Month: February 2023

For this month’s outing I thought we’d head back to a place we’ve visited a few times before: The mouth of Carpinteria Creek in the Carpinteria State Beach campground. I’m especially hoping to look for Snowy Plovers on this outing. Yesterday (Saturday, February 11), in response to a report from Carpinteria Birdwatchers member Sally Gundlach,…

For our next online meeting we’ll focus on an adorably cute local species: Short-billed Gull (formerly known as Mew Gull). It’s not a bird that’s especially common in our area, but if you know what to look for it’s pretty easy to pick out from the others around it. I thought we’d start the meeting…