The 2025 Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is in the books, and what a count it was! Perfect weather and cooperative birds meant our 60 participants had a great day of birding, with a final (preliminary) total of a very respectable 160 species, a figure we’ve only reached or exceeded a few times in the…
Month: December 2025
2025 Carpinteria CBC Participant Instructions
Thank you for participating in the Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count (CBC). This year the Carpinteria CBC will take place on Saturday, December 20, 2025. 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…
December Schedule, Including Christmas Bird Count Activities
We will not have the regular Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting or outing this month. Instead, we’ll be focused on the upcoming Christmas Bird Count! Pre-CBC Scouting Most of you should have been assigned to your area for count day by now. A handful of you have not been assigned yet, but we plan to get to…