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Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) (1)
- Reported Nov 26, 2025 16:24 by Addie Willsrud
- Santa Barbara Channel--east channel (Santa Barbara County only), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5149421&<ll...>,-119.5149421 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S286351655 - Comments: "Perhaps a late bird. Small phalarope alone in a pile of debris. Small size, darkness on crown, and more broken/striped back pattern led us to Red-necked over Red."
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) (1)
- Reported Nov 26, 2025 16:24 by Natty Abrahams
- Santa Barbara Channel--east channel (Santa Barbara County only), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5149421&<ll...>,-119.5149421 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S286351653 - Comments: "Perhaps a late bird. Small phalarope alone in a pile of debris. Small size, darkness on crown, and more broken/striped back pattern led us to Red-necked over Red."
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) (1)
- Reported Nov 26, 2025 16:24 by Sam Simon
- Santa Barbara Channel--east channel (Santa Barbara County only), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5149421&<ll...>,-119.5149421 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S286351652 - Comments: "Perhaps a late bird. Small phalarope alone in a pile of debris. Small size, darkness on crown, and more broken/striped back pattern led us to Red-necked over Red."
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1)
- Reported Nov 27, 2025 06:50 by Tori Fay
- 1240 Via Dinero, Solvang US-CA 34.61654, -120.13098, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.130979&<ll...>,-120.130979 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S286366607 - Comments: "Repeatedly vocalizing from a low area of mixed bushes and open ground with white-crowned sparrows. Then it flushed and flew overhead while vocalizing (thin, high chip) before disappearing. Long thin tail. The body shape was right, but the lighting made it impossible to see field marks."
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