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Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 22, 2026 14:04 by Hazel Cline
- 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/S405158912 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing, seen with a group of ~10 marbled godwits. Smaller and paler than the others, on the beach just east of Pelican park. Will upload photos"
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2026 15:54 by Bernadette and Amante Mangaser
- UCSB--Manzanita Village, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8527709&<ll...>,-119.8527709 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S405161307 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Still here - hanging out with 7 marbled godwits. Appears a lot lighter than MAGOs - mostly grayish back and whitish chest and belly. Prominent white eyebrow and bars on tail."
Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) (Exotic: Naturalized) (4)
- Reported Oct 24, 2026 08:51 by Ezekiel Dobson
- UCSB--Campus Lagoon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.845165&<ll...>,-119.845165 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S405156000 - Comments: "Heard descending raspy “teeew” looked up and a flyover of 4 birds crossing the lagoon. Seems to be an extremely fast spreading invasive here. Familiar with the calls hearing them literally everywhere in LA/OC area"
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2026 09:40 by Dennis Doordan
- Breakwater, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.688316&<ll...>,-119.688316 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S405105079 - Comments: "Seen with other birders at 9:45am on the beach between the breakwater and the Yacht Club. People walking by flushed the bird and it flew west a short distance up the beach but soon returned to the patch of beach by the Yacht Club. Easily visible from the breakwater."
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2026 10:00 by Philip Zeng
- Leadbetter Beach, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6984911&<ll...>,-119.6984911 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S405077477 - Media: 20 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing, photos. It actively foraged along the sandy beach, probing the sand for small insects. Its face appeared yellowish from the sand while feeding, contrasting with its gray back, black markings, and long tail, which it frequently pumped up and down."
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) (1)
- Reported Oct 23, 2026 10:50 by Spencer Seale
- Leadbetter Beach, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6984911&<ll...>,-119.6984911 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S405150985 - Media: 1 Video, 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird; first found on 10/22. Observed in the yacht club parking lot and adjacent beach. It would mostly dart around, foraging for flys and insects, sometimes bobbing its rear end. It also flew up into a palm tree when flushed by dog walker."
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2026 09:56 by Betsy Mooney
- Santa Barbara Harbor, Santa Barbara US-CA 34.40389, -119.69319, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.693191&<ll...>,-119.693191 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S405118563 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Small black and white bird foraging in beach area in front of Yacht Club. Especially strong black and white facial pattern, black bib. Frequent tail wagging. Observed by numerous birders as well as some curious non-birders. Everyone had good looks."
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2026 13:01 by Libby Patten
- Santa Barbara Harbor--Breakwater, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6882558&<ll...>,-119.6882558 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S405168398 - Comments: "Continuing. Distant view. Dark above light below, long tail that bobbed/flicked often. Slightly smaller than the nearby Sanderlings. On the beach about 30 yards west of the yacht club. Spotted by Mario who had a much much bigger camera. It seemed that all the birds were staying away from the beach in front of the yacht club because of a man during a ball to his dog in the surf."
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2026 08:29 by Rachel Street
- Santa Barbara Harbor--general, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6898863&<ll...>,-119.6898863 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S405049049 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "White and grey bird with black "bib" similar to meadowlark. Black eye stripe with paler above and below. Bobbed tail frequently. Seen on beach alternating between closer to yacht club and closer to fenced boatyard."
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2026 08:29 by Tim Lister
- Santa Barbara Harbor--general, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6898863&<ll...>,-119.6898863 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S405049047 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "White and grey bird with black "bib" similar to meadowlark. Black eye stripe with paler above and below. Bobbed tail frequently. Seen on beach alternating between closer to yacht club and closer to fenced boatyard."
Palm Warbler (Western) (Setophaga palmarum palmarum) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2026 12:59 by Hazel Cline
- Mission Creek outflow, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6869361&<ll...>,-119.6869361 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S405295521 - Media: 1 Video
- Comments: "Seen flitting through the bushes beside the bike path along the beach. Noted yellow under tail, pale white eyebrow, and very frequent tail bobbing. Video"
Palm Warbler (Western) (Setophaga palmarum palmarum) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2026 12:59 by Chase Guida
- Mission Creek outflow, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6869361&<ll...>,-119.6869361 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S405290232 - Media: 1 Video
- Comments: "Seen flitting through the bushes beside the bike path along the beach. Noted yellow under tail, pale white eyebrow, and very frequent tail bobbing. Video"
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2026 07:51 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/S405123869 - Media: 5 Photos, 1 Audio
- Comments: "Photos and audio, quite the discussion on if INBU or hybrid were appropriate but I believe that the lateness of this male has allowed it to complete a PF or PB molt before we laid eyes on it and thus it is much more brown and buff in the wingbars than our usual LAZBs in fall."
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2026 07:51 by Sam Eberhard
- 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/S405093917 - Media: 5 Photos, 1 Audio
- Comments: "Photos and audio, quite the discussion on if INBU or hybrid were appropriate but I believe that the lateness of this male has allowed it to complete a PF or PB molt before we laid eyes on it and thus it is much more brown and buff in the wingbars than our usual LAZBs in fall."
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