Date: 11/22/25 6:23 pm From: Dave Compton via groups.io <davcompton60...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Sandpiper, Tech Park, Goleta Beach
Four species of geese and a single female Hooded Merganser were present in and around the Sandpiper Golf Course pond today. The geese included 3 Greater White-fronted, a single immature Snow, an Aleutian Cackling, and 10 Canadas.
The tech park just down the street was pretty boring. The tipus aren't attracting many birds. This place should have dozens of Yellow-rumpeds at this time of year, but I recorded only 10 or 12, even though I birded the place from one end to the other. The most activity was in the central area, where the euc grove, flowering Cape Ivy, and and some standing water in the basin provide additional attractants.
The tide was pretty high today at Goleta Beach, and there was nowhere for gulls to land around the slough mouth. Only a small flock of about 35 gulls was near the restrooms, with Royal Terns. So, not great for gulls this morning.
Date: 11/22/25 11:46 am From: Marc Bierdzinski via groups.io <Marcpb59...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Black Tern - Jack O’Connell Park Guadalupe
The black tern is still present as of 11 am today. Flying in far northern pond, but perched on metal equipment in southern pond and got some decent looks and photos.
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Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) (1)
- Reported Nov 21, 2025 10:48 by John Deacon
- Jack O'Connell Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5904007&<ll...>,-120.5904007 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S285474992 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Found by Peter Schneekloth earlier. Hunting around aerator on NE pond. Pond cannot be seen from the fence but bird can be seen hunting in that area. DO NOT GO INTO WATER TREATMENT FACILITY OR ON THE ADJACENT FARMER’S property. Small tern. A little larger than a Least Tern. Non-breeding plumage. Black on the back of its head and nape. Mostly pale gray with black spot on cheeks. Shortish tail."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Nov 21, 2025 07:08 by Conor McMahon
- 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/S285488615 - Comments: "Trilling kingbirds, long bills, yellow up through chest. I think there may actually have been two individuals.
One on the northeast arm of the slough near the Whittier Bridge, about (34.42141, -119.87370).
Then, about 5 minutes later, saw another slightly east of Veneco Bridge, just to the south of the grad student family housing block (34.41753, -119.87278, about 450 m away).
Listing as a count of one but if I / someone gets a chance to check back in and confirms two I might update."
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Date: 11/21/25 5:27 pm From: Nick Lethaby via groups.io <nlethaby...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Ocean Park
All,
I led a SBAS field trip up to Ocean Park today. Beforehand, I did a quick check of the blackbird flock where the entrance road is but the flock remains mostly too far away to check properly.
As Daniel stated, the mouth is now open to the ocean. We were there on a falling tide but saw no exposed mud in the river itself except for the banks far upstream.
Birding is quite good right now. Several each of both Red and Red-necked Phalaropes remain along with, for these days, a good count of 24 Bonaparte's Gulls. There are currently 8 species of gull present, with just 1-5 each of Ring-billed, Short-billed, Herring and Glaucous-winged.
In addition to the phalaropes, there were quite a few shorebirds foraging around the mouth with multiple species of peeps and plovers along with 15 Black and 2 Ruddy Turnstones. I failed anything of note in with the ducks or grebes.
Nick Lethaby Goleta, CA <nlethaby...> +1 805 284 6200
Date: 11/21/25 3:08 pm From: Miguel Christie via groups.io <christiemiguel...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Slippery shoulders
Hi all, if anyone is in the Lompoc ag fields área, DONT get of the road!
The soil is VERY slippery after the rains. (I pulled out only a few feet
off the pavement and had to be towed back! Live and learn! )
Date: 11/21/25 12:13 pm From: Peter Schneekloth via groups.io <peterschneekloth...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Santa Maria Birding - Black Tern, Bald Eagle, Snow Goose
Update on the Black Tern, John Deacon was on it several hours after I first found it, link to rough photo below.
I also had an adult Bald Eagle at the Black Road flooded field site and a Snow Goose over in Waller Park. I spent a bit of time out at Guadalupe Dunes beach, it was being heavily washed by rough surf. Lots of gulls but they were far and I could not approach as entire width of river mouth was being washed by waves. Red Phalarope was the best bird but lots of Snowy Plover, Dunlin and Western Sandpiper to go through.
Date: 11/21/25 8:49 am From: Peter Schneekloth via groups.io <peterschneekloth...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Black Tern - jack O’Connell over sanitation ponds
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Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) (1)
- Reported Nov 19, 2025 10:49 by Charlie Chase
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S285367804 - Comments: "Very distinct eyering against a gray head and face. Yellowish breast and a distinct yellow crissum all seen on first look. No distinct wing bars against yellow greenish wings."
Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) (1)
- Reported Nov 19, 2025 10:49 by Linda Blue
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S285367803 - Comments: "Very distinct eyering against a gray head and face. Yellowish breast and a distinct yellow crissum all seen on first look. No distinct wing bars against yellow greenish wings."
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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Nov 19, 2025 08:50 by Barbara Millett
- 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/S285222329 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Seen on north side of Venoco Rd., west of slough. Kingbird with bright yellow belly & yellow extending up to breast. Long bill compared to Cassin's KB, dark mask through eye, and notched tail. Behaving aggressively towards Cassin's Kingbird. I saw this Tropical KB at 9:30, then later at 11:30 I heard repeated twittering call of a Tropical KB at Whittier Pond. Not sure if these represent the same bird, or if there are two."
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 18, 2025 13:19 by Conor McMahon
- Santa Barbara Municipal Golf Course, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7371793&<ll...>,-119.7371793 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S285177707 - Comments: "A small flock of Spizella first along the fence separating the driving range from Hole #1, then in the dead grass slope NE of Hole #1's green. These are 2 places where they have been seen in previous years. One had remnant breast streaks. These 3 were viewed through a spotting scope. 3 others we did not see well were small sparrows with the Chipping Sparrows."
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Date: 11/19/25 3:39 pm From: Daniel Farrar via groups.io <jdanielfarrar...> Subject: [sbcobirding] LB Savannah, Santa Ynez River update
This afternoon there was a Large-billed Savannah Sparrow at Wall Beach about 500 m North of the river mouth. This area had been publicly accessible from Ocean Park but the Santa Ynez River broke open to the ocean beween yesterday and today and is flowing freely. Water levels at Ocean Park have dropped considerably and I saw at least 1 vehicle in there but could not tell if the gate was open. Daniel Farrar Lompoc, CA <jdanielfarrar...>
Date: 11/19/25 8:56 am From: Hugh Ranson via groups.io <zonetail1...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Identifying warbling vireos
David Sibley has published illustrations and thoughts as to how it might be possible to identify the recently split Eastern and Western Warbling Vireos:
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Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 15, 2025 13:50 by Michael I Christie
- River Park (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.4344893&<ll...>,-120.4344893 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S285013457 - Comments: "one immature male sallying from low trees around the central parking are (the pond/picnic area), fs. Small flycatcher with brown back, pale reddish crest and belly, and white chest."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 18, 2025 08:00 by Lynn Scarlett
- 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/S285102388 - Comments: "Large bill, very notched tail, bright yellow to throat (no gray line Cassin’s); vocalized with bright chirpy sound very unlike the Cassin’s sound"
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (3)
- Reported Nov 18, 2025 13:19 by Mark Holmgren
- Santa Barbara Municipal Golf Course, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7371793&<ll...>,-119.7371793 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S285128900 - Comments: "A small flock of Spizella first along the fence separating the driving range from Hole #1, then in the dead grass slope NE of Hole #1's green. These are 2 places where they have been seen in previous years. One had remnant breast streaks. These 3 were viewed through a spotting scope. 3 others we did not see well were small sparrows with the Chipping Sparrows."
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1)
- Reported Nov 18, 2025 09:57 by Mark Holmgren
- 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/S285124314 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Male. 3 or 4 'chuk' calls heard before it came into view. Seen at about 34.43656, -119.88710. Continuing bird since at least 19 April this fall. Presumable the same bird as was here 19 Dec 2023 through at least 11 Jan 2025."
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Date: 11/18/25 3:45 pm From: Jim Long via groups.io <tagdesjim...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Hepatic Tanager
This morning checking for the continuing Hepatic Tanager at Evergreen Park Mark Holmgren alerted me to it's movement westerly. Great looks and photos of it on a tree next to the walkway @ 34.436669,-119.887799. Also a feeding frenzy of 4 Acorn Woodpeckers dining on termites on the dead logs nearby.
Jim Long
Santa Barbara
SBCo # 414 White-rumped Sandpiper
Date: 11/17/25 11:10 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- House Sparrow (2 reports)
- Hepatic Tanager (1 report)
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Date: 11/17/25 8:19 pm From: Nick Lethaby via groups.io <nlethaby...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Ocean Park birds
All,
I headed up to Ocean Park this afternoon to see if the storm had brought in much. The berm is still intact but the water has risen 3-4 inches and you have to walk into the park now as the gate is closed.
I found 6 Red and 3 Red-necked Phalaropes. An Avocet was new in, as possibly was a WF Ibis. The gull flock included 7 Herring and 4 GW Gulls and there were 14 Bonaparte's Gulls scattered around the river. Duck numbers and diversity were not exceptional but I did get a record count of 930 American Coots!
Regards,
Nick Lethaby Goleta, CA <nlethaby...> +1 805 284 6200
This morning we had a forecast of onshore south winds, for basically the only time during this weather event, so I thought it might be an interesting time to go do a seawatch in case anything got pushed close to shore by the wind and storm.
Visibility was pretty bad for much of my time but I had a couple Parasitic Jaegers and near-shore Red Phalaropes, which was fun. I also had a handful of Forster's Terns, Bonaparte's Gulls, and a few hundred Surf Scoters (I tried unsuccessfully to pull out any other scoter species). There were several Pacific Loons travelling east, which I think are uncommon to see migrating from land on the South Coast in fall, so I wondered if those might have been pushed in by the weather too.
On the way, I stopped by Devereux this morning and scanned the ducks, which included two Common Goldeneyes. The tide was high early this morning and now that the estuary berm has burst, the area where I saw the goldeneyes swimming in the morning was a mudflat a few hours later on my return.
