# @ucsantabarbara on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DeFA7jTDLwm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71164009-ucsantabarbara-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/810541a915.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-10-04T16:01:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UC Santa Barbara (@ucsantabarbara) — https://gondola.cc/ucsantabarbara

## Caption

Birds, cats, horses and more: This #WorldAnimalDay, we're sharing some of the creatures that inhabit natural spaces around campus and cohabitate with the #UCSB community 🐈🪿🦞 Whether you're bird watching by the lagoon, meeting marine life at The REEF, walking past Bio Shop to discover rescued cats Tigger and Turbo, or learning more about the West Campus Stables, you're likely to spot a variety of furry, feathered and scaly friends (Reminder to always keep a safe and respectful distance). 

#UCSantaBarbara #CollegeLife #BirdWatching

Image descriptions: 
1. Three long-billed shorebirds walking along the wet sandy beach near gentle ocean waves.
2. Close-up of a ginger tabby cat Tigger sitting attentively on a wooden surface on campus. 
3. A shorebird with brown feathers and yellow legs dips its beak into the UCSB Lagoon. 
4. Chestnut horse with a white blaze stretching for a carrot at West Campus Stables. 
5. Person holding a large pink sea star above a touch tank UCSB Reef. 
6. Tortoiseshell black cat Turbo sitting attentively on a sunlit surface. 
7. Close-up of a fluffy, speckled baby snowy plover on the beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve. 
8. A squirrel clings to the rough bark of a large tree trunk near Coral Tree Cafe at UCSB. 
9. White egret standing in shallow water surrounded by green marsh plants at the lagoon. 
10. A turtle basking on a flat stone slab beside tall reeds in the Storke Plaza pond.

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## Tags

ucsb, ucsantabarbara, worldanimalday, collegelife, birdwatching

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