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Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) (16)
- Reported Nov 09, 2026 11:03 by Ry A
- 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/S409348253 - Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "A small flock flew overhead and landed in the pine trees near the houses along Pacific Coast Drive (34.42179° N, 119.88298° W) and almost completely disappeared into the tree as they landed but one bright red male perched in view for a few minutes. They called as they flew overhead and for a few minutes in the tree as well. I’ll add a Merlin recording. Finch shaped body, red/orange color on head, breast, and back on male and yellow/orange on female, grey wings with no wing bars. Didn’t get a good look at the bill. They flushed once and returned to the same tree and then several red males and one female were observed feeding upside down from the pine cones. They moved to a pine tree further down the path in the direction heading to coal oil point."
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1)
- Reported Nov 09, 2026 11:15 by Kim Stackpole
- 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/S409391446 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing: Yellow face with dark smudgey marking on cheeks (under eye as opposed to black eye mask of Townsends). Dark streaks on light breast, with slight yellow vent."
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