Month: February 2022

Carpinteria Birdwatchers is sponsoring what I think will be a fun event: a friendly “little big day” competition in which teams see who can find the most birds in a 7-mile-diameter circle between 8 a.m. and noon. (There will also be a non-team, non-competitive category for people who want to participate less formally.) The event,…

For this month’s Carpinteria Birdwatchers group outing we’ll put our skills to the test with a trip to the beach to check out the local gull flock (along with whatever else we can find). On Saturday, February 19, 2022, we’ll meet at the south end of Linden Avenue at 8 a.m. Will we be able…

For this month’s Carpinteria Birdwatchers online meeting I thought we’d take a fresh look at a subject where there’s always more to learn: gulls. We’ll focus on the big picture, brushing up on local species and talking about some aspects of gull ID we haven’t talked about before. Join us Thursday, February 17, 2022 at…