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Christmas Bird Count 2024
December 15, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
We need you for our upcoming Dec 22 Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Last year, 100 folks helped tally over 29,000 birds on our CBC day—a record-breaking day for some species counts!
What will we find this year? Rarities? High counts? Each count provides surprises.
Our CBC has 11 sectors, each with an experienced birder assisted by one or more volunteers. Plus, over half of our contributors are feeder watchers. The boundaries of our count circle are shown in the map that accompanies this article. You can help on December 22 by joining a team in the field, by counting birds at your feeders and yards, or both. If you can help out, please respond to Shirley Devan at shirley_devan@icloud.com to let her know your preference: out in the field, feeder watcher, or hybrid (some time for both).
Every year the count occurs December 14 to January 5. Since 1901, Christmas Bird Counts in the U.S. and around the world have provided scientists and
ornithologists with important data and trends on bird populations that can only be determined by LONG-term data. That’s why it’s so important to continue these studies EVERY YEAR. The CBC is an early-winter bird census.