Date: 9/12/25 10:34 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- White-winged Dove (2 reports)
- Solitary Sandpiper (1 report)
- Common Tern (1 report)
- Ferruginous Hawk (1 report)
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White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 11:05 by Forrest Rowland / Rockjumper Expeditions
- Santa Cruz Island--Prisoners Harbor, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6821404&<ll...>,-119.6821404 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272847054 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Brown dove with massive white stripe in wings and white outer tail tips. Flight feathers and tail feathers black contrasting greatly w white. Much more contrasty than ECDO. Pics."
Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) (1)
- Reported Sep 12, 2025 09:42 by Jamie Chavez
- Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Preserve--from entrance to sand plant (not for beach/ocean), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6272971&<ll...>,-120.6272971 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272958473 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "I spotted this large Buteo circling above the ag fields to the south of the entrance road. The hawk had long wings and showed a pale whitish area on the upper surface of the wings toward the base of the primaries, and it showed a whitish rump. Below it was pale overall and lacked the dark patagial bars of Red-tailed Hawk. It flew off toward the dunes south of the estuary. Distant photos"
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