Date: 11/17/25 2:35 pm From: Benjamin Byerly via groups.io <benbyerly...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Goleta Beach gulls
This afternoon the full flock is pretty much as Dave summarized yesterday.
I couldn’t pull out Thayers. There are at least 20 Bonapartes hanging out
in the surf and wrack. One is injured which I reported to SBWCN although
it’s not easily accessed as it’s on the other side of the slough mouth.
Benjamin L. Byerly
On Sun, Nov 16, 2025 at 15:14 Dave Compton via groups.io <davcompton60=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> There are a lot of gulls at Goleta Beach today (Sunday, November 16), at
> least by southern SB County standards. The variety was pretty good,
> although at least three of the eight species I saw (Thayer's Iceland Gull,
> Glaucous-winged Gull, and Bonaparte's Gull) were represented by just one
> individual, in each case a 1st-cycle bird. Most of the birds were around
> the slough mouth or farther east. It would be worth checking this location
> periodically for rare birds, as long as the large flock is around.
>
> Dave Compton
> Santa Barbara
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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 16, 2025 13:40 by Kinley Renger
- 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/S284853021 - Comments: "Seen on wire at coal oil point, very bright yellow chest. Cassins Kingbird also present and the yellow on cassins was significantly duller. Also confirmed via vocalizations."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 15, 2025 12:47 by Linda Blue
- 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/S284682533 - Comments: "Continuing bird near Whittier Pond. Light gray head with a darker ear patch, long heavy black bill, a bright yellow belly with the yellow extending up to the throat, and a long notched tail."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 15, 2025 12:47 by Charlie Chase
- 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/S284682534 - Comments: "Continuing bird near Whittier Pond. Light gray head with a darker ear patch, long heavy black bill, a bright yellow belly with the yellow extending up to the throat, and a long notched tail."
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Date: 11/16/25 4:14 pm From: Nick Lethaby via groups.io <nlethaby...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Goleta wetland status
All,
This afternoon I took a quick spin around the wetlands in W Goleta to check on rheir water levels. Devereux, NCOS and Goleta Slough have unsurprisingly all blown out.
Area K has a fair bit of water and quite a few ducks. The areas around mesa x los corners roads had a mass of water that I am guessing will mostly drain away pretty quickly.
Regards,
Nick Lethaby Goleta, CA <nlethaby...> +1 805 284 6200
Date: 11/16/25 3:14 pm From: Dave Compton via groups.io <davcompton60...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Goleta Beach gulls
There are a lot of gulls at Goleta Beach today (Sunday, November 16), at least by southern SB County standards. The variety was pretty good, although at least three of the eight species I saw (Thayer's Iceland Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, and Bonaparte's Gull) were represented by just one individual, in each case a 1st-cycle bird. Most of the birds were around the slough mouth or farther east. It would be worth checking this location periodically for rare birds, as long as the large flock is around.
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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Nov 15, 2025 15:57 by Madison Moore
- 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/S284670062 - Comments: "Seen on the edge of the water perched on a stick/log. Yellow extending high up into the breast to the bottom of the throat and slight fork in the tail."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Nov 15, 2025 12:47 by David Blue
- 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/S284662712 - Comments: "Continuing bird near Whittier Pond. Light gray head with a darker ear patch, long heavy black bill, a bright yellow belly with the yellow extending up to the throat, and a long notched tail."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 15, 2025 07:33 by Tom Beland
- LuBeeland, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.507798&<ll...>,-119.507798 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S284598747 - Comments: "Continuing on peanut butter feeder with Orange-crowns and Townsends. Small warbler with gray head. White eyebrow with black eye line. Olive green uppers and white belly and under tail."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 15, 2025 07:33 by Laurel S Luby
- LuBeeland, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.507798&<ll...>,-119.507798 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S284599629 - Comments: "Continuing on peanut butter feeder with Orange-crowns and Townsends. Small warbler with gray head. White eyebrow with black eye line. Olive green uppers and white belly and under tail."
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Date: 11/15/25 5:11 pm From: Libby Patten via groups.io <libby_patten...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Santa Barbara Christmas Bird Count - January 3, 2026
Greeting, Birders,
The upcoming Santa Barbara CBC (CBC126) will be held on Saturday, January 3rd. For details about the count as well as a new way to signup (using Mobilize), please visit our website:
Santa Barbara Christmas Bird Count - Santa Barbara Audubon Society
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Information Target Species Results County CBCs Greetings Reminders Instructions Greetings birders, Last year’s Santa Barbara CBC (CBC125) was held on January 4, 2025. Results of that count can be found in the Results tab. The upcoming CBC (CBC126), w
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Date: 11/14/25 6:45 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Greater Scaup (1 report)
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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Nov 11, 2025 08:59 by Gregory Anderson
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S284328810 - Comments: "Found along shoreline of southeast corner of lake. Very still upright posture. Long brown, and white stripes along ventral body of heron shaped body. Picture to follow."
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Nov 11, 2025 08:59 by Kathryn Sikorski
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S284331260 - Comments: "Found along shoreline of southeast corner of lake. Very still upright posture. Long brown, and white stripes along ventral body of heron shaped body. Picture to follow."
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Date: 11/12/25 4:18 pm From: Nick Lethaby via groups.io <nlethaby...> Subject: [sbcobirding] recent birds
All,
Yesterday at Ocean Park I saw 2 Ross's and a Snow Goose. They appeared not to stay. Also a juv SB Dowitcher and a Red Phalarope. Still quite a few shorebirds (e.g. 60 Western Sandpipers). Most diving ducks have not arrived yet. I checked the feedlot by the entrance road in good light conditions with a large flock present but failed to see the grackle. Probably could only check about half the birds well.
The retention basin at Olive and O street is finally good again after a lost decade. There were 13 Canvasback there and over 30 RN Ducks. The ebird hotspot for this location is called Miguelito Pond.
Today I checked the area offshore of Gaviota and Canada San Onofre. Lots of Common Loons are back but only single RT and Pacific Loons. I had at least one RN Grebe and 25-30 each of Western and Eared. No Horneds.
Nick Lethaby Goleta, CA <nlethaby...> +1 805 284 6200
Date: 11/12/25 3:52 pm From: Paul Keller via groups.io <496psk...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Common Grackle Not
Yesterday at about 1520 there were hundreds oof blackbirds that all flew off west just as I arrived. Today from about noon to 1415 there were several hundred cowbirds with some TCBL and RRBL with some flocks flying off and some flocks flying in. For the most part the birds were quite distant hanging around the metal cow fencing making picking out the odd blackbird difficult. I can’t say for sure that the COGR wasn’t there but no joy for me.
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Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 09, 2025 09:33 by Catherine Hamilton
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S284068460 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Streaky nape but appears way too bright and warmly colored for any BRSP. Assumed young bird retaining some messy nape feathers. White in super and in distinct median crown stripe seem to rule out BRSP. Prominent white malar seems to be a pro CCSP feature too. No editing on photo."
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 09, 2025 09:33 by Catherine Hamilton
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S284068460 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Western type. Yellow undertail and wash on rump. Mostly brown warbler with cap and pale supercilium. Wagging tail and largely on the ground."
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Nov 12, 2025 07:01 by Michael Moss
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S284168053 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing heard only at first "pituk" call from ornamental fruiting tree on southeast corner of Stowe house but then was sitting in my truck in parking lot and it was taking a bath in wheel barrrel behind the church between two sheds western female overall orange yellow long bill off yellowish green wings pics tba"
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Date: 11/12/25 10:01 am From: Rebecca Coulter via groups.io <rfcphoebe...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Sapsucker at SB Botanic Garden
Hi all, Yesterday during my monthly birding walk at the Garden, we happened upon an adult sapsucker that I'm pretty sure is Red-naped. I submitted to eBird as that species, though since I didn't see the back of the bird or any red in the nape, I am only 90% on this. One of my group, a good observer, said he did see red in the nape. The bird was on the east side of the Meadow, in the Black Oak just to the north of the large CA Buckeye tree along the east side of the trail. Notes about my observation in my checklist <https://ebird.org/checklist/S284033742>. I don't have much experience with adults of Red-naped or Yellow-bellied, so any confirmation would be welcome. Also present there in the Meadow was a White-throated Sparrow.
Date: 11/11/25 5:54 pm From: Adrian O'Loghlen via groups.io <aologhlen...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Common Loon at UCSB Lagoon
There have been several reports of a Common Loon at the UCSB Lagoon over the last few days. This morning it was in the middle of the western section of the Lagoon giving some nice relatively close-up views.
Date: 11/11/25 3:38 pm From: Marina Suh via groups.io <marina...> Subject: [sbcobirding] SB Audubon November Program: A Brief History of Bird Painting and Illustration #SBAS
Santa Barbara Audubon Society and the Santa Barbara Museum of History are pleased to present:
*A Brief History of Bird Painting and Illustration*
Date: November 25, 2025
Time: 7:00pm
Place: Fleischmann Auditorium at the SB Museum of Natural History
Free - all are welcome to attend!
Join us for this informative presentation that will survey the art of painting birds since the nineteenth century, both as fine art and as illustrations for field guides. The talk will begin by covering artists like John Gould and John James Audubon and their contributions to the field of ornithology, then will show the evolution from early avian artists to more modern painters like Louis Fuertes, Don Eckelberry, Roger Tory Peterson, Albert Gilbert, and Guy Tudor. The talk will also include a personal history of Michael DiGiorgio’s own life as a bird artist and the methods he uses to create vibrant paintings and assure accurate illustrations.
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Michael DiGiorgio is a nationally recognized artist whose paintings and drawings have appeared in nature books and journals, such as: Birds of Brazil , vol. 1&2, Birds of Honduras, Breeding Bird Atlas of Connecticut , New York State Breeding Bird Atlas , and The Narrow Edge by Deborah Cramer. From 2007 to 2012, DiGiorgio was contracted to completely revise all of the birds of Hawaii for an updated edition of the Peterson Field Guide to Birds.
