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Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 29, 2025 07:42 by Jamie Chavez
- 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/S276330958 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "This female hummingbird was feeding on Tree Tobacco blossoms when I noticed the rather dark ear coverts, the buffy lower flanks, and a rather long curved bill. Photographed."
Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) (2)
- Reported Sep 29, 2025 16:20 by John Callender
- Santa Barbara Channel--east channel (Santa Barbara County only), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5149421&<ll...>,-119.5149421 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S276406323 - Comments: "Two birds flying together off the harbor. Large, all-black shorebirds with bright red beaks, loudly vocalizing. I could move these to the harbor checklist that preceded it? I started this checklist as we were leaving the pier. I'm not sure whether the rarity filter is trying to tell me not to include these near-shore species on a pelagic list. Just let me know if so."
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Sep 29, 2025 08:54 by John Deacon
- Ocean Beach County Park and Santa Ynez River Estuary, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6003785&<ll...>,-120.6003785 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S276355820 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Red legs and black bill. Black capped with a little white showing on forehead. Dark carpal bars. Smaller than Elegant Terns. About Forster's Tern size."
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) (1)
- Reported Sep 29, 2025 07:31 by Lynn Scarlett
- 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/S276362714 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "None of Holmgren's photo attempts succeeded. Small grebe. Crown not peaked as in EaGr, but somewhat flat-topped. Bill symmetrical (maxilla shape a mirror image of mandible's shape)"
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) (1)
- Reported Sep 29, 2025 07:31 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/S276352621 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "None of Holmgren's photo attempts succeeded. Small grebe. Crown not peaked as in EaGr, but somewhat flat-topped. Bill symmetrical (maxilla shape a mirror image of mandible's shape)"
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 29, 2025 08:15 by Rebecca Coulter
- 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/S276343568 - Comments: "Now somewhat regular in winter at this location. Vocalizing regularly, interacting with Cassin’s. Kingbird with bright lemon yellow breast all the way to throat. Twittering call."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 29, 2025 07:42 by Jamie Chavez
- 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/S276330958 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "This bunting was found in the main campground area on the open ground between campsites 37 and 38. It was feeding with House Finches and White-crowned Sparrows. The bird looked rather plain and unmarked from a distance with a dull olive-green color overall, but showed brighter green on the back and head. It had pale edged wing coverts that formed a whitish wing bar. The underparts where mainly olive-grayish with subdued streaking on the breast. The face showed a very thin white eye ring. The bill was conical, somewhat stubby, and dark gray. Photographed"
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