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Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 13:30 by Lynn Scarlett
- Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve--Devereux Lagoon, 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/S400400019 - Media: 11 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing with a large group of marbled godwits. Slightly small, clean white underneath, white eyebrow, dark brown and white pattern on back. Photos to come"
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 11:35 by Adrian O'Loghlen
- Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve--Devereux Lagoon, 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/S400410100 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Medium sized shorebird, noticeably lighter than accompanying marbled godwits. Bicolored straight bill with slight up curve, streaked white eyeline."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 11:35 by Pamela Viale
- Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve--Devereux Lagoon, 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/S400394007 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Medium sized shorebird, noticeably lighter than accompanying marbled godwits. Bicolored straight bill with slight up curve, streaked white eyeline."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 17:29 by Chang Huan
- 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/S400426472 - Media: 21 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Original found by Benjamin Byerly at UCSB East Beach yesterday, relocated by Armando Aispuro at COPR this morning. Photos tba."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 17:29 by Caroline Chen
- 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/S400426470 - Media: 21 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Original found by Benjamin Byerly at UCSB East Beach yesterday, relocated by Armando Aispuro at COPR this morning. Photos tba."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 17:29 by Chuhan Li
- 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/S400426474 - Media: 21 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Original found by Benjamin Byerly at UCSB East Beach yesterday, relocated by Armando Aispuro at COPR this morning. Photos tba."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 16:47 by Steve Hovey
- 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/S400429303 - Media: 14 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Hanging out with a group of around 25 Marbled Godwits. Lighter colored than the Marbled Godwits, with a white eyebrow. See photos."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 16:47 by Dawn Hovey
- 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/S400429156 - Media: 14 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Hanging out with a group of around 25 Marbled Godwits. Lighter colored than the Marbled Godwits, with a white eyebrow. See photos."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 15:48 by David Compton
- 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/S400403282 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "This bird had been found the previous afternoon at Goleta Beach, about two miles to the east, and was rebound earlier in the day near Coal Oil Point, where Curtis Marantz and I watched it at length. I can't add much to these photos in terms of plumage details. Things that were noticeable in the field were that the bird had shorter legs and was overall shorter than adjacent Marbled Godwits; the belly, vent, and under tail coverts were essentially white; the wing coverts had dark centers but were had broad, bold, and whitish edges; the tertials were broadly dark (brown) in the center with pale marks around the outside (as opposed to having complete bars across the feathers); the tail appeared barred white and blackish; the face had an obvious and broad white supercilium; the primary tips were black, with some showing some fine pale edges; and a pale crescent was at the base of the primaries; and wing linings were white with some gray barring. Curtis and I were pretty close to the flocks, which was essentially a bunch of Marbleds with the one Bar-tailed Godwit, and maybe the occasional Willet or Long-billed Curlew as the fringes of the group. Lighting conditions were excellent."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 15:08 by Nicholas Shao
- 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/S400393220 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Seen in flock with marbled godwits on the shore, a bit towards Devereux beach side near the beach entrance with graffiti. Distinct white eyebrow and white coloration compared to marbled."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 14:46 by Lori Gaskin
- 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/S400409721 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "What a great find by Benjamin Byerly on October 7, 2026. Distinct in its smaller size as compared to the MAGO with which it was associating as well as its overall paler/lighter whitish hue (not cinnamon) and dark eyeline and white supercillium. Scaly brown/white back. Barred tail (visible in some of the photos). The last photo included in this checklist (taken through my scope) is meant to show the size/color difference as compared to MAGO."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 13:56 by Mario Ramos
- 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/S400403467 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; foraging along with other shorebirds. The bird showed a long, straight-to-slightly upturned pinkish bill with a dark tip, long dark gray legs, a pale face and underparts.The overall structure, bill shape, leg length. Photos taken for documentation I will post later this afternoon."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 13:05 by Guy Tingos
- 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/S400382833 - Comments: "Similar to adjoining Marbled Godwits, but paler overall with no strong cinnamon tones, straighter bill, and obvious whitish supercillium."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 12:58 by George Chapman
- 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/S400382926 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing rarity. Godwit grayer than the marbled godwits it was associating with. Light sides, strong white line above the eye. Seemed smaller than marbled godwits. Tail strongly barred with alternating black and white bands. MOB on it."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 12:54 by Yixin L
- 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/S400380892 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "amazing!!! pale godwit, originally found by Ben Byerly, and refound by Armando Aispuro. I had seen it yesterday, but in seriously awful conditions, so the great looks today were very exciting! seen with mob of just about everyone in the county. bird was seen directly at the point with a flock of about twenty other godwits and very obviously stood out for lacking any rufous tones. still aggressive like it was yesterday, snapping at the other godwits. pretty entertaining to watch. photos tba"
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 12:45 by Peter Gaede
- 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/S400376201 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Foraging almost constantly near the surf as well as at the high tide line with marbled godwits, which it occasionally had direct interactions with. Slightly smaller, paler overall with dark line through eye and long, pale and relatively wide supercilium. Barred tail and rump. Barring also just visible below the wings at the flanks when feeding. Gray legs same as marbled, but shorter. No vocalizations heard."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 12:42 by Mark Holmgren
- 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/S400385778 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird just east of Coal Oil Point, associating with a large group of Marbled Godwits. Photos. BtGo on the left, 2 MaGo on the right"
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 12:37 by Eunice Schroeder
