Date: 3/8/26 10:24 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Red-tailed Hawk (1 report)
- Western Kingbird (1 report)
- American Robin (1 report)
- Orchard Oriole (1 report)
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Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (1)
- Reported Mar 08, 2026 15:48 by Eric Culbertson
- La Tierra Lane, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.5250139&<ll...>,-119.5250139 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S307447730 - Comments: "Very small, crimson colored oriole with black hood, dark short strait bill and extensive white on dark folded wings. I thought there was some pale grayish color in mantle. Seen alongside Hooded oriole foraging in Live oak, red trumpet vine (Distictis buccinatoria) - and seemed to be following the hooded around. I wonder if this is the bird which has wintered nearby at El Carro lane so many years - although not seen there this winter? May have been softly singing and calling while concealed in live oak but hooded was vocalizing a lot and I may have confused the two."
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