Carp Without Cars

For this week’s online meeting we’ll talk about birds that are easy to overlook: grassland birds like larks, pipits, and (some) sparrows. Join us this Thursday, June 25, 2020, at 4 p.m. See you there!

YouTube livestream:

Links mentioned during the meeting:

• Los Padres Forest Watch page on the USFS plans for the expedited Pine Mountain logging project. The deadline for public comments to be submitted has been extended to August 14, 2020.

You can view the slides from the meeting.

Join us on Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 4 p.m. for our next online meeting, where we’ll talk about Santa Barbara county owls.

YouTube livestream:

Links mentioned during the event:

• Los Padres Forest Watch page on the USFS plans for the expedited Pine Mountain logging project
• https://www.sbcobirding.com/lehmanbosbc.html - Paul Lehman’s newly updated Birds of Santa Barbara County
• The CarpBirdwatchers group account’s profile page on eBird
• https://youtu.be/o7KXvs7WJWM - Eagle Owl captures a Long-legged Buzzard nestling, as seen on a raptor nest cam in Israel

You can also view the slides from the presentation.

I’ve created a new group eBird account with the username “CarpBirdwatchers”. The idea is that we can use it for eBird lists that we’d like to share with the rest of the group at our weekly meetings.

This is similar to the “CarpCBC” group account we’ve used in the past to share checklists for the Christmas Count. Note that you won’t use this account instead of your regular eBird account. You’ll use it in addition to your regular account. After you’ve created a list using your regular account you’ll use eBird’s “share this checklist” feature to share the list with the “CarpBirdwatchers” eBird user. That’s it!

We’ll be exploring exactly how we want to use this group list in the weeks ahead. For now, feel free to share your eBird checklists with the account (or not — it’s completely optional). If you’d like to see checklists that others have shared with the account, you can view the CarpBirdwatchers eBird profile page.

Thanks!

John Callender, Carpinteria Birdwatchers

Join us on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 4 p.m. for our next online meeting. We’ll be talking about finches, and in particular finches that have been visiting our backyard feeders lately (along with a few of their relatives). See you there!

YouTube livestream:

For this week’s Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting we’ll return to a favorite group of birds: corvids (crows, jays, and magpies)! Join us on Thursday to talk about these boisterous, intelligent birds.

YouTube livestream:

Links mentioned during the event:

• https://ebird.org/checklist/S69988115 - Reddish Egret found by Larry Ballard at the Carpinteria Salt Marsh
• https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/interview-corina-newsome-co-organizer-of-black-birders-week.html - Inteview with Corina Newsome about Black Birders Week
• https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=599256750697358 - Birding While Black: A Candid Conversation - Session 1
• https://www.facebook.com/NationalAudubonSociety/ - National Audubon Society’s Facebook page (should have a link to Birding While Black: Session 2)
• https://youtu.be/iUXfgKTJlwE - Video of a Common Raven pair soaring at the Carpinteria Bluffs

The slides I showed are viewable here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xiTKmIDjMmS9NaBWn-srGNLHSWNvhy_EdQNRcGDlQt0/edit?usp=sharing