Date: 9/3/26 3:10 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Sharp-shinned Hawk (1 report)
- Swinhoe's White-eye (2 reports)

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Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) (1)
- Reported Sep 02, 2026 13:43 by Pete Wolf
- Astoria Point, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8899411&<ll...>,-119.8899411
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S389212957
- Comments: "Small hawk, flushed out of redwood tree by crow. Squared tail and hunched shoulders in flight."

Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) (Exotic: Naturalized) (2)
- Reported Sep 02, 2026 13:43 by Pete Wolf
- Astoria Point, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8899411&<ll...>,-119.8899411
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S389212957
- Comments: "Obvious white eye ring. Vocalizing for a while. Merlin could not ID by sound."

Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) (Exotic: Naturalized) (5)
- Reported Sep 03, 2026 12:40 by Spencer Seale
- Carpinteria Creek, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5140259&<ll...>,-119.5140259
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S389459372
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Continuing. Cohesive flock calling and flying overhead between sycamores."

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