Events Calendar
Welcome to the Healthy People Healthy Trails Calendar of Events. Please check back with us each month to learn more about events in our community that promote an active lifestyle. Read each description carefully and visit the sponsors' website for more information. Most events are free, but some have a fee or request a donation. The level of difficulty for each event varies. Check with the event leader if the level of difficulty is not clearly stated or if you have questions about the event.
Bird Walk
Bird Walk: Ennisbrook Preserve
Ennisbrook Openspace/preserve/trail, known to the locals as the “100-acre wood,” is located along San Ysidro Creek between East Valley Road to the north and San Leandro Lane to the south.
Botanic Garden – Bird Walk with Rebecca Coulter
1212 Mission Canyon Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105 1212 Mission Canyon Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105, United StatesJoin birding expert Rebecca Coulter as she leads a group walk through the Garden for a morning of watching and listening for a variety of birds.
Friday Bird Walk | Rocky Nook Park
610 Mission Canyon Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 610 Mission Canyon Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, United StatesRocky Nook Park is a lovely oak woodland studded with tall sycamores trees. Mission creek runs along the eastern edge making this park a great riparian habitat where vagrants often are found.
Friday Bird Walk | Toro Canyon Park
576 Toro Canyon Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 576 Toro Canyon Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, United StatesToro Canyon Park is an oak woodland with chaparral foothills. Opportunities abound for a varied assortment of birds in this area.
Friday Bird Walk | Elwood Mesa Sperling Preserve
7729 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA 93117 7729 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA 93117, United StatesWith a size of 230 acres, the Ellwood Mesa Sperling Preserve is the largest publicly owned coastal preserve on the Santa Barbara South Coast.
Friday Bird Walk – Elings Park
1298 Las Positas Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 1298 Las Positas Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, United StatesElings park is a 250 acre private non-profit park open to the public. Known mostly for it’s athletic, cultural and natural environs, it hosts varied habitat and trails that can lead one to many places that birds call home.
Friday Bird Walk – Santa Barbara Harbor
132-A Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93109 132-A Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93109, United StatesSanta Barbara Harbor is a busy place during the day, but one can find many species of shorebirds, gulls, terns and water birds which take advantage of the quiet hours of the early morning.
Friday Bird Walk – San Marcos Foothill Preserve
1155 Via Gaitero, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 1155 Via Gaitero, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, United StatesSan Marcos Foothills Preserve is an open space encompassing 200 acres. It provides habitat for Roadrunners, White-tailed Kites, American Kestrels and several species of Hawks. It is also home to many grassland and chaparral bird species.
Friday Bird Walk – Andree Clark Bird Refuge
Andree Clark Bird Refuge, 34a Los Patos Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Andree Clark Bird Refuge, 34a Los Patos Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, United StatesThe Andree Clark Bird Refuge is a 42-acre open space which includes a 29-acre brackish lake and wetlands. This is one of Santa Barbara’s birding hot spots which includes three platforms for wildlife observations.
Friday Bird Walk – North Campus Open Space
Andree Clark Bird Refuge, 34a Los Patos Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Andree Clark Bird Refuge, 34a Los Patos Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, United StatesThe North Campus Open Space is a great addition to Santa Barbara’s natural heritage which makes our community so special. It will be preserved for the enjoyment of the local community in perpetuity.
Friday Bird Walk – Carpinteria Salt Marsh
133 Ash Avenue Carpinteria, CA 93013 133 Ash Avenue Carpinteria, CA 93013, United StatesThe Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park is located on the southern (eastern) end of the salt marsh. It provides views into some of the tidal wetlands in that area as well as the area where Franklin creek enters the marshland. A good area for a wide range of avian species.
Botanic Garden – Bird Walk with Rebecca Coulter
1212 Mission Canyon Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105 1212 Mission Canyon Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105, United StatesJoin birding expert Rebecca Coulter as she leads a group walk through the Garden for a morning of watching and listening for a variety of birds.
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