Here you can browse some of our past events which do not include programs, field trips and bird walks.
Come join us for our 10th annual Winter Bird Count for kids.
Let us introduce the young members of your family to the fun of bird watching! All kids ages 8 – 16 are welcome with a responsible adult. Experienced naturalists will teach Birding Basics and a Binocular Boot Camp (bring some binoculars or borrow ours), then guide you on a walk around Lake Los Carneros. Learn how to identify, record, and tally the bird species observed, then take your very own bird list home as a souvenir!
We know rain is forcast but Santa Barbara Audubon will be at Stow House Saturday morning!
For information as is becomes available go the the CBC Page.
Annual Meeting & Get Together
Let’s celebrate our accomplishments this year!
Elect your board for 2023-2024!
Location:
Fleischmann Auditorium, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
The CBC Compilation Dinner Returns!
As long as SBMNH’s policies do not shut down Fleischmann Auditorium for COVID reasons we all thrilled to be able to return to an in person event to determine the results of CBC #123
Our Compilation event will also be live broadcast over Zoom. The Zoom starts at 6:45 pm and live countdown starts at 7 pm.
Zoom Information:
ID: 822 1700 8814 Passcode: 638688
URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82217008814?pwd=aExIYU5zcUVvQUlrRTRSY1g5c0ZOdz09
This year, Jack’s Bistro will once again cater our Christmas Bird Count dinner in Fleischmann Auditorium at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History starting at 6 pm.
After a long hard day birding in the field celebrate the Christmas Bird Count evening enjoying the good company of your fellow birders and hear the results of our work as the birds are tallied in hopes of the most elusive.
You are, of course, free to bring your own meal as well.
The Menu
- Lasagna (meat or vegetarian)
- Garlic Bread
- Caesar Salad
- The ever popular Chocolate Chip Cookie by by Joan
- Bring your own beverage of choice to enjoy with your meal.
Cost is $19 per plate
Deadline to buy tickets is:
11:59 p.m. December 23rd, 2022
Dinner tickets are available to purchase at Eventbrite:
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Click this link for Vegetarian Lasagna dinner.
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Click this link for Meat Lasagna dinner.
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Please be sure to print your ticket and bring it with you to dinner.
Also note:
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While table service (plates, napkins, silverware) will be provided, we encourage you to BE GREEN and bring your own to reduce consumption. We also discourage single use plastic water bottles.
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Those preferring to bring their own dinner are welcome to do so.
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Santa Barbara Christmas Bird Count information available HERE
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If you have dinner questions please submit them HERE.
Sponsored by Santa Barbara Audubon Society
SBAS
ANNUAL Membership Meeting and Get-Together
Let’s celebrate getting together in person after a two year hiatus!
Stow Grove Park, Area #3 (Map)
“Each February, for four days, the world comes together for the love of birds. Over these four days [people] spend time in their favorite places watching and counting as many birds as they can find and reporting them to us. These observations help scientists better understand global bird populations before one of their annual migrations.
Get the whole scoop at: https://www.birdcount.org/
Join Coni Edick from the Santa Barbara Audubon Society as we dive into the sensory richness of birdsong. We will explore the variety of ways birds communicate, discover how birds help us to connect with nature and sample some of the birdsong we can find locally.
Coni Edick is a member of the Santa Barbara Audubon Society (SBAS), where she has been volunteering as a bird handler and nature interpreter with SBAS’s “Eyes in the Sky” raptor education program since 2002.
All are welcome. The presentation is appropriate for visually impaired and not-visually impaired audiences.
To register for the event please contact Tracy Alfino at: email hidden; JavaScript is required
For more information on the Santa Barbara Braille Institute visit their website at https://www.brailleinstitute.org/santabarbara
Here’s A Fun Activity You Can Do on Your Own!
The New Haven Bird Club is holding a Big Sit! birding event on October 10th and 11th. It’s free, and open to everyone.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the concept of a big sit, the idea is to establish a circle 17 feet in diameter and then try to see as many birds as possible from within that circle in one day.
The circle can be anywhere – even in your backyard – and you can bird for as many hours as you want; you can do either day and it doesn’t have to be the full day.
No pre-registration is required. You report your sightings using eBird.
If you are interested, more information can be found at https://www.thebigsit.org/.
Location:
Fleischmann Hall, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Map – SBMNH
All photos courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology
For more information visit https://www.3billionbirds.org
A co-presentation by
- UCSB Arts & Lectures Thematic Learning Initiative
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
- Santa Barbara Audubon Society
Location: Lake Los Carneros park
Directions:
- Take Hwy 101 and exit Los Carneros off ramp
- Head towards the mountains
- Proceed straight through the Round-a-bout
- After Round-a-bout Goleta Rail Road Depot will be on right.
- Park in the parking lot behind the fire station
Map Here
Let us introduce the young members of your family to the fun of bird watching! All kids ages 8 – 16 are welcome with a responsible adult. Experienced naturalists will teach Birding Basics and a Binocular Boot Camp (bring some binoculars or borrow ours), then guide you on a walk around Lake Los Carneros. Learn how to identify, record, and tally the bird species observed, then take your very own bird list home as a souvenir! Snacks generously provided by Trader Joe’s.
- A free event for kids at Lake Los Carneros Park, Goleta
- All kids 8-16 are welcome with a responsible adult
- Led by experienced naturalists
- Birding Basics Binocular Boot Camp – bring binoculars or borrow ours
- Guided walk around Lake Los Carneros
- Free Snacks
- Record and tally the bird species observed
- Take home a souvenir bird list, new knowledge and great memories
- Free t-shirt for the first 75 kids
And please, leave your dogs at home.
Download the event flyer:
In English
In Spanish
and pass along to friends
For questions contact at email hidden; JavaScript is required
Sponsored by the S.B. Audubon, with support from
- the City of Goleta
Santa Barbara Audubon Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
Artwork Credit: Karen Schroeder