
This year’s Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place Saturday, December 17, 2022. This year we’re strongly encouraging participants to submit their sightings via eBird and to use the online effort form we’ve set up. This helps a lot with the compilation process. See the following page for detailed instructions on how to participate:
Carpinteria CBC 2022 Instructions
Thanks everyone! I’m looking forward to a great count!
— John Callender, Carpinteria CBC compiler, [email protected]
Mailing List
If you want to receive regular 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.
Zoom Meetings
The following Zoom meetings are optional, but everyone is welcome to join. All CBC meetings will use the same Zoom link (see below).
Saturday, December 17 (count day) 12:30 p.m. tally — On count day we’ll have a Zoom meeting at 12:30 p.m. to go over what we’ve found, what’s still missing, and plan afternoon birding for anyone who wants to keep going.
Saturday, December 17 (count day) 6:30 p.m. compilation meeting — On count day we’ll have a Zoom meeting at 6:30 p.m. to celebrate, share stories, and see what the final (preliminary) species total is.
- Zoom Link for all CBC meetings: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86572942690?pwd=YklqeG9UbFdWamdFYmdMSDJzcTBrQT09
- Meeting ID: 865 7294 2690
- Passcode: 882189
Links
- 2022 Carpinteria CBC sign-up form
- 2022 Carpinteria CBC group leader effort form
- Shared tally spreadsheet – for real-time updates in the field
- 2022 Carpinteria CBC Scouting – eBird trip report for scouting
- 2022 Carpinteria CBC – eBird trip report for the count 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
Paper-based forms:
Previous Carpinteria CBCs:
- 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.