*** Species Summary:

- Cackling Goose (1 report)
- Bufflehead (2 reports)
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (1 report)

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Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) (1)
- Reported May 04, 2023 09:20 by Mark Hays
- 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/S136055753
- Comments: "Apparent resident goose. Mixed with other geese and ducks around the main pond."

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 04, 2023 08:11 by Linda Blue
- Haskell's Beach, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.43042 ,-119.915231&ll=34.43042,-119.915231
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S136048719
- Comments: "Female with distinctive oval white patch on the cheek."

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 04, 2023 08:11 by David Blue
- Haskell's Beach, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.43042 ,-119.915231&ll=34.43042,-119.915231
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S136048718
- Comments: "Female with distinctive oval white patch on the cheek."

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1)
- Reported May 04, 2023 14:12 by John Callender
- Lake Jocelyn, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.3919961 ,-119.4772805&ll=34.3919961,-119.4772805
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S136085615
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Subadult concealed in the shoreside vegetation on the north side of the lake. First time Ive seen one at this location."

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