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*** Species Summary:

- Eurasian Wigeon (2 reports)
- Greater Scaup (2 reports)
- Common Merganser (3 reports)
- Short-eared Owl (1 report)
- Vermilion Flycatcher (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (1 report)
- Swamp Sparrow (2 reports)
- Green-tailed Towhee (2 reports)
- Lucy's Warbler (1 report)
- Yellow Warbler (1 report)
- Painted Redstart (4 reports)

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Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) (1)
- Reported Jan 25, 2022 08:30 by Laurel S Luby
- Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.3996863 ,-119.5353699&ll=34.3996863,-119.5353699
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101432139
- Comments: "Seen with 23 American Wigeons at end of Santa Monica Creek. All red brown head with buff colored crown and forehead, black tipped bill."

Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) (1)
- Reported Jan 25, 2022 08:30 by Tom Beland
- Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.3996863 ,-119.5353699&ll=34.3996863,-119.5353699
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101431515
- Comments: "Seen with 23 American Wigeons at end of Santa Monica Creek. All red brown head with buff colored crown and forehead, black tipped bill."

Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) (2)
- Reported Jan 24, 2022 12:45 by Steve Hovey
- Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4136013 ,-119.8756027&ll=34.4136013,-119.8756027
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101397542
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Two individuals diving south of the bridge to nowhere with 10 Lesser Scaups. Eyes closer to the crown of the head. No discernable peak. Large bills."

Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2022 11:30 by Joan Lentz
- Rancho Goleta Mobile Home Park (limited access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4242396 ,-119.8238146&ll=34.4242396,-119.8238146
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101396771
- Comments: "There's a twosome of a Greater Scaup in female type plumage that is paired with a male Lesser Scaup. The female's rounded brown head with the eye closer to the top of the head than the Lesser Scaup's is a good indication of Greater. Lesser Scaup show peaked purple head. Look at the large bill that the female type has, plus the sizeable nail that hangs off the front of it. I think this is a Greater Scaup."

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Jan 25, 2022 07:50 by Linda Blue
- Rancho Goleta Mobile Home Park (limited access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4242396 ,-119.8238146&ll=34.4242396,-119.8238146
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101436635
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing"

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Jan 25, 2022 07:50 by David Blue
- Rancho Goleta Mobile Home Park (limited access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4242396 ,-119.8238146&ll=34.4242396,-119.8238146
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101436634
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing"

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2022 11:30 by Joan Lentz
- Rancho Goleta Mobile Home Park (limited access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4242396 ,-119.8238146&ll=34.4242396,-119.8238146
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101396771
- Comments: "Saw a beautiful individual with orange-red bill that has a wide base at the head, good for CoMe. This is perhaps a male, since it does show clean white wing patches against the pale gray of its back plumage. Like all mergansers, it had the scissor-like indentations along the length of the pointed bill. Excellent viewing."

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2022 16:26 by margeNdon thornton
- More Mesa, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4215576 ,-119.7963064&ll=34.4215576,-119.7963064
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101392110
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "found sitting on a dry bush in the middle of the mesa just before sunset. Subsequently seen flying over the mesa and dropping out of sight."

Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2022 13:08 by Mark O'Keefe
- Jack O'Connell Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.9586988 ,-120.5904007&ll=34.9586988,-120.5904007
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101370084
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Picture to follow"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2022 12:32 by Steve Colwell
- Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4215353 ,-119.6572856&ll=34.4215353,-119.6572856
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101368294
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing between 2nd and 3rd platforms."

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2022 08:04 by Linda Blue
- Village at Los Carneros (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4351481 ,-119.8612975&ll=34.4351481,-119.8612975
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101394047
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "First found by Conor McMahon on January 14, and continuing in the same location: among the rocks in the drainage ditch just northeast of the culvert and also in and beneath the laurel sumac on the far bank. Bright reddish-brown wings and shoulders, rufous crown, gray face and collar and a dark line through eye."

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2022 08:04 by David Blue
- Village at Los Carneros (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4351481 ,-119.8612975&ll=34.4351481,-119.8612975
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101394046
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "First found by Conor McMahon on January 14, and continuing in the same location: among the rocks in the drainage ditch just northeast of the culvert and also in and beneath the laurel sumac on the far bank. Bright reddish-brown wings and shoulders, rufous crown, gray face and collar and a dark line through the eye."

Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2022 08:04 by Linda Blue
- Village at Los Carneros (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4351481 ,-119.8612975&ll=34.4351481,-119.8612975
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101394047
- Comments: "Continuing bird since January 1, 2022. Below the bushes on the right (east) just prior to the turnoff into the open grassy area. A gray towhee with green nape, back, wings and tail, a rufous crown and a white throat."

Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2022 08:04 by David Blue
- Village at Los Carneros (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4351481 ,-119.8612975&ll=34.4351481,-119.8612975
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101394046
- Comments: "Continuing bird since January 1, 2022. Below the bushes on the right (east) just prior to the turnoff into the open grassy area. A gray towhee with green nape, back, wings and tail, a rufous crown and a white throat."

Lucy's Warbler (Leiothlypis luciae) (1)
- Reported Jan 25, 2022 08:44 by Eve Martin
- Padaro Lane, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4149939 ,-119.5743942&ll=34.4149939,-119.5743942
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101438969
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing rarity found by Eric C. on Jan 10. Seen across from 3505 Padaro Ln in the yellow flowering willows along the highway at N 3424'48.8268" W 11933'25.4772" from around 10 - 10:30am. This is a bit farther west than most birders have reported it. The bird did spend some time in the tall eucalyptus trees adjacent but was much easier to see when it came back to the smaller, thinner willows. A short-tailed warbler with pale gray upperparts, no wingbars, pale eyering and whitish undersides. We didn't get to see the salmon-colored rump but it seems to be visible in a few of the pics."

Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) (1)
- Reported Jan 25, 2022 08:44 by Eve Martin
- Padaro Lane, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4149939 ,-119.5743942&ll=34.4149939,-119.5743942
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101438969
- Comments: "Continuing rarity, seen near the eastern end of Padaro Lane. A pretty bright overall yellow warbler with yellow feathering to the tip of the undertail."

Painted Redstart (Myioborus pictus) (1)
- Reported Jan 25, 2022 08:15 by Victoria Shaw
- Rocky Nook Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4417606 ,-119.7114365&ll=34.4417606,-119.7114365
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101431891
- Comments: "Most likely the same bird at a new location. Just west of western border of park, north of Horse Trail sign, in oak by gate in chain link fence."

Painted Redstart (Myioborus pictus) (1)
- Reported Jan 25, 2022 08:15 by Guy Tingos
- Rocky Nook Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4417606 ,-119.7114365&ll=34.4417606,-119.7114365
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101431196
- Comments: "Most likely the same bird at a new location. Just west of western border of park, north of Horse Trail sign, in oak by gate in chain link fence."

Painted Redstart (Myioborus pictus) (1)
- Reported Jan 25, 2022 08:15 by R Dennis Ringer
- Rocky Nook Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4417606 ,-119.7114365&ll=34.4417606,-119.7114365
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101432923
- Comments: "Most likely the same bird at a new location. Just west of western border of park, north of Horse Trail sign, in oak by gate in chain link fence."

Painted Redstart (Myioborus pictus) (1)
- Reported Jan 25, 2022 08:15 by Maggie Silverstein
- Rocky Nook Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4417606 ,-119.7114365&ll=34.4417606,-119.7114365
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101434582
- Comments: "Most likely the same bird at a new location. Just west of western border of park, north of Horse Trail sign, in oak by gate in chain link fence."

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