Date: 3/20/26 4:13 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Baird's Sandpiper (1 report)
- Brown Pelican (California) (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (1 report)
- Townsend's Solitaire (1 report)

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Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) (1)
- Reported Mar 20, 2026 08:50 by Daniel Farrar
- Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6009386&<ll...>,-120.6009386
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S311108851
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Brownish shorebird about Sanderling sized with long attenuated body shape. Primaries well past tail tip. Chest streaked, with no white at shoulder. Black legs with hind toe. Hanging with SNPL. Flew giving rattly call."

Brown Pelican (California) (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) (1)
- Reported Mar 20, 2026 09:56 by Jen Lloyd
- Goleta Beach County Park (including east end of Goleta Slough), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.829812&<ll...>,-119.829812
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S311052229
- Comments: "sunbathing and bay fishing"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Mar 20, 2026 09:50 by Yixin L
- UCSB--Campus Lagoon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.845165&<ll...>,-119.845165
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S311054395
- Comments: "very yellow chest, white throat"

Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) (1)
- Reported Mar 17, 2026 07:44 by David McDonald
- Bates Canyon Road, New Cuyama US-CA 34.91666, -119.90831, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.90831&<ll...>,-119.90831
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S310833416
- Comments: "Heard only giving distinctive singlenote, widely spaced calls."

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