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*** Species Summary:

- Eurasian Wigeon (1 report)
- White-winged Scoter (2 reports)
- Common Merganser (1 report)
- Red-naped Sapsucker (2 reports)
- Tropical Kingbird (2 reports)
- Swamp Sparrow (2 reports)
- Lucy's Warbler (1 report)
- Yellow Warbler (1 report)

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Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) (1)
- Reported Mar 09, 2022 12:43 by Spencer Seale
- Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.3961231 ,-119.5283666&ll=34.3961231,-119.5283666
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S104512080
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing in Santa Monica Creek just south of railroad tracks."

White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 08, 2022 08:00 by Kenna Hickman
- UCSB--Campus Lagoon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4076516 ,-119.845165&ll=34.4076516,-119.845165
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S104476498
- Comments: "Continuing"

White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) (1)
- Reported Mar 08, 2022 08:00 by Maggie Silverstein
- UCSB--Campus Lagoon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4076516 ,-119.845165&ll=34.4076516,-119.845165
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S104474843
- Comments: "Continuing"

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Mar 09, 2022 10:24 by Mark Holmgren
- Carpinteria Creek Estuary, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.3907409 ,-119.5198238&ll=34.3907409,-119.5198238
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S104512088
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "I've never seen these two bird species together and so photographically available. Common Merganser is on the left, then left, then right in the 3 photos. The Common is the larger bird with the well-delineated white chin, richer auburn-colored head. These photos support the idea that the distinguishing features put forth in field guides are not perfectly clear cut."

Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) (1)
- Reported Mar 09, 2022 06:37 by Guy Tingos
- 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/S104510709
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Photos."

Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) (1)
- Reported Mar 09, 2022 06:37 by Peter Schneekloth
- 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/S104517293
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Photos."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Mar 09, 2022 08:54 by Linda Blue
- UCSB--Campus Lagoon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4076516 ,-119.845165&ll=34.4076516,-119.845165
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S104511778
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing bird seen across the road from the Marine Lab. Compared to a Cassins Kingbird, this bird had a lighter gray head and a longer, larger bill, and the yellow on the belly was brighter and extended farther up the breast toward the neck. The tail was notched."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Mar 09, 2022 08:54 by David Blue
- UCSB--Campus Lagoon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4076516 ,-119.845165&ll=34.4076516,-119.845165
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S104511777
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing bird seen across the road from the Marine Lab. Compared to a Cassins Kingbird, this bird had a lighter gray head and a longer, larger bill, and the yellow on the belly was brighter and extended farther up the breast toward the neck. The tail was notched."

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1)
- Reported Mar 09, 2022 06:37 by Guy Tingos
- 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/S104510709
- Comments: "Continuing"

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1)
- Reported Mar 09, 2022 06:37 by Peter Schneekloth
- 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/S104517293
- Comments: "Continuing"

Lucy's Warbler (Leiothlypis luciae) (1)
- Reported Mar 09, 2022 08:22 by Mark Holmgren
- 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/S104498220
- Comments: "Small warbler with no undertail spots. Very bland looking bird throughout. Face showed only white eyering with diffuse white area around eyering on a slightly darker face. Bill thin and pointed. My look was brief and in that time I saw no color whatsoever on the bird."

Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) (1)
- Reported Mar 09, 2022 08:22 by Mark Holmgren
- 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/S104498220
- Comments: "Plain-faced all yellow bird with yellow undertail spots."

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