Date: 2/19/26 8:24 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Greater Scaup (1 report)
- Summer Tanager (1 report)

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Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) (1)
- Reported Feb 18, 2026 15:25 by Susan Muller
- Cachuma Lake Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9579144&<ll...>,-119.9579144
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S302097163
- Comments: "Male, round green head, next to Lesser"

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Feb 18, 2026 13:20 by Kelly Krechmer
- Hale Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.656407&<ll...>,-119.656407
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S302094485
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Continuing calling - two set of three calls. Only manage to record two calls-first one after .1 and the other after .5 —-poor quality recording but the tanager is the only species in recording. Was super windy and cars noise."

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