The 2022 Carpinteria Christmas Bird count is in the books, and what a count it was! More than 60 participants fanned out across our circle, and by the time we were done we had submitted more than 92 checklists and seen a preliminary total of 162 species, 4 more than the previous record. We had…

With less than a week to go I’m getting excited about next Saturday’s Carpinteria CBC. Some of the things I’m excited about: The weather forecast — Current predictions are for relatively good weather on count day, with light winds and a chance of some light rain moving in later in the day. Fingers crossed the…

Thank you for participating in the Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count (CBC). This year the Carpinteria CBC will take place on Saturday, December 17, 2022. 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…