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American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 12:41 by Mark Holmgren
- Ocean Beach Park and Santa Ynez River Estuary, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6003785&<ll...>,-120.6003785 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S399866934 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "California Gull in front of the American Herring Gull, which is larger bodied, larger billed, paler gray mantle, and with yellow iris."
Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 08:04 by David Blue
- 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/S399898615 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Discovered here yesterday (October 5) by Ryan Seppala. This morning it was refound by Philip Zeng and Chuhan Li in a different tree: the southern-most (leftmost) tree in the row of 11 conifers along the west side of the playground. Later it flew to the smaller tree near the sign at the park entrance.
This bird was a female with a brown head and black and white barring on the upperparts, tail, and underparts. The belly was yellow."
Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 08:04 by Linda Blue
- 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/S399899191 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Discovered here yesterday (October 5) by Ryan Seppala. This morning it was refound by Philip Zeng and Chuhan Li in a different tree: the southern-most (leftmost) tree in the row of 11 conifers along the west side of the playground. Later it flew to the smaller tree near the sign at the park entrance.
This bird was a female with a brown head and black and white barring on the upperparts, tail, and underparts. The belly was yellow."
Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 07:26 by Craig Prater
- 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/S399772799 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing pine tree near playground where Ryan reported yesterday. Photos to be uploaded. Thanks to Phillip and Chuhan for alerting us this morning when they found it again."
Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 07:09 by Philip Zeng
- 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/S399770277 - Media: 2 Videos, 5 Photos
- 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."
Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) (10)
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 08:35 by Ry A
- Santa Barbara Botanic Garden--Pritzlaff Conservation Center grounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7086717&<ll...>,-119.7086717 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S399894599 - Comments: "A small flock flew north overhead the Pritzlaff Conservation Center at the Botanic Garden. Medium sized bodies, wings in shadow generally looked darker than light grey bellies in the sun, tails looked very rounded and about a third of the body size, maybe slightly less. Not fully confident on the ID as they flew by pretty quickly."
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) (1)
- Reported Oct 04, 2026 10:22 by Patrick Sysiong
- 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/S399924080 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Rufous crowned, gray bodied, green-winged and tailed sparrow. Heard mewing from above the eucalyptus by the picnic tables. Then got great looks by the ranch"
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