Activities

In addition to regular bird walks, bird field trips and monthly educational programs, Santa Barbara Audubon Society has special events like the Christmas Bird Count and the Winter Bird Count for Kids!

Santa Barbara CBC – Leader Information

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120th SANTA BARBARA CBCSaturday, January 4, 2020Information for Group Leaders and Individual Birders Thanks so much for taking part in the Santa Barbara Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count. If you are in charge of an area and have not already done so, please call or e-mail the members of your party as soon as possible… Read more »

Santa Barbara CBC – Forms

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The forms below are now current for CBC 122 (January 1, 2022).   Note that no paper forms will be accepted this year – only submit data by email of electronic forms or photo/scan of paper form!   Methods/Forms for Data Submission 1A. Species Submission by eBird (preferred method)   – eBird your checklists (one list… Read more »

Santa Barbara CBC – Historical Results

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The following is a list of our species totals for the 33 yearsfrom the 91st count (1990–91) through the 123rd count (2022-23).

Santa Barbara CBC – Count Area

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Welcome Count Area Forms The List Count Results Links Leader Info Count Totals A link to a map showing our boundary is HERE. Note, on touch screens use the “+” and “-” buttons to zoom in and out, and one finger to pan the map. The most accurate field-level check on our boundary (assuming that… Read more »

OLD Santa Barbara Christmas Bird Count

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Photos by Hugh Ranson (left to right) — Broad-billed Hummingbird, LeConte’s Sparrow, and Northern Shoveler. Birds observed just before 118th CBC Greetings birders, What a CBC day (12/30/23) we just had! It started out quite rainy, so the “owlers” had a tough time but cleared by early morning and gave us glorious weather the rest… Read more »