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Date: 4/28/25 1:13 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
* Species Summary: - Northern Pintail (3 reports) - Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid) (3 reports) - Common Ground Dove (1 report) - Red-billed Tropicbird (2 reports) - Laysan Albatross (9 reports) - Hawaiian Petrel (2 reports) - Cook's Petrel (22 reports) - Hammond's Flycatcher (1 report) - Tropical Kingbird (1 report) - Mountain Bluebird (1 report) --------------------------------------------- Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert. The report below shows observations of rare birds in Santa Barbara County. View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35915 NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated. eBird encourages our users to bird safely, responsibly, and mindfully. Please follow the recommendations of your local health authorities and respect any active travel restrictions in your area. For more information visit: https://ebird.org/news/please-bird-mindfully Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 08:30 by Tom Beland - Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5353699&<ll...>,-119.5353699 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230168063 - Media: 2 Photos - Comments: "Long necked duck with brown head with white stripe down the side of neck and white breast. Gray bill and long tail. Photo." Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 08:30 by Laurel S Luby - Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5353699&<ll...>,-119.5353699 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230149205 - Media: 2 Photos - Comments: "Long necked duck with brown head with white stripe down the side of neck and white breast. Gray bill and long tail. Photo." Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 08:30 by Andrew Brooks - Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5353699&<ll...>,-119.5353699 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230170629 - Media: 2 Photos - Comments: "Long necked duck with brown head with white stripe down the side of neck and white breast. Gray bill and long tail. Photo." Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid) (Anas platyrhynchos x acuta) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 08:30 by Andrew Brooks - Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5353699&<ll...>,-119.5353699 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230170629 - Media: 2 Photos - Comments: "With 2 Mallards and a Pintail. Green head with long, slender neck and white around base of neck and a little up the neck. Grayish bill and long curled up tail. Photo" Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid) (Anas platyrhynchos x acuta) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 08:30 by Laurel S Luby - Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5353699&<ll...>,-119.5353699 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230149205 - Media: 2 Photos - Comments: "With 2 Mallards and a Pintail. Green head with long, slender neck and white around base of neck and a little up the neck. Grayish bill and long curled up tail. Photo" Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid) (Anas platyrhynchos x acuta) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 08:30 by Tom Beland - Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5353699&<ll...>,-119.5353699 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230168063 - Media: 2 Photos - Comments: "With 2 Mallards and a Pintail. Green head with long, slender neck and white around base of neck and a little up the neck. Grayish bill and long curled up tail. Photo" Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 07:34 by John Callender - Persoon Ranch, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4783388&<ll...>,-119.4783388 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230092589 - Media: 1 Audio - Comments: "Heard vocalizing from the avocado orchard." Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 12:01 by Michael Weaver - WINGS 04.2025 2.7, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.5557026&<ll...>,-121.5557026 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230318103 - Comments: "White tern-like bird jumped from ocean's surface, snappy wings, black marks on tips of wings, longish tail 1219" Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 12:01 by Ed Corey - WINGS 04.2025 2.7, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.5557026&<ll...>,-121.5557026 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230200665 - Comments: "White tern-like bird jumped from ocean's surface, snappy wings, black marks on tips of wings, longish tail 1219" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (3) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 06:58 by Joseph Trezza - North Pacific Ocean (33.0349,-120.9851), Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.985062&<ll...>,-120.985062 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230116792 - Comments: "Multiple observers." Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 12:49 by david parsley - Offshore S. Cal Coast, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.628805&<ll...>,-121.628805 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230254191 - Comments: "White head and lower rump" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 07:42 by david parsley - San Juan Seamount (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9486666&<ll...>,-120.9486666 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230094106 - Comments: "White head and rump. Dark wings" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (4) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 08:00 by Ed Corey - WINGS 04.2025 2.3, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.0963028&<ll...>,-121.0963028 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230086407 - Comments: "White albatross, dark back, 3 seen at once @ 813, 845" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (4) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 08:00 by Michael Weaver - WINGS 04.2025 2.3, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.0963028&<ll...>,-121.0963028 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230318099 - Comments: "White albatross, dark back, 3 seen at once @ 813, 845" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 13:00 by Michael Weaver - WINGS 04.2025 2.8, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.648971&<ll...>,-121.648971 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230318104 - Comments: "White albatross with black back, 1359" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 13:00 by Ed Corey - WINGS 04.2025 2.8, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.648971&<ll...>,-121.648971 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230221964 - Comments: "White albatross with black back, 1359" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (2) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 14:00 by Michael Weaver - WINGS 04.2025 2.9, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.7375127&<ll...>,-121.7375127 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230318105 - Comments: "White albatrosses, dark back, pics TBA" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (2) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 14:00 by Ed Corey - WINGS 04.2025 2.9, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.7375127&<ll...>,-121.7375127 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230242966 - Comments: "White albatrosses, dark back, pics TBA" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 13:16 by Joseph Trezza - Auto selected 34.17019, -121.66974, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.669739&<ll...>,-121.669739 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230308742 - Comments: "Dark above, white below with black margin to underwing primary coverts, slender wings, boomerang flight style riding the high winds" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 14:17 by Peter Kaestner - Auto selected 34.37863, -121.75979, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.759792&<ll...>,-121.759792 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230248932 - Comments: "Pterodroma with dark upper, bold black bar on underside of wing" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (2) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 08:52 by Joseph Trezza - Auto selected 33.25901, -121.26038, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.260381&<ll...