Date: 11/13/25 5:20 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Short-billed Dowitcher (1 report)
- American Bittern (2 reports)
- Tropical Kingbird (3 reports)
- Black-and-white Warbler (1 report)
- Summer Tanager (2 reports)

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Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) (1)
- Reported Nov 13, 2025 10:01 by Daniel Farrar
- 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/S284341762
- Comments: "Juv. Tiger stripes on terts. Tu tu call"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Nov 11, 2025 08:59 by Gregory Anderson
- 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/S284328810
- Comments: "Found along shoreline of southeast corner of lake. Very still upright posture. Long brown, and white stripes along ventral body of heron shaped body. Picture to follow."

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Nov 11, 2025 08:59 by Kathryn Sikorski
- 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/S284331260
- Comments: "Found along shoreline of southeast corner of lake. Very still upright posture. Long brown, and white stripes along ventral body of heron shaped body. Picture to follow."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 13, 2025 07:55 by Conor McMahon
- 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/S284303847
- Comments: "Continuing trilling kingbird."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 12, 2025 12:38 by Lori Gaskin
- 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/S284208921
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Bright yellow belly and breast. Large bill. Notched tail. Observed in NCOS parking lot off Whittier Dr."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 12, 2025 12:38 by Rick Boyer
- 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/S284211316
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Bright yellow belly and breast. Large bill. Notched tail. Observed in NCOS parking lot off Whittier Dr."

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 12, 2025 12:20 by Libby Patten
- Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.710266&<ll...>,-119.710266
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S284216306
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Nice male. Foraging on oak near top of trail leading down to main bridge."

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Nov 11, 2025 08:59 by Gregory Anderson
- 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/S284328810
- Comments: "Large yellow bird thick bill. Olive wash on wings and back. call identified by Merlin."

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Nov 11, 2025 08:59 by Kathryn Sikorski
- 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/S284331260
- Comments: "Large yellow bird thick bill. Olive wash on wings and back. call identified by Merlin."

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