Date: 9/23/25 3:24 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Common Ground Dove (2 reports)
- Common Tern (1 report)
- Brewer's Sparrow (1 report)
- Northern Waterthrush (1 report)
- Mourning Warbler (1 report)
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Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) (1)
- Reported Sep 23, 2025 08:21 by David Blue
- 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/S275121920 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "This tiny dove flew in and landed in one of the large bare trees on the hillside southwest of the lake. It had a a short, square-tipped tail. The body was sandy brown with a pinkish hue. It had a scaly pattern on its neck and breast, and dark spots on its wings. The bill was pink with a dark tip. The feet were bright pink."
Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) (1)
- Reported Sep 23, 2025 08:21 by Linda Blue
- 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/S275121921 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "This tiny dove flew in and landed in one of the large bare trees on the hillside southwest of the lake. It had a a short, square-tipped tail. The body was sandy brown with a pinkish hue. It had a scaly pattern on its neck and breast, and dark spots on its wings. The bill was pink with a dark tip. The feet were bright pink."
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 12:25 by Parker Medel
- Cachuma Lake, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9759357&<ll...>,-119.9759357 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274738840 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Single bird seeing flying low over the water near the dam. Black cap, orange-red bill, bold dark carpal bar, black eyepatch continuous across the nape, black on the outer tail feather
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 22, 2025 09:04 by Conor McMahon
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274954728 - Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Waterthrush - brown above, whitish and streaked below, strong light supercillium, tail bobbing walk. Quite vocal with chips but mostly pretty difficult to see; did collect some cell phone audio. At one point it perched up on a horizontal eucalyptus branch and walked along it for a few seconds. Otherwise mostly down in areas hidden by dense tules at north edge of pond (approx. 34.44293, -119.84849)."
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