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Birdeez Adventure – Tree Swallows at Lake Los Carneros June 16th

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Conservation will not happen unless there are people taking a hands on approach to the natural world. This is just one of the reasons why we at Birdeez have been volunteering with several bird projects conservation projects in the Santa Barbara area.

Today, you can see the first video in our series on the Tree Swallows of Lake Los Carneros. Tree swallows were locally extinct when the Santa Barbara Audubon Society put up their bird boxes. Now they are back, and we get to watch them grow! Check it out.

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Meet the Birds of Eyes in the Sky

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I got to meet up with the Eyes in the Sky program at Santa Barbara Natural History Museum last week. Here are four of their educational birds and docents.

Here are the birds by name, species and handler!

  1. Kanati, a Male American Kestrel. Handler Chris.
  2. Athena, a Barn Owl. Oops! I forgot her handlers name! Sorry.
  3. Ivan, a Red-tailed Hawk. Handler David.
  4. Kisa, a Peregrine Falcon. Handler Carolyn.

We’ve got a project in the works with Eyes in the Sky. More info on that to come.