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*** Species Summary:

- Cattle Egret (2 reports)
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Yellow-crowned) (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (2 reports)
- Plumbeous Vireo (1 report)
- Gray Catbird (3 reports)
- Townsend's Solitaire (3 reports)
- Grasshopper Sparrow (2 reports)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (4 reports)
- White-throated Sparrow (1 report)
- Swamp Sparrow (7 reports)
- Yellow-breasted Chat (1 report)
- Tennessee Warbler (2 reports)
- Nashville Warbler (ridgwayi) (1 report)
- Blackburnian Warbler (4 reports)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (2 reports)
- Saffron Finch (1 report)

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Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 07:01 by John Callender
- Ocean Beach County Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.6909567 ,-120.6003785&ll=34.6909567,-120.6003785
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121448545
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird seen near the observation gazebo in the parking lot. Hanging around in the channels just east of that location."

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 27, 2022 12:32 by Steve Colwell
- Ocean Beach County Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.6909567 ,-120.6003785&ll=34.6909567,-120.6003785
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121423699
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird found by Nick Lethaby this morning. Was hidden in creek to the east of the observation platform, but raised its head above the greenery from time to time. Short yellow bill with "beard", and short neck and short black legs, compared to a Great Egret. Stuck to the creek area, working back and forth along the section mostly invisible from the observation platform. Of course."

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Yellow-crowned) (Nyctanassa violacea [violacea Group]) (2)
- Reported Oct 27, 2022 09:56 by Jim O'Neill
- 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/S121404142
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Photo"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 27, 2022 15:04 by Steve Colwell
- Chase Palm Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4154287 ,-119.6832574&ll=34.4154287,-119.6832574
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121423718
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "In sycamore to the SE of the bridge, some of the time on the same branch as the Plumbeous Vireo."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 11:07 by Thomas Turner
- UCSB--campus, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4148759 ,-119.8450041&ll=34.4148759,-119.8450041
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121452559
- Comments: "Big bill, yellow breast almost up to throat, lacking western and cassins field marks. In Noble Hall courtyard, flycatching from eucalyptus."

Plumbeous Vireo (Vireo plumbeus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 27, 2022 15:04 by Steve Colwell
- Chase Palm Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4154287 ,-119.6832574&ll=34.4154287,-119.6832574
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121423718
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird found by Ron Hirst this morning. In sycamore to the SE of the bridge."

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 06:00 by Ryanne Pritchard-Bee
- 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/S121465970
- Comments: "Continuing bird seen on 10/26."

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 06:00 by Freda Iverson
- 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/S121467686
- Comments: "Continuing bird seen on 10/26."

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 06:00 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/S121470004
- Comments: "Continuing bird seen on 10/26."

Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 06:00 by Freda Iverson
- 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/S121467686
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "See photo. Up figueora canyon near blue schist trail and road junction (34.7298475, -120.0304889). Vocalized after flying into several oak trees and out of view."

Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 06:00 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/S121470004
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "See photo. Up figueora canyon near blue schist trail and road junction (34.7298475, -120.0304889). Vocalized after flying into several oak trees and out of view."

Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 06:00 by Ryanne Pritchard-Bee
- 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/S121465970
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "See photo. Up figueora canyon near blue schist trail and road junction (34.7298475, -120.0304889). Vocalized after flying into several oak trees and out of view."

Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 07:45 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/S121451479
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Found on monthly NCOS survey, seen on the fence around here (34.4196605, -119.8796629). Photos"

Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 07:45 by Jeremy Cowan
- 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/S121452042
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Found on monthly NCOS survey, seen on the fence around here (34.4196605, -119.8796629). Photos"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 14:50 by Andrew Masaitis
- Gaviota SP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4727321 ,-120.228442&ll=34.4727321,-120.228442
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121473335
- Comments: "Continuing, small, skinny sparrow. Foraging in the mud flat, visible near 34.47280 N, 120.22815 W. Much smaller than Swamp Sparrows. Photos to follow. Life bird. Thank you for excellent reports earlier."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (2)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 11:00 by Lynn Scarlett
- Gaviota SP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4727321 ,-120.228442&ll=34.4727321,-120.228442
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121469366
- Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "see photos--smallish, light-colored chest, head had darker ear patch"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 09:58 by John Callender
- Gaviota SP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4727321 ,-120.228442&ll=34.4727321,-120.228442
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121450242
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird, presumably, from the group found earlier today by Jaime Chavez. Seen in the vicinity of the muddy creek bank near (34.4727893, -120.2282270)."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (2)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 07:50 by Jamie Chavez
- Gaviota SP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4727321 ,-120.228442&ll=34.4727321,-120.228442
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121447845
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Two birds present. Identified by gray nape, pale lores. Photos"

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 27, 2022 11:51 by Ken S
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Campgrounds to Scorpion Anchorage (no seawatch), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.0485102 ,-119.558174&ll=34.0485102,-119.558174
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121423377
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Sparrow with articulated white throat"

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (4)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 14:50 by Andrew Masaitis
- Gaviota SP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4727321 ,-120.228442&ll=34.4727321,-120.228442
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121473335
- Comments: "Continuing, foraging in the mud flat continuously for the duration of this checklist. Medium, rufous and gray pattern. Rufous wings. Minimum of 4. All 4 were visible in close proximity to each other. Viewable from 34.47280 N, 120.22815 W. Photos to follow."

