Date: 6/20/25 10:07 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [sbcobirding] [eBird Alert] Santa Barbara County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Common Ground Dove (1 report)
- Black Turnstone (1 report)
- White-rumped Sandpiper (22 reports)
- Least Sandpiper (3 reports)
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White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1)
- Reported Jun 20, 2025 07:17 by Thomas Turner
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252344363 - Comments: "Continuing bird, seen alongside many long lenses. About the size of the Semipalmated Plovers it was with, but much slimmer with long wings. Streaky flanks."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1)
- Reported Jun 20, 2025 06:16 by Glenn Kincaid
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252381892 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing, found yesterday by Lynn Scarlett. When I arrived John Callender was on the bird, also seen by a number of birders. Sandpiper, horizontal posture, wings project beyond tail. Finely streaked flanks. White supercilium. Longer slightly droopy bill, dark with reddish tone near the head. White rump seen during short flights."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1)
- Reported Jun 20, 2025 05:55 by John Callender
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252370451 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird found by Lynn Scarlett yesterday. Associating with a group of Semipalmated Plovers. Seen from the half-bridge, then from a few hundred feet north along Slough Road when the bird moved closer to that location. At one point it flew and I was able to observe the white rump through binoculars, but I didn't get a photo of that."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 18:37 by Bob Fields
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252208867 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "continuing find by Lynn Scarlett this morning. sandpiper with wings extended past tail, pronounced white eyebrow, breast streaks. at 34.41268, -119.87688."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 18:37 by Michael Moss
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252220564 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "continuing find by Lynn Scarlett this morning. sandpiper with wings extended past tail, pronounced white eyebrow, breast streaks. photos tba"
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 18:37 by Alistair Skinner
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252214311 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "continuing find by Lynn Scarlett this morning. sandpiper with wings extended past tail, pronounced white eyebrow, breast streaks. photos tba"
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 18:37 by Lynn Oldt
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252208868 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "continuing find by Lynn Scarlett this morning. sandpiper with wings extended past tail, pronounced white eyebrow, breast streaks. photos tba"
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 17:45 by Diego Perez
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252194269 - Comments: "Found this am by Lynn. Sandpiper with long primary projection foraging in the slough. Through Hugh’s scope, we could see an orange base to the bill, streaks on the flanks and a white-ish eyebrow. didn’t have the rufous the rufous-tinged cap of a breeding adult, though. seen well from the west side of the slough just off the dune pond trail."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 17:37 by Tim Lister
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252200198 - Comments: "First reported by Lynn Scarlett. Seen with many other birders. White rump visible while bird flapped it's wings, extended tail. Size somewhat larger than common sandpiper species in the area. Prominent eyebrow."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 17:37 by Rachel Street
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252200199 - Comments: "First reported by Lynn Scarlett. Seen with many other birders. White rump visible while bird flapped it's wings, extended tail. Size somewhat larger than common sandpiper species in the area. Prominent eyebrow."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1)
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 17:35 by Wim van Dam
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252187237 - Comments: "Well reported and photographed bird. See from half bridge through scope. Large sandpiper that at some points fluffed its tail and wings, conveniently showing its white rump."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 17:30 by David Compton
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252215638 - Comments: "In the center of the lower portion of the slough, about 100 meters out, with lighting coming from the side and some heat shimmer when looking through the scope. The bird was in view the entire time, foraging in the open, and occasionally stopping to preen a bit. This was a small sandpiper, larger than a Western or a Least, long-winged, and maybe a little plumper than some other peeps. The under parts were white, with lines of spots on the breast and down the sides. The shape of the spots were not easily distinguished, given the distance. The face was paler than the crown, and it had a dark line through the eye. The nape appeared to have some dark streaking. The wing coverts seems dark, and at some angles there appeared to be some whitish scalloping there. The scapulars were dark centered and had bold pale edges. When the bird preened, it lifted its wings, and otherwise exposed varying amounts of the rump and tail. The tail was brown and the rump had an obvious contrasting band of white that wasn't particularly wide. The axillaries were white, and the underside of the flight feathers were grayish. The legs were dark. The bill was thin compared to that of a Baird's, slightly downturned at the tip, similar in length, and pale at the base of the bill."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 17:06 by Pamela Viale
