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
Friday Bird Walk – Stevens Park
258 Canon Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105 258 Canon Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105, United StatesStevens Park is nestled in the San Roque canyon. The route we will take follows the San Roque creek which provides nice riparian habitat. The trail goes under the Foothill Blvd bridge where there can often be sightings of White-throated Swifts.
Friday Bird Walk – Ellings 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: UCSB Campus Lagoon
Goleta Beach County Park Goleta Beach County Park, United StatesThe UCSB Lagoon area covers many habitats. Views of Goleta Bay, and ocean south of Campus Point provide many chances for observing shorebirds and seabirds.
Morning Bird Walk with Scot Pipkin
1212 Mission Canyon Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105 1212 Mission Canyon Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105, United StatesJoin Scot Pipkin, the Garden’s Director of Education and Engagement, who will lead a group walk through the Garden for a morning of watching and listening for a variety of birds.
Celebrate National Go Birding Day
Estero St, Carpinteria, CA 93013 Estero St, Carpinteria, CA 93013, United StatesJoin Ada and Aden on a guided bird-watching hike at the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve.
Bird Walk: Goleta Beach/Atascadero Estuary
The Goleta Beach / Goleta Slough / Atascadero Creek area is one of the go-to birding hot spots in Goleta. The eBird hotspot for the area boasts 232 species.
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.
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