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Gretchen Lieff, Board Member with Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Gretchen Lieff, Board Member with Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Gretchen Lieff, Board Member with Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Something peculiar showed up at the Santa Barbara Harbor this weekend, and it has many residents and wildlife experts scratching their heads.
A group of five black swans with bright red bills have been seen gliding past boats, docks and kayakers in the harbor since Friday.
While their appearance alone is striking, many residents and organizations are left baffled as to where the birds came from.
Posted on February 5, 2021
| 1:16 p.m.
Scott Eugene Cruickshank
Scott Eugene Cruickshank of Santa Barbara, and McCall, Idaho, passed away on Jan. 31, 2021. He was 58 years of age. Scott was born to Brian and Alice Cruickshank in Long Beach, California, on Dec. 26, 1962.
He attended Burbank Elementary School, Jefferson Junior High School, and Woodrow Wilson High School, all in Long Beach. He earned his bachelor s degree at UC Santa Barbara, graduating in 1988 with a double major in mathematics and economics, and went on to earn his masters degree in statistics in 1990, also at UCSB.
Scott later pursued doctoral studies in biometry at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.