Join a Christmas Bird Count, it's fun! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Dec 11, 2014 11:49 AM Subject: Revised Christmas Bird Count info To: <[log in to unmask]> Cc: Volunteers Needed for Lorain County CBCs!! * Please consider joining Black River Audubon Society for their annual CBCs. The Elyria Christmas Bird Count is December 20, 2014, call Debbie at 440-225-7601 <440-225-7601>. The Wellington CBC is January 3, 2015, contact Diane at 440-458-2440 <440-458-2440>. * * Please contact Black River Audubon at 440-225-7601 <440-225-7601> or visit www.blackriveraudubon.org <http://www.blackriveraudubon.org/> for more information and email contact. As of the 2012-2013 season, there is no required fee to participate in a CBC!* What is a Christmas Bird Count? A long-standing program sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the 115th Christmas Bird Count takes place each winter from December 14 to January 5 in designated 15-mile (24-km) circles across North America. Each circle count is conducted in one day. Thousands of bird watchers participate in this annual bird census, contributing data that is invaluable to assessing North American bird populations and guiding conservation action. If you have never participated in a CBC, you are truly missing out on a fun bird-watching tradition. Each individual count is organized and run by a local bird club or group. Each group determines the specific boundaries of their count circle and divides the territory into various routes to ensure the entire area is covered. Technically, each CBC lasts 24 hours, but most people start at dawn and count through the afternoon or evening. Others make a full 24-hour day out of it. Each group approaches the CBC with its own style, but the end result is nearly always a fun day outdoors, enjoying the company of friends and winter birds while contributing to science. Beginners are always welcome. If the only Christmas Birds you've counted are French hens and turtledoves, no worries—others on the count can help you out with bird identification. Every single bird is counted during a CBC, so the more eyeballs in the field, the better. There are even opportunities for homebodies to participate as feeder watchers (ask your Count Compiler to learn more about that). The bottom line is that anybody can participate in a Christmas Bird Count, and that includes you. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]