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Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) (Exotic: Provisional) (5)
- Reported Sep 08, 2025 12:20 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/S272290917 - Comments: "Initially heard their familiar buzzy call and then observed a flock crossing high above the creek, sticking to the sycamores. Yellow throat, undertail, and backside, with a creamy belly and bold white eye ring. Seen about 200 ft downstream of 8th st bridge."
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 07, 2025 08:19 by Linda Blue
- Elings Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7349691&<ll...>,-119.7349691 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272155158 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird found here September 4. Today it was seen on the ground just north of the stone bench and also immediately west just across the path. It had a distinctive white eye-ring and dark auriculars bordered by white below. Occasionally it showed a rufous shoulder patch and also white outermost tail feathers."
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 07, 2025 08:19 by David Blue
- Elings Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7349691&<ll...>,-119.7349691 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272153009 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird found here September 4. Today it was seen on the ground just north of the stone bench and also immediately west just across the path. It had a distinctive white eye-ring and dark auriculars bordered by white below. Occasionally it showed a rufous shoulder patch and also white outermost tail feathers."
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