Thank you for participating in the Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count (CBC). This year the Carpinteria CBC will take place on Saturday, December 14, 2024. Instructions for everyone Know your assignment — You should have been assigned an area to cover by the count’s organizers. If you’re unclear on where you’ll be birding on count day, or…

For our November outing we’ll return to Santa Monica Creek off the west end of El Carro Lane in Carpinteria. The outing will take place Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 8 a.m. Hope to see you there! Location: Santa Monica CreekDate/time: Saturday, November 23, 2024, 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Details: Take Santa Ynez Avenue north to El Carro…

This month’s meeting of Carpinteria Birdwatchers will be a special workshop for participants in the upcoming Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count (CBC). The meeting will be held the evening of Thursday, November 21 at 6:30 p.m. online via Zoom only (no in-person meeting at the Carpinteria Library). We’ll go over procedures for the CBC (which is…

This year’s Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place Saturday, December 14, 2024. As always, participation in the Carpinteria CBC is free and is open to all ages and ability levels. If you’d like to participate in this year’s count, please fill out the signup form below: 2024 Carpinteria CBC Sign-up Form We’ll be…

Our next group outing will be a return to Toro Canyon Park. Fall migration is well under way, so it will be a fun time to see what we can find. As always, Carpinteria Birdwatchers outings are free and open to all ages and ability levels. Hope to see you there!

Join us on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. for the next Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting. This month’s meeting will feature me (John Callender) talking about the birds I saw during my recent trip to Tuscany, Italy. I’ve never birded beyond the U.S. before, so this was an eye-opening experience for me in many ways….

Fall migration is under way, so for our next group outing I thought we’d visit a famous local “migrant trap”: Carpinteria Creek between 6th Street and the State Beach Campground. Join us on Saturday, September 21 at 8 a.m. to see what interesting birds we can find. — John Callender As always, Carpinteria Birdwatchers outings…

Join us on Thursday, September 19, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. for the next Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting. This month’s meeting will feature special guest Courtney Purcell talking about the 14 months he and Deann recently spent traveling through 15 Asian countries seeing amazing sights and amazing birds! The meeting will take place in-person at the Carpinteria…

Note: The August Carpinteria Birdwatchers outing will be one week later than normal due to my (John Callender’s) travel schedule. For our next group outing we’ll head back to one or our favorite spots: the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park. Join us on Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 8 a.m. to see what’s happening at…

Join us on Thursday, August 15, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., for the next meeting of Carpinteria Birdwatchers. This month’s meeting will focus on bird status and distribution, exploring how understanding bird occurrence patterns can make our identifications more accurate. Our special guest for this meeting will be Paul Lehman. Paul is the author of the…