Date: 4/13/24 5:08 pm
From: eBird alert <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Greater Scaup (1 report)
- Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (1 report)
- Baltimore Oriole (1 report)

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Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) (1)
- Reported Apr 11, 2024 17:38 by Toby Fowler
- 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/S168195904
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Female. Head was shorter than nearby lessers, with peak towards front, not back. Larger bill. The smallest bit of a lighter cheek patch."

Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (Larus glaucoides thayeri) (1)
- Reported Apr 13, 2024 13:29 by Andrew McGrath
- Goleta Beach County Park (including east end of Goleta Slough), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.829812&<ll...>,-119.829812
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168455758
- Comments: "Immature. Overall light gull including primaries. All black beak smaller than western or GW."

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) (1)
- Reported Apr 11, 2024 09:43 by Linda Blue
- UCSB--campus, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8450041&<ll...>,-119.8450041
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168157699
- Comments: "Jeremy Cowan pointed out it chattering & singing."

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