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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Nov 10, 2025 14:03 by Stephanie Leja
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283952206 - Comments: "Immature male. Brown head with sharp demarcating line, white front, messy gray back, lighter underneath. Orange bill held upturned. Long body and neck. Larger than RUDU, GADW, BUFF as it paddled around raft of mixed waterfowl. Flew off lake towards west after circling once and passing directly overhead. Wings had distinct black outer half against white inner half. Orange feet and legs. Got good looks and have poor digiscoped photos if needed."
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Nov 10, 2025 14:03 by Stephanie Leja
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283952206 - Comments: "Beige/dry reed color throughout, distinctly striped neck. Got good looks, poor photos. Probably the same one that has been observed near here. GBHE flew in and spooked it into flight and view in the inlet to the NE of where trees and shrubs were cut. It flew towards the southern bank and we observed it for 20 minutes hunting on the edge of the reeds."
Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) (1)
- Reported Nov 11, 2025 08:13 by Rebecca Coulter
- Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.710266&<ll...>,-119.710266 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S284033742 - Comments: "Seen around 8:50AM on the Black Oak on the eastern side of the meadow just above the large California buckeye tree on the east side of the trail. About 90% sure on this ID: adult, possibly male since I did not see any white in the chin. I did not see the back of the head, but one of my group clearly saw red on the nape. Pale wash of yellow on the lower belly. Extensive red on the throat and cheek. Was not able to see it long enough to note pattern of the border around red. Hopefully others can get up there to confirm. I was not able to return after the group walk ended."
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (1)
- Reported Nov 10, 2025 13:00 by Jamie Chavez
- VSFB--B2500, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5653969&<ll...>,-120.5653969 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283957792 - Comments: "I spotted this warbler with Yellow-rumps around the fuel storage area. It was feeding on the ground and flew up to the chainlink fence around the tanks, and eventually up to a power line. It was brownish above and whitish below and exhibited frequent tail pumping. It looked slightly smaller than the Yellow-rumped Warblers it was with. The bird was observed without binoculars at a distance of approximately 30 ft. It appeared to be a dull HY bird."
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1)
- Reported Nov 10, 2025 10:25 by Andrea Bruce
- 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/S284001975 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing- red overall with gray/blue wash on back and flanks. Similar gray/blue color on cheek patch. Dark lores. Heavy dark bill. Seen behind commemorative bench, but from the north side of creek. First seen about 20 ft off the ground in euc, then it flew down to forage on the ground. Continued this pattern for a couple of minutes then flew up higher into the eucalyptus and out of sight. Diagnostic photos."
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1)
- Reported Nov 10, 2025 10:25 by Mario Borunda
- 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/S283933317 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing- red overall with gray/blue wash on back and flanks. Similar gray/blue color on cheek patch. Dark lores. Heavy dark bill. Seen behind commemorative bench, but from the north side of creek. First seen about 20 ft off the ground in euc, then it flew down to forage on the ground. Continued this pattern for a couple of minutes then flew up higher into the eucalyptus and out of sight. Diagnostic photos."
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Date: 11/11/25 10:02 am From: Corina Logan via groups.io <gtgrackle...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Looking for color-banded great-tailed grackles in Santa Barbara
Hi everyone!
My name is Corina Logan and I am in Santa Barbara, CA from September through December each year studying great-tailed grackles. I'm having difficulty finding the color-banded grackles right now. I know they are sporadically at Leadbetter Park, but they seem to no longer be at the Wharf or the marina or the Zoo. I'd love to hear if anyone has seen banded grackles and where/when they were seen. Please email me your sightings at <gtgrackle...>
In case you are interested, there is a list of the grackles I banded in Santa Barbara in 2024 and 2025, what their color bands are, and some information about each individual at http://corinalogan.com/grackle.html.
I am a biologist based out of UCSB and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, studying grackle behavioral flexibility as it relates to their rapid geographic range expansion and to their ability to thrive in human-modified environments (info and videos at my website: www.CorinaLogan.com ( http://www.CorinaLogan.com ) ).
Thank you so much!
Corina
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The Grackle Project
Santa Barbara, California
Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Research Associate, UCSB
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www.CorinaLogan.com ( http://www.CorinaLogan.com )
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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 09, 2025 11:31 by Betsy Mooney
- Lake Los Carneros County Park and Preserve, Goleta US-CA 34.44159, -119.84449, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.844485&<ll...>,-119.844485 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283810624 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing medium-sized heron with brown and white stripes on breast. Two separate viewings in the reeds of far NE corner of the lake."
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (2)
- Reported Nov 09, 2025 11:17 by Dawn Hovey
- Jack O'Connell Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5904007&<ll...>,-120.5904007 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283822916 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "A male and female along the north fence of the park. The female had yellow underparts with a white chin and gray head and back. The male had a bright red head and body with a black band across the eyes, and black wings and tail. Both were foraging along the fence."
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (2)
- Reported Nov 09, 2025 11:17 by Steve Hovey
- Jack O'Connell Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5904007&<ll...>,-120.5904007 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283822593 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "A male and female along the north fence of the park. The female had yellow underparts with a white chin and gray head and back. The male had a bright red head and body with a black band across the eyes, and black wings and tail. Both were foraging along the fence."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 09, 2025 11:31 by Betsy Mooney
- Lake Los Carneros County Park and Preserve, Goleta US-CA 34.44159, -119.84449, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.844485&<ll...>,-119.844485 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283810624 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing bird in small bare tree SW of lake. All bright yellow breast, thick black bill."
Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 09, 2025 08:18 by Jeremy Carberry
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283732416 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Small, chonky, brown bird with giant, fat beak and light wing bars. Foraging along the road between the house and kayaking corral"
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Date: 11/9/25 11:47 am From: Florence Sanchez via groups.io <sanchezucsb11...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Kinevan Road, Nov. 9
Walked the road between the two bridges this morning. Not a lot of activity but it was pleasant birding/walking. Best bird was a (probably returning) Pacific Wren, found where one has been regularly seen for the past couple of years (a few 100 feet upstream from the brown house with the bridge over the creek).
The approximate GPS location is: 34.50584,-119.81863. A large oak came down on the opposite side of the creek a couple of years ago. Though the trunk and large limbs were removed, several dead limbs hang over the top of the creek bank, making quite a tangle of lichen-covered twigs and branches. The Wren originally flew up from downstream into this tangle; then spent quite a bit of time in it, leaving and returning more than once. In the same vicinity were a Canyon Wren and a Bewick's wren.
Other birds I found were more or less common Canyon birds for this time of year. I was hoping for Varied Thrush but did not see one. However, I did hear a thrush-like call in the tanbark oaks on the uphill side of the road that I couldn't identify. Checking various on-line sources after I got home, I found at least one call that matched what I heard to Varied Thrush.
Florence Sanchez
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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 08, 2025 16:31 by Betsy Mooney
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Goleta US-CA 34.44148, -119.84400, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.843997&<ll...>,-119.843997 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283606816 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing medium-sized heron, brown on back with brown-and-white striped front. Flew westward across the lake from the NE corner, landing in the reeds on the NW side."
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Date: 11/8/25 10:19 pm From: Cruz Phillips via groups.io <cruzitas...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Cachuma CBC on Tuesday December 30
The Cachuma CBC will be Tuesday December 30. We've got Mountains. We've got the Lake, We've got private ranches. Please let me know if you will be able to join us this year. Like everyone else, we can use all the counters we can get.
Thanks,
Cruz PhillipsLas Cruzitas Ranch
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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) (1)
- Reported Nov 07, 2025 15:21 by James Rounds
- stakeout Common Grackle at West Ocean Avenue feedlot (November 2025), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.587296&<ll...>,-120.587296 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283367997 - Comments: "Continuing. Bigger than the other blackbirds. Chunky bill, different iridescence compared with all the other blackbirds. Bigger tail"
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) (1)
- Reported Nov 07, 2025 15:21 by Daniel Farrar
- stakeout Common Grackle at West Ocean Avenue feedlot (November 2025), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.587296&<ll...>,-120.587296 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283368756 - Comments: "Continuing. Bigger than the other blackbirds, but not substantially. Very distinctive head and long bill shape compared to other bbs. Two toned plumage with head and body plumage contrasting."
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Date: 11/7/25 4:49 pm From: Daniel Farrar via groups.io <jdanielfarrar...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Common Grackle back
Thanks for posting this Wim! I checked for the Common Grackle 3x today and
finally had it this afternoon when I met up with James Rounds out there.
There were a lot of birds when I got there around 3:30, maybe 1000+ in
stark contrast to earlier ~10AM when there were only a few hundred (and
the cows were penned up with workers around). Around 1:30 there were maybe
500 birds and the cows were out. This afternoon most of the birds were in
the corral (the cows were grazing to the east), but eventually the flock
flew west over to the trough at which point (to my surprise) the grackle
hopped up onto the trough and gave James and I good looks next to
Cowbirds, RW and Tricolored Blackbirds. I was not quick enough to
get a photo as quite frankly I did not have high hopes after my two
previous visits and did not have the camera ready. After a minute or so the
flock flew back to the corrals and we lost track of the bird and could not
relocate it. Around 4 the flock began dispersing and flying North towards
Ocean Park and the pastures on base. Last year there were 3 YH Blackbirds
here and I would sometimes find them in the pastures on base, so I suspect
the grackle is doing the same thing. One thing I will mention is that I
have not been able to pick the bird out when it's on the ground. I know Wes
did, so it's possible, but more challenging than you would think. It is a
larger bird but not that much larger (not like a Great-tailed) so when it
is mixed in it is very difficult. So don't give up on it and if the flock
goes to the west side near the trough, it really likes to hop up there.
This is where I saw it today and Wednesday.
Good luck all and good birding,
Daniel Farrar
Lompoc, CA
<jdanielfarrar...>
On Fri, Nov 7, 2025, 3:46 PM Wim van Dam via groups.io <wim.van.dam=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> [Friday 15:42]: Daniel Farrar reports on Slack that the Common Grackle is
> back.
