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Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) (2)
- Reported Sep 23, 2025 17:45 by Mark Holmgren
- Cachuma Lake--Storke Flat, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.92061&<ll...>,-119.92061 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275171969 - Comments: "2 male ducks flying towards me. White belly and black breast and head. Bill uniformly bluish, not patterned or partitioned. I was not close enough to see the tip of the bill. I attended to the wing stripe in flight. It seemed faint in both the secondaries and primaries. I did not note the back color."
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) (1)
- Reported Sep 24, 2025 08:19 by Lynda Nahra
- Calle Corosa, Santa Barbara US-CA 34.44809, -119.76802, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.768023&<ll...>,-119.768023 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275251032 - Comments: "Was surprised to see this but the bright orange/ red was a giveaway . Storm last night seemed to bring more birds into our area this AM. That and the changing season."
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Sep 24, 2025 09:05 by Mark Holmgren
- Cachuma Lake--Storke Flat, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.92061&<ll...>,-119.92061 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275286632 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "The Clay-colored Sparrow showed brighter amber tones to its overall coloration, had a bolder face pattern, a bolder malar line than the Brewer's Sparrows. The crown had more of an unstreaked central stripe with streaking on the lateral crown. I did not see the nape well, but the part of the collar that I could see was grey and well-defined,"
Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri) (1)
- Reported Sep 24, 2025 08:14 by David Blue
- Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.228442&<ll...>,-120.228442 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275276042 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Found here yesterday by Peter Schneekloth. Was seen around the low beach vegetation on the ocean side of the railroad trestle from (34.4711687, -120.2280812) to (34.4711431, -120.2274703)."
Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri) (1)
- Reported Sep 24, 2025 08:14 by Linda Blue
- Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.228442&<ll...>,-120.228442 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275276043 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Found here yesterday by Peter Schneekloth. Was seen around the low beach vegetation on the ocean side of the railroad trestle from (34.4711687, -120.2280812) to (34.4711431, -120.2274703)."
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 23, 2025 18:30 by Noah Gaines
- 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/S275162276 - Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Flushed from the side of the leg at NE arm. Chipping constantly. Largish warbler constantly wagging tail. Light supercilium and streaked below. Brownish topside. Have recording."
Virginia's Warbler (Leiothlypis virginiae) (1)
- Reported Sep 24, 2025 12:16 by Spencer Seale
- Carpinteria Police Station tams, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5055068&<ll...>,-119.5055068 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275292037 - Comments: "An overall light gray warbler with a complete white eye-ring drew my attention. The wings appeared plain gray without wing bars. The undertail coverts were bright yellow, and there was a faint yellow wash across the breast. The bird was observed briefly in the tams, moving actively through the foliage, approximately here: (34.38990, -119.50538)."
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 23, 2025 10:51 by Mark Holmgren
- 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/S275143633 - Comments: "Continuing. Adrian O'Loghlen, who was with me at the time, said this was the more brightly patterned of the two birds that have been present here recently. Orange and yellow bands across the breast, creamy white belly, undertail coverts, and undertail."
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 23, 2025 08:30 by Sue Cook
- 7402 - 7418 Hollister Ave (Tech Park), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.892778&<ll...>,-119.892778 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275164848 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Yellow throat and chest, dark gray back and head, light gray flanks, white belly and undertail, gray and rust necklace, two white wing bars, broken eye-ring. See photos."
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