The next Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place on Saturday, December 19, 2026. The count is free and open to everyone regardless of their level of experience. If you are interested in participating, great! Look here closer to count day for information on how to sign up.
In the meantime, you can check out the results of the latest Carpinteria CBC here:
2025 Carpinteria CBC Preliminary Results
— John Callender, Carpinteria CBC compiler, jbc@jbcsystems.com
Mailing List
If you want to receive updates about the count you can subscribe to the count’s Google group (like a mailing list) here: Carpinteria CBC Participants (Google group). In the meantime, you can check this page for updates as we get closer to count day.
Useful Links
- 2025 Carpinteria CBC Participant Instructions
- 2025 shared tally spreadsheet – for real-time updates during scouting and on count day
- (805) 364-0179 – Carpinteria CBC Hotline
- Trip reports: Scouting, Count Week, and the CBC itself
- Count circle map – the boundaries of our count circle
- eBird: Main eBird web site, eBird data entry app, a good how-to video on using eBird for data entry, eBird Essentials course
- Santa Barbara Birders Slack workspace
Earlier Carpinteria CBCs
- Recap of the 2024 count
- eBird trip report for the 2024 CBC
- Recap of the 2023 count
- eBird trip report for the 2023 CBC
- Recap of the 2022 count
- eBird trip report for the 2022 CBC
- Recap of the 2021 count
- eBird trip report for the 2021 CBC
- Announcement of the 2020 count cancellation and recap of the 2019 count
- Recap of the 2018 count
- Species data for the history of the count
Questions? Contact John Callender, jbc@jbcsystems.com, or call 805-455-0053.