# @ucsantabarbara on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Daim8LoGsd1
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67660627-ucsantabarbara-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/96b934495f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-08T17:45:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UC Santa Barbara (@ucsantabarbara) — https://gondola.cc/ucsantabarbara

## Caption

POV: You go on a nature walk around the #UCSB Campus Lagoon and end up bird watching. 

Did you know? The 31-acre, 1.5-mile trail loop campus lagoon is home to wildlife including dozens of varieties of shorebirds, seabirds, and fish. Frequent sightings include Great blue herons, egrets, killdeer plovers, long-billed dowitchers and black-necked stilts.

#UCSantaBarbara #Campus #BirdWatching 

Image descriptions: 
1. White egret standing in the UCSB Campus Lagoon surrounded by green marsh plants.
2. Great blue heron standing on one leg with soft green grass in the foreground.
3. Close-up of a small brown and white killdeer resting on wood chips and twigs.
4. Close-up of a great blue heron standing among green marsh plants near the lagoon.

## Stats

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## Tags

ucsb, ucsantabarbara, campus, birdwatching

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