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*** Species Summary:

- Costa's Hummingbird (2 reports)
- Rufous Hummingbird (1 report)
- Common Gallinule (1 report)
- Common Gallinule (American) (2 reports)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (3 reports)
- Reddish Egret (2 reports)
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (2 reports)

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Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) (1)
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 07:12 by Noah Gaines
- Noah's House near LLC, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4425134 ,-119.8438311&ll=34.4425134,-119.8438311
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116843560
- Comments: "Heard sputtering call"

Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 12, 2022 17:15 by Noah Gaines
- Noah's House near LLC, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4425134 ,-119.8438311&ll=34.4425134,-119.8438311
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116812579
- Comments: "Continue in sub adult male guarding the flowers. Hint of purple gorget"

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) (1)
- Reported Aug 12, 2022 17:36 by Ken S
- Coronado Dr.--south end (Goleta Monarch Grove), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4232079 ,-119.8898008&ll=34.4232079,-119.8898008
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116819392
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "A tiny bird sitting in the grove near residential and other hummingbirds, mostly Allens. This one very rufous sides of chest, back, head. dark neck gives head and overall continuous dark appearance, contrasting light line where gorget and body meet."

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 12, 2022 15:14 by John Deacon
- Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.8732266 ,-120.4130104&ll=34.8732266,-120.4130104
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116807716
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Ongoing bird. Came back in hopes of getting good pics. Battery dead in camera. I used my new Canon 400m zoom pocket cam. Photos not much better but you can see diagnostic features including red bill and head shield."

Common Gallinule (American) (Gallinula galeata [galeata Group]) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 12, 2022 09:09 by The Kingbirder
- Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.8732266 ,-120.4130104&ll=34.8732266,-120.4130104
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116777929
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "*Rare but regular. Continuing young bird found by John Deacon yesterday. According to JD, this is a first for this pond. Crappy pics."

Common Gallinule (American) (Gallinula galeata [galeata Group]) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 12, 2022 09:09 by Long-eared Owl
- Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.8732266 ,-120.4130104&ll=34.8732266,-120.4130104
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116777932
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "*Rare but regular. Continuing young bird found by John Deacon yesterday. According to JD, this is a first for this pond. Crappy pics."

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 12, 2022 16:45 by Kaylan Wessels
- 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/S116818750
- Comments: "Continuing, foraging along the edge of the northwest beach. Seen briefly in flight in transit to reeds on eastern edge of north shore. Smaller than the nearby yellowlegs but slightly larger and more elongated than the spotted sandpiper. Clear delineation between dark breast and white belly, no bobbing motion of the tail while foraging. Photos and videos."

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 12, 2022 11:24 by Joan Lentz
- 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/S116817091
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing at northwest beachy area of the lake. Brown streaked breast, dull yellow legs, white belly. Smaller than the Greater Yellowlegs and a little larger than the Spotted Sandpiper. At times, all three birds were foraging near each other close to waters edge. Poor distant photos."

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 12, 2022 11:24 by Libby Patten
- 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/S116805734
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing at northwest beachy area of the lake. Brown streaked breast, dull yellow legs, white belly. Smaller than the Greater Yellowlegs and a little larger than the Spotted Sandpiper. At times, all three birds were foraging near each other close to waters edge. Poor distant photos."

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 12, 2022 10:10 by Lori Gaskin
- Goleta Beach County Park (including east end of Goleta Slough), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4171771 ,-119.829812&ll=34.4171771,-119.829812
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116779724
- Comments: "Continuing. Clearly observed from the observation platform successfully fishing in the inflow associated with the rising tide."

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 12, 2022 08:24 by Thomas Turner
- Goleta Beach County Park (including east end of Goleta Slough), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4171771 ,-119.829812&ll=34.4171771,-119.829812
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116773090
- Comments: "Continuing small egret with gray body and reddish neck, about the size of a Snowy Egret."

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 12, 2022 08:19 by Rob Denholtz
- CA, Carpinteria, Carpinteria Salt Marsh & Beach, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.3978981 ,-119.5374513&ll=34.3978981,-119.5374513
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116780359
- Comments: "Juv."

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 12, 2022 08:24 by Thomas Turner
- Goleta Beach County Park (including east end of Goleta Slough), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4171771 ,-119.829812&ll=34.4171771,-119.829812
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116773090
- Comments: "Adult with thick black bill and bold black and white face pattern."

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