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*** Species Summary:

- Guadalupe Murrelet (1 report)
- Craveri's Murrelet (1 report)
- Arctic Tern (3 reports)
- Red-billed Tropicbird (1 report)
- Townsend's Storm-Petrel (3 reports)
- Hawaiian Petrel (1 report)
- Cook's Petrel (2 reports)
- Nazca Booby (1 report)
- Blue-footed Booby (1 report)
- Brown Booby (1 report)
- Blue-footed x Brown Booby (hybrid) (1 report)
- Red-footed Booby (1 report)
- Eastern Kingbird (3 reports)
- Bewick's Wren (2 reports)
- Northern Mockingbird (1 report)
- Tennessee Warbler (4 reports)
- Blackpoll Warbler (4 reports)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (4 reports)

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Guadalupe Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) (4)
- Reported Sep 07, 2022 08:36 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Offshore--Escarpment between Rodriguez and San Juan (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=33.5711497 ,-120.9979248&ll=33.5711497,-120.9979248
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578497
- Comments: "Two pairs. Black above, white below. White above the front of the eye. Photographed."

Craveri's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri) (10)
- Reported Sep 06, 2022 13:26 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Searcher: 33.6209, -120.0282; bearing WNW, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=33.620907 ,-120.028236&ll=33.620907,-120.028236
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578478
- Comments: "One group of 4, a second group of 6."

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) (16)
- Reported Sep 07, 2022 11:17 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Offshore--Escarpment between Rodriguez and San Juan (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=33.5711497 ,-120.9979248&ll=33.5711497,-120.9979248
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578507
- Comments: "Not uncommon and most sightings were of multiple birds, mostly clearly adults. Whiteish upperwings with fine black outline to outer primary and tips to primaries. Some photographed."

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) (12)
- Reported Sep 07, 2022 08:36 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Offshore--Escarpment between Rodriguez and San Juan (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=33.5711497 ,-120.9979248&ll=33.5711497,-120.9979248
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578497
- Comments: "Mostly adults. Pale upperwings with narrow black fringe on outer primary and primary tips. Some photographed."

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) (1)
- Reported Sep 07, 2022 07:30 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Rodriguez Seamount (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.1072564 ,-121.0748291&ll=34.1072564,-121.0748291
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578488
- Comments: "Adult. Whitish upperwings with narrow black edges along outer primary and primary tips."

Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) (1)
- Reported Sep 07, 2022 07:30 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Rodriguez Seamount (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.1072564 ,-121.0748291&ll=34.1072564,-121.0748291
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578488
- Comments: "Adult with one full-length tail feather, and one 2/3 length. It started on the water, then flew off. Many photos."

Townsend's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates socorroensis) (13)
- Reported Sep 07, 2022 11:17 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Offshore--Escarpment between Rodriguez and San Juan (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=33.5711497 ,-120.9979248&ll=33.5711497,-120.9979248
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578507
- Comments: "Mostly white rumped birds crossing the bow with other storm-petrels. Smaller, rounder-winged than Leachs. White-rumped birds easier to spot with large white rump patch. Some dark rumped birds no doubt got missed. Some photographed."

Townsend's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates socorroensis) (1)
- Reported Sep 07, 2022 08:36 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Offshore--Escarpment between Rodriguez and San Juan (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=33.5711497 ,-120.9979248&ll=33.5711497,-120.9979248
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578497
- Comments: "White-rumped: small storm-petrel with a long white rump patch."

Townsend's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates socorroensis) (1)
- Reported Sep 07, 2022 07:30 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Rodriguez Seamount (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.1072564 ,-121.0748291&ll=34.1072564,-121.0748291
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578488
- Comments: "Bold white rumped with rounder wings, shorter tail, more fluttering flight than Leachs."

Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1)
- Reported Sep 07, 2022 08:36 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Offshore--Escarpment between Rodriguez and San Juan (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=33.5711497 ,-120.9979248&ll=33.5711497,-120.9979248
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578497
- Comments: "Someone else will need to add notes and photos. I didnt get on it until it was a distant pterodroma sp."

Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (7)
- Reported Sep 07, 2022 11:17 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Offshore--Escarpment between Rodriguez and San Juan (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=33.5711497 ,-120.9979248&ll=33.5711497,-120.9979248
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578507
- Comments: "Arced by the boat in typical fashion. Small gray pterodroma with darker M pattern on upperwings. White below. Some photographed."

Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (21)
- Reported Sep 07, 2022 08:36 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Offshore--Escarpment between Rodriguez and San Juan (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=33.5711497 ,-120.9979248&ll=33.5711497,-120.9979248
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578497
- Comments: "Possibly a low count. There was a flurry of them arcing around the boat for a time, though sometimes obscured by fog as we went south. Small gray pterodromas with smudgy dark M pattern on upperparts , white below. Many photographed."

Nazca Booby (Sula granti) (1)
- Reported Sep 07, 2022 06:34 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Searcher: 33.9922, -120.5612; bearing ENE, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=33.992184 ,-120.561172&ll=33.992184,-120.561172
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578484
- Comments: "Near adult came cruising up the wake, circled the boat and departed. Pink-orange bill obvious. Photographed."

