The signup form is available now for this year’s Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count, which will take place on Saturday, December 19, 2020. See our CBC web page for more details. If you want to participate, just fill out the form below:
This week’s Carpinteria Birdwatchers Zoom meeting will continue our discussion of the upcoming Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count (CBC), with discussions of the different locations in our count circle where we’ll be birding on count day.
The CBC will be on Saturday, December 19, 2020. If you’re interested in participating you can fill out the online signup form.
This week’s meeting will take place on Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 4 p.m. Pacific. Hope to see you there!
Zoom meeting info:
Topic: The Carpinteria CBC – Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for 2020-11-19
Time: Nov 19, 2020 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Migrating waterfowl are starting to appear in our local wetlands, so join us at our next Carpinteria Birdwatchers online meeting for a quick brush-up on… ducks! The meeting will take place via Zoom at 4 p.m. Pacific time on Thursday, October 22, and will also be available via YouTube livestream.
Zoom meeting info:
Topic: Ducks: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for 2020-10-22
Time: Oct 22, 2020 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
In our last meeting on sparrows we discussed how identifying Spizella sparrows can be tricky. To help drive that message home I went out after the meeting and promptly misidentified a Spizella sparrow! :-) See my eBird list here for photos of a very cool sparrow I saw along Santa Monica Creek. I initially called it a Brewer’s Sparrow, but subsequent input from helpful experts led me to correct the ID to Clay-colored Sparrow.
I’m really enjoying a the 8-part podcast Grouse by Ashley Ahearn. It’s about the Greater Sage Grouse, including how the bird’s decline is causing tension between different groups of people who care deeply about the future of sagebrush country. (Content warning: She uses profanity a few times.)
In this week’s meeting we’ll talk about the subtle but rewarding charms of those adorable little brown jobs: sparrows! The meeting will take place online via Zoom and YouTube livestream on Thursday, October 8, 2020, at 4 p.m. Pacific. Hope to see you there!
Zoom meeting info:
Topic: Sparrows: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for October 8, 2020
Time: Oct 8, 2020 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)