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*** Species Summary:

- Costa's Hummingbird (1 report)
- Common Gallinule (1 report)
- Pacific Golden-Plover (2 reports)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (1 report)
- Orchard Oriole (1 report)
- Bullock's Oriole (1 report)
- Tennessee Warbler (1 report)
- Lucy's Warbler (1 report)
- MacGillivray's Warbler (1 report)
- Palm Warbler (Western) (1 report)
- Summer Tanager (4 reports)

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Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2022 11:29 by David Compton
- 6515 Pardall Rd, Goleta US-CA (34.4131,-119.8543), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.413087 ,-119.854342&ll=34.413087,-119.854342
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S124920474
- Comments: "Female feeding on low shrubs with pink blossoms on N side of Cordoba at east end of road, on right side of driveway into parking lot of LDS Institute of Religion. Alerted by call."

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2022 15:18 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/S124934997
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Ongoing. Photos"

Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2022 07:50 by Dennis Doordan
- East Beach, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4158318 ,-119.6733427&ll=34.4158318,-119.6733427
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S124907087
- Comments: "7:20 am Spotted along the edge of the line of iceplants along the crest of the dune, east of the large concrete box and boulders on the beach."

Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2022 13:38 by Eli Gross
- Mission Creek outflow (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4127959 ,-119.6869361&ll=34.4127959,-119.6869361
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S124937128
- Comments: "Continuing individual. Photos"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Dec 29, 2022 08:00 by Jim Hodgson
- Happy Canyon & Alisos Rd, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.6226975 ,-120.0008297&ll=34.6226975,-120.0008297
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S124900899
- Comments: "Approximately here: 34.632216, -120.001414. Spizella perched on a small bare tree along the roadside, near the end of Alisos Rd. Small clear-breasted sparrow associating with a large flock of Lark and White-crowned sparrows. We briefly saw the bird through a spotting scope before it flew down and we lost it in the farm field. Warm, buff-colored upper breast, white lower breast and belly, no central spot. Contrasting gray nape and back of the head, narrow white central crown stripe. Fairly strong malar stripes. We ruled out Brewer's due to more richly colored warm buff tones overall. A warm-toned Chipping could be a candidate but our general impression was that it was not like the Chipping Sparrows we have seen before, and we immediately thought of Clay-colored with its extensive gray nape. We did not really see the back of the bird at all."

Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2022 11:54 by Teale Fristoe
- Santa Monica Creek, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4070435 ,-119.5278168&ll=34.4070435,-119.5278168
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S124917527
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Third time looking for this bird this week. Finally found further south than expected, in trees lacking foliage around 34.405726,-119.528408. It then flew south into a fig tree where I eventually tracked it down, but it quickly flew to the east side of the path behind a fence."

Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) (3)
- Reported Dec 30, 2022 11:29 by David Compton
- 6515 Pardall Rd, Goleta US-CA (34.4131,-119.8543), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.413087 ,-119.854342&ll=34.413087,-119.854342
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S124920474
- Comments: "2 dull females and 1 imm male at the east end of Cordoba in eucalyptus with lots of Yellow-rumpeds"

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2022 08:27 by Guy Tingos
- 5049 Walnut Park Drive, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.4508251 ,-119.7977167&ll=34.4508251,-119.7977167
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S124947277
- Comments: "Continuing"

Lucy's Warbler (Leiothlypis luciae) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2022 11:17 by Eunice Schroeder
- Nopalitos USPS Parking Lot, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.419421 ,-119.678171&ll=34.419421,-119.678171
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S124914377
- Comments: "Continuing. Overall gray bird, paler whitish below, darker above, plain face with dark eye prominent (I couldn't see rump). In tipu tree with a lot of Townsend's and some Yellow-rumped warblers."

MacGillivray's Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2022 08:50 by David Compton
- Isla Vista west of Camino Pescadero, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.411589 ,-119.862858&ll=34.411589,-119.862858
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S124910790
- Comments: "Complete gray hood (with no black), white eye arcs, solid yellow underneath below where the hood ended in the lower to middle breast. Flat spik call drew my attention to the bird. On Sabado Tarde just east of Camino Lindo."

Palm Warbler (Western) (Setophaga palmarum palmarum) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2022 08:50 by David Compton
- Isla Vista west of Camino Pescadero, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.411589 ,-119.862858&ll=34.411589,-119.862858
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S124910790
- Comments: "Warbler with long tail, which it bobbed repeatedly, rusty cap, yellow under tail coverts, whitish underparts orherwise, with dark streaking. In garden at Tipi Village."

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2022 13:00 by Lynn Oldt
- 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/S124948333
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "feeding in trees along the path directly to Stow House."

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2022 13:00 by Bob Fields
- 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/S124948187
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "feeding in trees along the path directly to Stow House."

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2022 11:57 by Annette Bennett
- 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/S124929541
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Initially heard at Stow house, then confirmed by sight."

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2022 12:35 by John Callender
- Maria Ygnacio Creek between Hollister Ave and US 101, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.439234 ,-119.80664&ll=34.439234,-119.80664
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S124923377
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Female-type bird, high in a eucalyptus on the east side of the creek just north of Hollister, near (34.4362047, -119.8065345)."

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