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White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) (1)
- Reported Oct 01, 2026 07:38 by Laura Lyon
- 3056 Braemar Dr, Santa Barbara US-CA 34.40712, -119.74336, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.743361&<ll...>,-119.743361 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S398042814 - Comments: "I saw a White-winged Dove about 7:15 this morning 9/30. It was eating the birdseed I put on our patio wall, along with 10 Mourning Doves. I sent a photo to Merlin, and they said it was a White-winged Dove. We are located in Santa Barbara, CA."
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 01, 2026 17:06 by Craig Prater
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S398165639 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Flew in from west at 6:08 pm and landed in the SE corner of lake. Easily visible from road near southern outflow. More photos to be uploaded."
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 01, 2026 17:06 by Yvonne Degraw
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S398165640 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing Flew in from west at 6:08 pm and landed in the SE corner or lake. Easily visible from road near southern outflow. Photos to be uploaded."
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 01, 2026 07:29 by Pete Wolf
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S398129096 - Comments: "Continuing. Brown & cream colored medium sized "heron". Streaked breast. Flew in from the South (dam area) and landed in the bulrush in Old Road Cove (34.4429815949221, -119.84831516250561). Did not vocalize."
Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) (45)
- Reported Sep 29, 2026 10:23 by Mason Henry 🐦
- 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/S398175409 - 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."
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1)
- Reported Oct 01, 2026 07:46 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/S398113500 - Comments: "Birding in my upstairs and saw Redstart on top of avocado tree at eye level. Gray black uppers, white underparts, orange yellow patches on sides of tail, chest and wings. Flitting around with tail fanned and wings open a bit."
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 01, 2026 07:22 by John Callender
- 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/S398146603 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Not great photos. One does a decent job of showing the eye ring, with the plain underparts and a hint of the wingbars; the other shows the tail pattern."
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