Our next group outing will be at the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park. A schedule conflict in late September means I need to push this outing to early October, but on the plus side that puts us in the thick of fall migration when anything could show up! š ā John Callender Location: Carpinteria Salt…
Month: September 2021
Cormorants: Carpinteria Birdwatchers online meeting for Thursday, September 30, 2021
September’s Carpinteria Birdwatchers online meeting will be about cormorants: Those slightly goofy but fascinating birds you see flying, swimming, and diving at our local shores and wetlands. We’ll talk about which species you can see, where to see them, and how to tell them apart. Due to a scheduling conflict I have this meeting will…
An email exchange: Where have all the birds gone?
I recently received an email from local birdwatcher Diane Knowles. She was concerned about a drop-off in the numbers of small birds she was seeing in the Carpinteria downtown area. With her permission I’m reproducing our exchange below. ā John Callender Subject: Carp birds To: carpbirdwatchers@gmail.com From: Diane Knowles Hello! Iām a bird lover and…