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Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) (1)
- Reported Apr 23, 2024 15:10 by Sangeet Khalsa
- Santa Cruz Island--main ranch, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7196054&<ll...>,-119.7196054 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S170024606 - Comments: "Small accipiter with short wings with rounded tips. Flat, squared-off tail tip. “Wrists” pushed forward, the head protruding less than Cooper’s. Seen briefly, high above the bridge over the creek at the entrance to the ranch."
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (2)
- Reported Apr 23, 2024 09:17 by John Callender
- Carpinteria Valley Memorial Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.525857&<ll...>,-119.525857 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S169959016 - Comments: "[09:20] Continuing adult male in the large bottlebrush trees at the northeast corner of the park. Small oriole with an extensive black hood and a dark chestnut body. Singing and calling.
[09:24] A second bird, continuing subadult male. Yellow body with a black bib, distinguished from a first-year Hooded Oriole by its relatively small size, relatively short beak, and (especially) by itsdistinctive vocalizations, which were very similar to those of the adult male Orchard Oriole seen at the same time."
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