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) (2)
- Reported Sep 06, 2022 07:02 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Santa Barbara Island (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=33.475842 ,-119.035716&ll=33.475842,-119.035716
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578471
- Comments: "Continuing adults. Photographed."

Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) (30)
- Reported Sep 06, 2022 06:13 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Offshore--Santa Barbara Island vicinity (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=33.371762 ,-119.035291&ll=33.371762,-119.035291
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578468
- Comments: "Various ages passed the boat and followed the wake. No doubt from the colony on Santa Barbara Island."

Blue-footed x Brown Booby (hybrid) (Sula nebouxii x leucogaster) (1)
- Reported Sep 06, 2022 07:02 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Santa Barbara Island (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=33.475842 ,-119.035716&ll=33.475842,-119.035716
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578471
- Comments: "Continuing. Photographed."

Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) (1)
- Reported Sep 07, 2022 07:30 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Rodriguez Seamount (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.1072564 ,-121.0748291&ll=34.1072564,-121.0748291
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118578488
- Comments: "Warm, coffee regular-colored booby with dark pink bill came flying straight at the boat, circled once and shot off."

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 15:10 by Lucy London
- 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/S118596047
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Walked all around the lake without seeing it. When I got back to the willows where its been seen previously, I stopped and waited for 15-20 minutes, and it flew in. Called when it landed. Preened near Cassins kingbirds."

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 08:35 by Jeremy Cowan
- 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/S118568914
- Comments: "Continuing sighting, flew in in front of us and perched up"

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 08:35 by Oscar Moss
- 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/S118568630
- Comments: "Continuing sighting, flew in in front of us and perched up"

Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) (1)
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 08:50 by Bradley Hacker
- San Miguel Island / Tuqan (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.039094 ,-120.373038&ll=34.039094,-120.373038
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118572931
- Comments: "Picture"

Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) (2)
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 06:47 by Bradley Hacker
- San Miguel Island / Tuqan (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.039094 ,-120.373038&ll=34.039094,-120.373038
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118565629
- Comments: "Picture"

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) (1)
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 08:50 by Bradley Hacker
- San Miguel Island / Tuqan (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.039094 ,-120.373038&ll=34.039094,-120.373038
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118572931
- Comments: "Black, white, grey."

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 14:59 by John Callender
- Winchester One Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4343794 ,-119.8952786&ll=34.4343794,-119.8952786
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118595560
- Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird."

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 09:24 by Oscar Moss
- Winchester One Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4343794 ,-119.8952786&ll=34.4343794,-119.8952786
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118572219
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Similar to an orange-crowned warbler but with visible white extending from the undertail coverts up toward the bottom of the breast. Photos to be uploaded"

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 09:24 by Jeremy Cowan
- Winchester One Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4343794 ,-119.8952786&ll=34.4343794,-119.8952786
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118575472
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Similar to an orange-crowned warbler but with visible white extending from the undertail coverts up toward the bottom of the breast. Photos to be uploaded"

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 09:00 by Lynn Scarlett
- Winchester One Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4343794 ,-119.8952786&ll=34.4343794,-119.8952786
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118588834
- Comments: "pale belly, grayish-green back, eye stripe, seen by 6 other birders, some of whom photographed"

Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 09:58 by Linda Blue
- Winchester One Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4343794 ,-119.8952786&ll=34.4343794,-119.8952786
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118598218
- Comments: "Seen with several other birders. Found by Jeremy Cowan. Sophie and Jeremy pointed it out to me. Showed white wing bars, greenish back and pale underneath."

Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 09:24 by Jeremy Cowan
- Winchester One Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4343794 ,-119.8952786&ll=34.4343794,-119.8952786
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118575472
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Nice spot by Jeremy. Wingbars, supercillium, white undertail coverts, olive back. Photographed"

Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 09:24 by Oscar Moss
- Winchester One Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4343794 ,-119.8952786&ll=34.4343794,-119.8952786
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118572219
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Nice spot by Jeremy. Wingbars, supercillium, white undertail coverts, olive back. Photographed"

Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 09:00 by Lynn Scarlett
- Winchester One Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4343794 ,-119.8952786&ll=34.4343794,-119.8952786
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118588834
- Comments: "in Eucalyptus canopy, clear white wing bars, nonbreeding, stripy with pale yellowish wash. seen by 5 or 6 other birds who also photographed it"

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 14:59 by John Callender
- Winchester One Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4343794 ,-119.8952786&ll=34.4343794,-119.8952786
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118595560
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female."

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 13:12 by Steve Hovey
- Winchester One Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4343794 ,-119.8952786&ll=34.4343794,-119.8952786
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118589100
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing Female/Immature bird, foraging amongst the lerpy eucalyptus trees."

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 09:24 by Oscar Moss
- Winchester One Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4343794 ,-119.8952786&ll=34.4343794,-119.8952786
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118572219
- Comments: "Continuing"

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 12, 2022 09:24 by Jeremy Cowan
- Winchester One Open Space, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4343794 ,-119.8952786&ll=34.4343794,-119.8952786
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118575472
- Comments: "Continuing"

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