Date: 6/28/26 1:06 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Northern Parula (3 reports)
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Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1)
- Reported Jun 27, 2026 14:10 by Tracey Krill
- Gaviota State Park--Gaviota Hot Springs and Gaviota Peak/Trespass/Tunnel View Loop trails, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.22281&<ll...>,-120.22281 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S364461461 - Comments: "Continuing. Heard 3 times on three separate breaks. Briefly seen a fly by but vanished before visual id."
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (3)
- Reported Jun 28, 2026 07:05 by Robert Hamilton
- San Jose Creek--near Berkeley Road, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8152416&<ll...>,-119.8152416 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S364867219 - Comments: "Male seen from the public trail around Maravilla, a couple hundred feet west of the end of Merida Drive. Responded strongly to playback. Was giving a "whisper song" and hover-gleaning. Photos.
Pair observed upstream of the wooden bridge. Male and female foraging along creek and in tall bottlebrush trees at 438 Merida. Photos of male."
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