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Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (2)
- Reported Nov 08, 2026 08:46 by Andi Christman
- Santa Barbara Channel--east channel (Santa Barbara County only), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5149421&<ll...>,-119.5149421 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S409172494 - Comments: "On very ride to Scorpion Landing. Fly very close to deck and crossed directly in front of us. Brown above with light or white underbelly and pale bill and legs."
Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) (5)
- Reported Nov 08, 2026 07:30 by Lynn Scarlett
- 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/S409122760 - Comments: "Flying overhead above Phelps pond going toward ocean. Fairly large bird with gray underside of wings and tail, evident blue head, making pinyon Jay fairly high pitched caa caa sound"
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (2)
- Reported Nov 08, 2026 06:40 by Mark Holmgren
- Armour Ranch Rd., Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.0399256&<ll...>,-120.0399256 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S409059896 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "All photos taken through car front window. I'm seeing two individuals at 34.61042, -120.05098. No breast streaks, buffy breast and sides, off-white supercilium, pale central crown stripe, moderately strong white eyering, yellow feather at wrist. In the pic with multiple birds, the two on the right are GrSp."
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1)
- Reported Nov 08, 2026 11:59 by Eunice Schroeder
- Carpinteria Police Station tams, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5055068&<ll...>,-119.5055068 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S409160487 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing, found by Peter Gaede on 11/5. Seen at north end of tamarisks on west side of the skate park, foraging with a mixed flock. Yellow face, auriculars olive with small amount of patchy lighter yellow coloration; throat and part of breast black with some white flecking; bright olive-green back, nape, crown; two strong wingbars; strong black streaks on flanks; underparts whitish. Photos."
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1)
- Reported Nov 07, 2026 09:53 by Luke Jensen
- Carpinteria Police Station tams, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5055068&<ll...>,-119.5055068 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S409098287 - Comments: "Continuing individuals seen in low branches of tams, no black on face unlike townsend's with a more contrasted face as well, loosely associating with townsend's warblers and a ruby crowned kinglet. pics tba."
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