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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 10:10 by David Blue
- 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/S272662113 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing, on beach with flock of Elegant Tern. Smaller than Elegants, white forehead with black hindcrown and black around eye, mostly black bill with some orange at the base, orange legs, dark carpal bar. Photos."
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 10:10 by Eunice Schroeder
- 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/S272657350 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing, on beach with flock of Elegant Tern. Smaller than Elegants, white forehead with black hindcrown and black around eye, mostly black bill with some orange at the base, orange legs, dark carpal bar. Photos."
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 10:10 by Linda Blue
- 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/S272662189 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing, on beach with flock of Elegant Tern. Smaller than Elegants, white forehead with black hindcrown and black around eye, mostly black bill with some orange at the base, orange legs, dark carpal bar. Photos."
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 08:45 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/S272604286 - 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."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 08:20 by Eunice Schroeder
- 7402 - 7418 Hollister Ave (Tech Park), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8908561&<ll...>,-119.8908561 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272657349 - Comments: "Female-type, seen at (34.430171,-119.891741), south-facing side of complex on the west end. Seen with several other birders. Black-and-white striping on upperparts, less contrasty striping on underparts; white throat with pale grayish auriculars and lores."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 08:11 by David Blue
- 7402 - 7418 Hollister Ave (Tech Park), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8908561&<ll...>,-119.8908561 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272651619 - Comments: "Continuing bird first reported here yesterday by Adrian O'Loghlen and re-found today by Jim Hudson in the trees lining the north (building) side of the western entrance road from Hollister Avenue. Seen with Nick Lethaby, Adrian O'Loghlen, Pamela Viale, and Eunice Schroeder. This warbler-sized bird had bold black-and-white stripes over most of its body. Its white throat and paler cheek suggest it was a female or immature."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 08:11 by Linda Blue
- 7402 - 7418 Hollister Ave (Tech Park), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8908561&<ll...>,-119.8908561 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272651620 - Comments: "Continuing bird first reported here yesterday by Adrian O'Loghlen and re-found today by Jim Hudson in the trees lining the north (building) side of the western entrance road from Hollister Avenue. Seen with Nick Lethaby, Adrian O'Loghlen, Pamela Viale, and Eunice Schroeder. This warbler-sized bird had bold black-and-white stripes over most of its body. Its white throat and paler cheek suggest it was a female or immature."
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