Date: 11/11/26 11:08 am
From: eBird alert via main <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Cocos Booby (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (2 reports)
- Swinhoe's White-eye (1 report)
- Red Crossbill (1 report)
- Scott's Oriole (1 report)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (5 reports)

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Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1)
- Reported Nov 09, 2026 09:26 by Andy Cullen
- 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/S409640767
- Media: 4 Photos

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 10, 2026 09:44 by Yixin L
- 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/S409560321
- Comments: "chunky bill, notched tail"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 10, 2026 08:35 by Eunice Schroeder
- 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/S409583740
- Comments: "At Whittier Pond. Bright lemon-yellow belly with paler yellow extending up through breast, whitish throat, light gray head with darker mask, large bill."

Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) (Exotic: Naturalized) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 10, 2026 09:19 by Dan Mottern
- 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/S409558276
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Yellow very prominent white eye ring. At the concrete bridge with five iron grates next to the maintenance facility. Photo tba."

Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) (4)
- Reported Nov 11, 2026 08:43 by Lynda Nahra
- 545 Ocean Meadows Ln, Goleta US-CA 34.41952, -119.87437, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.874369&<ll...>,-119.874369
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S409759919
- Comments: "Flock flew over and handed in trees near me. The distinct color and sound indicated what they were. Bright red males seen."

Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum) (1)
- Reported Nov 11, 2026 05:58 by Carla Dantonio
- Painted Cave Community, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7912464&<ll...>,-119.7912464
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S409750987
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "No mistaking it. Foraging around in an opuntia clump. Will add photos when I get home."

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1)
- Reported Nov 11, 2026 09:45 by James Rounds
- 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/S409775749
- Comments: "Continuing bird. Beautiful black neck and vivid green and yellow."

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1)
- Reported Nov 11, 2026 07:34 by Armando Aispuro
- 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/S409747670
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing at entrance to skatepark gravel parking lot in Tamarisk, associating with a Townsend’s Warbler. Yellow head, green auriculars, thick black throat to breast, clean white belly, uniform mossy green back. Flanks are streaked with black and without yellow. Please see photos."

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 10, 2026 08:26 by Laurel S Luby
- 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/S409570027
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Feeding with Townsend’s in the Tamarisk trees at entrance to skate park lot. Warbler with yellow face, olive green back and cheek patch, black throat and white underparts. Photos"

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 10, 2026 08:26 by Tom Beland
- 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/S409600254
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Feeding with Townsend’s in the Tamarisk trees at entrance to skate park lot. Warbler with yellow face, olive green back and cheek patch, black throat and white underparts. Photos"

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 10, 2026 08:26 by Kim Olson
- 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/S409764452
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Feeding with Townsend’s in the Tamarisk trees at entrance to skate park lot. Warbler with yellow face, olive green back and cheek patch, black throat and white underparts. Photos"

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