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Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) (2)
- Reported Apr 17, 2025 16:16 by Toby Fowler
- Coal Oil Point, Devereux Beach, Sands Beach, and bluff trails, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8783064&<ll...>,-119.8783064 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S226504868 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Flying along the ocean, but didn't strike me as any Mergini-esque duck. As they reached the point, they banked towards land and headed either up the coast or inland, I didn't see.
Terrible pictures and I didn't get an ID in the field, but they're both long, slender ducks. Male has a dark brown head, white neck, grey body and wings, and a long tail. Female ID based on similar silhouette, but brown overall with a dark bill.
I didn't realise they'd be a rarity flagger so apologies in the delay :)"
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 20, 2025 16:37 by Zach Nett
- 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/S227677433 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "continuing bird. originally seen on western edge of lake, then eastern as I was leaving. much smaller than the Greater Yellowlegs it was associating with. distinct white eye ring."
Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) (Exotic: Provisional) (1)
- Reported Apr 20, 2025 10:19 by Caleb P.
- Carpinteria Creek, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5140259&<ll...>,-119.5140259 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S227685458 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Observed at this location before. small and hyper bird, mostly green on top, greenish yellow throat, white underside and extremely prominent white eye ring."
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (1)
- Reported Apr 20, 2025 16:15 by John Deacon
- Deacon Home (Restricted Access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.432212&<ll...>,-120.432212 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S227676700 - Comments: "This was a first-year male. He had a black throat patch, and his darkish yellow green, almost olive colored body was what first caught my attention. He appeared somewhat smaller than the adult male HOOR that I've been seeing at my feeders recently. Wing bars were present but subtle due to the scruffy appearance of the bird. I just set up game cams at my nectar feeders. Hopefully he'll return and I can get some confirmatory pictures. I've had first year ORORs here before. They were scruffy looking also but were beginning to show some of the chestnut coloration you would expect in a male OROR. From what I could see in my observation of this bird, there was no evidence of chestnut coloration."
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