Date: 10/8/26 12:26 pm From: Florence Sanchez via groups.io <sanchezucsb11...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Bar-tailed Godwit being reported
I am on my way. Please post or call if location changes.
Florence Sanchez
> On Oct 8, 2026, at 11:50 AM, Benjamin Byerly via groups.io <benbyerly...> wrote:
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> Armando just shared that it was refound at COPR
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> 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)
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>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM Benjamin Byerly via groups.io <benbyerly...> wrote:
>> Thanks to all that helped spread the word and those that helped with ID.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Happy Birding,
>> Ben
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>>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2026 at 6:22 PM Wim van Dam via groups.io <wim.van.dam...> wrote:
>>> 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.
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>>> Wim
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>>> Wim van Dam (Solvang, CA)
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