Date: 2/3/26 6:23 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Common Poorwill (2 reports)
- California Condor (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (2 reports)

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Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) (1)
- Reported Feb 02, 2026 19:56 by Laura Baldwin
- My Yard, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.0516&<ll...>,-120.0516
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S297808493
- Comments: "Bird sitting on ground near house. Red eye visible in my headlamp beam. Bird flushed and circled."

Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) (1)
- Reported Jan 28, 2026 19:30 by Laura Baldwin
- My Yard, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.0516&<ll...>,-120.0516
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S297809096
- Comments: "Bird sitting ground, red eye reflecting in my headlamp beam. Bird flushed and circled."

California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (2)
- Reported Jan 29, 2026 09:46 by Sangeet Khalsa
- Upper Sisquoc Trail, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.740234&<ll...>,-119.740234
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S297871780
- Comments: "Large vultures with prominent white underwing coverts. Seen from the Upper Sisquoc Trail, coming from the direction of the sanctuary, heading NW towards the Sisquoc River."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Feb 03, 2026 10:29 by Sophie Chen
- Leadbetter Beach, Santa Barbara US-CA 34.40254, -119.69742, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.697419&<ll...>,-119.697419
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S297908460
- Comments: "Larger than cassian's"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Feb 03, 2026 13:07 by Elliot Young
- 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/S297943110
- Comments: "Larger beak, more yellow belly than Cassin's. Perched on fence of western pond."

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