Red-tailed Hawk

Santa Barbara County Birds — 2011

Bird photographs from Devereux Slough, Coal Oil Point Reserve, Ellwood, and the Goleta area.

Northern Shovelers flying over Devereux Slough
Christmas Bird Count at Coal Oil Point Reserve and Devereux Slough — December 31, 2011 slideshow.

Low Tide at Devereux — March 26, 2011

Video preview of low tide at Devereux

Watch Low Tide at Devereux on YouTube

Brown Pelicans preening along the shore with waves breaking in the background, plus Black Turnstones, gulls, cormorants, and surfers.

Willets at Coal Oil Point Reserve
Coal Oil Point Reserve and Ellwood, with Willets and Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) — January 16, 2011.
Goleta Slough during the Christmas Bird Count
Audubon Christmas Bird Count — January 1, 2011. Goleta Slough, Goleta Beach, and the Goleta Sanitation Plant with Steve Ferry and Kyle Braunger.