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
2023 CBC
IT’S TIME FOR THE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT! The 124th Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is just around the corner. This is a fun, worthwhile activity, one that has become a happy tradition for many people here and around the country. Black Hills Audubon runs two circle counts each year. The circles and their count coordinators are listed below with contact email addresses. The Olympia Circle on Sunday, December 17th with Bill Shelmerdine georn1@nullhotmail.com The Lewis County Circle on Saturday, December 23rd with Allison Anholt Allison.anholt@nullgmail.com We are also looking for homeowners who are willing to survey the birds on their property.
CBC 2023
SAVE THE DATE – CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT 2023 December is right around the corner and that means it’s time to be thinking about the Christmas Bird Count. It will be the 124th count this year which is rather amazing. To learn more about the long-running Christmas Bird Count, the National Audubon Society has plenty of information here. If you have participated in the past or would like to try it for the first time, save these dates for the two counts that Black Hills Audubon sponsors. All the information you need to sign up will be published in our December
LEWIS COUNTY CBC
LEWIS COUNTY CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT By Allison Anholt This year we had 30 people who participated in the December 20th Lewis County Christmas Bird Count. Considering we had to move the date and were cursed with terrible weather, I am pleased with our efforts. One of our counters, Isabel Vander Stoep, is a local Chronicle reporter and wrote this piece on our CBC. We saw a total of 101 species on the day of the count. This is lower than 2021 and 2020 but higher than 2017-2019. We saw one additional species during count week (3 days before and 3 days after