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January 18, 2025 Date

Featured Events

Underwater Parks Day
Saturday, January 18
Celebrate Underwater Parks Day with all-day free admission to the Sea Center on Stearns Wharf, thanks to support from the Moeller Lab at UC Santa Barbara. Underwater Parks...
10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Beach Cleanup
Sunday, January 19
Be part of the solution to marine pollution! Come gain community with fellow ocean-lovers, and earn community service hours if you need them to graduate. 
Meet us on&n...
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Birds of Winter with Rebecca Coulter
Monday, January 20
Please note: Birds of Winter is currently at capacity and no longer accepting new enrollment.
Eight-week field courseMondays, January 13–March 3Meet-Up Locations sen...
8:30 AM–10:30 AM
Discovery, Rediscovery, and the Birds That Audubon Missed
Tuesday, January 21
Presented by the Santa Barbara Audubon Society and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Two centuries ago, a handful of naturalists trekked around eastern North Amer...
7:00 PM–8:30 PM
Birds of Winter with Sophie Cameron
Wednesday, January 22
Please note: Birds of Winter is currently at capacity and no longer accepting new enrollment. 
Eight-week field courseWednesdays, January 15–March 5, 2025Meet-Up...
8:30 AM–10:30 AM
Winter Bird Count for Kids with S.B. Audubon Society
Saturday, January 25
Join the Santa Barbara Audubon Society (SBAS) for their eleventh annual Winter Bird Count for Kids.
Let us introduce the young members of your family to the fun o...
9:00 AM–12:00 PM
Birds of Winter with Rebecca Coulter
Monday, January 27
Please note: Birds of Winter is currently at capacity and no longer accepting new enrollment.
Eight-week field courseMondays, January 13–March 3Meet-Up Locations sen...
8:30 AM–10:30 AM
Birds of Winter with Sophie Cameron
Wednesday, January 29
Please note: Birds of Winter is currently at capacity and no longer accepting new enrollment. 
Eight-week field courseWednesdays, January 15–March 5, 2025Meet-Up...
8:30 AM–10:30 AM
Birds of Winter with Rebecca Coulter
Monday, February 3
Please note: Birds of Winter is currently at capacity and no longer accepting new enrollment.
Eight-week field courseMondays, January 13–March 3Meet-Up Locations sen...
8:30 AM–10:30 AM
Chumash Basketry: Art & Life - Free Talk
Monday, February 3
For thousands of years, baskets played essential roles in all aspects of traditional Chumash life—for gathering, storing, preparing and serving food, holding water, k...
7:30 PM–9:00 PM