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Month: June 2021

Group Outing on July 3: Carpinteria State Beach

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 by John Callender

As we discussed in our latest Zoom meeting (Carp Snowy Plovers and the CLSF: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, June 24), we’re going to resume monthly group outing. The first such outing will take place next Saturday, July 3. Location: Carpinteria State Beach, including the snowy plover nest site east of Carpinteria Creek Date/time: Saturday,…

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Carp Snowy Plovers and the CLSF: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, June 24

June 18, 2021June 24, 2021 by John Callender

If you’ve been following my updates to this post you’ll know that I’ve spent most of my birding time over the past month watching the family of snowy plovers near the mouth of Carpinteria Creek. The eggs have hatched, the female bird has departed, and the male bird and the three chicks are still going…

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The Carpinteria Snowy Plovers: An Illustrated Timeline, 2019–2021

June 11, 2021April 25, 2022 by John Callender

Note: This page covers events from 2019 through 2021. For later developments with the Carpinteria snowy plovers, see this post: The snowy plovers are back! I wanted to give an update on the latest snowy plover news, and I thought I’d put it in the form of a timeline that I can update going forward….

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Carp Snowy Plovers Have Hatched!

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 by John Callender

Late yesterday afternoon Tom Beland texted me to let me know that the snowy plover nest we’ve been watching at Carpinteria State Beach had hatched. Three baby plovers were roaming around the vicinity of the nest site and taking shelter under the adult male bird. Unless I’m mistaken this is the first successful hatching of…

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Historic Carp Shorebird Breeding Attempts, Part 2

June 8, 2021June 11, 2021 by John Callender

As of yesterday the snowy plover nest near the mouth of Carpinteria Creek is still going strong, with the female bird incubating during the day and the male bird presumably around somewhere, though I haven’t seen him on my last few (brief) visits. But he’s good at disappearing, then popping up right underfoot when I’m…

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