With many of us traveling and the birding somewhat slow, we’ve decided to take a short break from our monthly meeting and outing schedule. As a result there will be no official meeting or outing of Carpinteria Birdwatchers in the months of July and August, 2023. You’re welcome (and encouraged!) to keep birding. We’ll be…

To tie in with this month’s meeting topic of Backyard Birdwatching, 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. Lots of great backyard birds are always on display from…

We’re excited to announce that our next meeting of Carpinteria Birdwatchers will be both an in-person and online event, taking place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 22. Please note that this meeting will be one week later than usual as I will be traveling to see East Coast birds. Join us at the Carpinteria…

For our May outing we’ll revisit a fun and scenic location: the Rincon Bluffs Trail. This is the section of the California Coastal Trail that connects Viola Fields at the Carpinteria Bluffs (where we’ll start and end our walk) with the coastal sage scrub habitat of the Rincon Bluffs Nature Preserve to the east. Details:…

We’re delighted to announce that the next meeting of Carpinteria Birdwatchers will be a combined in-person and online event, taking place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 18. Join us at the Carpinteria Community Library meeting room or via Zoom for an exciting session on birding in New Zealand! Our presenters for the evening will…

Our next group outing will be a return to Toro Canyon Park. Spring is in the air, so should be a great time to hear oak and chaparral birds singing in this quiet setting. As always, Carpinteria Birdwatcher outings are free and open to all ages and ability levels. Hope to see you there!

I’m very excited to announce that for the next meeting of Carpinteria Birdwatchers we will be returning to an in-person meeting format at the Carpinteria Community Library. The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 20. Thank you to Tom Beland and Carpinteria Librarian Jody Thomas for making this possible. I’m very…

For this month’s outing I thought we’d head back to a place we’ve visited a few times before: The mouth of Carpinteria Creek in the Carpinteria State Beach campground. I’m especially hoping to look for Snowy Plovers on this outing. Yesterday (Saturday, February 11), in response to a report from Carpinteria Birdwatchers member Sally Gundlach,…

For our next online meeting we’ll focus on an adorably cute local species: Short-billed Gull (formerly known as Mew Gull). It’s not a bird that’s especially common in our area, but if you know what to look for it’s pretty easy to pick out from the others around it. I thought we’d start the meeting…

For our January outing we’ll visit the Rincon Bluffs Trail, a section of the California Coastal Trail that connects Viola Fields at the Carpinteria Bluffs (where we’ll start and end our walk) with the coastal sage scrub habitat of the Rincon Bluffs Nature Preserve to the east. It should be a lot of fun! Details:…