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Date: 11/11/26 1:08 pm From: Bradley Hacker via main <bradley.r.hacker...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Bar-tailed Godwit
I saw a surprising number of unusually well-oiled birds at Haskell's yesterday; I wondered if it had something to do with the high tides/coastal Kelvin waves and resulting tiny beaches this year(?) (n.b. There is an anti-correlation between natural hydrocarbon seepage offshore Coal Oil Pt and tide height; Boles et al., 2001 "Temporal variation in natural methane seep rate..." J Geophys Res 106, 27077) On 11/11/2026 12:30, Hugh Ranson via main wrote: > I hadn't seen reports for a while so went for a look. It's still > there, today sharing the beach with hundreds of Isla Vistans. It was > approximately off the east end of IV. Sadly it has some oil on its > belly. > > On Campus Lagoon, there were a minimum of 32 Surf Scoters and 3 > Bonaparte's Gulls. > > Hugh Ranson > SB > -- Bradley Hacker Goleta CA 93117 USA <https://hacker.faculty.geol.ucsb.edu/>eBird photos <https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?userId=USER413715&sort=rating_rank_desc> eBird data <https://ebird.org/profile/NDEzNzE1/world> iNaturalist data <https://www.inaturalist.org/people/brhacker> flickr nature photos <https://www.flickr.com/photos/bradley_hacker/> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40083): https://sbcobirding.groups.io/g/main/message/40083 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/122219348/858290 -=-=- For everything birding in Santa Barbara County: http://www.sbcobirding.com Read the County Reporting List guidelines: http://www.sbcobirding.com/countyreportinglist.html Updated status and distribution of Santa Barbara County birds: http://www.sbcobirding.com/lehmanbosbc.html SB Breeding Bird Study: Contribute at http://santabarbaraaudubon.org/santa-barbara-county-breeding-bird-study/ CA Bird Atlas Information for SB County: http://sbcobirding.com/sbco-cabirdatlas.html -=-=- Group Owner: main+<owner...> Unsubscribe: https://sbcobirding.groups.io/g/main/unsub [<lists...>] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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