Month: November 2021

I always get a thrill when I see a Lewis’s Woodpecker. I get especially excited when I see one inside the Carpinteria CBC circle. The bird pictured above, found by Jason Siemens in 2018, is the only one (so far) we’ve ever had on our count. But this might be the year we get another….

Here’s an update on where things stand with the Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count (CBC), which will be happening Saturday, December 18, 2021. Everyone who was assigned a location for last year’s (cancelled) count, signed up again for this year’s count, and indicated they were okay with just covering the same area they were assigned last…

Tom and Laurel built a Gingerbread Bird House for the Holidays

For this month’s outing I thought we’d head back to a location we’ve birded a few times before: the Santa Monica Creek bike path off the west end of El Carro Lane in Carpinteria. The adult male Orchard Oriole who has wintered at that location the last several winters is back, so if we’re lucky…

I won’t be doing a Carpinteria Birdwatchers Zoom meeting in November. I previously accepted an offer from Santa Barbara Audubon to be the speaker for their November program, and prepping for two programs in the same week, at the same time I’m busy with preparations for the upcoming Christmas Bird Count, turned out to be…

After deciding to cancel last year’s Christmas Bird Count due to COVID-19, I’m very excited to be going forward with this year’s count. This year the Carpinteria CBC will happen, and it will happen on Saturday, December 18, 2021. If you were signed up for last year’s count, you should already have received an email…