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Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) (1)
- Reported Sep 17, 2025 10:38 by Alexander Yan
- Business Park at Mentor Dr. (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8124367&<ll...>,-119.8124367 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273921605 - Comments: "Candidate, way too fast for a photo. Found in the tipu trees in the parking lot, last seen around 34.43468° N, 119.81264° W. Male type plumage, rose red gorget, green cap, pale white underneath, green back and wings. Kind of smallish compared to nearby. Didn’t vocalize."
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) (1)
- Reported Sep 17, 2025 12:09 by Richard Norton
- Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6572856&<ll...>,-119.6572856 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273954975 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Seen at two times between 12 noon and 1 PM, for a minute or two apiece, with times spaced by 20 minutes, with four other observers. Was seen through scope, from beach by parking lot, at edge of reeds 200 feet west of beach. Then, not seen for three hours, between about 1 PM and 4 PM, after which I left.
Empidonax, with two wingbars and thin, roundish eye ring. Orange lower mandible. Round head."
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) (1)
- Reported Sep 17, 2025 11:40 by Marc Better
- Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6572856&<ll...>,-119.6572856 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273973975 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing rarity. Empid fly-catching low from reeds out over the water. Greenish back, white eye ring, white throat, pale bill and notable wing bars. Seen for a few minutes at 12:25, then again about 10 min later. Distant photo."
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) (1)
- Reported Sep 17, 2025 10:55 by Nick & Jane
- Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6572856&<ll...>,-119.6572856 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273954807 - Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing rare eastern flycatcher similar to willow but with smaller bill, rounder head, more striking thin eyering, and brighter contrast between green upper and whitish/slight yellow-green underparts (this includes its whitish chin—and bright double wingbars). Its green-streaked chest separated the two distinct areas of its bright underside—the chin and belly/undertail. Green streaks were also apparent on its flanks. The bird’s upperparts (head, nape, back, wings, tail) were also green, and its bill, which often hung open from panting in the heat, was orange. We saw the bird flycatching two separate times, mostly low along the reeds over the mudflats (seen from the open mudflats/dirt at parking lot, while standing at the water’s stinky edge looking north). The bird was about thirty or forty yards away and often perched low. It panted a lot, and both times after some flycatching, it disappeared into the bullrushes where it possibly hid from bullying phoebes. Distant photos."
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) (1)
- Reported Sep 17, 2025 10:55 by Reef Comer
- Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6572856&<ll...>,-119.6572856 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273958599 - Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing rare eastern flycatcher similar to willow but with smaller bill, rounder head, more striking thin eyering, and brighter contrast between green upper and whitish/slight yellow-green underparts (this includes its whitish chin—and bright double wingbars). Its green-streaked chest separated the two distinct areas of its bright underside—the chin and belly/undertail. Green streaks were also apparent on its flanks. The bird’s upperparts (head, nape, back, wings, tail) were also green, and its bill, which often hung open from panting in the heat, was orange. We saw the bird flycatching two separate times, mostly low along the reeds over the mudflats (seen from the open mudflats/dirt at parking lot, while standing at the water’s stinky edge looking north). The bird was about thirty or forty yards away and often perched low. It panted a lot, and both times after some flycatching, it disappeared into the bullrushes where it possibly hid from bullying phoebes. Distant photos."
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) (1)
- Reported Sep 17, 2025 08:18 by Lori Gaskin
- Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6572856&<ll...>,-119.6572856 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273945361 - Comments: "Excellent views on the east side of the small parking lot mud apron. Viewed with four other observers who likely got great photos. Olive green/brown roundish head and back; white throat and chest separated by a grayish band; the white throat was prominent as were the white wing bars; bicolored bill (orange/yellow below). Expert consensus of others: Alder Flycatcher rather than Willow Flycatcher."
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) (1)
- Reported Sep 16, 2025 14:49 by Matt Brady
- Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6572856&<ll...>,-119.6572856 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273910827 - Comments: "Continuing well-marked Traill’s-type Flycatcher. Still silent. I managed some photos, but none were better than what I took yesterday, and I didn’t see anything g to add to my overall impressions of the bird."
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) (1)
- Reported Sep 17, 2025 12:44 by Spencer Seale
- Lake Jocelyn, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4772805&<ll...>,-119.4772805 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273933970 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Immediately stood out due to bright yellow coloration and heavily streaked backside. I then noticed it had a pale nape and lores, with a distinct eye line and cap, as well as a pale bill. Observed in the SW corner of lake. iPhone photos attached."
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1)
- Reported Sep 16, 2025 14:49 by Matt Brady
- Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6572856&<ll...>,-119.6572856 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273910827 - Comments: "Continuing in the small willow patch at the NE corner of the lake. “Chink” calls heard, then I saw the bird. Uniformly white base toy he underparts marked with dark streaks, finely streaked throat, pinkish legs, white supercilium of even width, etc. all helped me to differentiate it from a Louisiana Waterthrush."
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1)
- Reported Sep 17, 2025 08:58 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/S273931865 - Comments: "A continuing bird in the west parking lot. Blue-gray above with a mossy-green patch on the back, bright white wing bars, white eye-arcs, a yellow throat and breast with a black and rufous breast band."
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1)
- Reported Sep 17, 2025 08:58 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/S273931864 - Comments: "A continuing bird in the west parking lot. Blue-gray above with a mossy-green patch on the back, bright white wing bars, white eye-arcs, a yellow throat and breast with a black and rufous breast band."
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