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Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (1)
- Reported Dec 13, 2025 09:42 by Diego Perez
- Sedgwick Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.0405478&<ll...>,-120.0405478 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S288427448 - Comments: "Seen well perched on fence at gate 3. Small sparrow with orange tinge to face. Later heard singing and giving its very high pitch ch-ch call. Quite common here in spring/summer but it’s quite late."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 12, 2025 12:08 by Libby Patten
- 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/S288326061 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing for a few days, mostly in same large tipu directly behind quilt shop. Found originally by Eric Culbertson. Head, neck and underparts were bright yellow, almost an orangey egg yolk yellow up near its face. White undertail, gray wings, dark eyes and bill. Much slower moving than the numerous noisy and frenetic Yellow-rumps. Found fairly easily by looking for a more sedate warbler which only hopped short distances occasionally. Seen in back of the big tipu, on the side closest to the shop. Will add poor photos."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 12, 2025 10:27 by Alison Hiers
- 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/S288285333 - Comments: "Continuing rarity in the tipu trees behind and ajacent to Roxanne's quilt shop. Bright yellow warbler with blue gray wings and white lower on belly. Dark black eye like a Wilson's. Some olive color on cap. Photos rba."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 12, 2025 10:27 by Ron Wilson
- 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/S288329863 - Comments: "Continuing rarity in the tipu trees behind and ajacent to Roxanne's quilt shop. Bright yellow warbler with blue gray wings and white lower on belly. Dark black eye like a Wilson's. Some olive color on cap. Photos rba."
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