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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Nov 05, 2025 08:15 by Barbara Millett
- 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/S283043777 - Comments: "Kingbird with bright yellow belly, and yellow continuing up to breast. Long bill, notched tail. Dark mask through eye. Seen flying south, up to the Mesa, as I was walking on Mesa Trail."
Western Warbling Vireo (Vireo swainsoni) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2025 14:00 by Hugh Ranson
- Bohnett Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7130823&<ll...>,-119.7130823 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283061308 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "This is a bird that has returned for its 13th winter. What is presumed to be the same individual was first seen on the SBCBC in January, 2014. I put the bird's photo on the "What's This Bird" Facebook page recently to get an eastern perspective because Warbling Vireo was recently split into two species. It was identified, as was expected, as a Western Warbling Vireo, largely because of the small bill and dark crown."
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2025 08:21 by Jeremy Carberry
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283014484 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Similar body shape and eye to a CA or sage thrasher but way more orange-brown color throughout. See photos. Observed in the Western-most part of the lower campground around the well house"
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2025 10:50 by Bradley Hacker 🦜
- stakeout Common Grackle at West Ocean Avenue feedlot (November 2025), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.587296&<ll...>,-120.587296 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283061125 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Larger than intermingled Blackbirds and Cowbirds, and with a distinctly larger bill. Blue-green head; brown/bronze back and belly; purplish tail."
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2025 08:38 by Sophie Cameron
- Evergreen Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8909131&<ll...>,-119.8909131 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283029393 - Comments: "Assumed to be returning for his third year at this spot. Bright red tanager with smaller gray beak and slight gray area on cheek. Spent most of its time high in blue gum eucalyptus but it came down to drink from the creek puddle. We observed it catching insects and eating toyon berries. Lifer for a few of my students! Photos soon."
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