>
> --
> Wim van Dam (Solvang, CA)
> SBCO #409: Common Grackle*
>
>
>
Date: 11/7/25 8:22 am From: Jamie Chavez via groups.io <almiyi...> Subject: [sbcobirding] California (Breeding) Bird Atlas - Webinar Replay
Last weekend I forwarded a message about the CA Breeding Bird Atlas project webinar that was taking place this week presented by [LA Birders](https://www.labirders.org/). Here is a link to the recorded YouTube presentation that took place on Tuesday evening:
This project begins in 2026 (January 1, 2026 at midnight!). The webinar goes into detail about the atlas project and how you can use every day checklists through a dedicated eBird CA BBA web portal to contribute breeding bird data to the project. There will be more information to come about how to properly code checklist entries, but the webinar is a great introduction to the project and some longer term goals after collecting all the data. If you want something birdy to work on beginning in 2026 and for the next few years you might find this highly enjoyable.
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Red-naped x Red-breasted Sapsucker (hybrid) (Sphyrapicus nuchalis x ruber) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2025 06:35 by Peter Schneekloth
- Sedgwick Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.0405478&<ll...>,-120.0405478 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283104905 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Based on organized pattern of back markings suggesting Red-naped and extensive red on head and breast suggesting Red-breasted. Comments welcome. Photos."
Red-naped x Red-breasted Sapsucker (hybrid) (Sphyrapicus nuchalis x ruber) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2025 06:35 by Guy Tingos
- Sedgwick Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.0405478&<ll...>,-120.0405478 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283077666 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Based on organized pattern of back markings suggesting Red-naped and extensive red on head and breast suggesting Red-breasted. Comments welcome. Photos."
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 06, 2025 09:00 by Adrian O'Loghlen
- Jack O'Connell Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5904007&<ll...>,-120.5904007 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283206450 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing: 2 males, one female. Makes bright red with black wings and mask; female brownish, some streaking on breast, yellowish/pinkish underneath"
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 06, 2025 07:43 by The Spotting Twohees
- stakeout Common Grackle at West Ocean Avenue feedlot (November 2025), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.587296&<ll...>,-120.587296 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283204955 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "*Rare but regular. HY. Rather odd location, foraging in coyotebrush and poison oak at entrance here: (34.684287, -120.587228). Pics"
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 06, 2025 07:43 by Ann Stockert
- stakeout Common Grackle at West Ocean Avenue feedlot (November 2025), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.587296&<ll...>,-120.587296 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283189006 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "*Rare but regular. HY. Rather odd location, foraging in coyotebrush and poison oak at entrance here: (34.684287, -120.587228). Pics"
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 06, 2025 07:19 by Bob Fields
- stakeout Common Grackle at West Ocean Avenue feedlot (November 2025), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.587296&<ll...>,-120.587296 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283190350 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Yellow throat, breast and eyebrow; gray cheek patch; 2 white wing bars. observed in the bushes west of parking area. spotted by Cillian"
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 06, 2025 07:19 by Lynn Oldt
- stakeout Common Grackle at West Ocean Avenue feedlot (November 2025), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.587296&<ll...>,-120.587296 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283190351 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Yellow throat, breast and eyebrow; gray cheek patch; 2 white wing bars. observed in the bushes west of parking area. spotted by Cillian"
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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Nov 05, 2025 08:15 by Barbara Millett
- 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/S283043777 - Comments: "Kingbird with bright yellow belly, and yellow continuing up to breast. Long bill, notched tail. Dark mask through eye. Seen flying south, up to the Mesa, as I was walking on Mesa Trail."
Western Warbling Vireo (Vireo swainsoni) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2025 14:00 by Hugh Ranson
- Bohnett Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7130823&<ll...>,-119.7130823 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283061308 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "This is a bird that has returned for its 13th winter. What is presumed to be the same individual was first seen on the SBCBC in January, 2014. I put the bird's photo on the "What's This Bird" Facebook page recently to get an eastern perspective because Warbling Vireo was recently split into two species. It was identified, as was expected, as a Western Warbling Vireo, largely because of the small bill and dark crown."
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2025 08:21 by Jeremy Carberry
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283014484 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Similar body shape and eye to a CA or sage thrasher but way more orange-brown color throughout. See photos. Observed in the Western-most part of the lower campground around the well house"
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2025 10:50 by Bradley Hacker 🦜
- stakeout Common Grackle at West Ocean Avenue feedlot (November 2025), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.587296&<ll...>,-120.587296 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S283061125 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Larger than intermingled Blackbirds and Cowbirds, and with a distinctly larger bill. Blue-green head; brown/bronze back and belly; purplish tail."
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2025 08:38 by Sophie Cameron
- 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/S283029393 - Comments: "Assumed to be returning for his third year at this spot. Bright red tanager with smaller gray beak and slight gray area on cheek. Spent most of its time high in blue gum eucalyptus but it came down to drink from the creek puddle. We observed it catching insects and eating toyon berries. Lifer for a few of my students! Photos soon."
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Date: 11/5/25 4:38 pm From: Florence Sanchez via groups.io <sanchezucsb11...> Subject: [sbcobirding] More on Common Grackle
Patience is the word but when it's in a viewable area of the feed lot, the Common Grackle does stand out with its larger size, longer tail with broad tip, larger bill, and purple sheen to the head in certain light. It tends to hang out near the water trough as reported; also the thin silvery pipe that runs along the ground to the trough and the various hay piles, but could be anywhere. Many pairs of searching eyes are also helpful.
I understand Wes Fritz has posted more helpful hints on locating the bird in SLACK.
Great find, Nick! Thanks for sharing.
Florence Sanchez
When eBirding this bird, please consider using this hotspot.
Good luck
Wim
On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM Nick Lethaby <nlethaby...> wrote:
> All,
>
> It probably makes sense to create a new hotspot specific to the feedlot
> only for the grackle, as there are often other blackbirds of interest there.
>
> I will let Wim comment on this.
>
> Nick Lethaby
> Goleta, CA
> <nlethaby...>
> +1 805 284 6200
>
>
> Sent from Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> for Android.
>
Date: 11/5/25 3:50 pm From: Daniel Farrar via groups.io <jdanielfarrar...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Common Grackle
And while you're all at it, keep an eye out for a Rusty! Perfect flock to
find one in.
Daniel Farrar
Lompoc, CA
<jdanielfarrar...>
On Wed, Nov 5, 2025, 2:33 PM Wim van Dam via groups.io <wim.van.dam=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> For those who are going to chase this bird: bring a scope and patience.
> The bird is part of a large flock of Brown-headed Cowbird, Tri-colored
> Blackbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Brewer's Blackbird, and whatnot. You're
> going to have to search for it from a distance of about 100 yards. It seems
> to like to drink from the rectangular watering trough.
>
> Thanks Nick.
>
> Wim
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM Dave Compton via groups.io <davcompton60=
> <gmail.com...> wrote:
>
>> For context, this would be only the third record for the county and the
>> first in 26 years. Great find, Nick.
>>
>> Dave Compton
>> Santa Barbara
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM Nick Lethaby via groups.io <nlethaby=
>> <proton.me...> wrote:
>>
>>> One at the feed lot by entrance road to Ocean Park
>>>
>>> Nick Lethaby
>>> Goleta, CA
>>> <nlethaby...>
>>> +1 805 284 6200
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> for Android.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Nick Lethaby
>>> Goleta,CA
>>>
>>>
> --
> Wim van Dam (Solvang, CA)
> SBCO #409: Common Grackle*
>
>
Date: 11/5/25 2:33 pm From: Wim van Dam via groups.io <wim.van.dam...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Common Grackle
For those who are going to chase this bird: bring a scope and patience. The
bird is part of a large flock of Brown-headed Cowbird, Tri-colored
Blackbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Brewer's Blackbird, and whatnot. You're
going to have to search for it from a distance of about 100 yards. It seems
to like to drink from the rectangular watering trough.
Thanks Nick.
Wim
On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM Dave Compton via groups.io <davcompton60=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> For context, this would be only the third record for the county and the
> first in 26 years. Great find, Nick.
>
> Dave Compton
> Santa Barbara
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM Nick Lethaby via groups.io <nlethaby=
> <proton.me...> wrote:
>
>> One at the feed lot by entrance road to Ocean Park
>>
>> Nick Lethaby
>> Goleta, CA
>> <nlethaby...>
>> +1 805 284 6200
>>
>>
>> Sent from Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> for Android.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Nick Lethaby
>> Goleta,CA
>>
>>
>
>
Date: 11/5/25 2:06 pm From: Dave Compton via groups.io <davcompton60...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Common Grackle
For context, this would be only the third record for the county and the
first in 26 years. Great find, Nick.
Dave Compton
Santa Barbara
On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM Nick Lethaby via groups.io <nlethaby=
<proton.me...> wrote:
> One at the feed lot by entrance road to Ocean Park
>
> Nick Lethaby
> Goleta, CA
> <nlethaby...>
> +1 805 284 6200
>
>
> Sent from Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> for Android.
>
> --
>
> Nick Lethaby
> Goleta,CA
>
>
>
Date: 11/5/25 11:56 am From: Meg White via groups.io <mswhite...> Subject: [sbcobirding] White-tailed Kites
I live at the Northeastern edge of More Mesa and see White-tailed Kites frequently. Attached is a photo I just took of a pair perched on the tip of a cypress tree. That tree is a favorite for the kites. A third kite flew past as the pair sat in the tree. I do not use eBird.
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Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 03, 2025 07:45 by Reef Comer
- Jalama Beach County Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5014432&<ll...>,-120.5014432 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282902646 - Comments: "Seen from creek mouth with coots. More slender build than AMCO and distinct bobbing motion while swimming. Very dark slaty gray overall with obvious bright red shield and bill with yellow tip, dark brown back, white striped flanks, and mostly white undertail coverts with dark stripe."
