Six different groups of birders participated in the first Carpinteria Little Big Day today. The team competition was won by the Surf-birds team, with 95 species tallied during the four hours of the competition. Team leader Peter Gaede and team members Hugh Ranson, Will Knowlton, and Jeremy Pohlman were honored at the online awards ceremony…
Month: April 2022
Snowy plover update: Two chicks and a second nest!
Carpinteria’s snowy plovers continue to make news. The nest established a little over a month ago by plover pa:yb and her mate has now produced two chicks! (I’m not sure what became of the third egg, but there appear to be only two baby plovers on the beach at this point.) The mother, as is…
No Group Outing for April
There will not be a Carpinteria Birdwatchers group outing in April. Instead, I encourage everyone to participate in the Carpinteria Little Big Day event on Saturday, April 23, either by forming a team for the 4-hour competition that will take place between 8 a.m. and noon, or by participating more casually and sharing your results…
Little Big Day Update
The Carpinteria “Little Big Day” event will be happening in just over a week, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. So far there are two teams that have signed up for the team competition: The UCSB Roadrunners, consisting of team leader Max Laubstein and additional team members Alex Castelein, Jeremy Cowan, and Lucas Gaede The Old…
Better Identifications, Part 2: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for April 21
For this month’s Carpinteria Birdwatchers online meeting we’ll continue the discussion of “better identifications” that we began last month. This month we’ll cover how to report rarities, and go through some examples of birds I’ve misidentified recently, with a focus on lessons learned to avoid misidentifications in the future. Join us at 6:30 p.m. on…