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Dedicated to the avifauna of Santa Barbara County
Species
The Santa Barbara County Bird List contains
more than 500 bird species. This list is updated
when new birds have been recorded in the
county, or when CA Bird Records Committee
decisions and taxonomic updates are published.
Discussion
Send and receive birding reports, read
announcements about local rarities, and
participate in general discussion through the
sbcobirding forum. Also check out the Santa
Barbara Birders Slack messaging app.
eBird
eBird is a real-time, online checklist program that
has revolutionized the way birders report and
access information about birds. Participate in
citizen science! Learn more about local birds by
exploring the SBA county eBird page links.
For everything birding in Santa Barbara County:
sbcobirding.com
LA Birders
See past webinars for interesting talks about
local birds, identification, status and distribution,
and other topics of interest to area birders. Los
Angeles Birders provides a variety of bird and
birding-related programming and activities to
Southern California birders.
Fall Hawk Migration
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory programs start
in mid-August when volunteers count thousands
of migrating raptors at Marin Headlands. Daily
counts often suggest the possibility of raptors
moving south along the Pacific coast into to our
area. Visit the Daily Hawk Count page:
Western Snowy Plover
Beach closures are now in effect at several
county beaches for the federally protected
Western Snowy Plover nesting season. Access is
limited at Ocean Park, Guadalupe Beach, and
public beaches on Vandenberg SFB. The season is
from March 1 - September 30 each year.
A Birder’s Guide to
Santa Barbara County
Visit the Birder’s Guide for a listing of popular
local birding spots. This guide aligns with the
four districts in Paul Lehman’s, The Birds of
Santa Barbara County, California, and includes
descriptions and eBird Hotspot links.
Santa Barbara County
boasts a rich diversity of
bird life and there are
many places to explore.
Where the Birds Are
eBird RBA
The eBird Rare Bird Alert displays observations
of rarities in Santa Barbara County over the past
seven days. Reports include un-reviewed and
reviewed/validated sightings.
Slack Group for SB Birders
Participate in a wide-range of discussion and
monitor the Rare Bird Alert for Santa Barbara
County through Slack. Acess the group through
the desktop version or the Slack mobile app.
SB Breeding Bird Study
The Santa Barbara County Breeding Bird Study
(BBS) provides a database of accounts of
breeding bird records in the county. Contribute
your own observations at this website link:
eBird
Hotspots
There are over 500 eBird Hotspots
in the county. Explore all the data
from these shared locations.
Total
Species
The Santa Barbara County Bird
Checklist has surpassed the 500
species milestone.
Big Day
Record
A dedicated trio logged a record
setting 193 species in a single day
on April 25, 2008.
400
Club
You can participate in this “non-
competitive” listing game. Contact
the webmaster to play.
Email
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sbcobirding
This website was created as a resource for everything birding in Santa Barbara County. The goal is
simply to promote the activity of field birding in the county and to provide information to interested
birders. If you have comments about this website or would like more information about local birding,
please contact me.
sbcobirding receives the generous support of the
Santa Barbara Audubon Society. For more than
50 years SBAS has helped to preserve the
biological diversity of the Santa Barbara area.
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