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 04, 2025 12:00 by Nathan Bradford
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282921731 - Comments: "Continuing. Seen flying into cattails on northside near bridge. Tawny bird with long neck and sharp beak. Less contrasting wing pattern than least bittern. Larger bird than least bittern."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Oct 29, 2025 08:32 by Carrie Johnson
- 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/S282940886 - Comments: "Seems we cannot avoid a tropical kingbird sighting with this class! Large kingbird with giant thick bill and yellow up entire chest. Was perched on the chain link fence by the eastern side of beach."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Oct 29, 2025 08:32 by Sophie Cameron
- 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/S282939911 - Comments: "Seems we cannot avoid a tropical kingbird sighting with this class! Large kingbird with giant thick bill and yellow up entire chest. Was perched on the chain link fence by the eastern side of beach."
Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) (Exotic: Provisional) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 02, 2025 07:07 by Max Epstein
- stakeout Painted Bunting, Carpinteria Sanitary District (2023–2024), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.517327&<ll...>,-119.517327 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282860558 - Comments: "small yellow warbler-like bird with thick white eye ring, calling and foraging in trees. maybe continuing presence around here."
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) (1)
- Reported Nov 04, 2025 14:21 by Alex Marine
- Santa Cruz Island--Cavern Point, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5632005&<ll...>,-119.5632005 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282932961 - Comments: "Female type. Took some poor photos and then watched the bird actively migrate. Flew straight up in the air and I tracked it south until it was totally out of sight. Drab gray bluebird with low contrast underneath and electric blue highlights on the back."
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) (1)
- Reported Nov 04, 2025 14:21 by Mary Marine
- Santa Cruz Island--Cavern Point, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5632005&<ll...>,-119.5632005 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282933695 - Comments: "Female type. Took some poor photos and then watched the bird actively migrate. Flew straight up in the air and I tracked it south until it was totally out of sight. Drab gray bluebird with low contrast underneath and electric blue highlights on the back."
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) (1)
- Reported Nov 04, 2025 14:21 by Liz Abraham
- Santa Cruz Island--Cavern Point, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5632005&<ll...>,-119.5632005 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282933496 - Comments: "Female type. Took some poor photos and then watched the bird actively migrate. Flew straight up in the air and I tracked it south until it was totally out of sight. Drab gray bluebird with low contrast underneath and electric blue highlights on the back."
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Date: 11/4/25 12:41 pm From: Nick Lethaby via groups.io <nlethaby...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Refugio Pass
All,
I had a Pacific Wren about a third of a mile down on the backsides Refugio Pass. Lots of fruiting madrone trees at the pass were attracting robins but couldn't find anything rarer.
Nick Lethaby Goleta, CA <nlethaby...> +1 805 284 6200
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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Nov 03, 2025 10:15 by Lynn Scarlett
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282783869 - Comments: "continuing on southwest side of lake atop bare tree behind reeds--bright yellow breast (no grey), large bill. Tail not visible, but this bird has been in this vicinity for weeks."
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Date: 11/3/25 3:56 pm From: David P. Barash via groups.io <dpbarash...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Resident White-tailed Kite at LLC?
I, too, saw the WTK today flying at LLC (the kite, not me!). Because I'm
the
world's worst birder, I first thought it was a gull, but WTK for sure.
Looked for the Lewis's wp where it had been reported at the two snags, but
no joy.
David
On Mon, Nov 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM Adrian O'Loghlen via groups.io <aologhlen=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> There was a White-tailed Kite at Lake Los Carneros this morning and
> according to Steve Colwell's excellent BirdView app there has been at least
> one eBird report of a WT Kite at LLC every day since 22 Oct 2025. Prior
> to that date there was a total of 4 reports this year at that location. So
> hopefully we now have a resident adult WT Kite at LLC!
>
> https://flic.kr/ps/2A7WDv >
> Adrian O'Loghlen
> Goleta
>
>
>
Date: 11/3/25 3:04 pm From: Adrian O'Loghlen via groups.io <aologhlen...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Resident White-tailed Kite at LLC?
There was a White-tailed Kite at Lake Los Carneros this morning and according to Steve Colwell's excellent BirdView app there has been at least one eBird report of a WT Kite at LLC every day since 22 Oct 2025. Prior to that date there was a total of 4 reports this year at that location. So hopefully we now have a resident adult WT Kite at LLC!
Date: 11/3/25 10:11 am From: John Callender via groups.io <callender.john...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Carpinteria CBC on Saturday, December 20
Signups are now open for the Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count, which will be held this year on Saturday, December 20. (Note that this is the same day as Ventura Audubon's CBC this year.) More information about the count, including a link to the signup form, are here:
Date: 11/3/25 7:13 am From: Linus Blomqvist via groups.io <linus.blomqvist...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Save the date - Cuyama Winter Bird Survey January 24-25, 2026
Hi all,
The third annual Cuyama Winter Bird Survey will take place on January 24-25, 2026. Please let me know if you plan to participate by email (direct - do not reply all) or on slack. Feel free to indicate any particular site(s) you'd like to cover.
The winter bird survey offers the chance to contribute to our knowledge of the avifauna of Cuyama Valley and its environs; the camraderie that goes with a collective effort like this; and some birds that are hard to get elsewhere in the county. Highlights from previous surveys include Sagebrush Sparrow, California Condor, Sage Thrasher, Black-throated Sparrow, Brewer's Sparrow, and heaps of Horned Larks and Mountain Bluebirds. You can read reports from 2024 <https://sbcobirding.groups.io/g/main/message/36889> and 2025 <https://sbcobirding.groups.io/g/main/message/38461>. eBird trip reports can be found here <https://ebird.org/tripreport/192282> and here <https://ebird.org/tripreport/324217>.
Linus
______________ *Linus Blomqvist* formerly Goleta, now Sweden
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Date: 11/2/25 12:59 pm From: Jamie Chavez via groups.io <almiyi...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Fw: [CALBIRDS] LA Birders Webinar: CA's First Statewide Bird Atlas, 11/4
Of interest to birders in SBA County. See the message below.
Jamie M. Chavez Santa Maria, CA
------- Forwarded Message ------- From: Rebecca Marschall via groups.io <rebecca.fenning...> Date: On Sunday, November 2nd, 2025 at 11:29 AM Subject: [CALBIRDS] LA Birders Webinar: CA's First Statewide Bird Atlas, 11/4 To: <CALBIRDS...> <CALBIRDS...>, <lacobirds...> <lacobirds...>
> Dear Birders, > > You are invited to the next LA Birders webinar: > > Building California's First Statewide Breeding Bird Atlas > > With Van Pierszalowski, Executive Director, California Bird Atlas (CBA) > > Tuesday, November 4 at 7pm – [on YouTube](https://tinyurl.com/2y6efp3f) > > Join Van and others from the team at California Bird Atlas to learn more about the upcoming launch of California’s first statewide Breeding Bird Atlas - an initiative already completed in 44 other states. While California has traditionally conducted Atlases at the county level, only 15 of the state’s 58 counties have published them, representing less than 17% of the state’s land area. Furthermore, 14 of these 15 counties are either coastal or adjacent to the San Francisco Bay Estuary - underscoring an extreme bias towards densely populated regions. Today, powerful data platforms like eBird and a statewide surge in birdwatching participation have finally made a comprehensive Atlas for all of California possible. > > This webinar will be livestreamed on [our YouTube channel](https://tinyurl.com/2y6efp3f) and will also be recorded for later viewing. Please use the YouTube link above (alternatively: https://tinyurl.com/2y6efp3f) which will take you directly to LAB’s main page, where the live webinar should be visible once it begins at 7pm. > > Become a LAB Member! Though our webinars will always remain free and available to all, members of Los Angeles Birders have access to live webinars via Zoom, invitations to special LAB-only field trips, priority sign-up on LAB field trips & events, and discounts on paid LAB programs. To learn more about membership, please see our[website](https://www.labirders.org/)! > > Looking for a past webinar? Don’t forget that a list of[all of our previously recorded webinars](https://www.labirders.org/webinars.html) is available on our website – which might come in handy if you want to study up before a field trip, or if you're looking to build your birding skills from home! Just scroll all the way down, past our upcoming and most recent online programs and you'll find a list of webinars sorted by category. These recordings are all viewable via our[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHbAhQTFVaeowMCl-sD2e0g) page. > > Upcoming Programs > > 11/4 California Bird Atlas Project with Van Pierzalowski (webinar) > > 11/11 The Los Angeles County Bird List with Kimball Garrett (webinar) > > 12/7 First Sundays at the Huntington with Katy Mann (member-only field trip) > > 12/16 Long-distance seasonal migration, genetic diversity, and gene flow with Teresa Pegan (webinar) > > Good birding, > > Rebecca Marschall for Los Angeles Birders > > <info...> > > -- > > Rebecca Fenning Marschall > <rebecca.fenning...> >
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Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1)
- Reported Nov 01, 2025 13:50 by Dawn Hovey
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282437425 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Smaller than a Song Sparrow with strong gray and brown head and face. Wings a rich brown with buffy sides and little to no streaking on the breast. Seen foraging on the mudflat at the very top of the lake with a Common Yellowthroat."
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1)
- Reported Nov 01, 2025 13:50 by Steve Hovey
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282437538 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Smaller than a Song Sparrow with strong gray and brown head and face. Wings a rich brown with buffy sides and little to no streaking on the breast. Seen foraging on the mudflat at the very top of the lake with a Common Yellowthroat."
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (1)
- Reported Nov 01, 2025 09:21 by Madison Moore
- 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/S282395468 - Comments: "IDed via sound but unfortunately failed to save the recordings and didn't notice until today they no longer autosave. Possibly spotted briefly among the patch of tall plants in the large fenced off field across from the path offshoot to the Putnam Overlook. Mostly brown with yellow under the tail and characteristic tail pumping"
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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Oct 31, 2025 10:52 by Betsy Mooney
- Lake Los Carneros County Park and Preserve, Goleta US-CA 34.44155, -119.84425, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.844247&<ll...>,-119.844247 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282212675 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing medium-sized heron with brown and white stripes on chest. At the inlet on the left side ~6-10 feet in. Beak pointed up."
