Devereux Slough and Coal Oil Point Reserve Bird photos and links
Historical California Coastal Records of the area
Older aerial view of Devereux Slough from Kevin Lafferty's Site
For Recent bird photos in the area see Bird Pictures Mostly from Devereux Slough, Goleta Slough, Coal Oil Point and Sands Beach in Santa Barbara County.
Devereux Slough - Coal Oil Point Reserve, October 17, 2009
Elegant or Common Terns, Cormorants, Egrets and Brown Pelicans fishing
Devereux Slough Breaks through to the Sea - February 16, 2009
Kids in Nature at Coal Oil Point Reserve - November 2008
University of California Santa Barbara, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration's Kids in Nature program comes to Coal Oil Point Reserve for three Thursdays in November.
Spring Day, March 29, 2008 - Birds, Sea Otters and Wild flowers at Sands Beach - COPR, Devereux Slough and Devereux Point, Greater Scaup, Brandt's Cormorants in larger numbers, Brown Pelicans
Coal Oil Point Reserve - February 2008, Devereux Slough open to the sea, Snowy Plovers, Semi-palmated Plovers
January's Welcomed Guest (A little story)
Coal Oil Point Reserve, Devereux Slough winter changes and reflections, Snowy Plovers - January 2008
View of the snow dusted Goleta Mountains from Devereux Slough, Rainny late Afternoon - January 23, 2008
Coal Oil Point Reserve and Ocean Meadows - January 23, 2008 - Rain, Snow on mountains, wetland drainage, American White Pelican
Northern Shovelers - December 22, 2007
This same week, Nick reported one mail Eurasian type Wigeon, along with 150 A. Wigeon, 300 Shoveler, and 26 Gadwell
Coal Oil Point Reserve - December 2007
Winter storm, piles of kelp, ducks, Eurasian Wigeon, Diving Pelicans
Egrets at Devereux Slough - November 9, 2007
Coal Oil Point Reserve - November 2007
Devereux slough bridge, restoration project
Long-billed Curlew at Sands Beach - October 6, 2007
White-faced Ibis, banded Snowy Plovers and Terns, Willet, Marbled Godwit, Whimbrel, Long-billed Curlew, birds in flight, Veneco - Ellwood Terminal, birders, Pectoral sandpipe
Birders enjoy the diversity of bird life including the prospect of a rare peep showing up with all of the ones migrating through, Phalaropes show up in record numbers
Lynn Watson's slidshow: Devereux Slough, August 2007 and blog Devereux, Aug 12, 2007
(Young Tree Swallow, Banded Plover, Least Terns and a diverse assortment of birds at the slough)
The hand off - Least Terns have brought their fledglings to COPR and are feeding them and teaching them to fish. They are fun to watch and hear as they fish in the slough and the ocean. COPR had a number of pairs nest here this year but because of skunk problems only two chicks hatched here. Having the Terns from other locations bring there fledglings here is a consolation.
COPR - Sands, August 2007, Least Terns feeding and other shorebirds
Red-winged Blackbirds - Devereux Slough - July 14, 2007
Snowy Plover season at COPR- April 28, 2007 | Snowy Plover Page
November 2006 at COPR Area Slideshow
Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Coots, Double-crested cormorants fishing, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Redhead, Semi-palmated Plover, Terns. Seeing a banded Bald Eagle and watching the cormorants and egrets fish in the fall morning light were note worthy this month. Many of the fall ducks have come in. There was a fire at the reserve this month.
Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve, Santa Barbara, CA
This southern California reserve is a prime location for shorebirds, including the threatened Western Snowy Plover.
by Joan Easton Lent
Winter and Spring 2006
First Snowy Plovers Chicks of the season at COPR were sited on Thursday May 11, 2006
The above picture was taken May 14, 2006 | Snowy Plover Chicks - May 2006 Slideshow
Late May 2006 - Brown Pelicans and gulls come in Large Numbers to Sands Beach
Birds and habitat, Coal Oil Point, Devereux Slough and Goleta Slough - May and June 2006
Snowy Plover Chicks - May 2006 Slideshow
Goleta Area - Birds and wetland areas - March, April 2006
(Del Sol Vernal Pool Reserve - Isla Vista Recreation and Park District, Ocean Meadows Golf Course, Sands Beach and Devereux Slough)
Green-winged Teals at Devereux Slough - March 4, 2006
Green-winged Teal and Cinnamon Teal landing at Devereux Slough - March 11, 2006 | Slideshow
(Teals, Geese, Double-creatsted Cormorants, Violet-green Swallow and snow on the Goleta Foothills)
Late February and March 4th - 5th, 2006
Marbled Godwit - Devereux Point 02 /12/06
Pictures from the COPR, Sands Beach, Devereux and Ocean Meadows - Early February 2006
Black Turnstones, Marbled Godwits, Snowy Plovers, Geese, Cattle Egret and More
Devereux Slough Story (12/31/05)
Devereux Slough and Coal Oil Point Reserve Bird photos and links 2005
Coal Oil Point Reserve Website
Coal Oil Point Reserve and Goleta Area Photos
SB County Birds - recent photos from Devereux Slough
Callie's e-mail: cjbowdish@hotmail.com