It’s time for everyone’s favorite group of birds: Birds of prey! In this week’s Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting we’ll cover hawks, eagles, falcons, kites… you name it. The meeting will take place online via Zoom and YouTube livestream on Thursday, September 24, 2020, at 4 p.m. Pacific. Hope to see you there!
Zoom meeting info:
Topic: Birds of Prey: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Sep. 24, 2020
Time: Sep 24, 2020 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81103600337?pwd=WUJ2L3J1VDl6bVYxdUdqcHlreTJOQT09
Meeting ID: 811 0360 0337
Passcode: 519410
YouTube livestream:
Links mentioned during the meeting:
- Jenna McCullough’s article on why a mass die-off of migratory birds may have happened recently in New Mexico
- Joan Lentz’s blog, with information on her new book, Story of a Santa Barbara Birder
- A paper on misidentification of Cooper’s and Sharp-shinned Hawks
- A video about the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory
- A study on radio-tracking of 5 Broad-winged Hawks on the west coast
- GGRO daily hawk counts from the Marin Headlands
- Graphs of raptor counts per hour, including Broad-winged Hawks, at the Marin Headlands
You can also view the slides from the meeting.