Date: 10/31/26 10:24 am From: eBird alert via main <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Wood Duck (3 reports)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (1 report)
- Evening Grosbeak (Northwestern or type 1) (4 reports)
- Purple Finch (1 report)
- Cassin's Finch (1 report)
- Red Crossbill (Ponderosa Pine or type 2) (8 reports)
- Red Crossbill (6 reports)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (1 report)
- Green-tailed Towhee (3 reports)
- Hepatic Tanager (5 reports)
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Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1)
- Reported Oct 30, 2026 17:57 by Jack Walsh
- Coal Oil Point, Devereux Beach, Sands Beach, and bluff trails, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8783064&<ll...>,-119.8783064 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S406712802 - Comments: "Smaller, whiter than nearby Marbled. Has been seen at this beach recently. Hangs out with Marbled and is easily distinguished from the rest of the Godwits."
Evening Grosbeak (Northwestern or type 1) (Hesperiphona vespertina brooksi) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2026 07:38 by Mason Henry 🐦
- Channel Islands National Park US-CA (34.0119,-119.7998), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.799779&<ll...>,-119.799779 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S406729274 - Comments: "Female! Very chunky finch/grosbeak with a hugeee bill making type one calls. Distinct black and white wings. Stopped super close to our banding spot but couldn’t take a photo with a bird in hand."
Evening Grosbeak (Northwestern or type 1) (Hesperiphona vespertina brooksi) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2026 07:38 by Sam Eberhard
- Channel Islands National Park US-CA (34.0119,-119.7998), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.799779&<ll...>,-119.799779 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S406716824 - Comments: "Female! Very chunky finch/grosbeak with a hugeee bill making type one calls. Distinct black and white wings. Stopped super close to our banding spot but couldn’t take a photo with a bird in hand."
Evening Grosbeak (Northwestern or type 1) (Hesperiphona vespertina brooksi) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2026 07:38 by Maddie Ybarra
- Channel Islands National Park US-CA (34.0119,-119.7998), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.799779&<ll...>,-119.799779 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S406716706 - Comments: "Female! Very chunky finch/grosbeak with a hugeee bill making type one calls. Distinct black and white wings. Stopped super close to our banding spot but couldn’t take a photo with a bird in hand."
Evening Grosbeak (Northwestern or type 1) (Hesperiphona vespertina brooksi) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2026 07:38 by Kyleigh Miklos
- Channel Islands National Park US-CA (34.0119,-119.7998), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.799779&<ll...>,-119.799779 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S406716705 - Comments: "Female! Very chunky finch/grosbeak with a hugeee bill making type one calls. Distinct black and white wings. Stopped super close to our banding spot but couldn’t take a photo with a bird in hand."
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) (6)
- Reported Oct 31, 2026 07:12 by Luke Jensen
- Oak ridge park community, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.407188&<ll...>,-120.407188 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S406898422 - Comments: "Highest numbers this irruption year at my house. Almost all HO except for one bird I sw flying somewhat low directly away from me. Innicial flyover 2 birds all HO second and third flyovers HO and both of single bids and the last flyover of 2 birds 1 seen and 1 HO. no pics sadly."
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) (35)
- Reported Oct 30, 2026 14:09 by Philip Zeng
- 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/S406677039 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Photos, circling around 3 pine trees in the south of University Center, red-orange finch-sized bird with a crisscrossed bill.
Exact count through one of my bad photo including all of them flying above the University Center"
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1)
- Reported Oct 30, 2026 09:30 by Stephanie Leja
- Evergreen Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8909131&<ll...>,-119.8909131 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S406655964 - Comments: "All red bird, but drabber than scarlet or summer with grayer wash across back, no black wings. Large gray bill.On south edge of eucalyptus grove where concrete path angles around houses. Very active in the dense newer green leaf clusters on the euks. Perched on bare branches, in front right over head, swooped down in bush 10' up and 25' away...excellent looks. Seen alone then with 4 other birders. Photos."
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1)
- Reported Oct 30, 2026 08:28 by Rick Boyer
- Evergreen Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8909131&<ll...>,-119.8909131 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S406714772 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Flitting about high up in the eucs near the bench. Thanks to Zach Nett for getting us on it. Red/orange body with gray on back and side.heavy bill. Terrible photos attached."
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1)
- Reported Oct 30, 2026 08:28 by Lori Gaskin
- Evergreen Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8909131&<ll...>,-119.8909131 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S406643116 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Flitting about high up in the eucs near the bench. Thanks to Zach Nett for getting us on it. Red/orange body with gray on back and side.heavy bill. Terrible photos attached."
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