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Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) (1)
- Reported Oct 10, 2025 20:05 by Yolande Yorke-Edgell
- Summerland, California, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6058331&<ll...>,-119.6058331 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S278724815 - Comments: "It flew on to the road in front of my car at night. I have never seen a bird like it and because it was at night I thought it was a young bird fallen from a tree. I stopped the car, it looked stunned, walked around to it and then it flew away. It was in a wooded area. I looked up nocturnal birds and this is what I found and it is 100 % this bird !"
Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) (1)
- Reported Oct 11, 2025 13:15 by Carla Dantonio
- Painted Cave Community, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7912464&<ll...>,-119.7912464 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S278755362 - Comments: "Flew directly over twice. Had clear white stripe in tail (lower stripe clearly visible) but flew over to quickly to see if there was an upper stripe. plus had a feathered head not a skin head. Black/white underwing contrasts not strong."
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (3)
- Reported Oct 11, 2025 07:45 by John Deacon
- Jack O'Connell Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5904007&<ll...>,-120.5904007 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S278606722 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Ongoing. One female and two adult bright red males. Photos of all 3. Adult males were found in completely different areas. One at fence by WTP. The other was close to the SW corner of the park."
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 10, 2025 08:10 by Noah Arthur
- Jalama Beach County Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5014432&<ll...>,-120.5014432 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S278725925 - Comments: "Tiny sparrow (smaller than Lincoln’s); plain pale breast with just a few little streaks at the upper sides; banded face pattern; eye surrounded by plain pale warm buff; plain pale grey neck-sides."
White-crowned Sparrow (oriantha) (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha) (1)
- Reported Oct 11, 2025 09:12 by Jamie Chavez
- Santa Maria Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.4259048&<ll...>,-120.4259048 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S278650677 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "This immature dark-lored bird was found in the sparrow flock. It is likely Z.l. oriantha based on range. It showed a cream-colored crown as well as the dark dusky lores, dark, pinkish bill. Photographed."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 10, 2025 12:00 by Nathan Bradford
- 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/S278666578 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Dark line running through eye. Yellow/green supercilium. Yellowish wash to breast with no streaking. Short-tailed with white UTC & vent. Wings appeared relatively long."
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