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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Mar 10, 2026 13:43 by Nick Block
- 208 Gray Avenue, Santa Barbara, California, US (34.416, -119.69), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6902234&<ll...>,-119.6902234 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S308086748 - Comments: "Found while just wandering around the Funk Zone looking for party venues. I did a double-take and had to delay our progress while I watched it. No bins, but very close views in a short tree and then on the wires at the pin. Obvious yellow-bellied kingbird with noticably long bill, very notched tail. Yellow extended higher on chest than Western or Cassin's. Overall gray definitely too pale for Cassin's, without strongly contrasting white malar. No obvious pale edges or tip to tail. Immediately recognized it, but very surprised to see it! Unfortunately, it did not call before flying off southeast."
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1)
- Reported Mar 10, 2026 12:14 by Conor McMahon
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S308064125 - Media: 2 Photos, 1 Audio
- Comments: "34.4433121, -119.8479139
Photo and recording of Black Phoebe-ish chips. In tangle of grass and downed branches at edge of eucs, not in the adjacent reedbed.
Came back to get this for bike list after seeing it on my walk this morning. Sorry reviewers 🙂
Finally! Nemesis for the bike list for a long time..."
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