Date: 4/21/24 2:27 am
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Hooded Merganser (1 report)
- Common Ground Dove (2 reports)
- Tropical Kingbird (1 report)

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Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) (2)
- Reported Apr 20, 2024 12:12 by Mark Holmgren
- UCSB North Campus Open Space (formerly Ocean Meadows Golf Course), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8792197&<ll...>,-119.8792197
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S169559200

Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) (1)
- Reported Apr 20, 2024 07:10 by Dawn Hovey
- Farren Road, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9237752&<ll...>,-119.9237752
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S169479764
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Smaller, and with a shorter tail, than nearby Mourning Doves, pink on beak. Similar size to Mockingbird that was perched underneath it. See photo."

Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) (1)
- Reported Apr 20, 2024 07:10 by Steve Hovey
- Farren Road, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9237752&<ll...>,-119.9237752
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S169485890
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Small dove with pink on bill, and scaly breast."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Apr 20, 2024 08:12 by Thomas Turner
- UCSB--Campus Point, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8440063&<ll...>,-119.8440063
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S169461297
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Call was inconsistent with Cassin's Kingbird, so wither a Western or a Tropical; big bill, yellow breast up to the throat: points to Tropical."

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