This year’s Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place on Saturday, December 14, 2024. The count is free and open to everyone regardless of their level of experience. If you would like to participate in this year’s count please fill out the following form:
2024 Carpinteria CBC Sign-up Form
If you participated in last year’s count and wish to repeat the same assignment this year, that’s great! Or if you want to try something different this year, that’s also great. Or if you’re new to the count, no problem! 🙂 Whatever your preference is, just indicate it when you fill out the form and we’ll do our best to accommodate.
Thanks!
— John Callender, Carpinteria CBC compiler, [email protected]
“CBC Workshop” Zoom Meeting
On Thursday, November 21 at 6:30 p.m. we’ll have a Zoom meeting to discuss the upcoming count. Participation in the meeting is completely optional, but if you have questions about the count this would be a great way to learn more. Details here: CBC Workshop: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for November
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.
Links
- 2024 Carpinteria CBC detailed participant instructions
- 2024 shared tally spreadsheet – for real-time updates during scouting and on count day
- 2024 scouting trip report – birds seen in the county circle in the three weeks before the count
- 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
Previous Carpinteria CBCs:
- Recap of the 2023 count
- eBird trip report for the 2023 count
- 2023 Carpinteria CBC group leader effort form
- 2023 shared tally spreadsheet – for real-time updates in the field
- 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, [email protected], or call 805-455-0053.