*** Species Summary:

- Pectoral Sandpiper (3 reports)
- Solitary Sandpiper (1 report)
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (1 report)

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Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 10, 2022 11:00 by Betsy Mooney
- Lake Los Carneros County Park and Preserve, Goleta US-CA 34.44159, -119.84449, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.441588 ,-119.844485&ll=34.441588,-119.844485
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116678846
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Medium shorebird (smaller than the Yellowlegs) white underparts, brownish breast, whitish stripe above eye, straight black beak, with white underneath wings in flight."

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 10, 2022 08:27 by Eunice Schroeder
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.44322 ,-119.84975&ll=34.44322,-119.84975
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116670697
- Comments: "Continuing. Foraging on mudflats on north end of lake. Brownish breast clearly delineated from white belly, yellowish legs, a little larger than spotted sandpiper that was present in same area."

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 10, 2022 08:10 by margeNdon thornton
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.44322 ,-119.84975&ll=34.44322,-119.84975
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116670434
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "medium sized sandpiper with a brown scaley back, bicolored beak, off yellow legs, white tummy, darkly speckled breast."

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 10, 2022 08:10 by margeNdon thornton
- Lake Los Carneros Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.44322 ,-119.84975&ll=34.44322,-119.84975
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116670434
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "medium sized shorebird, back: brown feathers with buffy dotted edges, head dark with pronounced white eye-ring, legs off yellow, bill off yellow with darker tip, white underneath with dark upper breast."

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 09, 2022 11:45 by Lynn Scarlett
- Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.3996863 ,-119.5353699&ll=34.3996863,-119.5353699
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S116665282
- Comments: "Immature--clearly a yellow-crowned (not immature black-crowned), dark, thick bill, longish neck, darker overall with spotting/feathering of juvenile yellow-crowned NH"

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