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February 16, 2023 meeting: Short Billed Gull

See this post for details: Short-billed Gull: Carpinteria Birdwatchers Meeting for February 16

January 19, 2023 meeting: The Year Behind and the Year Ahead (including discussion of the 2022 Santa Barbara county big year)

See this post for details: The Year Behind and the Year Ahead: Carpinteria Birdwatchers Meeting for January 19. Special guests: Steve Colwell, David Blue, and Linda Blue.

October 20, 2022 meeting: Point Conception and Scorpion Harbor birding

See this post for details: Birds of Point Conception and Scorpion Harbor: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for October 20. Special guests: Linus Blomqvist and Hugh Ranson.

September 15, 2022 meeting: Terns

See this post for details: Terns: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for September 15

August 18, 2022 meeting: Warblers, part 2: Rarities

See this post for details: Warblers, part 2: Rarities (Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for August 18)

July 28, 2022 meeting: Pelicans and Big Pine Mountain

See this post for details: Pelicans and Big Pine Mountain: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for July 28

June 16, 2022 meeting: Snowy Plover update and wrens

See this post for details: Snowy Plovers and Wrens: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for June 16

May 19, 2022 meeting: Warblers, part 1

See this post for details: Warblers, part 1: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for May 19

April 21, 2022 meeting: Better Identifications, Part 2

See this post for details: Better Identifications, Part 2: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for April 21

March 17, 2022 meeting: Better Identifications, Part 1

See this post for details: Better Identifications, Part 1: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for March 17

February 17, 2022 meeting: Gull Refresher

See this post for details: Gull Refresher: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for February 17

January 20, 2022 meeting: Becoming a Better Birder

See this post for details: Becoming a Better Birder: Carpinteria Birdwatchers Meeting for January 20, 2022

December 16, 2021 meeting: Christmas Bird Count Tune-up

See this post for details: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting and outing for December: Christmas Count!

No meeting in November, 2021

There will not be a meeting of Carpinteria Birdwatchers in November, 2021. Instead, John Callender will be presenting a Zoom talk about the Carpinteria Snowy Plovers for Santa Barbara Audubon’s monthly program on Wednesday, November 17, 2021. More information about that, including a link to the SB Audubon page containing the Zoom link, is available here: No Carp Birdwatchers Zoom meeting this month.

October 21, 2021 meeting: Keeping Score with ABA big year winner Nicole Koeltzow

See this post for details: Keeping Score: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, October 21, 2021

September 30, 2021 meeting: Cormorants

See this post for details: Cormorants: Carpinteria Birdwatchers online meeting for Thursday, September 30, 2021

August 19, 2021 meeting: Birding by Ear and Attracting Birds with Sound

See this post for details: Birding by Ear and Attracting Birds with Sound: Carpinteria Birdwatchers Online Meeting for August 19, 2021. Special guest: Hugh Ranson.

June 24, 2021 meeting: Carp Snowy Plovers and the CLSF

See this post for details: Carp Snowy Plovers and the CLSF: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, June 24

May 27, 2021 meeting: Surprises along the Coast

See this post for details: Surprises along the Coast: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, May 27

April 22, 2021 meeting: Spring Migration

See this post for details: Spring Migration: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, April 22

March 25, 2021 meeting: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

See this post for details: Yellow-crowned Night-Herons: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, March 25. Special guest: Bradley Hacker.

February 25, 2021 meeting: Yellow-rumped Warblers

See this post for details: Yellow-rumped Warblers: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, February 25. Special guest Rebecca Coulter.

January 28, 2021 meeting: Winter Orioles

See this post for details: Winter Orioles: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, January 28. Special guest: Paul Lehman.

December 17, 2020 meeting: CBC cancellation and a fun photo quiz

See this post for details: CBC cancellation and a fun photo quiz: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for December 17

December 3, 2020 meeting: CBC data entry

See this post for details: CBC Data Entry: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for December 3

November 19, 2020 meeting: The Carpinteria CBC (continued)

See this post for details: CBC Planning: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for November 19

November 5, 2020 meeting: The Carpinteria CBC

See this post for details: Big Sit wrap-up, sbcobirding and eBird, and the CBC: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for November 5. Special guest: Linus Blomqvist.

