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*** Species Summary:

- Eurasian Wigeon (1 report)
- Greater Scaup (1 report)
- Swamp Sparrow (4 reports)
- Green-tailed Towhee (1 report)
- Lucy's Warbler (1 report)
- Yellow Warbler (1 report)
- Palm Warbler (1 report)
- Summer Tanager (1 report)

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Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 25, 2022 08:30 by Paul Cronshaw
- 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/S101561729
- 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) (1)
- Reported Jan 28, 2022 09:13 by Aaron Kreisberg
- 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/S101594880
- Comments: "Female bird with a flatter, rounded head relative to the adjacent Lesser Scaups. Also eyes closer to the top of the head and lots of white a base of bill. At times distinguishing was difficult as birds dove and moved though a couple definitive looks were had and COPR's steward agreed on the bird looking different relative to the other scaup when looking through my scope."

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 28, 2022 07:15 by Marjorie Erickson
- Sedgwick Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.692571 ,-120.0405478&ll=34.692571,-120.0405478
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101605666
- Comments: "Continuing"

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 28, 2022 07:15 by Laura Baldwin
- Sedgwick Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.692571 ,-120.0405478&ll=34.692571,-120.0405478
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101596300
- Comments: "Continuing"

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 28, 2022 07:15 by Marjorie Popper
- Sedgwick Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.692571 ,-120.0405478&ll=34.692571,-120.0405478
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101603467
- Comments: "Continuing"

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 28, 2022 12:49 by George Chapman
- Tecolotito Creek, north of Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.431691 ,-119.8583293&ll=34.431691,-119.8583293
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101604281
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing, foraging between rocks along shadowed edges of rocky culvert per Libby Patten's expert tip. Short rounded tail sparrow with chestnut wings, faintly streaked breast, dark cap, strongly streaked back. Waited where the culvert meets the dirt path/road (34.434485, -119.860894)"

Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 28, 2022 12:49 by George Chapman
- Tecolotito Creek, north of Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.431691 ,-119.8583293&ll=34.431691,-119.8583293
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101604281
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing, gray towhee with yellow-green wings and tail, strong white throat and red crown. Under small sycamore by the two benches at little SE of gazebo, about here 34.435066, -119.861531."

Lucy's Warbler (Leiothlypis luciae) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 28, 2022 07:52 by Derek Hameister
- 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/S101590808
- Comments: "Continuing bird at 3505. Overall grayish warbler with slightly yellow undertail, complete eyering, long tail and chestnut cap."

Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 28, 2022 07:52 by Derek Hameister
- 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/S101590808
- Comments: "Continuing bird at 3545. Overall yellow with thicker, Less pointed, and pinkish bill than OCWA. Giving distinctive chip notes.white eyering."

Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 28, 2022 10:29 by Alex Castelein
- UCSB North Campus Open Space (formerly Ocean Meadows Golf Course), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4198459 ,-119.8792197&ll=34.4198459,-119.8792197
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101601484
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Found at 10:48 foraging with a flock of wcsp and pipits under a eucalyptus at these coords (34.4207505, -119.8723244). The flock got flushed by a plane and I had no luck refinding it. Photos"

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 28, 2022 16:00 by Andrew Masaitis
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.44322 ,-119.84975&ll=34.44322,-119.84975
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101616324
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Finally got it. Lots of attempts to get this one again for 2022 before it leaves. Foraged near the tops of the two tall red berry trees SE and NE corners of Stow House and occasionally visible in nearby tall tree at SE corner. Only brief views since it tended to forage in the secondary layers. First views at 4:07pm. Diagnostic photos only, but Ill take it. Large dull yellow tanager with no wing bars and a heavy bill. Some reddish coloration around the rump."

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