Date: 4/18/26 3:20 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Rock Pigeon (1 report)
- Common Ground Dove (1 report)
- Anna's x Costa's Hummingbird (hybrid) (1 report)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (2 reports)
- Lewis's Woodpecker (1 report)
- Swinhoe's White-eye (1 report)
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Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1)
- Reported Apr 17, 2026 08:01 by Eunice Schroeder
- 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/S323082801 - Comments: "Seen at (34.421694,-119.882101) through scope, foraging along edge of northwest pond. Medium-sized shorebird with yellow legs. Heavily streaked breast well delineated from white belly."
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1)
- Reported Apr 17, 2026 08:01 by Barbara Millett
- 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/S323103228 - Comments: "Seen at (34.421694,-119.882101), foraging along edge of northwest pond. Medium-sized shorebird with yellow legs. Heavily streaked breast well delineated from white belly."
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