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Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (2)
- Reported Feb 15, 2026 09:30 by Carola Murdock
- Guadalupe, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5841435&<ll...>,-120.5841435 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S301101056 - Comments: "Male bright red with dark wings and dark band across the eye. It was perching on a fence near a body of water. Periodically, it would swoop down to the ground to catch something and then land on the fence again. It was a small bird. Twenty feet away from it I saw a bird with the same body shape that looked like a female: light brown on top, streaked on light/whitish colored breast with a hint of yellow on belly. It was also sitting on the fence. There is a grassy field, some mature trees, and agricultural fields nearby. I had seen a male vermilion flycatcher in the same location two winters ago. It is called Jack O’Connell Park. I saw them with binoculars. The male I saw today looked exactly like the photos I have seen in the Audubon field guide. Also, the behavior was typical of a flycatcher, snatching insects."
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