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (3)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 11:00 by Lynn Scarlett
- Gaviota SP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4727321 ,-120.228442&ll=34.4727321,-120.228442
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121469366
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "very rusty wings/tail, grayish patch on cheek--see photos"

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (3)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 09:58 by John Callender
- Gaviota SP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4727321 ,-120.228442&ll=34.4727321,-120.228442
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121450242
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing birds found earlier today by Jaime Chavez. Seen in the vicinity of the muddy creek bank near (34.4727893, -120.2282270)."

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (3)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 07:50 by Jamie Chavez
- Gaviota SP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4727321 ,-120.228442&ll=34.4727321,-120.228442
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121447845
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Three birds on the exposed muddy shoreline of the creek. Observed from the campground side while standing on the ridge above. All three were feeding in the same general area, pecking on the mud and in the water. Photographed"

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 06:00 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/S121470004
- Comments: "Continuing bird seen on 10/26."

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 06:00 by Ryanne Pritchard-Bee
- 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/S121465970
- Comments: "Continuing bird seen on 10/26."

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 06:00 by Freda Iverson
- 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/S121467686
- Comments: "Continuing bird seen on 10/26."

Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 27, 2022 11:51 by Ken S
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Campgrounds to Scorpion Anchorage (no seawatch), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.0485102 ,-119.558174&ll=34.0485102,-119.558174
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121423377
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing just outside eastern edge of campground."

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 11:22 by Noah Arthur
- Carpinteria downtown tipus, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.399547 ,-119.517741&ll=34.399547,-119.517741
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121455092
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "(34.3982937, -119.5181984). Almost expected in tipus right now."

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 17:03 by Noah Arthur
- SBCC Campus--east, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.406046 ,-119.697433&ll=34.406046,-119.697433
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121473447
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "(34.4065525, -119.6968942), in the Magic Tipu. This tiny tipu is the only one on campus and always has warblers."

Nashville Warbler (ridgwayi) (Leiothlypis ruficapilla ridgwayi) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 11:22 by Noah Arthur
- Carpinteria downtown tipus, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.399547 ,-119.517741&ll=34.399547,-119.517741
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121455092
- Comments: "(34.3982937, -119.5181984). Clean-looking Nashville with bright golden-yellow breast, tail pumped while standing still."

Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 14:50 by Andrew Masaitis
- Gaviota SP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4727321 ,-120.228442&ll=34.4727321,-120.228442
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121473335
- Comments: "Continuing, brightly colored, orangish yellow throat, triangular cheek patch, visible near 34.47280 N, 120.22815 W and associating with Townsends Warbler. Both feeding on and around the mud flat. Photos to follow. Life bird. Thank you for excellent reports earlier."

Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 11:00 by Lynn Scarlett
- Gaviota SP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4727321 ,-120.228442&ll=34.4727321,-120.228442
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121469366
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "dark back, white wing bars, black patch on face, bright yellow throat, seen at same time as Townsend's--see photos"

Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 09:58 by John Callender
- Gaviota SP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4727321 ,-120.228442&ll=34.4727321,-120.228442
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121450242
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird found earlier today by Jaime Chavez. Seen in the vicinity of the muddy creek bank near (34.4727893, -120.2282270)."

Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 07:50 by Jamie Chavez
- Gaviota SP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4727321 ,-120.228442&ll=34.4727321,-120.228442
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121447845
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Bright fall male with a very yellow throat and upper breast, thin black streaks on the sides, speckled blackish facial pattern, fairly dark gray upperparts with whitish braces on the mantle. Legs and feet pale flesh to yellowish. It was feeding on the muddy ground with the Swamp Sparrows and would fly into the low brush above the ground. It also flew into the short willows on the same side where I was standing. At one point the bird flew toward me and was on the ground nearly at my feet (3 - 4 ft. away). It would disappear for a time, then return to the same area. I watched it 5 or six times in about one hour. Photographed"

Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 11:00 by Lynn Scarlett
- Gaviota SP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4727321 ,-120.228442&ll=34.4727321,-120.228442
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121469366
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "see photos, very light breast, greenish back, eye ring"

Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2022 07:50 by Jamie Chavez
- Gaviota SP, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4727321 ,-120.228442&ll=34.4727321,-120.228442
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121447845
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Possibly the same continuing fall bird but this seems unlikely given how much time has passed. Lime green upperparts and crown, gray face with a white eye ring, two yellowish wing bars. No apparent chestnut color on the flanks. This bird also flew toward me to feed on the ground very close to me for a few moments"

Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2022 11:36 by Libby Patten
- Stow Grove Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4483611 ,-119.846034&ll=34.4483611,-119.846034
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121453508
- Comments: "Bright yellow mostly with darker areas on wings. Blush of reddish orange around head. Perched on wooden fence just south of parking near caretakers house. Flew north towards picnic areas and couldnt find to get photo. Could be same bird seen here last summer. Probably an escapee."

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