Red-tailed Hawk

Santa Barbara County Birds — 2008

Bird photographs from Devereux Slough, Goleta Slough, Coal Oil Point Reserve, Sands Beach, and nearby places.

Late 2008

A large flock of Brown Pelicans at Devereux Point is moved by a passerby — December 20, 2008.

Brown Pelicans in flight and Coal Oil Point Reserve photographs — December 14, 2008 through January 16, 2009.

Birds with the fire-scarred Goleta mountains in the distance
Coal Oil Point Reserve, including views of the Gap Fire burn area — September through November 2008.
Children participating in Kids in Nature at Coal Oil Point Reserve
Kids in Nature at Coal Oil Point Reserve — November 2008.

The University of California, Santa Barbara Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration brought its Kids in Nature environmental education program to Coal Oil Point Reserve for three Thursdays in November.

Goleta Slough rookery habitat
Goleta Slough Rookery: nesting Great Blue Herons, Double-crested Cormorants, and Great Egrets, with a large flock of Brandt's Cormorants off the slough mouth — June 11, 2008.