Christmas Bird Count 2024
It’s fun, it’s important, and this year it is 125 years old. It’s the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count. The CBC has become a happy tradition for volunteers in over 20 countries in the western Hemisphere. Each year it is conducted between December 14 and January 5, and last year 83,000 volunteers counted 40 million birds representing 2,000 species during the CBC. Birders of all skill levels are welcome to join the CBC. But to participate you need to join an existing CBC circle in your area. Black Hills Audubon runs two circle counts each year. Those interested will
Christmas Bird Count 2024
The Olympia area CBC will be held December 15, 2024. Please contact the coordinator, Bill Shelmerdine at georn1@nullhotmail.com for additional information. The Lewis County CBC will be held December 21, 2024. Please contact the coordinator, Rachel Hudson at lightningdash09@nullyahoo.com for additional information.
October Big Day
Each year in May and in October thousands of people around the world count birds and post their bird checklists on eBird as part of a birding Big Day. October 12 is this year’s October Big Day. Big Day is a worldwide citizen science program sponsored by CornellLab. Last October, 36,000 people in 191 countries submitted 83,735 checklists. To participate in October Big Day, all birders need to have is an eBird account. eBird is a worldwide checklist program used by millions of birders. If you would like to join with other birders around the world to share your love
Lewis CBC Results
2023 LEWIS COUNTY CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT RESULTS The Lewis County CBC took place on December 23rd. There were 35 participants – the most ever – who joined in the field and at feeders. Thank you to all of those folks. We were very happy to not have any rain on the day, the first time that has happened, though dense fog in patches made visibility a challenge at times. The count ended with 109 species, a record for the Lewis CBC (the prior record was in 2021 with 107 species). We have also added four new birds for our CBC:
Olympia CBC Results
2023 Olympia Christmas Bird Count (CBC) Results Bill Shelmerdine CBC Compiler The 2023 Olympia CBC (124th count) took place on Sunday December 17. The weather was reasonably kind to us – foggy and cool (40’s F) in the morning with some clearing later in the afternoon. Most welcome was the absence of precipitation on count day. 103 observers joined this year’s count, the second highest number of participants ever. This is only the second time more than 100 counters have participated. The number of species recorded on count day was 124, slightly below average for this count area. Four additional
Raptor Monitoring Route in Centralia
Raptor Monitoring Route in Centralia Deb Nickerson East Cascades Audubon Society in Oregon sponsors a Raptor Monitoring Program each winter which gathers longitudinal data on winter raptor populations in Washington and Oregon. There is a vacancy for the East Centralia Route beginning this year. The work entails driving a survey of approximately 50 miles, spotting, counting and recording sightings. Data is then put in to an online form that only takes a few minutes. The mandatory number of counts is three – December, January. and February. Optional are November and March. Driving back roads scanning for raptors is a pleasant morning