A lot of exciting scouting has been going on in the Carpinteria CBC circle lately: The Haida Street Baltimore Oriole continues to be seen, most recently by Alex Castelein this morning. Andrea Adams-Morden found three Ring-necked Ducks in the Kim’s Market pond today. I found some Mountain Quail yesterday near Romero Saddle. Yesterday Jenny Slaughter,…

It’s December, which means the Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count is just 18 days away. If you’d like to participate there’s still time to sign up using the form below, but don’t wait; we’re hoping to finish the assignments by this Saturday, December 4. 2021 Carpinteria CBC Sign-up Form I’m excited to be joining Jenny Slaughter…

I always get a thrill when I see a Lewis’s Woodpecker. I get especially excited when I see one inside the Carpinteria CBC circle. The bird pictured above, found by Jason Siemens in 2018, is the only one (so far) we’ve ever had on our count. But this might be the year we get another….

Here’s an update on where things stand with the Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count (CBC), which will be happening Saturday, December 18, 2021. Everyone who was assigned a location for last year’s (cancelled) count, signed up again for this year’s count, and indicated they were okay with just covering the same area they were assigned last…

Tom and Laurel built a Gingerbread Bird House for the Holidays

For this month’s outing I thought we’d head back to a location we’ve birded a few times before: the Santa Monica Creek bike path off the west end of El Carro Lane in Carpinteria. The adult male Orchard Oriole who has wintered at that location the last several winters is back, so if we’re lucky…

I won’t be doing a Carpinteria Birdwatchers Zoom meeting in November. I previously accepted an offer from Santa Barbara Audubon to be the speaker for their November program, and prepping for two programs in the same week, at the same time I’m busy with preparations for the upcoming Christmas Bird Count, turned out to be…

After deciding to cancel last year’s Christmas Bird Count due to COVID-19, I’m very excited to be going forward with this year’s count. This year the Carpinteria CBC will happen, and it will happen on Saturday, December 18, 2021. If you were signed up for last year’s count, you should already have received an email…

Our next group outing has come up quickly. On Saturday I will lead a walk at the Carpinteria Bluffs from 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. We’ll see what’s in the grassland, at the flower fields, and take a quick look at the beach and ocean from the harbor seal pupping site. Hope to see you…

For our next Carpinteria Birdwatchers online meeting we’ll talk about big things: Big Years, Big Days, Big Sits… all the ways birders find to make birdwatching more competitive and exciting. Carpinteria Birdwatchers fully supports everyone’s right to bird as casually as they want to, and even casual birding can be super exciting. But it’s fun…