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Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 25, 2026 07:06 by John Deacon
- Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Preserve, including Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6473815&<ll...>,-120.6473815 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S376263138 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Smallish tern. Pale nape. Distinctive black eye patch. Dark beak. No carpal bar. Deeply forked tail. Flying over estuary."
Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) (1)
- Reported Jul 25, 2026 17:39 by Asher Perla
- Goleta Beach Park (including east end of Goleta Slough), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.829812&<ll...>,-119.829812 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S376447097 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "(34.4178027, -119.8291650) perched among a bunch of DCCOs. Immediately stood out as small, slender, and long tailed. Watched for quite a while as it sat with DCCOs, fished in the water, and was harassed by DCCO. Seen from several angles. No white around yellow gape, which was limited to just below the bill, none above. The pointedness of the gular skin didn’t stand out to me, but it was somewhat hard to tell at the distance I was seeing it at. Many digibins. My mom independently picked it out and commented on its slender shape and small appearance as well as its “more sleek/dark feathers” without knowing these as field marks for NECO."
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