Date: 7/1/25 1:35 pm From: Adrian O'Loghlen via groups.io <aologhlen...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Goleta Slough is Open
Goleta Slough is now tidal again after a couple of months of being closed to the sea and it is beginning to return to ‘normal’. This morning at low tide there were many Egrets and Herons fishing in the slough and at the viewing platform I watched a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron foraging along the exposed bank and eventually, catch and consume a crab. There was a pair of very good-looking young Red-tailed Hawks perched on a low snag on the north shore - I presume these are the offspring of the RT Hawks that nest in the north shore Euc grove. There were also a lot more Great-tailed Grackles than I’ve seen of late and some of these were young birds which I suspect fledged from nearby nests.
