Date: 6/30/25 11:40 am From: Florence Sanchez via groups.io <sanchezucsb11...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Shorebirding at Coal Oil Point and Sands Beach
It's a bit early for migrating shorebirds, but the recent appearances of American golden Plover and White-rumped Sandpiper indicate that it's still worth checking the beaches in June. Over the past four mornings with a favorable low tide, I have been checking Coal Oil Point and the UCSB Beach to see if I could turn up anything else.
In general, the population has pretty much been the same flocks of large shorebirds: Long-billed Curlews, Whimbrels, Marble Godwits, Willets, and Black-bellied Plovers. Today, two additional Willets showed up (in different plumages than the two Willets that seem to have over-summered) and just as I was leaving, I had an adult Western Sandpiper for the first time this summer. I will keep checking this beach over the next few days as long as tide conditions are favorable. for morning viewing.
Florence Sanchez
