Date: 6/29/26 2:41 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Northern Pintail (1 report)
- Sora (1 report)
- Northern Parula (1 report)

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Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) (1)
- Reported Jun 29, 2026 08:30 by Lynn Scarlett
- Mission Creek outflow, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6869361&<ll...>,-119.6869361
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S365390214
- Comments: "Female—Buffy head (no stripe across eye) mottled light brown body, longish neck, pointy tail"

Sora (Porzana carolina) (1)
- Reported Jun 29, 2026 07:30 by Lynn Scarlett
- Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6572856&<ll...>,-119.6572856
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S365387202
- Comments: "Distinct sora Whinnying multiple times"

Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (4)
- Reported Jun 29, 2026 06:30 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/S365381069
- Comments: "Merida male started singing around 650. Female seen well around 820. Foraging in oak, giving sweet chips, not a heavy as NYWA chips. Male and female seen traveling together, foraging on oaks and bottlebrush, then up into tall sycamores where they will most likely nest. No pix today.

Pair confirmed at Maravilla. Photos of male and female."

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