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Remembering Lee Moldaver

By Isabelle Walker, former SBAS board member and editor of El Tecolote [Editor’s note: This is the full article referred to on page 6 of El Tecolote September-November 2021.] A decade after I met Lee Moldaver in the offices of The Santa Barbara Independent, he asked me to serve as editor of the Santa Barbara… Read more »

El Tecolote: Summer 2021

Santa Barbara Audubon Society’s Summer 2021 issue of El Tecolote is now available. In this issue:  • Announcement of our Annual Membership Meeting • Projects and goals of different committees. • Santa Barbara Independent’s new birding column • Oceano Dunes decision • Meet our new Vice President • EITS remembers Kisa • Winter Bird Count 4 Kids – A virtual Success •… Read more »

Santa Barbara Independent Debuts Monthly Birding Article

The Santa Barbara Independent has begun a new monthly feature article on birding. The article is authored by Hugh Ranson.Be sure to check it out. The debut article can be found HERE.

El Tecolote: Spring 2021

Santa Barbara Audubon Society’s Spring 2021 issue of El Tecolote is now available. In this issue:  • Report of our 121st CBC • Eyes in the Sky news • Meet Board Members Scot Pipkin & Maureen McFadden • Backyard bird fountains • April Winter Bird Count 4 Kids • Biden’s action of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act • Conservation Committee’s response… Read more »

SBAS Comments on Manzana Wind Farm

By Steve Ferry, Project Leader [Editor’s note: This is the full article referred to on page 8 of El Tecolote March-May 2021.]  SBAS is tilting at windmills again!  After a years-long effort to make the Strauss Wind Energy Project near Lompoc safer for birds (article here), SBAS has tackled the Manzana Wind Power Project. The… Read more »