Date: 8/15/26 5:05 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Snow Goose (1 report)
- Neotropic Cormorant (1 report)
- Sharp-shinned Hawk (1 report)
- Red-eyed Vireo (1 report)

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Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens) (1)
- Reported Aug 14, 2026 10:00 by Kurt Wahl
- Waller Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.4392958&<ll...>,-120.4392958
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S383427413
- Comments: "small white goose"

Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) (1)
- Reported Aug 14, 2026 08:42 by John Callender
- 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/S383374468
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing immature bird; perched in the eucalyptus near the half bridge."

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) (1)
- Reported Aug 15, 2026 08:45 by Zander Chanin
- 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/S383683513
- Comments: "Very small hawk moving actively through tree branches. Saw clear views of squared-off tail while perched."

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) (1)
- Reported Aug 15, 2026 08:22 by Thomas Turner
- San Jose Creek--North of Cathedral Oaks, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8107304&<ll...>,-119.8107304
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S383639677
- Comments: "Continuing. Heard only from near the Patterson Rd bridge; sang briefly from a little NE of there."

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