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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 26, 2025 14:43 by Libby Patten
- Goleta Beach County Park (including east end of Goleta Slough), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.829812&<ll...>,-119.829812 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S290446080 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Heard twitter call first. Then perched close enough to show off its bright yellow underparts with lighter yellow near throat."
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 26, 2025 16:21 by Aaron Maizlish
- Cactus Lane Tipu, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5186087&<ll...>,-119.5186087 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S290430686 - Comments: "Continuing bird, flew up from the backyard with honeysuckle in it into the Tipu. Clear views, large relatively unstreaked warbler with white undersides and yellow breast and head."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 26, 2025 12:01 by David Compton
- Via Diego, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7566402&<ll...>,-119.7566402 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S290397563 - Comments: "Small, short-tailed warbler with dull yellow throat and upper breast; dingy whitish in belly, flanks, vent, and under tail coverts; gray under side of tail; short, spikey bill; and no wing bars. Gave a thin, sharp, not very loud chip. Was in Tipuana tipus at 3937 Via Diego, which a few doors up from the Bishop Diego tennis courts."
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