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Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Dec 07, 2025 11:22 by Jackson Wolfe
- Santa Barbara Channel--east channel (Santa Barbara County only), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5149421&<ll...>,-119.5149421 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287759060 - Comments: "Grey with dark wings and orange bill, black tipped. I am from Washington state where we see them somewhat often, so I am quite confident with this ID."
Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea) (37)
- Reported Dec 07, 2025 11:22 by Jackson Wolfe
- Santa Barbara Channel--east channel (Santa Barbara County only), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5149421&<ll...>,-119.5149421 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287759060 - Comments: "All brown bellied shearwater with lighter but not white wing underside. I counted 37, with most being east of the oil rigs and 1 being very near the marina."
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2025 09:02 by Sangeet Khalsa
- Santa Rosa Island / Wi'ma (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.108001&<ll...>,-120.108001 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287747031 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Striking,unmistakeable bright blue male. Seen on the side of Main Road, just east of Soledad Peak. The (presumed) same bird was seen about an hour later at the Soledad oak grove."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2025 13:12 by Rick Boyer
- Cactus Lane Tipu, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5186087&<ll...>,-119.5186087 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287723758 - Comments: "Brilliant yellow head and breast transitioning to white below. Prominent black eyes and dark bill. Gray/green wings and back. Found earlier in the day by Eric Culbertson. In tipu tree."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2025 13:12 by Lori Gaskin
- Cactus Lane Tipu, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5186087&<ll...>,-119.5186087 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287723681 - Comments: "Brilliant yellow head and breast transitioning to white below. Prominent black eyes and dark bill. Gray/green wings and back. Found earlier in the day by Eric Culbertson. In tipu tree."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2025 11:00 by Craig Murray
- Cactus Lane Tipu, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5186087&<ll...>,-119.5186087 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287753639 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Found by Eric Culbertson. Brilliant large warbler with clean bright yellow chest and head. Dark eyes prominent. White undertail coverts tipped in dark gray. Blue gray wings and tail. Movement less frenetic than other warblers in same tree. Photos."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2025 11:00 by Jenny Slaughter
- Cactus Lane Tipu, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5186087&<ll...>,-119.5186087 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287754100 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Found by Eric Culbertson. Brilliant large warbler with clean bright yellow chest and head. Dark eyes prominent. White undertail coverts tipped in dark gray. Blue gray wings and tail. Movement less frenetic than other warblers in same tree. Photos."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2025 08:26 by Eric Culbertson
- Cactus Lane Tipu, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5186087&<ll...>,-119.5186087 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287689366 - Comments: "Sweet! In tipu in SE corner of lot here (34.3978203, -119.5184482). Would fly into fenced yard periodically next to Roxannes Quits but returned over and over again. Once it was gone 15 mins. A large warbler with a proportionally short and wide tail. Clean white belly, undertail coverts and undertail. Dark terminal end to undertail. Rich yellow on breast. This color extended into the face and head. The richness of this color faded as it blended with the white belly and flanks. The unmarked yellow face set off black beady eyes. The crown was olive. This color extended into upper back. The rest of the upper parts looked dark blue. I couldn’t really tell if the wings had any markings. The bill was large and fleshy-pink. The bird bobbed it’s tail."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Dec 07, 2025 07:34 by Eric Culbertson
- Tipu @ Costa Del Mar Apartments, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.519206&<ll...>,-119.519206 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287672257 - Comments: "Seen mostly from below. Warbler with short tail, unmarked pale white below , white undertail coverts and yellow-green wash to flanks and breast. Sturdy strait bill. White”ish above darker eyeline and crown. Tail wagging/bobbing."
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2025 08:47 by Rick Boyer
- Hale Park, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.656405&<ll...>,-119.656405 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287694824 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Heard repeatedly before finding in euc along pathway within park. Unmistakable red bird with large lightish bill and darker wings. Originally found by John Lewis on December 2."
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 07, 2025 08:47 by Lori Gaskin
- Hale Park, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.656405&<ll...>,-119.656405 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287694074 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Heard repeatedly before finding in euc along pathway within park. Unmistakable red bird with large lightish bill and darker wings. Originally found by John Lewis on December 2."
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