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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 05, 2026 09:30 by Adrian O'Loghlen
- 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/S399576212 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. In reeds. Brown and white striped long neck. Slash of black along neck. Seen opposite the overflow channel at the eastern end of the Lake."
Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) (1)
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 07:09 by Chuhan Li
- Bella Vista OSP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8836064&<ll...>,-119.8836064 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S399761215 - Comments: "Originally found by Ryan S. Yesterday. Tried two times yesterday but failed : / Refound today at 7:30 at the NW confer of the park. Woodpeckers with strips on the back and side. Can see yellow-ish belly through the scope. Photos tba."
Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 05, 2026 11:02 by Ryan Seppala
- Bella Vista OSP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8836064&<ll...>,-119.8836064 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S399562801 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Female in the pine immediately left of the bench and trash can in the NW corner, by the playground. Initially easy to track, it eventually rounded the pine and vanished for the rest of my visit."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 05, 2026 08:18 by Rebecca Coulter
- 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/S399538377 - Comments: "I’m about 90% sure of the ID on this silent bird. Viewing through the scope, the bright yellow breast did appear to go right up to the throat rather fading into a gray upper breast as in Cassin’s. Slightly forked tail appeared to be brownish, no white outer tail feathers as in Western. The only thing really hanging me up here is that the bill appeared to be not as robust as I have seen before in Tropical. But because it was some distance away, and there was some heat shimmer through the scope, I am fairly comfortable calling this a Tropical."
Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) (Exotic: Naturalized) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 05, 2026 12:08 by Libby Patten
- Bella Vista OSP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8836064&<ll...>,-119.8836064 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S399597482 - Comments: "Seen foraging in the willows with a flock of bushtit. Bold white eyering, bright yellow throat and UTC. Bright white chest and belly which made this bird stand out as different from the bushtits. Olive back. Others saw up to three of this species. In the willows in the north east section by the creek."
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 04, 2026 13:06 by Natalie Barbour
- 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/S399521371 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Towhee with greenish back and tail. Gray body, rufous crown. Distinctive face pattern with white throat. ID Photos. Around the fenced in area between picnic tables and buildings"
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 04, 2026 13:06 by WS Barbour
- 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/S399521370 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Towhee with greenish back and tail. Gray body, rufous crown. Distinctive face pattern with white throat. ID Photos. Around the fenced in area between picnic tables and buildings"
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