Date: 8/26/25 11:28 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Rufous Hummingbird (1 report)
- Reddish Egret (1 report)
- Bank Swallow (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) (1)
- Reported Aug 26, 2025 15:35 by Cristian Maquinalez
- Dutch bros, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.425449&<ll...>,-120.425449
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S269731691
- Comments: "Feeding at bush"

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) (1)
- Reported Aug 26, 2025 15:03 by Nancy Baron
- 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/S269761329
- Comments: "Reddish egret in the estuary at end of Sandpoint. Dark gray. Doing it’s dancing behavior and vigorously feeding. Photo."

Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) (1)
- Reported Aug 26, 2025 09:11 by David Mehlman
- 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/S269751173
- Comments: "Small brown-backed swallow with apparent breast band"

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