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Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) (1)
- Reported Jan 14, 2026 09:07 by Betsy Moles
- 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/S294247227 - Comments: "Seen in channel. Walking in shallow water with jerky motion. Long slender neck and long thin Bill. Yellow legs in flight. Grayish upper body, neck and head, no obvious Coloration."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 14, 2026 09:07 by Betsy Moles
- 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/S294247227 - Comments: "Kingbird with yellow extending high on breast. Large white face patch extending behind eye. Larger bill. Notched tail. Did not vocalize. Perched on wire fence at pond beyond Phelps creek."
Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) (Exotic: Provisional) (1)
- Reported Jan 14, 2026 10:28 by Lynda Nahra
- Calle Albatros, Santa Barbara US-CA 34.44675, -119.76588, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.765885&<ll...>,-119.765885 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S294255407 - Comments: "I heard this bird first as I was unfamiliar the very high pitched sound so I turned on my Merlin bird id which indicated it was a Swinhoe’s White Eye. I excitedly began searching for it and saw an olive small bird but then as it turned I saw a very yellow throat area."
Lucy's Warbler (Leiothlypis luciae) (1)
- Reported Jan 14, 2026 10:28 by Lynda Nahra
- Calle Albatros, Santa Barbara US-CA 34.44675, -119.76588, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.765885&<ll...>,-119.765885 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S294255407 - Comments: "I saw this individual in the bushes on the other side of the border of our property in the open area where there is lots of brush. It was was plain but I noticed a reddish brown spot on it s head . Then I saw it sing and turned on my Merlin bird id for song and the sighting was confirmed. I couldn’t get a decent picture . By the time I thought about it the bird had left."
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