Santa Barbara County Birds — Summer 2008

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

Elegant Terns at Coal Oil Point Reserve
Coal Oil Point Reserve — August 2008: Black-bellied, Snowy, Semipalmated, and golden plovers; egrets, herons, phalaropes, terns, and habitat changes.
Western Grebe with chicks
Lake Cachuma trip with Western Grebes, grebe chicks, and mergansers — August 8, 2008.
Reddish Egret at Devereux Slough
Low water made feeding easy for a large group of waders and other fishing birds at Devereux Slough, including a Reddish Egret, herons, egrets, terns, a Belted Kingfisher, and a phalarope — August 4, 2008.
Snowy Plover chicks at Sands Beach
Coal Oil Point Reserve and Sands Beach — July 2008: Snowy Plover chicks, terns, and shorebirds.

Devereux, Ellwood, and Goleta Slough — July 2008, including a North Parcel tour with Lisa Stratton.

Elegant Terns at the mouth of Devereux Slough
Elegant Tern and Brown Pelican flocks at the mouth of Devereux Slough — July 19, 2008.
Santa Barbara Audubon auction at Creekspirit
Santa Barbara Audubon's Feather the Nest auction at Creekspirit in Mission Canyon — June 29, 2008.