This year’s Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place on Saturday, December 17, 2022. If you’ve participated before and would like to do so again, or if you’re new to the count and want to give it a try, that’s great! You can sign up using the sign-up link below: Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count…
No meetings or group outings in November and December
Apologies for the late notice, but with the holidays and the Christmas Bird Count season upon us I’ve fallen behind on organizing the regular meetings and outings of Carpinteria Birdwatchers. As a result I’ve decided to cancel the monthly Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting and group outing for November and December, and concentrate instead on preparing for…
Group outing for October: Monte Vista Park
For our October outing we’ll visit Monte Vista Park, a fun city park with a variety of bird habitat in the northeast part of Carpinteria, north of the 101 freeway on Bailard Avenue. Details: Location: Monte Vista Park on Bailard Avenue in eastern CarpinteriaDate/time: Saturday, October 22, 2022, 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Details: Park on Bailard Avenue and…
Birds of Point Conception and Scorpion Harbor: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for October 20
For our next Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting, special guest Linus Blomqvist will tell us about a project he’s recently been involved in, monitoring the movement of seabirds (mostly) from the remote and hard-to-reach Point Conception, the prominent headland that divides the waters of Southern California from the coastline to the north. Update: In part 2 of…
Third snowy plover chick fledged from Carpinteria State Beach in 2022
Those who have been following the saga of the Carpinteria snowy plovers know that they had a big year in 2022, with nine separate nesting attempts at the site just east of the mouth of Carpinteria Creek. State Park employees, lifeguards, campers, and volunteer snowy plover docents all helped out, keeping an eye on the…
Group outing for September: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Natural Reserve
Update: We had a fun outing at the marsh. Details of our visit are in the eBird trip report. For this month’s outing we have a special treat: A visit to the normally-restricted western portion of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Natural Reserve. Important: All participants in this month’s outing must fill out the following two…
Terns: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for September 15
For this month’s Carpinteria Birdwatchers online meeting we’ll talk about a group we’ve never covered before: terns! Learn about these graceful birds that go from resting peacefully on the beach to diving headfirst into the ocean. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 15, 2022. See you there via Zoom or YouTube…
Group outing for August: 8th Street Bridge
For this month’s group outing we’ll put our warbler-ID skills to use by visiting a famous local warbler-watching site: the 8th Street footbridge over Carpinteria Creek. Join us for a fun, low-energy outing to see what warblers (and other birds) we can see and hear. Location: 8th Street footbridge in Carpinteria Date/time: Saturday, August 20,…
Warblers, part 2: Rarities (Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for August 18)
You’ll recall that in last May’s meeting we talked about the nine most-common warbler species in Santa Barbara county. This month we’ll cover a dozen more species you can see locally if you play your cards right: rarities. Join us at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 18, 2022 via Zoom or YouTube livestream for a…
No Group Outing for July 2022
Just a quick note to mention that due to a combination of people being on vacation and me (John) being sick (though I’m getting better), we will not have an official Carpinteria Birdwatchers group outing this month. Look for an update in the blog as to our next group outing, which should take place in…