Date: 1/17/26 4:49 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Red-naped Sapsucker (1 report)
- Red-breasted Sapsucker (ruber) (3 reports)
- Tropical Kingbird (3 reports)
- Chipping Sparrow (1 report)

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Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2026 13:32 by Rick Skillin
- 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/S294793889
- Comments: "2 white stripes “V” that join at the tail"

Red-breasted Sapsucker (ruber) (Sphyrapicus ruber ruber) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2026 07:09 by Brenda Juarez
- 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/S294596956
- Comments: "Continuing. Very bright red head; reduced white in flight feathers and reduced white on back as compared to S. ruber daggetti. Photos follow."

Red-breasted Sapsucker (ruber) (Sphyrapicus ruber ruber) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2026 07:09 by Marjorie Popper
- 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/S294567914
- Comments: "Continuing. Very bright red head; reduced white in flight feathers and reduced white on back as compared to S. ruber daggetti. Photos follow."

Red-breasted Sapsucker (ruber) (Sphyrapicus ruber ruber) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2026 07:09 by Tim Matthews
- 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/S294564725
- Comments: "Continuing. Very bright red head; reduced white in flight feathers and reduced white on back as compared to S. ruber daggetti. Photos follow."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2026 13:05 by Steve Hovey
- Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6572856&<ll...>,-119.6572856
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S294822031
- Comments: "Continuing. Kingbird with bright yellow front, large bill."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2026 13:05 by Dawn Hovey
- Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6572856&<ll...>,-119.6572856
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S294821011
- Comments: "Continuing. Kingbird with bright yellow front, large bill."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2026 08:50 by James Rounds
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S294737649
- Comments: "Continuing. Bright kingbird, thick beak, deeper yellow than Cassin’s. Distinct twittering call."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (6) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2026 08:45 by Marjorie Popper
- 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/S294567464
- Comments: "uncommon, but not rare at this location, these birds were interspersed with juncos feeding along a road through a woodland of valley, blue, and coast live oaks"

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