Date: 11/14/26 11:52 am From: Florence Sanchez via main <sanchezucsb11...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Carpinteria Salt Marsh, November 14
I birded a lot of the salt marsh this morning on the incoming tide, starting at Ash Avenue. I did not turn up the Wood Duck reported yesterday at Ash Avenue. I checked all the creek channels from Santa Monica Creek to the channel at Estero Way. The salt marsh was loaded with shorebirds, the majority of which were Willets. I may have seen the Lesser Yellowlegs out in the flats but didn't have my scope to be sure. (Smaller bird, with Greater Yellowlegs.)
Best finds were a Merlin, an unexpected Tree Swallow, and a Marsh Wren. The latter was in the salt bush growing up the fence by the railroad tracks near 34.40245,-119.53250. I was alerted to its presence by the chatter, then had pretty good views of it as it worked its way along the shrubs at the bottom of the fence.
Florence Sanchez
