Date: 8/12/25 2:13 am
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Blue-winged Teal (1 report)
- Forster's Tern (1 report)
- Reddish Egret (1 report)

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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.

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Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) (3)
- Reported Aug 11, 2025 14:42 by Justin Graves
- Goleta Sanitary District Plant (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.83231&<ll...>,-119.83231
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S266665504
- Comments: "Immature or females. Light blue wing patches seen in flight."

Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) (3)
- Reported Aug 11, 2025 15:45 by Lynn Scarlett
- Mission Creek outflow, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6869361&<ll...>,-119.6869361
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S266694179
- Comments: "Smallish tern, black bill, black “mask”, orange legs—photos to come"

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) (1)
- Reported Aug 11, 2025 11:02 by Peter Gaede
- 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/S266697857
- Comments: "One of the continuing juveniles was present at the estuary mouth. All dark bill. Gray blue and rusty tones on wings and body."

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