Date: 8/6/26 2:03 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Neotropic Cormorant (6 reports)
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Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) (1)
- Reported Aug 05, 2026 13:09 by Libby Patten
- Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve--Devereux Lagoon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S380350623 - Comments: "On sandbar viewable from second turnout. With a group of Double-crested Coromants, but almost half as large and with a thinner bill. Will add poor photo."
Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) (1)
- Reported Aug 05, 2026 09:18 by James Rounds
- Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve--Devereux Lagoon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S380240383 - Comments: "Continuing bird. Smaller than the double cresteds, with a longer tail. Whitish edge to the gape with no orange above in the lores. Foraging and perched in the trees above the dock thing."
Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) (1)
- Reported Aug 04, 2026 15:33 by DairaMorrigan Torres
- Coal Oil Point, Devereux Beach, Sands Beach, and bluff trails, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8783064&<ll...>,-119.8783064 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S380325896 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Clearly smaller than nearby double crested cormorants with comparably short and stubby bill, and a longer tail. On careful inspection it lacked the yellow facial skin in the lore to distinguish from the others- although the lore is pale and feathery. The acute angle of the mandible in connection with the cheek and neck also favored Neotropic. It was resting on the slough shore at the terminus with Sands Beach, then went fishing (and caught a small flounder) after which it returned to rest. It made a yawning gesture- which I suspect was to process the digestion of the awkwardly shaped fish. This was a juvenile in dark brown to light tan plumage but a similarly small black one was also seen from a distance but not confirmed by us."
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