Date: 5/28/26 11:05 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- White-winged Scoter (3 reports)
- Little Blue Heron (1 report)
- Northern Parula (1 report)
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White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) (1)
- Reported May 27, 2026 10:44 by Mike Andersen
- Prisoner's and Scorpion's harbors transfer (inshore), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5945501&<ll...>,-119.5945501 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S348024658 - Comments: "Flying with Surf Scoter as we came in to dock at Prisoner’s Harbor. A large, all dark duck, a bit larger than the SUSC with prominent and conspicuous square white wing patches. No photos."
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) (1)
- Reported May 27, 2026 10:44 by Nick Block
- Prisoner's and Scorpion's harbors transfer (inshore), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5945501&<ll...>,-119.5945501 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S348024659 - Comments: "Flying with Surf Scoter as we came in to dock at Prisoner’s Harbor. A large, all dark duck, a bit larger than the SUSC with prominent and conspicuous square white wing patches. No photos."
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) (1)
- Reported May 27, 2026 10:44 by Michael Retter
- Prisoner's and Scorpion's harbors transfer (inshore), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5945501&<ll...>,-119.5945501 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S348025562 - Comments: "Flying with Surf Scoter as we came in to dock at Prisoner’s Harbor. A large, all dark duck, a bit larger than the SUSC with prominent and conspicuous square white wing patches. No photos."
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