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Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 18, 2025 08:55 by Kate McCurdy
- 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/S274070482 - Comments: "Spotted perched on reeds west side of parking pullout at mudflat. Observed for ~5 minutes until a BLPH chased it off. Matched description posted by others, olive green overall bright double wingbars, orange bill, thin white eye ring."
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 18, 2025 07:10 by The Spotting Twohees
- 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/S274117765 - Comments: "Continuing empid flycatcher. Seen twice briefly flycatching from the reeds west of the parking lot about 8:10 am. Stayed hidden when in the reeds. Two Black Pheobes and a Coopers Hawk around. Greenish overall on head and back with a lighter breast and belly. Wings in flight dark above and light below. Seen here. 34.421911,-119.658838"
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 18, 2025 12:06 by Steve Hovey
- Haskell's Beach, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.915231&<ll...>,-119.915231 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274134460 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Small brown and white bird with prominent pale eyebrow and streaked underparts, bobbing its back end. Seen from the bridge - it was on a log on the ocean side of the bridge. Photo."
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 18, 2025 12:06 by Dawn Hovey
- Haskell's Beach, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.915231&<ll...>,-119.915231 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274133757 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Small brown and white bird with prominent pale eyebrow and streaked underparts, bobbing its back end. Seen from the bridge - it was on a log on the ocean side of the bridge. Photo."
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Sep 18, 2025 16:12 by Alistair Skinner
- 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/S274151065 - Media: 3 Photos, 2 Audio
- Comments: "4:12pm Continuing found earlier by Spencer. Took over 2 hours to refind this afternoon. Grey head, greenish back, yellow throat and below. Partial grey breastband. Thin eyering. Missing tail feathers. Heard dull chipping, scurrying low to the ground, flitting briefly partway up a bush. Photos and Audio."
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Sep 18, 2025 16:12 by Lynn Oldt
- 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/S274151066 - Media: 3 Photos, 2 Audio
- Comments: "4:12pm Continuing found earlier by Spencer. Took over 2 hours to refind this afternoon. Grey head, greenish back, yellow throat and below. Partial grey breastband. Thin eyering. Missing tail feathers. Heard dull chipping, scurrying low to the ground, flitting briefly partway up a bush. Photos and Audio."
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Sep 18, 2025 12:25 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/S274105329 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Initially I heard “chit"-like calls that caught my attention. I then observed a chunky warbler with an exceptionally short tail (missing?) foraging low in the fallen willow laid across the creek. The bird had a yellowish throat and bright yellow undertail coverts, with a faint pale supraloral wash. I observed partial eye arcs rather than a full eyering. The upperparts were olive/brownish; the underside was yellow; and the legs were pink. The bird was seen near the fallen willow between 6th and 8th street along the creek (roughly 34.39202, -119.51486), then it slipped back into the willow cover before I could get more views. These features match those of a first-year Mourning Warbler."
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 18, 2025 10:06 by Mario Ramos
- 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/S274092592 - Comments: "Continuing: Had good looks with binoculars this morning, though my photographs only came out soft and out of focus. Bird was actively foraging mid-canopy in trees, showing bluish-gray, bold white wingbars, and yellow throat. White eye arcs noticeable. Movement was quick and active among leaves. (34.4301222, -119.8931232). Out of focus photos to come."
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 13, 2025 10:21 by Libby Patten
- 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/S274143187 - Comments: "Got decent views of both individuals. Blue-gray back, bold white wingbars, yellow throat and breast. Could see that dark breast band was lighter in one of hirds. Seen and photographed by several birders while I was there, including John Callender. In tipus trees in west parking lot. My camera lens jammed so didn’t get any usable photos."
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