Date: 8/24/25 8:28 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Forster's Tern (1 report)
- Reddish Egret (2 reports)
- Cedar Waxwing (2 reports)

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Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) (1)
- Reported Aug 23, 2025 19:59 by Murphy N
- 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/S269114239
- Comments: "One mixed into a group"

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) (1)
- Reported Aug 24, 2025 17:51 by Mario Ramos
- Carpinteria Creek Estuary, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5198238&<ll...>,-119.5198238
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S269370036
- Comments: "Continuing. Same location as reported yesterday. Will provide photos this evening."

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) (1)
- Reported Aug 24, 2025 08:01 by Kim Stackpole
- Carpinteria Creek Estuary, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5198238&<ll...>,-119.5198238
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S269243213
- Comments: "Continuing: juvenile slate colored with light reddish tint. Obvious light red under neck. In creek circling."

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) (5)
- Reported Aug 23, 2025 07:56 by David Wappler
- Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4986129&<ll...>,-119.4986129
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S269153434

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) (1)
- Reported Aug 24, 2025 11:04 by Kelly Krechmer
- 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/S269330064
- Comments: "Recorded and photographed in a pine tree - only one. I used playback to get it to call again for proof. It responded. Recordings are response. It tried to find the other waxwing and the left headed toward the south"

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