For this month’s Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting we’ll have a discussion of a really neat tool for exploring eBird data: Steve Colwell’s BirdView web application. BirdView lets you drill down into eBird data in a staggering number of ways not directly supported by the eBird app and website, making it an extremely useful tool for finding…

Our next group outing will be a return to Toro Canyon Park. Spring migration is getting started, so it will be a great time to hone our awareness skills and see if we can detect some interesting birds. As always, Carpinteria Birdwatcher outings are free and open to all ages and ability levels. Hope to…

On March 21, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., we invite you to join us at the Carpinteria Library meeting room or online via Zoom for our next meeting, where we will cover two topics. Part one will cover Santa Barbara County birding resources. Special guest Jamie Chavez, creator of sbcobirding.com, administrator of the sbcobirding email list,…

Our next Carpinteria Birdwatchers outing will be at the Carpinteria Bluffs. The outing will take place Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 8 a.m. I always feel fortunate to live in a community that has such a beautiful open space and cares so much about preserving it, so let’s celebrate by visiting the Bluffs and enjoying…

On February 15, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., we invite you to join us at the Carpinteria Library meeting room or online via Zoom for our next meeting, where we will focus on identification of birds in flight. I spent many years as a birdwatcher not trying to identify many flying birds; I thought it was…

I know we just went there back in November, but I ended up missing that outing myself, and the location is timely for another reason (see below), so for January I thought we’d head back to Santa Monica Creek off the west end of El Carro Lane in Carpinteria. The outing will take place Saturday,…

On December 7, 2023, Carpinteria city staff posted a notice near the large sycamore tree located along the Santa Monica Creek bike path just south of El Carro Lane. The notice said that due to a potential public hazard, a request had been made to remove the tree and replace it with another (presumably much…

The recent Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count on December 16, 2023, was a great success. More than 60 participants fanned out across our count circle and tallied a record 168 species! We had a brief recap on the night of the count, but now that I’ve had time to catch my breath, I’d love for us…

The 2023 Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count is in the books, and what a count it was! Perfect weather and great teamwork by 62 participants produced a preliminary total of 168* species, 7 more than the previous count record. As in previous years, I was helped immensely by co-organizers Laurel Luby and Tom Beland, who did…

Thank you for participating in the Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count (CBC). This year the Carpinteria CBC will take place on Saturday, December 16, 2023. Instructions for everyone Know your assignment — You should have been assigned an area to cover by the count’s organizers. If you’re unclear on where you’ll be birding on count day, or…