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Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) (3)
- Reported Mar 16, 2026 12:23 by Linda Blue
- Farren Road, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9237752&<ll...>,-119.9237752 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S309890140 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen on the southern fence of the reservoir and on the ground just outside the fence. Tiny doves with short, square-tipped tails, pink bills with a dark tip, scaly pattern on neck and breast, and rufous wings in flight. We’ve seen this species at this location every year for the last 7 years (since 2020), but eBird records extend back to 2015, and Paul Lehman (in Birds of Santa Barbara County) notes they have been around since the late 1980s."
Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) (3)
- Reported Mar 16, 2026 12:23 by David Blue
- Farren Road, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9237752&<ll...>,-119.9237752 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S309890139 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen on the southern fence of the reservoir and on the ground just outside the fence. Tiny doves with short, square-tipped tails, pink bills with a dark tip, scaly pattern on neck and breast, and rufous wings in flight. We’ve seen this species at this location every year for the last 7 years (since 2020), but eBird records extend back to 2015, and Paul Lehman (in Birds of Santa Barbara County) notes they have been around since the late 1980s."
Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) (1)
- Reported Mar 16, 2026 11:16 by Ryan Seppala
- Eagle Canyon Creek, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9308611&<ll...>,-119.9308611 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S309918804 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Flying south towards the 101. Suspected this species from several hundred yards out based on bright white wing panels. Eventually it flew directly overhead and I got good binoculars views. Poor photos take from my iPhone."
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