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Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (2)
- Reported Mar 17, 2023 12:50 by Eric Culbertson
- Hunt Drive, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5931603&<ll...>,-119.5931603 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S131148220 - Comments: "4:00 pm. Westbound. Streaky juvenile type. Differentiated from nearby red-tailed hawk by plumage, longer and narrower wings tapered at end. This hawk passed over perhaps 1 1/2 the height of the eucalyptus grove here. 4:40 pm westbound adult light morph. This bird lingered to circle a few times before continuing west. Probably three times the height of the eucalyptus grove when it continued west."
Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) (1)
- Reported Mar 17, 2023 07:35 by Mark Holmgren
- Ocean Beach County Park and Santa Ynez River Estuary, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6003785&<ll...>,-120.6003785 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S131137928 - Comments: "Continuing. Bird in the Scirpus patch by the assist ramp when I arrived. Again one bird seen later with John Luther. That bird flew about 10-15m NE and dropped down into the Salicornia/Jaumea. Not heard singing."
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