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Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) (1)
- Reported Mar 22, 2026 10:21 by Conor McMahon
- UCSB North Campus Open Space (formerly Ocean Meadows Golf Course), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8792197&<ll...>,-119.8792197 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S312175575 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Long-continuing individual, mostly seen in locations further west without public access. Saw it at about 11:35 AM flying east over the Mesa grassland about (34.41882, -119.87960)."
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (1)
- Reported Mar 22, 2026 15:20 by Lauren Clark
- Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6554094&<ll...>,-119.6554094 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S312198222 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Photo attached. on the left upper corner of the headstone. adult male, very vibrant almost neon orange color in person! more photos available, but I could not get a better photo. he flew away as i approached."
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