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252210817 - Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "First seen and reported by Lynn Scarlett. Medium sized shorebird with distinct broad white eyebrow. Streaky dark brown back. Dark legs. Medium sized dark bill with pinkish base. Somewhat blunt tail. Neck and breast pale white with light brown streaks."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 17:06 by Adrian O'Loghlen
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252212059 - Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Medium sized shorebird with distinct broad white eyebrow. Streaky dark brown back. Dark legs. Medium sized dark bill with pinkish base. Somewhat blunt tail. Neck and breast pale white with light brown streaks."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 17:05 by Noah Gaines
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252179806 - Comments: "Medium sandpiper (larger than small peeps. Similar in size to bairds). with streaking down the flanks. Light flesh colored at the base of the bill and white notes in rump when preening. Medium length slightly decurved bill. Attenuated body with long primaries. Slight pale eyebrow."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 16:53 by Toby Fowler
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252211041 - Comments: "Amazing continuing bird first found by Lynn Scarlett this morning. Seen with Diego, Adrian, Pam, Steve, Dawn, Hugh, and two people I didn't catch the name of, sorry!
Big-ish Calidris, long wings (for long distance migration!) gave a tapered look to the body. Fine streaking on chest, pale eyebrow, and a red base to the bill.
Spent most of its time either feeding or preening in the middle of the slough, surrounded by plovers in this strange new land. Near the logs the cormorants like to perch on, (34.413460,-119.876963).
Viewed from here (34.413698,-119.877611), but it is possible to see it from across the road (34.411875,-119.876726), which is more accessible but further from the bird. If it sticks around another night it'll probably be worth scanning from the east in the morning and the west in the afternoon. The east is accessible by car, and the western path requires walking."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 16:21 by David Blue
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252225922 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Discovered here by Lynn Scarlett earlier this morning, this is a first White-rumped Sandpiper record for Santa Barbara County. Observed with over a dozen other birders including Hugh Ranson, Brad Hacker, Dave Compton, and Wes Fritz. This bird was larger than nearby Semipalmated Plovers. It had a prominent white eyebrow, finely streaked flanks, and the long wings that extended beyond the tail. The bill appeared slightly decurved and all dark (but photos taken by other viewers with better cameras showed that it was reddish orange at the base). When preening, the rump appeared white. Observed from the pullout at the half bridge."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 16:21 by Linda Blue
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252225958 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Discovered here by Lynn Scarlett earlier this morning, this is a first White-rumped Sandpiper record for Santa Barbara County. Observed with over a dozen other birders including Hugh Ranson, Brad Hacker, Dave Compton, and Wes Fritz. This bird was larger than nearby Semipalmated Plovers. It had a prominent white eyebrow, finely streaked flanks, and the long wings that extended beyond the tail. The bill appeared slightly decurved and all dark (but photos taken by other viewers with better cameras showed that it was reddish orange at the base). When preening, the rump appeared white. Observed from the pullout at the half bridge."
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 15:44 by Bradley Hacker 🦜
- Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8756027&<ll...>,-119.8756027 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252194265 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Sandpiper similar in size and structure to Baird's Sandpiper. Primaries extend beyond tail. Prominent white supercilium. Bill same length as width of head and slightly decurved; lower mandible pale orange at base and dark at tip. Underparts pale with fine dark streaks on breast and chevrons on flanks. Not seen in flight. Found by Lynn Scarlett"
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 19, 2025 09:15 by Lynn Scarlett
- Coal Oil Point, Devereux Beach, Sands Beach, and bluff trails, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8783064&<ll...>,-119.8783064 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S252148658 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Seen among a group of semipalmated plovers in Devereux Slough, mudflats as seen from Pond Trail. Wings extend beyond tail, bird streamlined, tapered look, streaks along flanks, white eyebrow, tiny bit of reddish at base of bill. Including poor photos."
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