapa is the real thing--for those of you who love a long drive to possibly see one of the world's least-colorful flycatchers. On 9/17/2025 14:06, Thomas Benson via groups.io wrote: > Birders, > > An apparent Dark-sided Flycatcher was found this morning at Charleston > Marsh in Santa Clara County and is still being seen this afternoon. > Exact location of the bird is here: 37.4211198, -122.0729803. Parking > is apparently limited. Original eBird report here (under Empidonx > sp.): https://ebird.org/checklist/S273917582. This would be a first > California record, if confirmed, so of course the CBRC would > appreciate documentation: > https://www.californiabirds.org/report_sighting.html. > Tom > > Thomas A. Benson > Secretary, California Bird Records Committee > -- Bradley Hacker Goleta CA 93117 USA flickr photos <https://www.flickr.com/photos/bradley_hacker/> eBird photos <https://media.ebird.org/catalog?sort=rating_rank_desc&userId=USER413715&mediaType=photo> eBird data <https://ebird.org/profile/NDEzNzE1/world> iNaturalist <https://www.inaturalist.org/people/brhacker> <https://hacker.faculty.geol.ucsb.edu/> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#38905): https://sbcobirding.groups.io/g/main/message/38905 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/115300293/858290 -=-=- For everything birding in Santa Barbara County: http://www.sbcobirding.com Read the County Reporting List guidelines: http://www.sbcobirding.com/countyreportinglist.html Updated status and distribution of Santa Barbara County birds: http://www.sbcobirding.com/lehmanbosbc.html SB Breeding Bird Study: Contribute at http://santabarbaraaudubon.org/santa-barbara-county-breeding-bird-study/ For guides to birding eBird Hotspots in SB, see https://birdinghotspots.org/us/california/santa-barbara-county -=-=- Group Owner: main+<owner...> Unsubscribe: https://sbcobirding.groups.io/g/main/unsub [<lists...>] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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