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Date: 9/30/26 8:23 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
* Species Summary: - Common Merganser (1 report) - Rock Pigeon (1 report) - Cocos Booby (1 report) - Broad-winged Hawk (2 reports) - Pinyon Jay (2 reports) - Clark's Nutcracker (5 reports) - Swinhoe's White-eye (1 report) - Evening Grosbeak (1 report) - Cassin's Finch (3 reports) - Black-and-white Warbler (2 reports) - Tennessee Warbler (1 report) - American Redstart (5 reports) - Chestnut-sided Warbler (1 report) - Blackpoll Warbler (1 report) - Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2 reports) --------------------------------------------- Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert. The report below shows observations of rare birds in Santa Barbara County. View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35915 NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated. eBird encourages safe, responsible birding. Some reports may be from private property. Respect access restrictions and follow the rules wherever you bird. For more information, visit the eBird and Merlin Community Guidelines: https://ebird.org/community-guidelines. Stay connected to the global birding community with eBird Updates: https://mailchi.mp/cornell/ebird-updates-sign-up-page. Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1) - Reported Sep 30, 2026 06:50 by Craig Prater - UCSB--Campus Lagoon, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.845165&<ll...>,-119.845165 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397757277 - Comments: "NE side of Campus Lagoon. Photos." Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) (Exotic: Naturalized) (2) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 08:29 by therese vannier - 654 Ivy Ln, Solvang US-CA 34.60022, -120.13339, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.13339&<ll...>,-120.13339 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397527226 - Comments: "rock pigeons at my birdbath. not doves." Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (4) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 15:11 by Sam Eberhard - Santa Barbara Channel US-CA (34.0729,-119.5730), Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.57299&<ll...>,-119.57299 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397637407 - Comments: "Brown with white bellies and vents. Photo" Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (2) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 12:07 by James Rounds - La Cumbre Peak, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7147721&<ll...>,-119.7147721 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397571882 - Comments: "One right as I arrived and one when I was about to leave. Smaller buteos with no wrist marks and a band on the tail. Proportionally way more wings than tail when compared to red tailed." Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (1) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 08:48 by Matt Brady - La Cumbre Peak, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7147721&<ll...>,-119.7147721 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397614431 - Comments: "Very nice looks at a juvenile that flew at low altitude right over the summit area at about 12:40.this was a smallish <i>Buteo</i> lacking dark patagials of a Red-tail. Dark tips to the outer primaries, dark malar contrasting with white throat, streaks extending from the neck down the flanks, barred tail, etc. Photos." Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) (10) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 13:35 by Sam Eberhard - Santa Cruz Island--Prisoners Harbor, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6821404&<ll...>,-119.6821404 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397637537 - Comments: "Distinctively calling flock of jays" Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) (45) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 10:23 by Sam Eberhard - Santa Cruz Island--TNC Cabins, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.73428&<ll...>,-119.73428 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397530582 - Comments: "Took longer to summon than the CLNU, but a flock of 45-60 flew right over. Not the greatest photos, but we (the island jay crew) are pretty sure they weren’t a huge flock of Island scrub jays making PIJA calls." Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) (13) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 13:11 by Angel Ramirez - La Cumbre Peak, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7147721&<ll...>,-119.7147721 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397562633 - Comments: "Observed heading towards the peak." Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) (46) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 12:07 by James Rounds - La Cumbre Peak, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7147721&<ll...>,-119.7147721 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397571882 - Comments: "Groups of 12, 21, and 13" Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) (7) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 12:02 by Bradley Hacker 🦜 - La Cumbre Peak, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7147721&<ll...>,-119.7147721 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397576922 - Comments: "Reasonably large black-and-white Corvids giving Clark’s Nutcracker calls" Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) (208) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 08:48 by Matt Brady - La Cumbre Peak, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7147721&<ll...>,-119.7147721 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397614431 - Comments: "Continuing phenomenon. Exact count of birds flying West. 50 exactly, at 9:06; 73+ at 9:10; 1 at 9:11; 1 at 9:24; 7 at 9:25; 38 at 9:28; 1 foraging in pines at 9:50; 11 at 9:59; 4 at 10:07; 1 eastbound at 10:45. 13 flying EAST at 12:18 were followed by 21 flying west at 12:24, like the same birds plus a few extra." Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) (109) CONFIRMED - Reported Sep 28, 2026 07:45 by jose flores - La Cumbre Peak, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7147721&<ll...>,-119.7147721 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397621253 - Media: 1 Photo - Comments: "The largest group was 27 individuals. Our view only allowed us to see birds flying over ECC or on the Santa Ynez Valley side of La Cumbre Peak." Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) (Exotic: Naturalized) (2) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 12:15 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/S397562473 - Media: 1 Photo - Comments: "Calling high from sycamores downstream of 8th street bridge at bend in creek." Evening Grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) (1) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 08:48 by Matt Brady - La Cumbre Peak, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7147721&<ll...>,-119.7147721 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397614431 - Media: 1 Audio - Comments: "Unseen flyby, heard calling and flight calls recorded." Cassin's Finch (Haemorhous cassinii) (13) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 08:48 by Matt Brady - La Cumbre Peak, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7147721&<ll...>,-119.7147721 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397614431 - Media: 1 Audio - Comments: "Two flocks (of 5 and 8), heard calling but not seen all that well. Recording of one." Cassin's Finch (Haemorhous cassinii) (1) - Reported Sep 28, 2026 10:39 by Bradley Hacker 🦜 - La Cumbre Peak, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7147721&<ll...>,-119.7147721 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397295740 - Media: 1 Photo - Comments: "Red restricted to head; pale bill. Cassin's vibe while approaching and bird flew before decent picture could be obtained." Cassin's Finch (Haemorhous cassinii) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Sep 28, 2026 07:45 by jose flores - La Cumbre Peak, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7147721&<ll...>,-119.7147721 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397621253 Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 15:05 by Robert Hamilton - 7402 - 7418 Hollister Ave (Tech Park), Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8908561&<ll...>,-119.8908561 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397599353 - Comments: "Seen and photographed by both of us in the southern tipus." Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 08:26 by Jason Siemens - Miramar Beach / Hammond’s Meadow, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.630679&<ll...>,-119.630679 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397512542 - Comments: "Warbler with black streaks on belly and upper side working an oak tree in classic Black and White Warbler way." Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 07:03 by Caleb Stam - 7402 - 7418 Hollister Ave (Tech Park), Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8908561&<ll...>,-119.8908561 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397497647 - Comments: "continuing, no photos. primary field mark to separate from ocwa was white undertail feathers, also supported by dark eyestripe." American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 13:03 by Robert Hamilton - 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/S397569919 - Comments: "Female type seen by both of us." American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 12:15 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/S397562473 - Media: 1 Photo - Comments: "Female-type ‘yellowstart’ observed near the 6th street entrance. Flitting around activity in the canopy, displaying tail-fanning behavior." American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 09:40 by Laurel S Luby - 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/S397587324 - Comments: "Warbler with gray back, white underparts with yellow patches on sides of chest, wings and outer tail feathers. Very active with tail fanned and wings spread." American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 09:40 by Tom Beland - 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/S397613440 - Comments: "Warbler with gray back, white underparts with yellow patches on sides of chest, wings and outer tail feathers. Very active with tail fanned and wings spread." American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 09:40 by Kim Olson - 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/S397591296 - Comments: "Warbler with gray back, white underparts with yellow patches on sides of chest, wings and outer tail feathers. Very active with tail fanned and wings spread." Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 13:03 by Robert Hamilton - 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/S397569919 - Comments: "With bold chestnut on sides. Seen and photographed by both of us." Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) (1) - Reported Sep 29, 2026 17:48 by Zach Nett - Chase Palm Park, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6832574&<ll...>,-119.6832574 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397618538 - Media: 3 Photos - Comments: "lemony head, chest streaking, white undertail coverts, dark wings with two white wing bars, orange feet. eucalyptus south of the pond. pleasant surprise." Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) (1) - Reported Sep 28, 2026 07:56 by Laurel S Luby - LuBeeland, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.507798&<ll...>,-119.507798 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397590089 - Comments: "Grosbeak with brownish black upper body, white underparts and white stripe above eye with rose colored breast. Eating in our sunflower seed feeder" Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) (1) - Reported Sep 28, 2026 07:56 by Tom Beland - LuBeeland, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.507798&<ll...>,-119.507798 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397613434 - Comments: "Grosbeak with brownish black upper body, white underparts and white stripe above eye with rose colored breast. Eating in our sunflower seed feeder" ********* You received this message because you are subscribed to eBird's Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert Manage your eBird alert subscriptions: https://ebird.org/alerts eBird Alerts provide recent reports of regionally or seasonally rare species (Rarities Alerts) or species you have not yet observed (Needs Alerts) in your region of interest; both Accepted and Unreviewed observations are included. Some reports may be from private property or inaccessible to the general public. 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