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Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 02, 2025 17:31 by Zach Nett
- Farren Road, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9237752&<ll...>,-119.9237752 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S276923524 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "originally flushed when I approached the south end of the dam, but ten minutes later found it perched on a concrete pad near the south fence of the dam. watched it for five minutes or so before it flew off into the brush. small dove with pinkish hue and dark wing patterning."
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 02, 2025 08:51 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/S276880676 - Comments: "Seen once then not again. Present here since 29 Sept 2025. About Eared Grebe-sized with round head. Straight, well-delineated border between black crown and white face."
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 02, 2025 10:12 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/S276875356 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "A medium-sized Buteo circled overhead and was poorly seen due to backlit conditions. I photographed it quickly before it flew off, and only after reviewing the photos did I find that it was an immature Broad-winged Hawk."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 02, 2025 10:12 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/S276875356 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Yellow-bellied kingbird flycatching from the power lines running over to the sand plant. Noted the large bill, blackish mask, yellow underparts, including the upper breast, and the long, notched tail. Silent. Photographed"
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 02, 2025 08:42 by David Blue
- UCSB North Campus Open Space (formerly Ocean Meadows Golf Course), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8792197&<ll...>,-119.8792197 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S276892744 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen at Whittier Pond. It had a light gray head with a darker ear patch, a long heavy black bill, a bright yellow belly with the yellow extending up to the throat, and a long notched tail. (On a personal note, this was my 56th sighting of this species at NCOS every year since 26 September 2020, plus an earlier sighting during a visit to Santa Barbara on 10 November 2013.)"
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 29, 2025 07:00 by Ryanne Pritchard-Bee
- Santa Rosa Island--Cherry Canyon Trail, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.0535726&<ll...>,-120.0535726 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S276928989 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "small yellowish/greenish finch like bird associating with HOFI flock, see photo, first cycle based on molt limit in greater coverts, not observed again the following days"
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