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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Oct 14, 2026 10:00 by Caleb Stam
- UCSB North Campus Open Space (formerly Ocean Meadows Golf Course), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8792197&<ll...>,-119.8792197 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S402316402 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "continuing at whittier pond! initially identified by sound, trilling song. thank you to mark & crew for letting me take use their scope!"
Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) (1)
- Reported Oct 14, 2026 14:53 by Kyleigh Miklos
- Auto selected 34.01376, -119.81936, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.819363&<ll...>,-119.819363 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S402513050 - Comments: "Fairly large passerine with uniform gray back and dark streaking on underside. Small straight bill and the streaking pinched into two dark whiskers near throat. Streaking and lack of substantial white in wing rules out NOMO. It was on the ground in the chaparral and did not come back out for photos. Ocellated thrasher also ruled out."
Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) (1)
- Reported Oct 14, 2026 14:53 by Sam Eberhard
- Auto selected 34.01376, -119.81936, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.819363&<ll...>,-119.819363 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S402383127 - Comments: "Fairly large passerine with uniform gray back and dark streaking on underside. Small straight bill and the streaking pinched into two dark whiskers near throat. Streaking and lack of substantial white in wing rules out NOMO. It was on the ground in the chaparral and did not come back out for photos. Ocellated thrasher also ruled out."
Evening Grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) (1)
- Reported Oct 14, 2026 07:56 by Thomas Turner
- San Jose Creek--North of Cathedral Oaks, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8107304&<ll...>,-119.8107304 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S402313569 - Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Heard first (see recording) then seen well at close range. Adult female or juvenile male, I'm not sure which. Huge pale-yellow bill, with distinctive white throat patch below it. Boldly marked black and white (and a little yellow, I think) on the wings, but drab otherwise."
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) (1)
- Reported Oct 14, 2026 13:45 by Max Merrill
- Santa Cruz Island--Pelican Bay Trail (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6923032&<ll...>,-119.6923032 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S402410781 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Amazing!! Beautiful male. Just around the bend from the nature conservancy sign that says 7 in some big oaks with minimal understory. Photos."
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) (1)
- Reported Oct 14, 2026 13:45 by Bennett Baynham
- Santa Cruz Island--Pelican Bay Trail (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6923032&<ll...>,-119.6923032 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S402410782 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Amazing!! Beautiful male. Just around the bend from the nature conservancy sign that says 7 in some big oaks with minimal understory. Photos."
Palm Warbler (Western) (Setophaga palmarum palmarum) (1)
- Reported Oct 14, 2026 07:31 by Mark Holmgren
- UCSB North Campus Open Space (formerly Ocean Meadows Golf Course), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8792197&<ll...>,-119.8792197 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S402335185 - Comments: "Greenish-yellow warbler that wagged its tail in a circular fashion. Also seen were a pale, off-white supercilium and light breast streaking. Not much more than that seen."
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