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Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 23, 2025 10:00 by Linda Blue
- 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/S285877808 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Small tern, continuing at pond. Perched on metal structure in SE pond and intermittently flying low around NE pond. Black at back of crown, coming down behind eye; black bill and legs, uppers gray, wings black. Photos to come."
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 23, 2025 10:00 by Eunice Schroeder
- 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/S285825347 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Small tern, continuing at pond. Perched on metal structure in SE pond and intermittently flying low around NE pond. Black at back of crown, extending down behind eye; black bill and legs, uppers gray, wings black. Photo."
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 23, 2025 10:00 by David Blue
- 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/S285875192 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Small tern, continuing at pond. Perched on metal structure in SE pond and intermittently flying low around NE pond. Black at back of crown, coming down behind eye; black bill and legs, uppers gray, wings black. Photos to come."
Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 23, 2025 08:15 by Luke Jensen
- Oak ridge park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.406911&<ll...>,-120.406911 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S285824888 - Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Seen flying in from oak tree forest at around 8:40 flying into a pine tree only to fly to pepper tree within 30 seconds. Seen in first pepper tree across small road from "stakeout pepper tree". It stayed for only 10 minuites in this tree before flying into stakeout pepper tree for the rest of the time I was there! Very cooperative small woodpecker. many pics!"
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