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Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) (12)
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 09:08 by Armando Aispuro
- Dangermond Preserve (restricted access, parent hotspot), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.4560999&<ll...>,-120.4560999 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S398877505 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Small grebes that are black above and white below with relatively short neck and short blackish bill. The clean white cheeks are extensive, wrapping around the back of the neck. The back is black and flanks are silvery gray to dirty white. Eyes are red. Seen with a scope just south of Government Point."
Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) (10) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 29, 2026 14:15 by Mason Henry 🐦
- 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/S398870373 - Comments: "small flock sitting in a eucalyptus grove, then flew over the hillside. unmistakeable call. 2nd flock seen on the island today. dusty blue jays, very unlike the resident ISSJs"
Cassin's Finch (Haemorhous cassinii) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 02, 2026 07:37 by Mason Henry 🐦
- Channel Islands National Park US-CA (34.0119,-119.7998), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.799779&<ll...>,-119.799779 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S398870377 - Media: 1 Photo, 3 Audio
- Comments: "Male and female type heard and seen. Photo and audio. Male was very lightly washed with pink unlike our western purples, we were viewing it from below so did not see more saturated crown. Kyleigh has recording of him."
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 09:08 by Armando Aispuro
- Dangermond Preserve (restricted access, parent hotspot), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.4560999&<ll...>,-120.4560999 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S398877505 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Spizella with an overall buffy back with black streaking. Solid and unmarked gray nape/ back of neck, and clean white malar that is lined above and below with thin black mustache. Eye line ends at eye and does not meet with the bill (like in Chipping Sparrow). Wing bars are buffy colored (not white like in Chipping). Bill is pinkish blending into blackish at tip. The underside appeared plain dusty white-gray with buffy breast. Seen under the shaded farm roof and on the hillside opposite of the Dangermond Willow Corridor."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 11:12 by Chuhan Li
- 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/S398782378 - Comments: "Maybe continuing? First glance looks like a white-eye cuz the olive-green upper parts and white under parts are quite contrastive. But the I didn’t see the white-eye. The head is grayish. Throat and breast are greenish-yellow, white upper parts."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 11:12 by Philip Zeng
- 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/S398782505 - Comments: "Maybe continuing? First glance looks like a white-eye cuz the olive-green upper parts and white under parts are quite contrastive. But the I didn’t see the white-eye. The head is grayish. Throat and breast are greenish-yellow, white upper parts."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 08:19 by Ryan Seppala
- Business Park at Mentor Dr. (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8124367&<ll...>,-119.8124367 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S398771255 - Comments: "North lot. White undertail coverts, green wings with very slight pale wingbar, prominent dark eyeline and pale supercilium. Yellow-green head and breast. Photos later."
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1)
- Reported Oct 02, 2026 12:23 by Zach Nett
- 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/S398404651 - Comments: "when I saw this bird yesterday I was leaning towards chestnut-sided because of grey underparts, bold white eyering, and black wings with wingbars (lighting and its movements made it difficult to note the lime leaning bar color). however, the eye seemed very large for a warbler and I never got looks of the topside, so I left it off my list. this morning (8/3) Steve Hovey posted photos of the same bird from the same place and the consensus was chestnut-sided. his photos show slight chestnut streaking on the sides as well. SW corner of the lot."
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 09:10 by Eunice Schroeder
- 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/S398796509 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Found by Nick Lethaby at north end of central lot. Pale yellow-greenish wash on head, throat, and breast; back streaking; blurry streaks on flanks; two bold white wingbars. Photos."
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 08:25 by David Blue
- 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/S398878036 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Found this morning by Nick Lethaby in the northwest corner of the center parking lot (north of the eucalyptus grove). Nonbreeding female or immature. Head olive on top, face paler with a dark eye line separating a white eye ring. Throat and breast yellow with diffuse streaks (which extended along the flanks). Belly and undertail coverts white. Tail short and white from below with dark sides. Orange feet."
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 08:25 by Linda Blue
- 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/S398878805 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Found this morning by Nick Lethaby in the northwest corner of the center parking lot (north of the eucalyptus grove). Nonbreeding female or immature. Head olive on top, face paler with a dark eye line separating a white eye ring. Throat and breast yellow with diffuse streaks (which extended along the flanks). Belly and undertail coverts white. Tail short and white from below with dark sides. Orange feet."
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