Date: 4/6/26 6:30 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Snow Goose (1 report)
- Black Scoter (1 report)
- Common Ground Dove (1 report)
- Short-billed Gull (1 report)
- Elegant Tern (1 report)
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Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) (2)
- Reported Apr 06, 2026 08:00 by Daniel Farrar
- Vandenburg SFB--Point Michelle (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6310442&<ll...>,-120.6310442 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S318093213 - Comments: "Known location and they tend to lumber into April. Make and female. Male all black with yellow bill. Female dark with light cheeks contrasting with dark cap. With SUSC."
Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 05, 2026 12:04 by Thomas Turner
- Farren Road (CA Atlas - Dos Pueblos Canyon NE), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9227285&<ll...>,-119.9227285 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S317631222 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Both heard and one seen. Calling from avo orchards at top of public access portion of road, and another close to the reservoir. Call is a series of monosyllabic coos like a Pygmy owl that’s almost out of batteries."
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