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Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) (2)
- Reported Feb 28, 2026 11:05 by David Blue
- Cachuma Lake Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9579144&<ll...>,-119.9579144 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S304715377 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Seen from the road toward the Mohawk camping area while looking east from north of Drake Cove. These two male Greater Scaup looked identical with each showing a greenish iridescence to the head, yellow eyes, black breast, medium gray back, and bright white sides lacking the vermiculations that give Lesser Scaup their dirtier appearance. Compared to a Lesser Scaup, each of these birds had a smoothly rounded head (without a tall peak), puffier cheeks, and a larger, broader bill with a wide triangular black tip. These were possibly the same Greater Scaup reported two months ago by Mark Holmgren on the 30 December 2025 Christmas Bird Count."
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) (2)
- Reported Feb 28, 2026 11:05 by Linda Blue
- Cachuma Lake Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9579144&<ll...>,-119.9579144 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S304817061 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Seen from the road toward the Mohawk camping area while looking east from north of Drake Cove. These two male Greater Scaup looked identical with each showing a greenish iridescence to the head, yellow eyes, black breast, medium gray back, and bright white sides lacking the vermiculations that give Lesser Scaup their dirtier appearance. Compared to a Lesser Scaup, each of these birds had a smoothly rounded head (without a tall peak), puffier cheeks, and a larger, broader bill with a wide triangular black tip. These were possibly the same Greater Scaup reported two months ago by Mark Holmgren on the 30 December 2025 Christmas Bird Count."
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Mar 01, 2026 06:48 by Maggie Sherriffs
- Tecolotito creek at Glen Annie and Cathedral Oaks, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.874839&<ll...>,-119.874839 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S305041664 - Comments: "First detected by repeated descending 3-note call, less scratchy than western tanager. Large tanager with bigger bill than western. Mostly yellow, head/hood blotchy red. Red blotch on vent. Looked like a first spring male. Toward the south end of the DPHS oak woodland."
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