>,-121.260381 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230117372 - Comments: "Multiple observers. One relatively close to the boat — silvery gray above, white below, fast swooping flight pattern" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 09:48 by Joseph Trezza - Auto selected 33.44302, -121.35778, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.357783&<ll...>,-121.357783 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230308752 - Comments: "Pterodroma white below dark gray above. On black on underside of wing" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 09:48 by Peter Kaestner - Auto selected 33.44302, -121.35778, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.357783&<ll...>,-121.357783 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230142487 - Comments: "Pterodroma white below dark gray above. On black on underside of wing" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (4) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 12:13 by Joseph Trezza - Auto selected 33.94705, -121.57401, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.57401&<ll...>,-121.57401 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230205627 - Comments: "White underside, silvery gray top, multiple observers. As many as three at once." Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (3) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 13:16 by Joseph Trezza - Auto selected 34.17019, -121.66974, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.669739&<ll...>,-121.669739 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230308742 - Comments: "Several seen by group. Gray above white below. Lighter than Hawaiian no black on underwings" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (3) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 13:16 by Peter Kaestner - Auto selected 34.17019, -121.66974, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.669739&<ll...>,-121.669739 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230227960 - Comments: "Several seen by group. Gray above white below. Lighter than Hawaiian no black on underwings" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (3) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 06:58 by Joseph Trezza - North Pacific Ocean (33.0349,-120.9851), Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.985062&<ll...>,-120.985062 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230116792 - Comments: "Multiple observers. Three solitary birds — silvery/gray above, white below, fast swooping light" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (2) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 07:42 by david parsley - San Juan Seamount (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9486666&<ll...>,-120.9486666 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230094106 - Comments: "Pale gray with contrasting dark wings" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (6) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 08:00 by Michael Weaver - WINGS 04.2025 2.3, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.0963028&<ll...>,-121.0963028 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230318099 - Comments: "Small gray backed petrel with white venter, seen briefly, 812, 818, 824, 827, 834, 837" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (6) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 08:00 by Ed Corey - WINGS 04.2025 2.3, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.0963028&<ll...>,-121.0963028 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230086407 - Comments: "Small gray backed petrel with white venter, seen briefly, 812, 818, 824, 827, 834, 837" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 09:00 by Ed Corey - WINGS 04.2025 2.4, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2912408&<ll...>,-121.2912408 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230117929 - Comments: "Smaller petrel, white belly, gray upper, 943" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 09:00 by Michael Weaver - WINGS 04.2025 2.4, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2912408&<ll...>,-121.2912408 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230318100 - Comments: "Smaller petrel, white belly, gray upper, 943" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (2) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 10:00 by Michael Weaver - WINGS 04.2025 2.5, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.3782117&<ll...>,-121.3782117 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230318101 - Comments: "Small gray and white petrel, 1011, 1053" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (2) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 10:00 by Ed Corey - WINGS 04.2025 2.5, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.3782117&<ll...>,-121.3782117 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230147684 - Comments: "Small gray and white petrel, 1011, 1053" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (2) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 11:00 by Ed Corey - WINGS 04.2025 2.6, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.4654343&<ll...>,-121.4654343 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230175450 - Comments: "Small gray and white petrel, 1117, 1155" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (2) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 11:00 by Michael Weaver - WINGS 04.2025 2.6, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.4654343&<ll...>,-121.4654343 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230318102 - Comments: "Small gray and white petrel, 1117, 1155" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 12:01 by Michael Weaver - WINGS 04.2025 2.7, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.5557026&<ll...>,-121.5557026 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230318103 - Comments: "Distant small gray and white petrel 1221" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 12:01 by Ed Corey - WINGS 04.2025 2.7, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.5557026&<ll...>,-121.5557026 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230200665 - Comments: "Distant small gray and white petrel 1221" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (7) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 13:00 by Ed Corey - WINGS 04.2025 2.8, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.648971&<ll...>,-121.648971 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230221964 - Comments: "Small gray and white petrels, 1312x2, 1325, 1332, 1346x3, 1353" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (7) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 13:00 by Michael Weaver - WINGS 04.2025 2.8, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.648971&<ll...>,-121.648971 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230318104 - Comments: "Small gray and white petrels, 1312x2, 1325, 1332, 1346x3, 1353" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (9) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 14:00 by Michael Weaver - WINGS 04.2025 2.9, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.7375127&<ll...>,-121.7375127 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230318105 - Comments: "Small petrels, gray backed with white bellies, 1402x5, 1410x3, 1411, 1416" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (9) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 14:00 by Ed Corey - WINGS 04.2025 2.9, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.7375127&<ll...>,-121.7375127 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230242966 - Comments: "Small petrels, gray backed with white bellies, 1402x5, 1410x3, 1411, 1416" Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 12:14 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/S230318327 - Media: 3 Photos - Comments: "First viewed at close range on north side of creek about half way between 6th-8th and later seen on south side at the end of 6th. Olive-grayish empid, blocky head with small dark bill and relatively steep forehead, complete but messy eye ring, and longer primary projection. Silent and didn’t notice much tail movement." Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) - Reported Apr 27, 2025 08:00 by Lynn Scarlett - Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230140595 - Comments: "continuing notched tail, yellow breast (no gray), large bill, slight black mask across eyes" Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) (2) - Reported Apr 26, 2025 09:08 by Dean Wrench - Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.84975&<ll...>,-119.84975 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230157046 - Media: 1 Photo - Comments: "See photo. Thin bill. 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