October 22, 2020 meeting: Ducks

See this post for details: Ducks: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for October 22

October 8, 2020 meeting: Sparrows

See this post for more details: Sparrows: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for October 8

September 24, 2020 meeting: Birds of Prey

See this post for more details: Birds of Prey: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for September 24

September 10, 2020 meeting: Gulls Part 2

See this post for more details: Gulls Part 2: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for September 10. Special guest: Mark Holmgren.

August 27, 2020 meeting: Gulls Part 1

See this post for more details: Gulls Part 1: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for August 27

August 13, 2020 meeting: Thrashers and Blackbirds

See this post for more details: Thrashers and Blackbirds: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for August 13

July 30, 2020 meeting: Larger Shorebirds

See this post for more details: Larger Shorebirds: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for July 30

July 16, 2020 meeting: Peeps

With special guest Nick Lethaby. See this post for more details: Peeps: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for July 16. Special guest: Nick Lethaby.

July 2, 2020 meeting: Point Sal Trail

See this post for more details: Point Sal Trail: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for July 2

June 25, 2020 meeting: Grassland Birds

See this post for more details: Grassland Birds: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for June 25

June 18, 2020 meeting: Owls

See this post for more details: Owls: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for June 18

June 11, 2020 meeting: Finches at Our Feeders

See this post for more details: Finches at Our Feeders: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for June 11

June 4, 2020 meeting: Crows, Jays, and Magpies

See this post for more details: Crows, Jays, and Magpies: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, June 4

May 28, 2020 meeting: eBird Tips and Tricks

See this post for more details: eBird Tips and Tricks: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, May 28

May 21, 2020 meeting: Swallows and Swifts

See this post for more details: Swallows and Swifts: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, May 21, 2020

May 14, 2020 meeting: Our Favorite Bird Books

See this post for details: Favorite Bird Books: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, May 14

May 7, 2020 meeting: Woodpeckers

See this post for details: Woodpeckers: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, May 7

April 30, 2020 meeting: Kingfishers and Flycatchers

See this post for details: Kingfishers and Flycatchers: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, April 30

April 23, 2020 meeting: Tanagers and Orioles

See this post for details: Tanagers and Orioles: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, April 23, 2020. The livestream of the meeting is below.

April 15, 2020 meeting: Teaching Birdwatching

See this post for details: Teaching Birdwatching: Carpinteria Birdwatchers online meeting for Wednesday, April 15, 2020. The livestream of the meeting is below. Special guests: Rebecca Coulter, Libby Patten, Guy Tingos, and Kay Regester.

April 9, 2020 meeting: Hummingbirds

See this post for details: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, April 9, 2020: Hummingbirds

April 2, 2020 meeting: Ocean Birds

Special guests: Linus Blomqvist and Dave Pereksta.

Links for the April 2, 2020 meeting:

https://youtu.be/Hwu7CK9U1J8 – my video from the Island Packers pelagic trip on March 8, 2020

https://youtu.be/5Z63PpF8b-c – Robert Flood’s video of Black-vented Shearwaters

https://youtu.be/_3EWfgmM0J0 – Robert Flood’s video of Pink-footed Shearwaters

https://youtu.be/8Z96pdeFDDY – J Rothe’s video of a Sooty Shearwater

https://youtu.be/557W8YbVlQQ – Erik Bruhnke’s video of a Parasitic Jaeger

https://youtu.be/yG4mLKN6LT0 – channelislandsnps’s video on the black rat eradication program on Anacapa Island

You can also view the presentation slides from the meeting.

February, 2020:

  • What Birding Means to Me, a video by birder Alice Sun
  • Carpinteria CBC species spreadsheet
  • NCOS website
  • From Golf Course to Wetlands, a video I recommend on the NCOS restoration
  • Mary Oliver reading “Wild Geese”

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