Date: 2/6/21 11:42 pm From: eBird alert <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Common Ground Dove (1 report)
- Common Poorwill (1 report)
- Short-eared Owl (2 reports)
- Hammond's Flycatcher (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (1 report)
- Red Crossbill (1 report)
- Scott's Oriole (1 report)
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Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) (1)
- Reported Feb 06, 2021 18:09 by Linus Blomqvist
- Figueroa Mountain Road, Los Olivos, California, US (34.722, -119.969), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9688128&<ll...>,-119.9688128 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S80560799 - Comments: "Seen at dusk from the car. First seen sitting flush against the gravelly ground, big yellow eyes reflecting the headlights. Took off and flew around a bit and then landed again. Overall size similar to a Robin. Fairly sleek build, darkish gray/brown, didn't have the white primary patch or the long wings and very buoyant flight of a nighthawk. Flight was somewhat floppy."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Feb 06, 2021 14:26 by George Chapman
- UC Santa Barbara--Campus Lagoon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.845165&<ll...>,-119.845165 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S80549745 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Large billed kingbird, bright yellow from belly to breast, slight notch at end of tail. Was silent. In favored dead pine at SW corner of art building, 34.41171, -119.84992."
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) (1)
- Reported Feb 06, 2021 06:20 by John Callender
- La Cumbre Peak, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7147721&<ll...>,-119.7147721 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S80524746 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Female/immature-type bird calling from the top of a pine near the gate on the road to the summit, near (34.4954339, -119.7143202). At first I was confused by the similarity of the bird’s calls to those of the nearby Pygmy Nuthatches, but then I realized both species were in the area."
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