- 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/S400406830 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Found yesterday by Benjamin Byerly on the beach east of Campus Point; refound today by Armando Aispuro on Devereux Beach just east of Coal Oil Point. Relatively thick, pale supercilium and brownish, smudgy eyeline; bicolored bill, pinkish with black toward the tip, slightly upturned; pale whitish underneath, in contrast with buffy cinnamon coloration of Marbled Godwits that were also present; black-and-white barred tail; strongly patterned back. Slightly smaller than Marbled Godwits. Photos."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 12:27 by Chris Jain
- 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/S400376019 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Initially found yesterday by Ben Byerly and refound today by Armando Aispuro. Lighter godwit. Striking white supercilium separating itself from nearby MAGOs. Far better view today than yesterday. Photos."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 12:15 by David Blue
- 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/S400417824 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "First discovered yesterday (October 7) by Benjamin Byerly east of Campus Point (2 miles east of here). Today it was found on the beach below the point here at Coal Oil Point by Armando Aispuro. This bird was slightly smaller than the many Marbled Godwits it associated with, and there were occasional conflicts with the Bar-tailed Godwit being quite aggressive. It differed from the Marbled Godwits by having white underparts, lacking in overall buffy tones, having a black and white barred tail, a white rump, and whitish underwings. Also a key differentiator was the brighter and slightly broader white supercilium."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 12:15 by Linda Blue
- 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/S400418466 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "First discovered yesterday (October 7) by Benjamin Byerly east of Campus Point (2 miles east of here). Today it was found on the beach below the point here at Coal Oil Point by Armando Aispuro. This bird was slightly smaller than the many Marbled Godwits it associated with, and there were occasional conflicts with the Bar-tailed Godwit being quite aggressive. It differed from the Marbled Godwits by having white underparts, lacking in overall buffy tones, having a black and white barred tail, a white rump, and whitish underwings. Also a key differentiator was the brighter and slightly broader white supercilium."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Siberian) (Limosa lapponica [baueri Group]) (1)
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 12:14 by Ann Stockert
- 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/S400437322 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "***Continuing third SBA county record seen with MOB. Gorgeous cooperative juvenile feeding with Marbled Godwits on the beach at the point. Many photos tba"
Bar-tailed Godwit (Siberian) (Limosa lapponica [baueri Group]) (1)
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 12:14 by Kilian Hampl
- 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/S400437221 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "***Continuing third SBA county record seen with MOB. Gorgeous cooperative juvenile feeding with Marbled Godwits on the beach at the point. Many photos tba"
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 12:09 by Zach Nett
- 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/S400386664 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "continuing bird, just west of the point. all white underside apparent when side by side with Marbled Godwits. dark eyeline and white supercillium that is not present on MAGOs."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 11:22 by Armando Aispuro
- 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/S400376656 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Originally found by Benjamin Byerly the evening of 10/7 on the beach east of Campus Point and re-found today at Coal Oil Point Reserve, just east of the point. It had an overall pale appearance to it, most obvious was the white supercilium and cheek with a smudgy brown line going through the eye, and a capped look to the crown giving the head a strongly contrasting appearance. The bill was long and slightly upturned, pink with black tip. The neck was also very pale with no buffy wash but rather occasional gray-brown scales. The back appeared striated (rather than speckled as in Marbled Godwits). The primary and secondary coverts had extensive white edging with small brown centers, further giving the bird a pale look. The tail had an alternating black and white 'barring' pattern blending into a rump with bright white feathers intermixed with chocolatey brown feathers, finally blending into the striated upper back pattern. The legs were comparatively slightly shorter, and the entire bird was slightly smaller than the Marbled Godwits with which it was congregating. Behaviorally, it seemed to favor the dry sand for foraging, and on a few occasions I saw it bullying other godwits for foraging space."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 08:37 by Yvonne Degraw
- 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/S400333017 - Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Saw and heard two Tropicals by Dilling's Link bridge, solid yellow breast, no white in throat and distinctive call vs. Cassin's. Also heard only, east side of Devereaux Lagoon in NCOS near the new housing."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 08:37 by Craig Prater
- 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/S400333016 - Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Saw and heard two Tropicals by Dilling's Link bridge, solid yellow breast, no white in throat and distinctive call vs. Cassin's. Also heard only, east side of Devereaux Lagoon in NCOS near the new housing."
Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 09:22 by Peter Gaede
- Elings Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7349691&<ll...>,-119.7349691 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S400328655 - Comments: "From upper Elings Park looking north towards the ball fields. First heard their distinctive nasal calls, then saw three flying west over the ridge in single file. Medium sized jays, relatively short tails, overall blue in color."
Cassin's Finch (Haemorhous cassinii) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 07:39 by Maddie Ybarra
- Auto selected 34.00025, -119.73607, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.736071&<ll...>,-119.736071 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S400336740 - Comments: "Calling with diagnostic till’ip call. Landed on an oak, the side-on view honestly wasn’t enough to eliminate purple (fem type), but the call was heard well and of course very different from a purple."
Cassin's Finch (Haemorhous cassinii) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 07:39 by Kyleigh Miklos
- Auto selected 34.00025, -119.73607, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.736071&<ll...>,-119.736071 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S400363140 - Comments: "Calling with diagnostic till’ip call. Landed on an oak, the side-on view honestly wasn’t enough to eliminate purple (fem type), but the call was heard well and of course very different from a purple."
Cassin's Finch (Haemorhous cassinii) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 07:39 by Sam Eberhard
- Auto selected 34.00025, -119.73607, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.736071&<ll...>,-119.736071 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S400336633 - Comments: "Calling with diagnostic till’ip call. Landed on an oak, the side-on view honestly wasn’t enough to eliminate purple (fem type), but the call was heard well and of course very different from a purple."
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 18:43 by Kim Stackpole
- Bates Rd. bridge (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4752696&<ll...>,-119.4752696 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S400423006 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Brilliant red male with thick bill. Saw flash of red in creek bed as it got dark out. Saw on both sides o the bridge, but pic (blurry from low light) is from vta side in the overhanging brush."
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