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Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) (1)
- Reported Nov 21, 2025 10:48 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/S285474992 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Found by Peter Schneekloth earlier. Hunting around aerator on NE pond. Pond cannot be seen from the fence but bird can be seen hunting in that area. DO NOT GO INTO WATER TREATMENT FACILITY OR ON THE ADJACENT FARMER’S property. Small tern. A little larger than a Least Tern. Non-breeding plumage. Black on the back of its head and nape. Mostly pale gray with black spot on cheeks. Shortish tail."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Nov 21, 2025 07:08 by Conor McMahon
- 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/S285488615 - Comments: "Trilling kingbirds, long bills, yellow up through chest. I think there may actually have been two individuals.
One on the northeast arm of the slough near the Whittier Bridge, about (34.42141, -119.87370).
Then, about 5 minutes later, saw another slightly east of Veneco Bridge, just to the south of the grad student family housing block (34.41753, -119.87278, about 450 m away).
Listing as a count of one but if I / someone gets a chance to check back in and confirms two I might update."
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