Date: 4/2/24 3:49 am
From: eBird alert <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Long-tailed Duck (1 report)
- American Bittern (2 reports)
- Ferruginous Hawk (1 report)
- Sage Thrasher (1 report)
- Summer Tanager (4 reports)

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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Apr 01, 2024 11:09 by Piero Wemyss
- UCSB--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/S166846917
- Comments: "I think it was, back of head was white circle"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Mar 31, 2024 13:02 by David Cowan
- 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/S166819965
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "In reeds on far west side of lake, viewable from path above"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Mar 31, 2024 13:02 by Jennifer LeMay
- 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/S166819249
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "In reeds on far west side of lake, viewable from path above. Good photos coming soon."

Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) (1)
- Reported Apr 01, 2024 11:57 by Douglas Long
- Solvang, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.1453547&<ll...>,-120.1453547
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166864258
- Comments: "Large. nearly uniform whitish on venter; no dark patagial bars, no reddish tail, no bands on underside of tail, dark wingtips. At west end of town, soaring relatively close to the ground (about 4 stories high, based on comparison to adjacent buildings), sharply turned and headed west at a higher altitude."

Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) (1)
- Reported Apr 01, 2024 11:09 by Piero Wemyss
- UCSB--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/S166846917
- Comments: "Had spotted belly, white eyebrows, I have pic but don’t know how to upload, observed on side of lagoon trail"

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 01, 2024 09:23 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/S166860389
- Comments: "By call. East of Stow House."

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 01, 2024 09:23 by Sue Cook
- 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/S166860989
- Comments: "By call. East of Stow House."

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Mar 31, 2024 13:02 by Jennifer LeMay
- 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/S166819249
- Comments: "In trees on west side of Stow House next to road to parking lot"

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Mar 31, 2024 13:02 by David Cowan
- 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/S166819965
- Comments: "In trees on west side of Stow House next to road to parking lot"

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