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Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Mar 01, 2026 06:48 by Barbara Millett
- Tecolotito creek at Glen Annie and Cathedral Oaks, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.874839&<ll...>,-119.874839 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S305109479 - Comments: "First detected by repeated descending 3-note call, less scratchy than western tanager. Large tanager with bigger bill than western. Mostly yellow, head/hood blotchy red. Red blotch on vent. Looked like a first spring male. Toward the south end of the DPHS oak woodland."
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Mar 01, 2026 06:48 by Liz Muraoka
- Tecolotito creek at Glen Annie and Cathedral Oaks, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.874839&<ll...>,-119.874839 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S305116195 - Comments: "First detected by repeated descending 3-note call, less scratchy than western tanager. Large tanager with bigger bill than western. Mostly yellow, head/hood blotchy red. Red blotch on vent. Looked like a first spring male. Toward the south end of the DPHS oak woodland."
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