Date: 10/8/26 11:50 am From: Benjamin Byerly via groups.io <benbyerly...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Bar-tailed Godwit being reported
Armando just shared that it was refound at COPR
Armando Aispuro [11:46 AM]
Bar-tailed Godwit at Coal Oil Point Reserve, on the Devereux side just off
the point now (34.4072341, -119.8777995)
On Wed, Oct 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM Benjamin Byerly via groups.io <benbyerly=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> Thanks to all that helped spread the word and those that helped with ID.
>
> I first saw it about 200m north of the steps that go down from UCSB Lot 6.
> It was loosely with other shorebirds picking through the Wrack. Some nearby
> Marbled Godwits provided a great compare/contrast. It flew in the direction
> of campus point but was later refound with acceptable looks closer to
> Goleta Beach.
>
> I've been checking the stretch of beach between Goleta Beach and Campus
> Point the past few mornings and it has been pretty birdy. So my uneducated
> guess would be that if it could be refound tomorrow the overlook just south
> of Henley Gate is a good starting point. The rising tide seems to push the
> shorebirds away from campus point towards Goleta beach because of how the
> sand is currently distributed. Maybe between sunrise and high-tide would be
> a good time to look for it.
>
> Be careful if you do go on the beach, it is possible to get trapped by the
> rising tide on that stretch without a way to get out.
>
>
> Happy Birding,
> Ben
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2026 at 6:22 PM Wim van Dam via groups.io <wim.van.dam=
> <gmail.com...> wrote:
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>> A Bar-tailed Godwit is being reported "along the beach between campus
>> point and Goleta beach". Brad H is on it. Ben B has photos. Dave C ID-ed
>> it. That's all I know.
>>
>> Wim
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>> Wim van Dam (Solvang, CA)
>> SBCO #412: Philadelphia Vireo
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> Benjamin L. Byerly
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