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Oct 31, 2025 09:25 by Jill Dale
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282250560 - Comments: "This Continuing bird was seen from here 34.44034° N, 119.84929° W. I spotted it from the dirt path below the dam. I was looking north across the lake into a little cove. The American bittern was tucked in the reeds and was nearly invisible standing stock still with its bill pointed to the sky a good share of the time. It was a beefy bittern with a boldly striped neck and there was no pattern on its wings. I didn’t hear it vocalize or fly while I was there. I called a larger group of birders over from the concrete path before it turns to go by the dam and got them on the bird. They all saw it and one nice local birder got me on the tropical kingbird that was about 30’ away. Will post pics when I get home"
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Oct 31, 2025 08:15 by Barbara Millett
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282227720 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird at this location. Seen in SW part of lake, perched in reeds. While observing bird for half an hour, it caught and ate several dragonflies. Mottled brown above, brown streaks on breast, dark malar stripe and long yellow bill."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Oct 31, 2025 10:52 by Betsy Mooney
- Lake Los Carneros County Park and Preserve, Goleta US-CA 34.44155, -119.84425, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.844247&<ll...>,-119.844247 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282212675 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing bird. Bright yellow breast, forked tail, thicker beak than Cassin’s. Perched in small tree on west side of lake just around small cove."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Oct 31, 2025 09:25 by Jill Dale
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282250560 - Comments: "34.44023° N, 119.84865° W viewed from concrete path above the lake. It was perched in a tree sitting about 25 yards east of the American bittern. This bird was pointed out to be by a local SB birder group by a gentleman w marks group. Sorry I forgot his name! This bird appeared other than the cassins kingbirds that were prevalent around the lake and had a longer, beefier bill as well. Its tail was light brown and had a slight fork at the tip. It had a vibrant yellow belly that extended pretty far up onto the chest where it became over so slightly lighter. . Cassins heads were darker as well . I saw this bird again later in the afternoon and got a closer look, saw it in flight and recorded it vocalizing. Its wings were short and rounded maybe slightly smaller wings than those of the cassins and more yellow under the wings. I’ll post pics when I get home"
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) (1)
- Reported Oct 31, 2025 07:36 by Steve Colwell
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282234664 - Comments: "S. Colwell and P. Medel. Seen actively moving for about 1 minute within a pepper tree just East of the pavement on the path east of the Lake with just a few clear views, then disappeared. All grey bird with wide black stripe on head as a cap. Unable to confirm with a view of UTC. Body lighter in color than adult catbirds Colwell has seen previously."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 31, 2025 16:06 by Laurel S Luby
- LuBeeland, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.507798&<ll...>,-119.507798 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282240267 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "On peanut butter feeder with Orange-crown. Small warbler with olive green upper parts, light gray underparts and vent, white eye brow with dark line through eye. Photo"
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (1)
- Reported Oct 31, 2025 07:48 by Conor McMahon
- 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/S282197745 - Comments: "(34.419829,-119.881110). Brownish overall, yellow undertail, constant tail pumping, faintly darker auriculars contrasting vs. borders. Overall quite pale. Foraging low over weedy areas, often on the ground. In area with lots of weeds and coyote brush at northwest edge of Mesa, near "James and Laura Putnam Overlook". Later seen again a little bit east."
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Date: 10/31/25 12:20 pm From: Ron Hirst via groups.io <ronhirst...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Olive-backed Pipit chase invite, for early Sat.
The famous Gilman Park, Orange County o.b. pipit is still there today. It’s been there a week so my trip tomorrow may become a wild goose chase. Nevertheless I plan to leave SB about 5:30am, returning to SB by 11:30m. If you are interested in being a passenger in my EV for this trip to see the bird please call/txt or email me.
Ron Hirst
Santa Barbara
Date: 10/31/25 11:01 am From: Conor McMahon via groups.io <conormcmahon22...> Subject: [sbcobirding] NCOS Birding
Hi all,
This morning I birded at NCOS, mostly along the mesa grassland trail, and also briefly scanned the slough. I didn't go over to check either the Whittier or Phelps ponds and I didn't go south of Veneco onto Devereux or west onto Ellwood.
There was a decent mix of grassland birds, with flocks of Pipits, Meadowlarks, one White-tailed Kite, a Harrier, Savannah Sparrows, etc. I looked for and didn't pull out any Burrowing Owls. I also spent a bit of time getting to a position where I could scan the pipit flock with a scope (not easy, even after sheep grazing earlier this year the grass is still just high enough to make visibility a bit tough). I tried for a bit to find anything other than American mixed in but no dice. Did not see or hear any Horned Larks this morning.
Some of the weedy patches were pretty birdy with songbirds, especially towards the NW edge of the mesa, including one Palm Warbler.
I walked over to check on the progress of the Marine Terminal demolition / restoration. The tanks are now completely gone, and I think Lisa mentioned that they're now done with earthworks there, but new veg isn't in yet so there's a lot of bare dirt moonscape. There were a handful of Turkey Vultures using the thermals that created. One of the cottonwoods just north of there had two Loggerhead Shrikes hanging out together.
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Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (5)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 15:00 by Bambi Torres
- 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/S282108329 - Comments: "Medium shorebird, black legs, black stocky bill same length as head width. Big black eye. White face that wrapped around neck. Dark mottled brown back with a lighter mottled chest. Belly was white. It was walking on the sand and in the water and on top of low rocks."
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) (3)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 15:00 by Bambi Torres
- 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/S282108329 - Comments: "pale grey medium sized shorebird. Black bill medium long and straight. The bill was longer than the width of the head, but shorter than a lesser yellowlegs shorebird. Legs were pale. Belly white."
Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) (Exotic: Provisional) (1)
- Reported Oct 30, 2025 09:35 by Dawn Hovey
- Bella Vista OSP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8836064&<ll...>,-119.8836064 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282078706 - Comments: "Small greenish/yellow bird with the distinctive white eye ring of a Swinhoe's White-eye. There may have been two but not sure. Seen in the trees by the stairs at the northeast corner of the park."
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:54 by Jacob Lang
- Santa Cruz Island--Cavern Point, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5632005&<ll...>,-119.5632005 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282047996 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Female bird found just by the viewpoint of Cavern Point, frequenting the rock outcroppings. Dull bluebird, "rufous" adult female, muted teardrop eye outline, all dark bill, hints of sky blue in wing coverts and tail when perched, seen in flight with flash of sky blue in lower body. Photos"
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:54 by jerry ewing
- Santa Cruz Island--Cavern Point, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5632005&<ll...>,-119.5632005 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281990523 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Female bird found just by the viewpoint of Cavern Point, frequenting the rock outcroppings. Dull bluebird, "rufous" adult female, muted teardrop eye outline, all dark bill, hints of sky blue in wing coverts and tail when perched, seen in flight with flash of sky blue in lower body. Photos"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by jerry ewing
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281990579 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "In feeding flock of CHSP, DEJU and WCSP along southwest side of upper campground. Unique amongst Spizellas present with buffy features, clean white malar "mustache" and all gray nape. Potentially continuing individual. Photos"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Jacob Lang
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282048021 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "In feeding flock of CHSP, DEJU and WCSP along southwest side of upper campground. Unique amongst Spizellas present with buffy features, clean white malar "mustache" and all gray nape. Potentially continuing individual. Photos"
White-crowned Sparrow (Dark-lored) (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys/oriantha) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:55 by Bob Hough
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282107751 - Comments: "Found in the bushes surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Distinctive from the usual Gambel's with prominent dark lores. Flew into an obscured part of the fenced off yard before photos could be taken"
White-crowned Sparrow (Dark-lored) (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys/oriantha) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:55 by jerry ewing
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281990473 - Comments: "Found in the bushes surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Distinctive from the usual Gambel's with prominent dark lores. Flew into an obscured part of the fenced off yard before photos could be taken"
White-crowned Sparrow (Dark-lored) (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys/oriantha) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:55 by Jacob Lang
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282047963 - Comments: "Found in the bushes surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Distinctive from the usual Gambel's with prominent dark lores. Flew into an obscured part of the fenced off yard before photos could be taken"
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 09:35 by jerry ewing
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281990612 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Found in the trees surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Leiothlypis type warbler with dark eyeline, green-yellow wings and mantle, pale yellow above, stark clean white vent underneath. Photos"
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 09:35 by Jacob Lang
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282048059 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Found in the trees surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Leiothlypis type warbler with dark eyeline, green-yellow wings and mantle, pale yellow above, stark clean white vent underneath. Photos"
Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed) (Leiothlypis celata celata/orestera) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by jerry ewing
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281990579 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Along the path between lower and upper campground. Uniquely gray-headed, with partial dull eyeline and partial white eye crescents. Drab yellow underneath covering breast/belly/vent. Photos"
Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed) (Leiothlypis celata celata/orestera) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Jacob Lang
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282048021 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Along the path between lower and upper campground. Uniquely gray-headed, with partial dull eyeline and partial white eye crescents. Drab yellow underneath covering breast/belly/vent. Photos"
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Date: 10/30/25 3:19 pm From: Adrian O'Loghlen via groups.io <aologhlen...> Subject: [sbcobirding] White-throated Sparrow in North Goleta
This morning there was a White-throated Sparrow feeding on the ground near my feeder in north Goleta. This is the second one I've seen in the last few days - the previous one was at a feeder at Ellwood Bluffs. On both occasions and as is usual with this species, they were feeding with a small flock of White-crowned Sparrows.
