Date: 8/29/26 6:52 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- American Bittern (1 report)
- Swinhoe's White-eye (1 report)
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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 28, 2026 10:18 by Jim Hodgson
- Elings Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7349691&<ll...>,-119.7349691 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S387719553 - Comments: "Totally unexpected, brown, beige colored with dark wings and streaking on the belly. Gave a deep “kok” call as it flushed. In flight it had a long neck that tapered down to a very pointed bill with no forehead profile at all. It flushed from brush in the of the SB Botanical Gardens restoration patch and disappeared out of sight over the neighborhood east of the park towards west Valerio."
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