Date: 6/1/26 6:08 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Little Blue Heron (3 reports)
- Red-eyed Vireo (1 report)
- American Redstart (1 report)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (1 report)
- Scarlet Tanager (6 reports)
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Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2026 07:27 by Peter Gaede
- Paradise Road x Highway 154, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8575682&<ll...>,-119.8575682 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S351053772 - Media: 1 Photo, 1 Audio
- Comments: "Singing from a large cottonwood tree along drainage. Recording made. Vireo with dark cap, white super and black line through eye. Pale below, greenish back."
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (2)
- Reported Jun 01, 2026 06:55 by Gabriel Guinn
- Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5283666&<ll...>,-119.5283666 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S351038985 - Comments: "Multiple Merlin sound confirmations with saved recordings. Two flying around on top of trees with line of sight while they called. Unable to get a picture due to poor camera work and fast, moving birds. Markings were of an immature, female and immature male. Two clear yellow patches on chest."
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2026 08:09 by Melanie Barnett
- 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/S350974988 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen well on lawn about here: 34.4428283, -119.8520891. White throat, possible Myrtle or intergrade. Will replace back-of-camera photo later and add additional photos."
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) (1)
- Reported May 31, 2026 14:46 by Daniel Farrar
- Refugio Creek Canyon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.0666796&<ll...>,-120.0666796 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S350580768 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing male. Sang occasionally. We pulled up, parked, and Noah G. immediately pointed it out. It flew into the avocado orchard then back into the sycamores. Pretty cooperative. Watched it for 5 minutes before it flew deeper into the sycamores. Photos. Audio. Good find!"
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) (1)
- Reported May 31, 2026 13:00 by Sophie Cameron
- Refugio Creek Canyon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.0666796&<ll...>,-120.0666796 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S350598262 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Scarlet-colored tanager with obvious black wings. Seen flying around within oak and sycamore tree canopy as it actively foraged on insects. It called and sang often. Crazy spring record!"
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) (1)
- Reported May 31, 2026 12:18 by David Blue
- Refugio Creek Canyon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.0666796&<ll...>,-120.0666796 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S350574549 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "A stunning brilliant red tanager with black wings and tail. First found here earlier this morning by Lynn Scarlett. Observed in the sycamores overhanging the road and also the nearby oaks at (34.5015689, -120.0662602). This location is immediately south of the yellow intersection sign for turning left (west) into the avocado orchard. The bird sang quite often sounding like a hoarse American Robin. Sometimes the tanager and the robin would sing nearly at the same time making it easier to compare the two similar songs. Thanks to Sophie Cameron for first spotting this bird at 1:25 PM when we were there."
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) (1)
- Reported May 31, 2026 12:18 by Linda Blue
- Refugio Creek Canyon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.0666796&<ll...>,-120.0666796 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S350574551 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "A stunning brilliant red tanager with black wings and tail. First found here earlier this morning by Lynn Scarlett. Observed in the sycamores overhanging the road and also the nearby oaks at (34.5015689, -120.0662602). This location is immediately south of the yellow intersection sign for turning left (west) into the avocado orchard. The bird sang quite often sounding like a hoarse American Robin. Sometimes the tanager and the robin would sing nearly at the same time making it easier to compare the two similar songs. Thanks to Sophie Cameron for first spotting this bird at 1:25 PM when we were there."
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