Date: 6/30/25 11:52 am From: Conor McMahon via groups.io <conormcmahon22...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Shorebirding at Coal Oil Point and Sands Beach
Thanks Florence, good stuff!
To add to the conversation on local beach coverage, I stopped by Goleta
Beach this morning a bit after the lowest tide and did a quick scan of the
beach and estuary. My only shorebird was a single Killdeer.
I did have fledglings of: Mallard, European Starling, House Finch, Song
Sparrow, and (always my favorite) Great-tailed Grackles. The latter were a
pair of young birds being fed by an adult female.
On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM Florence Sanchez via groups.io
<sanchezucsb11...> wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> Florence Sanchez
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