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Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1)
- Reported Aug 20, 2025 07:30 by Eunice Schroeder
- 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...>,-119.8792197&<ll...>,-119.8792197 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S268457099 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing bird foraging in northwest pond; first reported yesterday (8/19/25) by Lynn Scarlet. Medium-sized shorebird with small white spots on brown back and prominent white eye-ring. Photo."
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 19, 2025 08:45 by Pamela Viale
- 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...>,-119.8792197&<ll...>,-119.8792197 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S268303840 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Medium sized bird with darker spotted back, white underparts, medium sized darker bill (yellow green at base with darker tip) with slight streaking of breast annd throat and bold white eye ring. Yellow green legs. Actively foraging in western pond of NCOS, first spotted by Lynn Scarlett."
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 19, 2025 08:45 by Adrian O'Loghlen
- 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...>,-119.8792197&<ll...>,-119.8792197 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S268315780 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Medium sized bird with darker spotted back, white underparts, medium sized darker bill (yellow green at base with darker tip) with slight streaking of breast annd throat and bold white eye ring. Yellow green legs. Actively foraging in western pond of NCOS, first spotted by Lynn Scarlett."
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Aug 17, 2025 11:42 by Tracy Drake
- Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Preserve, including Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6473815&<ll...>,-120.6473815 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S267943757 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Could have been two. Small tern looking much like a Forster's thought he black eye patch wrapped around the head and The coloring in the primary wing margins was present but negligible."
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