Date: 2/23/26 12:58 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Bufflehead (1 report)
- Common Ground Dove (1 report)
- Sooty Shearwater (1 report)
- Western Flycatcher (2 reports)
- Vermilion Flycatcher (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (5 reports)
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Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) (1)
- Reported Feb 22, 2026 11:49 by Mark Holmgren
- Atascadero Creek--East of Patterson including Mitigation Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8064429&<ll...>,-119.8064429 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S303168434 - Comments: "Rising "su-wheet" call heard 0.3 miles west of the other Western Flycatcher I heard at 2:26 pm this afternoon. This bird was heard at 11:50 am. It could have been the same individual as was heard later. Early arrival or migrant passing through. No visual. See location of detection on aerial image."
Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) (1)
- Reported Feb 22, 2026 14:00 by Mark Holmgren
- Old RR Grade X More Mesa - 34.42426, -119.80172, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8019091&<ll...>,-119.8019091 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S303168346 - Comments: "Rising "su-wheet" call heard 0.3 miles east of the other Western Flycatcher I heard at 11:50 am this morning. This bird was heard at 2:26 pm. It could have been the same individual as earlier. Early arrival or migrant passing through. No visual. See location on aerial image."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 22, 2026 09:12 by Eunice Schroeder
- 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/S303126382 - Comments: "A continuing, wintering bird at this location, seen on the fence at the northwest pond. Light gray head with a darker ear patch, long heavy black bill, a bright yellow belly with the yellow extending up to the throat, and a long notched tail."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 22, 2026 09:12 by Linda Blue
- 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/S303150284 - Comments: "A continuing, wintering bird at this location, seen on the fence at the northwest pond. Light gray head with a darker ear patch, long heavy black bill, a bright yellow belly with the yellow extending up to the throat, and a long notched tail."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 22, 2026 09:12 by David Blue
- 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/S303177539 - Comments: "A continuing, wintering bird at this location, seen on the fence at the northwest pond. Light gray head with a darker ear patch, long heavy black bill, a bright yellow belly with the yellow extending up to the throat, and a long notched tail."
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