Santa Barbara County Birds
Bird photographs from Devereux Slough, Goleta Slough, Coal Oil Point, Sands Beach, and nearby places.
Bird collections and locations
Featured photographs and field notes
Coal Oil Point Reserve experienced the effects of the Gaviota oil spill. These photographs begin the day after the spill near Refugio and continue as the effects appeared down the coast. Biologists and people working for nonprofit organizations and government agencies monitored the damage, worked to mitigate it, and tried to protect wildlife from May 21–26, 2015, at Coal Oil Point Reserve, Goleta, and Santa Barbara.
A beautiful day at Sands Beach with Brown Pelicans diving, flying, and riding waves, along with a banded Snowy Plover and chick.
Snowy Plovers and their chicks, dune flowers, and scenes from the beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve.
