The Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count will take place Saturday, December 16, 2023. We’re starting to make assignments for count day, so if you’re interested in participating (which is great!) now is the time to sign up. You can use the sign-up form linked below, or head over to the CBC page for more details. Carpinteria…

For this month’s outing I thought we’d head back to a location we’ve birded in the past: the Santa Monica Creek bike path off the west end of El Carro Lane in Carpinteria. As has happened in a number of recent winters, an adult male Orchard Oriole has shown up there recently, along with a…

For this month’s Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting we are pleased to have a presentation by local birdwatcher Linus Blomqvist, who is currently doing an American Birding Association (ABA) big year. The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 16, at the Carpinteria Community Library and via Zoom. As of now Linus is ranked…

One thing members have been telling us is that they’d like to do more to help birds. Accordingly, we’ll hold our first “Helping Birds” day this Saturday, November 4. Anyone who wants to can participate. Meet us at the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park to help us remove non-native weeds under the guidance of Carpinteria…

For our next group outing we’ll return to a favorite spot: the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park. Join us on Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 8 a.m. to see what’s happening at the marsh. — John Callender As always, Carpinteria Birdwatcher outings are free and open to all ages and ability levels. Hope to see…

For October’s meeting of Carpinteria Birdwatchers a few things will be different: For this month’s meeting we’ll be talking about a really cool species: California Gull. We’ll cover identification, life history, and the fascinating migration these birds perform each year, breeding at inland locations throughout western North America before heading to the Pacific coast for…

Our next group outing will be to a fun location we haven’t visited as a group before: the Greenwell Preserve in Summerland. This small natural area features trees, riparian habitat, and a short hiking trail. Location: Greenwell Preserve, SummerlandDate/time: Saturday, September 16, 2023, 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Details: Meet us in the parking lot at…

The next Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 14. Join us at the Carpinteria Community Library meeting room or tune in via Zoom for an enlightening discussion of our member survey results and a single-species presentation on that glorious hunter of the sky, the Red-tailed Hawk! 😀 As always,…

In anticipation of the return of our regular meetings and outings next month, I’m asking Carpinteria Birdwatchers members to take a brief online survey (linked below). The survey covers the types of meetings and outings people are most interested in, and should take about 5 minutes. Thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts! —…

As many of you know, local birders had an exciting visitor on July 19, 2023: one of only a handful of Swallow-tailed Gulls ever seen in the northern hemisphere. Local birders spent a fair amount of time trying to find the bird; it had been seen and photographed at Goleta Beach Park around 9 a.m.,…