Thank you for participating in the Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count (CBC). This year the Carpinteria CBC will take place on Saturday, December 16, 2023. Instructions for everyone Know your assignment — You should have been assigned an area to cover by the count’s organizers. If you’re unclear on where you’ll be birding on count day, or…
Month: November 2023
It’s Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count Sign-up Time!
The Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count will take place Saturday, December 16, 2023. We’re starting to make assignments for count day, so if you’re interested in participating (which is great!) now is the time to sign up. You can use the sign-up form linked below, or head over to the CBC page for more details. Carpinteria…
Group outing for November: Santa Monica Creek
For this month’s outing I thought we’d head back to a location we’ve birded in the past: the Santa Monica Creek bike path off the west end of El Carro Lane in Carpinteria. As has happened in a number of recent winters, an adult male Orchard Oriole has shown up there recently, along with a…
Linus Blomqvist’s ABA Big Year: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for November 16
For this month’s Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting we are pleased to have a presentation by local birdwatcher Linus Blomqvist, who is currently doing an American Birding Association (ABA) big year. The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 16, at the Carpinteria Community Library and via Zoom. As of now Linus is ranked…