Date: 4/20/25 2:41 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Solitary Sandpiper (4 reports)
- Orchard Oriole (1 report)

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Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1)
- Reported Apr 20, 2025 10:10 by David Blue
- Lake Jocelyn, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4772805&<ll...>,-119.4772805
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S227549496
- Comments: "Continuing. Foraging along the far (north shore)."

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1)
- Reported Apr 20, 2025 10:10 by Linda Blue
- Lake Jocelyn, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4772805&<ll...>,-119.4772805
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S227549499
- Comments: "Continuing. Foraging along the far (north shore)."

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 19, 2025 11:31 by Kim Stackpole
- Lake Jocelyn, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4772805&<ll...>,-119.4772805
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S227162388
- Comments: "Continuing yellow legs, smaller than yellow legs it was hanging out with. Bold eye ring/spectacles. Bobbed infrequently"

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1)
- Reported Apr 19, 2025 08:06 by Richard Block
- 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/S227125826
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Shorter length of beak and muted yellowish color of legs. Checked images against other sites."

Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (2)
- Reported Apr 18, 2025 11:47 by Libby Patten
- Santa Monica Creek, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5278168&<ll...>,-119.5278168
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S227520298
- Comments: "Males in Seen in large sycamore next to path at end of El Carro Lane where seen yesterday by John Callender. Heard singing also. Also saw one and heard it singing from cape honeysuckle south of little footbridge. Assuming it’s only two individuals. Chestnut-orange underparts, shoulder patch and rump. Black head, back and tail and white wing bar. Will add photo"

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