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Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) (Exotic: Provisional) (6)
- Reported Apr 02, 2024 13:45 by Olivia d'Arezzo
- 114 E Gutierrez St, Santa Barbara US-CA (34.4174,-119.6925), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.692476&<ll...>,-119.692476 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166980722 - Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Recorded their song and noted yellow under their chins and sparrow-sized or smaller. Alexandre Castelein ID’d them for me, and when I looked at photos of them I confirmed that is what I saw. They were in the canopy of a couple Outeniqua Yellowwoods for five minutes, then flew North"
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1)
- Reported Apr 02, 2024 10:30 by Tom Riederer
- Garden St. willows, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.68577&<ll...>,-119.68577 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166978244 - Comments: "Continuing bird, found with help from Hugh Ranson, near the carousel bridge. It was high in oak and sycamore trees, but I got good binoc views. Too quick and distant for decent camera pics."
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