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*** Species Summary:

- Cackling Goose (Aleutian) (1 report)
- Costa's Hummingbird (1 report)
- Common Gallinule (1 report)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (5 reports)
- Solitary Sandpiper (6 reports)
- Reddish Egret (2 reports)
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (1 report)
- Golden-crowned Sparrow (1 report)

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Cackling Goose (Aleutian) (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 08:15 by Jamie Chavez
- Waller Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.9029675 ,-120.4392958&ll=34.9029675,-120.4392958
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116852832
- Comments: "Resident bird"

Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 14:31 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/S116870869
- Comments: "Continuing sun adult male defending flowers in backyard."

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)
- Reported Aug 14, 2022 08:33 by Tracy Drake
- 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/S116917706
- Comments: "Continuing bird. Photos to follow."

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 13:42 by George Chapman
- 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/S116872784
- Comments: "Continuing on NE mud bank about here 34.4428, -119.84859. Plump short-legged sandpiper. Mid sized bicolored bill, orange at base, dark at tip. Characteristic scalloping down breast sharply delineated at white belly. Dark brown crown. Orangish legs. About the size of a CA towhee, that dropped in for comparison. Scope view, too distant for a photo."

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 08:38 by David Compton
- 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/S116851064
- Comments: "Continuing adult, with distinct, heavily marked area on breast, colder than color of juvenile in this area; scalloped upper parts without any evident reddish color (but note that views were distant); plump overall shape. Much smaller than nearby Greater Yellowlegs, but larger than any peep. Some pale was evident on mandible when the light hit the bill. My assessment as an adult was partly based on views of the same bird a week ago, but also on the appearance of the breast area during this viewing. Because of the apparent small size, I assume this is a female."

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 08:23 by Noah Gaines
- 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/S116847851
- Comments: "Large peep with distinct breast band."

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 07:38 by Lori Gaskin
- 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/S116867695
- Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Observed in N/NE mudflat. Adjacent Greater Yellowlegs and Solitary Sandpiper provided size comparison - seemed to be same size as Solitary Sandpiper. Brown streaks on breast and white belly - separation of the two was distinct. Prominent brown stripping on head. Bicolored bill."

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 06:59 by Barry Rowan
- 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/S116854067
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing"

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 13:42 by George Chapman
- 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/S116872784
- Comments: "Continuing in NE of pond about here 34.4428, -119.84957. Short legged sandpiper, with a slender and long body. Uniform brown back with white spotting, white eye-ring and barred upper tail (seen flexing wings). Greenish-yellow legs much shorter than those of greater yellowlegs."

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 10:00 by Carmen Galaz Garca
- 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/S116886248
- Comments: "Medium sized shorebird, brownish above, white below and yellow legs. Moved body up and down like spotted sandpiper, but less frequently. Seen through scope from (34.4426742, -119.8502508)."

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 08:38 by David Compton
- 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/S116851064
- Comments: "Continuing. Medium-sized shorebird with eye ring; longish legs (color not discernible due to back lighting); straight, medium-length bill, longer that that of Spotted; dark brown above; and brown on breast."

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 08:23 by Noah Gaines
- 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/S116847851
- Comments: "Tringa smaller than a yellow legs."

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 07:38 by Lori Gaskin
- 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/S116867695
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Observed in N/NE mudflat. Prominent eye ring. Light/white spots on back. Brown breast, white below, and dark tail. Yellow/green legs."

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 06:59 by Barry Rowan
- 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/S116854067
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Medium sized sandpiper with yellow legs and bold, white eye-ring."

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) (1)
- Reported Aug 14, 2022 10:38 by David Compton
- 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/S116923877
- Comments: "Continuing juvenile"

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 18:29 by George Chapman
- 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/S116883373
- Comments: "Continuing on mudflats in creek, just north of old Beachside Restaurant about here 34.4176, -119.8286. Rusty brown head and neck, slate-gray back. Not a big as great blue heron, but bigger than snowy egret. Dancing about, outstretched wings, sometimes cupped over water."

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 11, 2022 11:00 by Gage Ricard
- Santa Barbara Harbor, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4078515 ,-119.6898863&ll=34.4078515,-119.6898863
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116857341
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Black, thick bill and finer, crisper streaking and spotting distinguish this juvenile YCNH from the more common BCNH"

Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 13, 2022 06:59 by Barry Rowan
- 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/S116854067
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing"

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