Date: 3/6/26 7:18 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Common Merganser (1 report)
- Anna's x Costa's Hummingbird (hybrid) (1 report)
- Least Bittern (1 report)
- Bald Eagle (2 reports)
- Song Sparrow (1 report)
- Lucy's Warbler (2 reports)
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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) (1)
- Reported Mar 05, 2026 09:41 by Mark Mendelsohn
- Webster Point, Santa Barbara Island, California, US (33.483, -119.046), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.0463579&<ll...>,-119.0463579 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S306314613 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "untagged adult (likely same one seen yesterday w/ S. Khalsa) carrying a Western Gull carcass in talons then landing momentarily to eat from it; unknown whether it killed the gull or was scavenging; flew off within a few minutes, then chased by WEGUs"
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