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Anna's x Costa's Hummingbird (hybrid) (Calypte anna x costae) (1)
- Reported Oct 29, 2025 07:52 by John Callender
- Santa Monica Creek, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5278168&<ll...>,-119.5278168 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281925264 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Seen near (34.410461,-119.526823). Very likely the returning Costa's x Anna's hybrid that has wintered in this location the last two years. Flared, purple gorget. Heard vocalizing with a relatively low-volume version of an Anna's Hummingbird song. See additional photos and discussion in this checklist from October 28, 2024, including remarks by Sheri Williamson: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200612332"
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:54 by Bob Hough
- Santa Cruz Island--Cavern Point, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5632005&<ll...>,-119.5632005 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281945960 - Comments: "Female bird found just by the viewpoint of Cavern Point, frequenting the rock outcroppings. Dull bluebird, "rufous" adult female, muted teardrop eye outline, all dark bill, hints of sky blue in wing coverts and tail when perched, seen in flight with flash of sky blue in lower body. Photos"
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:54 by Alex Coffey
- Santa Cruz Island--Cavern Point, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5632005&<ll...>,-119.5632005 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281917212 - Comments: "Female bird found just by the viewpoint of Cavern Point, frequenting the rock outcroppings. Dull bluebird, "rufous" adult female, muted teardrop eye outline, all dark bill, hints of sky blue in wing coverts and tail when perched, seen in flight with flash of sky blue in lower body. Photos"
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:54 by Jieyu Zheng
- Santa Cruz Island--Cavern Point, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5632005&<ll...>,-119.5632005 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281951260 - Comments: "Female bird found just by the viewpoint of Cavern Point, frequenting the rock outcroppings. Dull bluebird, "rufous" adult female, muted teardrop eye outline, all dark bill, hints of sky blue in wing coverts and tail when perched, seen in flight with flash of sky blue in lower body. Photos"
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:54 by Mary Ann Ng
- Santa Cruz Island--Cavern Point, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5632005&<ll...>,-119.5632005 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281986676 - Comments: "Female bird found just by the viewpoint of Cavern Point, frequenting the rock outcroppings. Dull bluebird, "rufous" adult female, muted teardrop eye outline, all dark bill, hints of sky blue in wing coverts and tail when perched, seen in flight with flash of sky blue in lower body. Photos"
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:54 by Juan Olivarez
- Santa Cruz Island--Cavern Point, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5632005&<ll...>,-119.5632005 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281979012 - Comments: "Female bird found just by the viewpoint of Cavern Point, frequenting the rock outcroppings. Dull bluebird, "rufous" adult female, muted teardrop eye outline, all dark bill, hints of sky blue in wing coverts and tail when perched, seen in flight with flash of sky blue in lower body. Photos"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Bob Hough
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281943573 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "In feeding flock of CHSP, DEJU and WCSP along southwest side of upper campground. Unique amongst Spizellas present with buffy features, clean white malar "mustache" and all gray nape. Potentially continuing individual. Photos"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Alex Coffey
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281915510 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "In feeding flock of CHSP, DEJU and WCSP along southwest side of upper campground. Unique amongst Spizellas present with buffy features, clean white malar "mustache" and all gray nape. Potentially continuing individual. Photos"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Grigory Heaton
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281922453 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "In feeding flock of CHSP, DEJU and WCSP along southwest side of upper campground. Unique amongst Spizellas present with buffy features, clean white malar "mustache" and all gray nape. Potentially continuing individual. Photos"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Ellen Fiol
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281942021 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "In feeding flock of CHSP, DEJU and WCSP along southwest side of upper campground. Unique amongst Spizellas present with buffy features, clean white malar "mustache" and all gray nape. Potentially continuing individual. Photos"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Kim Thomas
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281941527 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "In feeding flock of CHSP, DEJU and WCSP along southwest side of upper campground. Unique amongst Spizellas present with buffy features, clean white malar "mustache" and all gray nape. Potentially continuing individual. Photos"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Katrina Plummer
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281943553 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "In feeding flock of CHSP, DEJU and WCSP along southwest side of upper campground. Unique amongst Spizellas present with buffy features, clean white malar "mustache" and all gray nape. Potentially continuing individual. Photos"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Jeffrey Fenwick
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281946439 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "In feeding flock of CHSP, DEJU and WCSP along southwest side of upper campground. Unique amongst Spizellas present with buffy features, clean white malar "mustache" and all gray nape. Potentially continuing individual. Photos"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Jieyu Zheng
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281951256 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "In feeding flock of CHSP, DEJU and WCSP along southwest side of upper campground. Unique amongst Spizellas present with buffy features, clean white malar "mustache" and all gray nape. Potentially continuing individual. Photos"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Kimberly Dillbeck
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281974152 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "In feeding flock of CHSP, DEJU and WCSP along southwest side of upper campground. Unique amongst Spizellas present with buffy features, clean white malar "mustache" and all gray nape. Potentially continuing individual. Photos"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Juan Olivarez
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281977998 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "In feeding flock of CHSP, DEJU and WCSP along southwest side of upper campground. Unique amongst Spizellas present with buffy features, clean white malar "mustache" and all gray nape. Potentially continuing individual. Photos"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Mary Ann Ng
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281986669 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "In feeding flock of CHSP, DEJU and WCSP along southwest side of upper campground. Unique amongst Spizellas present with buffy features, clean white malar "mustache" and all gray nape. Potentially continuing individual. Photos"
White-crowned Sparrow (Dark-lored) (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys/oriantha) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:55 by Katrina Plummer
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281943499 - Comments: "Found in the bushes surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Distinctive from the usual Gambel's with prominent dark lores. Flew into an obscured part of the fenced off yard before photos could be taken"
White-crowned Sparrow (Dark-lored) (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys/oriantha) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:55 by Kim Thomas
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281941515 - Comments: "Found in the bushes surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Distinctive from the usual Gambel's with prominent dark lores. Flew into an obscured part of the fenced off yard before photos could be taken"
White-crowned Sparrow (Dark-lored) (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys/oriantha) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:55 by Jeffrey Fenwick
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281946437 - Comments: "Found in the bushes surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Distinctive from the usual Gambel's with prominent dark lores. Flew into an obscured part of the fenced off yard before photos could be taken"
White-crowned Sparrow (Dark-lored) (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys/oriantha) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:55 by Mary Ann Ng
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281986686 - Comments: "Found in the bushes surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Distinctive from the usual Gambel's with prominent dark lores. Flew into an obscured part of the fenced off yard before photos could be taken"
White-crowned Sparrow (Dark-lored) (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys/oriantha) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:55 by Ellen Fiol
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281942075 - Comments: "Found in the bushes surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Distinctive from the usual Gambel's with prominent dark lores. Flew into an obscured part of the fenced off yard before photos could be taken"
White-crowned Sparrow (Dark-lored) (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys/oriantha) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:55 by Alex Coffey
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281920268 - Comments: "Found in the bushes surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Distinctive from the usual Gambel's with prominent dark lores. Flew into an obscured part of the fenced off yard before photos could be taken"
White-crowned Sparrow (Dark-lored) (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys/oriantha) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:55 by Jieyu Zheng
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281951264 - Comments: "Found in the bushes surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Distinctive from the usual Gambel's with prominent dark lores. Flew into an obscured part of the fenced off yard before photos could be taken"
White-crowned Sparrow (Dark-lored) (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys/oriantha) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:55 by Kimberly Dillbeck
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281974133 - Comments: "Found in the bushes surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Distinctive from the usual Gambel's with prominent dark lores. Flew into an obscured part of the fenced off yard before photos could be taken"
White-crowned Sparrow (Dark-lored) (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys/oriantha) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 12:55 by Juan Olivarez
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281979176 - Comments: "Found in the bushes surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Distinctive from the usual Gambel's with prominent dark lores. Flew into an obscured part of the fenced off yard before photos could be taken"
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 09:35 by Juan Olivarez
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281977726 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found in the trees surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Leiothlypis type warbler with dark eyeline, green-yellow wings and mantle, pale yellow above, stark clean white vent underneath. Photos"
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 09:35 by Bob Hough
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281944775 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found in the trees surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Leiothlypis type warbler with dark eyeline, green-yellow wings and mantle, pale yellow above, stark clean white vent underneath. Photos"
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 09:35 by Jieyu Zheng
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281951253 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found in the trees surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Leiothlypis type warbler with dark eyeline, green-yellow wings and mantle, pale yellow above, stark clean white vent underneath. Photos"
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 09:35 by Kimberly Dillbeck
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281974018 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found in the trees surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Leiothlypis type warbler with dark eyeline, green-yellow wings and mantle, pale yellow above, stark clean white vent underneath. Photos"
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 09:35 by Alex Coffey
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281914184 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found in the trees surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Leiothlypis type warbler with dark eyeline, green-yellow wings and mantle, pale yellow above, stark clean white vent underneath. Photos"
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 09:35 by Mary Ann Ng
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281986657 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found in the trees surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Leiothlypis type warbler with dark eyeline, green-yellow wings and mantle, pale yellow above, stark clean white vent underneath. Photos"
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 09:35 by Jeffrey Fenwick
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281946440 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found in the trees surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Leiothlypis type warbler with dark eyeline, green-yellow wings and mantle, pale yellow above, stark clean white vent underneath. Photos"
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 09:35 by Ellen Fiol
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281941989 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found in the trees surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Leiothlypis type warbler with dark eyeline, green-yellow wings and mantle, pale yellow above, stark clean white vent underneath. Photos"
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 09:35 by Kim Thomas
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281941602 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found in the trees surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Leiothlypis type warbler with dark eyeline, green-yellow wings and mantle, pale yellow above, stark clean white vent underneath. Photos"
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 09:35 by Grigory Heaton
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281922396 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found in the trees surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Leiothlypis type warbler with dark eyeline, green-yellow wings and mantle, pale yellow above, stark clean white vent underneath. Photos"
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 09:35 by Katrina Plummer
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Anchorage and Beach Area, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5555481&<ll...>,-119.5555481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281944079 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found in the trees surrounding the "private residence" ranch yard house. Leiothlypis type warbler with dark eyeline, green-yellow wings and mantle, pale yellow above, stark clean white vent underneath. Photos"
Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed) (Leiothlypis celata celata/orestera) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Alex Coffey
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281915510 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Along the path between lower and upper campground. Uniquely gray-headed, with partial dull eyeline and partial white eye crescents. Drab yellow underneath covering breast/belly/vent. Photos"
Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed) (Leiothlypis celata celata/orestera) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Katrina Plummer
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281943553 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Along the path between lower and upper campground. Uniquely gray-headed, with partial dull eyeline and partial white eye crescents. Drab yellow underneath covering breast/belly/vent. Photos"
Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed) (Leiothlypis celata celata/orestera) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Juan Olivarez
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281977998 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Along the path between lower and upper campground. Uniquely gray-headed, with partial dull eyeline and partial white eye crescents. Drab yellow underneath covering breast/belly/vent. Photos"
Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed) (Leiothlypis celata celata/orestera) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Bob Hough
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281943573 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Along the path between lower and upper campground. Uniquely gray-headed, with partial dull eyeline and partial white eye crescents. Drab yellow underneath covering breast/belly/vent. Photos"
Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed) (Leiothlypis celata celata/orestera) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Jeffrey Fenwick
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281946439 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Along the path between lower and upper campground. Uniquely gray-headed, with partial dull eyeline and partial white eye crescents. Drab yellow underneath covering breast/belly/vent. Photos"
Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed) (Leiothlypis celata celata/orestera) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Jieyu Zheng
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281951256 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Along the path between lower and upper campground. Uniquely gray-headed, with partial dull eyeline and partial white eye crescents. Drab yellow underneath covering breast/belly/vent. Photos"
Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed) (Leiothlypis celata celata/orestera) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Mary Ann Ng
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281986669 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Along the path between lower and upper campground. Uniquely gray-headed, with partial dull eyeline and partial white eye crescents. Drab yellow underneath covering breast/belly/vent. Photos"
Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed) (Leiothlypis celata celata/orestera) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Grigory Heaton
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281922453 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Along the path between lower and upper campground. Uniquely gray-headed, with partial dull eyeline and partial white eye crescents. Drab yellow underneath covering breast/belly/vent. Photos"
Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed) (Leiothlypis celata celata/orestera) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Kimberly Dillbeck
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281974152 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Along the path between lower and upper campground. Uniquely gray-headed, with partial dull eyeline and partial white eye crescents. Drab yellow underneath covering breast/belly/vent. Photos"
Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed) (Leiothlypis celata celata/orestera) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Ellen Fiol
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281942021 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Along the path between lower and upper campground. Uniquely gray-headed, with partial dull eyeline and partial white eye crescents. Drab yellow underneath covering breast/belly/vent. Photos"
Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed) (Leiothlypis celata celata/orestera) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:30 by Kim Thomas
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Canyon Campgrounds, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5645389&<ll...>,-119.5645389 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281941527 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Along the path between lower and upper campground. Uniquely gray-headed, with partial dull eyeline and partial white eye crescents. Drab yellow underneath covering breast/belly/vent. Photos"
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Date: 10/29/25 5:06 pm From: Nick Lethaby via groups.io <nlethaby...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Scorpion
All,
The highlight of a visit to Scorpion today was a Brown Thrasher in the same area as last fall's bird. Of lesser interest were 4 CCSPs, a WT Sparrow and 2 potential Pink-sided Juncos.
