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Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 19, 2026 14:00 by Tom Boucher
- Isla Vista Beach (between Devereux Beach and Goleta Point), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8624379&<ll...>,-119.8624379 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S403871827 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "I went down the stairs at the end of Camino del Sur. It was high tide, but there was a small beach on the right side of the stairs. The subject bird was with a small group of Marbled Godwits but stood out with a whiteish belly and different head coloration. This is the same location it was seen at on October 17th"
Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) (Exotic: Naturalized) (4)
- Reported Oct 19, 2026 09:28 by Lori Arent
- 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/S403894256 - Comments: "Saw 4 individuals briefly around 0930 in the trees near the upper bridge; small yellowish bird with white belly and white eyering. Called as they flew off to the east."
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 19, 2026 11:51 by Kyleigh Miklos
- 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/S403815969 - Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "DEJU with dark gray upper body, head, and flanks. Back has a bit of mottled light brown and terts are a bit brownish, possible hybrid? or young bird? many photos, will attach."
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 19, 2026 08:29 by Ryan Seppala
- Refugio State Beach, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.0694835&<ll...>,-120.0694835 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S403793122 - Comments: "Continuing in a euc along the road for the extra vehicle lot. Gray underparts, greenish upperparts, black wings with 2 wingbars, pale eyering, tail cocked upright. A lack of chestnut on the flanks corresponds with the bird seen here previously."
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