Date: 3/29/26 5:11 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- American Bittern (1 report)
- Brown Pelican (California) (1 report)
- American Redstart (1 report)
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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Mar 27, 2026 08:13 by Pete Wolf
- 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/S314057534 - Comments: "8:25 am Flew from North to South. Did not se3 where it ended up going. Beige colored "heron" with creamy striped neck and chest. Continuing although this is the first time I've seen it since December"
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1)
- Reported Mar 28, 2026 07:19 by Conor McMahon
- Beattie Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.444346&<ll...>,-120.444346 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S314154012 - Comments: "(34.630741,-120.444642). Female or young male. Not sure if first year males should be showing any black by now. Largely grayish warbler, fanning tail with big yellow spots on outer sides of base, yellow armpits. Very actively and flutteringly feeding alongside a pair of Townsend's in a live oak spangled with poison oak. The poison oak is extensively flowering but doesn't have any berries yet.
I guess given the date this bird probably wintered here?"
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