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In The Media

Find here  media coverage stories in which Santa Barbara Audubon Society has been in the spotlight.  We are fortunate to have online an archival history of our newsletter from the present day back to when Santa Barbara Audubon Society was a Bird Study Group at the Santa Barbara Museum Of Natural History in 1963.  View… Read more »

SBAS in Noozehawk Series

The Santa Barbara Audubon Society was awarded a Hutton Parker Media Grant that sponsored coverage in Noozhawk. Below are the three articles written by Ann Pieramici:  

Purple Martins in Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara County contains many avian treasures.  One of the rarest is the Purple Martin colony in and around Nojoqui Falls County Park.  In addition to being the only known place where Purple Martins nest in Santa Barbara County, this colony is rare because all of the Purple Martins still nest in cavities in Western… Read more »

El Tecolote: Summer 2024

Santa Barbara Audubon Society’s Summer 2024 issue of El Tecolote now available In This Issue: From the Executive Director KATHERINE EMERY Your Small Actions Help Birds Thrive JESSIE ALTSTATT Annual Membership Meeting JANICE LEVASHEFF Thank You, Peter Thompson! JANICE LEVASHEFF Birders of Santa Barbara: Lucy London PEGGY KEARNS Allensworth-Pixley Field Trip Highlights JEFF HANSON Birds,… Read more »

El Tecolote: Spring 2024

Santa Barbara Audubon Society’s Spring 2024 issue of El Tecolote now available In This Issue: From the Executive Director KATHERINE EMERY Christmas Bird Count LIBBY PATTEN Cuyama Winter Bird Survey LINUS BLOMQVIST Winter Bird Count for Kids KATHLEEN BOEHM, JUDY BLUE Birders of Santa Barbara: Meet Jeremy Cowan PEGGY KEARNS Spring Programs with Hugh Ranson,… Read more »