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Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1)
- Reported Aug 21, 2025 08:30 by Barbara Millett
- 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/S268621128 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Medium-sized shorebird, olive-brown above and bright white below. Pale spots on back, Large, prominent eye-ring. Greenish-yellow legs. Would often bob the back end of body. Foraging in NW pond. Just before 9:00 a.m. it flew off to the east. I waited about 5 min.,but it did not return."
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1)
- Reported Aug 21, 2025 05:45 by The Spotting Twohees
- 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/S268574763 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing first seen by Lynn Scarlett 8/19. When I arrived it was still too dark to see bird colors, but I could see movement and sandpipers on the pond. I could pick out the Solitary by the overall larger size and long length.
Head had a dark cap and white eye ring. Yellowish legs. White spots on dark wings, white undertail, belly, and lower breast."
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1)
- Reported Aug 20, 2025 18:38 by Mario Ramos
- 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/S268513197 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing Solitary Sandpiper at NCOS, observed again this afternoon at the most western pond. As reported yesterday and this morning. Foraging along the muddy edge. Notable field marks, bold white eye ring. Compared to nearby Least Sandpipers, the Solitary appeared larger, longer-legged, and slimmer, with a more upright posture."
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) (4)
- Reported Aug 21, 2025 09:08 by Daniel Farrar
- Ocean Beach County Park and Santa Ynez River Estuary, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6003785&<ll...>,-120.6003785 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S268648159 - Comments: "Small terns roosting with royals. 2 ad and 2 immatures/winter plumage. Adults with black tipped orange bills and full black cap. In flight no black edge to tails. Others with black facemask not extending behind to nape."
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