Regards,
Nick Lethaby Goleta, CA <nlethaby...> +1 805 284 6200
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I've been holding off on making a proclamation, but I do believe the elderly Warbling Vireo has returned to Bohnett Park on the Westside of Santa Barbara. Mark Holmgren saw a bird there back on September 9th, and this bird was seen for the next several days. I birded the park pretty regularly thereafter, and didn't see a Warbling Vireo in early-mid October. Then on October 23rd, Mark Bright saw a WaVi, and I have seen it every day since, including today. Whether this is the same bird as the September bird is anyone's guess.
If this is indeed the same wintering bird, it was first seen on a Christmas Bird Count in January, 2014, which means it's back for its 13th winter.
As you might know, Warbling Vireo was recently split into 2 species, Western and Eastern, and plumage differences are very subtle. The best way to differentiate them is by song, and of course our wintering bird is quiet, and may well be a female. I *think* our bird is a Western Warbling Vireo by the fairly dark crown and lack of yellow tones below.
Small numbers of Swinhoe's White-eye have been in the park recently, and the usual small flock of American Goldfinches has returned to the creek. There's also a Wilson's Warbler in the park.
Date: 10/27/25 4:47 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
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- American Bittern (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (4 reports)
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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2025 14:47 by Lynda Nahra
- Lake Los Carneros, Goleta US-CA 34.44316, -119.85208, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.852082&<ll...>,-119.852082 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281708548 - Comments: "Seen by bushes on wire fence . The birds call caught my attention. Merlin recordings also indicated this species. Very bright and eye catching."
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Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1)
- Reported Oct 25, 2025 17:59 by John Lynch
- North Pacific Ocean (33.1388,-120.8906), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.89056&<ll...>,-120.89056 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281368005 - Comments: "Chocolately brown bird with slightly paler belly, bright yellow legs, bluish grey bill. Light was diminishing and the windows were brine coated but I managed a poor photo TBA. Fluttered in, attempting to land on the front of the boat. Failed but circled back and successfully landed. Sat there for the remaining 45 minutes we were eating dinner."
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 10:12 by Jane Mygatt
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281524831 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "(34.4412171, -119.8474040) Continuing at the edge of the lake in the reeds. Back of camera photo until Thursday. Brown wader with light underparts with long golden-brown streaks along the lengthy neck."
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 25, 2025 14:00 by Dawn Hovey
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281362314 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Long neck with brown and whitish stripes, long bill pointed up. Sitting in reeds in northwestern part of lake, in the area where teals tend to hang out."
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 25, 2025 14:00 by Steve Hovey
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281362775 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Long neck with brown and whitish stripes, long bill pointed up. Sitting in reeds in northwestern part of lake, in the area where teals tend to hang out."
Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 08:49 by Armando Aispuro
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281500730 - Comments: "Continuing in tall eucalyptus between red office building and bathroom trailer. Small dark woodpecker with contrasting facial line starting from above bill and connecting over shoulder and into the breast. Red on nape and breast."
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2025 08:49 by Armando Aispuro
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281500730 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing at tall trees on Stow House lawn, also went into lower oaks but was mobbed by woodpeckers. Large yellow tanager with olive tones to wings and no wing bars, heavy pale bill, a bit darker above than below. Dark lore. Vocalization was two sharp double high pitched notes."
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Date: 10/25/25 4:53 pm From: Hugh Ranson via groups.io <zonetail1...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Elings Park
The park was quite birdy this afternoon. The first Horned Larks and American Pipits have arrived, and there's an uptick in Savannah Sparrow and Yellow-rumped Warbler numbers. In with the Yellow-rumps was a Palm Warbler. A Loggerhead Shrike continues, and there was a Burrowing Owl (please don't ask for exact location). On Thursday there were 3 Northern Harriers, a female, male, and juvenile.
Mark Bright and I were out at Scorpion Canyon, Santa Cruz Island this past Wednesday (10/22). Birding was pretty slow. Best birds were a Lazuli Bunting and 3 Clay-colored Sparrows.
You might remember that two American Crows have been a fixture at Scorpion for the past couple of years. The ravens seem to tolerate having them around. Both birds were hanging out together three weeks ago, but on my last two visits there was only one.
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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2025 16:54 by Betsy Mooney
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Goleta US-CA 34.44113, -119.84384, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.843837&<ll...>,-119.843837 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281169791 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing medium-sized heron with brown and white stripes on front, observed in the reeds directly across from the spillway."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2025 13:40 by Matt Brady
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281162300 - Comments: "Continuing bird. Larger yellow-bellied kingbird with longer, thicker bill than a Cassin’s, with a brownish (not black) tail with a slight fork. Calls confirmed this bird as a Tropical vs a Couch’s."
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) (Passerculus sandwichensis [sandwichensis Group]) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2025 09:57 by Mark Holmgren
- 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/S281126837 - Comments: "This bird was in dune vegetation on the upper beach. It did not appear to be Belding's Sparrow. Light brown body plumage, thin breast streaks."
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) (Passerculus sandwichensis [sandwichensis Group]) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2025 09:57 by Parker Medel
- 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/S281149997 - Comments: "This bird was in dune vegetation on the upper beach. It did not appear to be Belding's Sparrow. Light brown body plumage, thin breast streaks."
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Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 23, 2025 10:46 by Mark Hays
- Jack O'Connell Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5904007&<ll...>,-120.5904007 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S280970721 - Comments: "small flycatcher. Female foraging along the fence line between the grassy field and the reservoir. L seem later able to photograph. Foraging back-and-forth on the fence along the baseball diamond."
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 23, 2025 11:37 by Steve Hovey
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S280994805 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Gray bird with black cap. Seen on the ground under the Toyon at the south edge of the grassy area between the Train Museum and Stow House."
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 23, 2025 11:37 by Dawn Hovey
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S280994189 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Gray bird with black cap. Seen on the ground under the Toyon at the south edge of the grassy area between the Train Museum and Stow House."
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Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) (1)
- Reported Oct 22, 2025 07:14 by Tim Miller
- Sedgwick Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.0405478&<ll...>,-120.0405478 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S280871887 - Comments: "Red on throat, not breast. Red wasn’t bordered on sides with black (as in yellow-bellied). Head not extensively red (as in red-breasted). Seen in afternoon in pepperwood trees by pickleball court"
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Oct 22, 2025 08:00 by Barbara Millett
- 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/S280866718 - Comments: "Continuing bird at Whittier Pond. Kingbird with notched tail, bright yellow on belly continuing up to breast. Light gray head. Dark mask through eye, long bill."
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) (1)
- Reported Oct 22, 2025 08:19 by Eunice Schroeder
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S280835728 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing, first found by Marina Suh on 10/20. From the yard between Stow House and the railroad museum (34.442669,-119.852122) heard mewing call and then saw in the cotoneaster just to the south. Perched on top of the shrub eating fruit, then flew NW to the foliage just east of the museum. Gray with black cap and rufous UTC. Photos."
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) (1)
- Reported Oct 22, 2025 07:18 by John Callender
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S280826644 - Comments: "Continuing in the area between Stow House and the railroad museum. Seen briefly but well through binoculars at a distance of about 20 feet, a medium-sized slate-gray bird with a black cap and a dark beak that in shape and size was similar to that of a Northern Mockingbird. When I saw it the bird was skulking in thick vegetation near the ground. Then it flew low across the lawn to a new clump of vegetation, from which location I twice heard it give its characteristic "mew" vocalization. I was unable to refind the bird visually or photograph it, unfortunately."
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