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Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 22, 2025 08:42 by Chuhan Li
- 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/S285630604 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Found by Peter Schneekloth yesterday. Continues at the NE corner of the water treatment pond. You can view the tern is flying around the pond from the fence. Small tern with thin black bill, dark wing and back."
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 22, 2025 13:32 by Steve Hovey
- 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/S285697697 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Male and female. Male with bright red head and body, with black mask and black wings. Female with gray head and back, and buffy breast with yellow to orange underparts."
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 22, 2025 13:32 by Dawn Hovey
- 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/S285700108 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Male and female. Male with bright red head and body, with black mask and black wings. Female with gray head and back, and buffy breast with yellow to orange underparts."
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